Half-Life (1!) won't run properly on my computer..

[Vasant56]

I can only run half life 1 in software mode on my computer, when I try to switch to openGL I get an error message saying that "the selected openGL mode is not supported by your video card". I tried some googling, but there wasn't anything up to date concerning my problem.

My specs are as follows:
Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
512 mb of Ram
Radeon9700 pro

And I did upgrade my catalyst drivers to 5.7..

anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[wkinney]

have you patched half life 1 to the latest version?

 

[Vasant56]

it says that it's 1.1.1.0, and that's it out of date, but there aren't any updates for it.

 

[ZickZJ]

I had a similar problem with HL1 before too, I believe I had to reinstall the video drivers.

 

[PsharkJF]

Be sure opengl driver is "Default" and not "3DFX Mini"

 

[biostud]

can't you just use D3D?

 

[SonicIce]

try it though steam if you acually bought the game. 1.1.1.0 is the latest but there hasn't been a new patch in years. you can get the patch from 3dgamers by choosing a mirror here:
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/halflife/hl1110.exe.html

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: biostud
can't you just use D3D?

as far as i know half life works better in opengl. it runs faster for me in opengl on steam and allows me to use aa/af.

 

[BFG10K]

Try 640x480 and see if that helps.

 

[Raincity]

I have the same system specs and running Cat 5.7 in XP SP-2 and Half life runs fine for me in GL and D3D.