yea, that is odd, you could reinstall, valve keeps tabs on your bought gamez, so if u delete it, it should re dl, and then it should work, if that doesnt work, just try getting it on ebay or something.
actually, for all non keyboard systems, (this is true) to open the console, press all buttons on the controller at the same time. i know its hard, but thats the command, but you still need to be able to type, watever, your problem
besides having steam, the thing is, how goddamn fu*king stupid are you? your copy of whatever online game ur running your dl or cd/dvd is corrupted, you didnt get the standard maps that come with these things, and that error shouldnt come up anyway, if the game has no coded maps, most games or...
actually, oh, nvm, i was thinking of synergy, mods are different than the orignials. never mind me, and try to just use your keyboard, if that works, then its all fine, wast wrong with a keyboard? just use it
use full size, otherwise you only get crap.
just lower the fps recording speed in the mivies tab, if its at watever fpd, lower it by maybe 20-30, and it should run better. if not, then maybe take sound out, but not reccommended, everythings better with sound. but dont lower the fpd too much or...