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[roadtrip]

Hello. I'm a newbie here and would like to post a solution to the following error messages that a lot of gamers with an ATI video card are having with H/L2: Failed to lock vertex buffer in CmeshDx8:LockVertexBuffer." This is followed by the other message:
“The instruction at "0x241f94f7"refenced memory at "0x0d8af41c." The memory could not be read." Click OK to terminate the program."
I have an ATI 9700 and went to OmegaDrivers.net. There I downloaded the latest Omega drivers, which were surprisingly easy to install and the problem has, so far, gone away. I'm playing the game with no problems, now.

 

[ríomhaire]

What's your RAM? Are you running it on the recomended settings?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

"Failed to lock vertex buffer in CmeshDx8:LockVertexBuffer."

That is a driver issue, some guy had same thing happen to him on his 9200, try ATi's official drivers, might solve the issue.

 

[Megalomaniac]

Silly people, get a new card. It will ALWAYS fix Half Life 2 problems

 

[ZEROarmy]

Ok, first of all, this is not a technical support forum. Second, you should use Valve's support center:

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=278

 

[TerminallYDead]

He was posting a solution to the problem, not asking how to fix it.

 

[Megalomaniac]

He was posting a solution to the problem, not asking how to fix it.

Way to make me feel like an idiot ;(