cheers for that unfortunatley it dosen't help. however the console did show that map d1_canals_05.bsp was missing which might explain the problem. do you know if there is anywere to download this seeing as a reinstall showed this to be corrupt.
im stuck at the bit after the water puzzle were you turn the valve then jump across the big wodden floaty things. once i get outside i couldn't climb the ladder so i piled up the wooden boxes then jumped onto the fence and over the planks but when i drop down there seems to be nowhere to go as...