Official thread for TF2 technical support/issues

[arkanis50]

This is the palce to get some assistance when having trouble with the TF2 beta.

I'll kick it off:

Q: I cannot seem to get a list of available servers? Any ideas? Is there a new application I need to make an expception for with my firewall?
A: Had to allow an exception for - C:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<name>\team fortress 2\hl2.exe

[Hotblack]

I'm getting a different problem. Get the screen with "Loading...." down the bottom, and that's it!!! Have to reboot!!!!

[arkanis50]

I'm getting a different problem. Get the screen with "Loading...." down the bottom, and that's it!!! Have to reboot!!!!

Does it force a reboot? Or just sit there. Getting the same thing if it just sits there... I had to hit Enter/space and alt + tab... then the screen came back with a Steam dialogue box in the top left corner. It was all obscured but I could see the Cancel button. Clicked cancel and the menu came up. No idea what the box said. Changed my visual mode to Windowed so I might be able to capture it.

Could be related to why I can't see any servers.

EDIT: Tried Windows mode. The corner of the box was not visible in the bottom right hand corner but couldn't drag it onto the screen to read it. Clicked Escape and it let me go through to the menu - still can't load a server list.

[Maxpayne5th]

Mine works to the degree that DoD:S works. It gets in game and freezes, most likely cause my computer is below-par. But why doesn't it do it in say... CS:S? If someone could answer that question, I'd be forever in someone's debt.

[Hotblack]

I'm getting a different problem. Get the screen with "Loading...." down the bottom, and that's it!!! Have to reboot!!!!

Does it force a reboot? Or just sit there. Getting the same thing if it just sits there... I had to hit Enter/space and alt + tab... then the screen came back with a Steam dialogue box in the top left corner. It was all obscured but I could see the Cancel button. Clicked cancel and the menu came up. No idea what the box said. Changed my visual mode to Windowed so I might be able to capture it.

Could be related to why I can't see any servers.

EDIT: Tried Windows mode. The corner of the box was not visible in the bottom right hand corner but couldn't drag it onto the screen to read it. Clicked Escape and it let me go through to the menu - still can't load a server list.

No it doesn't force a reboot... It freezes on the load screen, however nothing happens when I Alt+tab, Esc, or even Ctrl+Alt+Del

I might try booting up CSS and see if that still works

[Pete331]

I got another problem to add.....
When loading TF2 i get a black screen, can hear the valve bit then crashes.
Running Vista 64
Any solutions would be appreciated
Gonna try the new beta nvidia drivers.
Will post results

[arkanis50]

Fixed my issue, as I suspect it was firewall related.

Had to allow an exception for - C:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<name>\team fortress 2\hl2.exe

No warnings to allow this through originally came up, but after I installed the latest Nvidia drivers I did get asked to allow 'Gameoverlayui.exe' through as well, which I think is related to HL2?

[KiLL3R4HiR3]

If you can hear the valve intro video but it crashes after that, try the following:

Right click on team fortress 2 in the steam games list and select properties
On the general tab click the startup options button
Enter:

-window

into the box that pops up and click ok

Double click team fortress 2 in the steam games list and it *should* work (worked for me)

[lordsoth]

Mine preloaded fine, then launches the game, i see a the valve logo come up then some copyright stuff, then a background screen with a soldier etc and "loading" down the bottom, then a hl2 crash to desktop error.

Winxp sp2/ all hotfixes/ latest dx9

q6600, 2gb, 8800gtx's in sli, tried turning sli off, rolling back to non "beta" drivers, etc, still no joy,

i just purged all the content for the game in steam and now im waiting for it to download it all again (<3 internode steam mirror) i'll let u know if that changes anything

[discobrad]

mine has worked a treat, but does anyone know a way to change name? i am assuming it is the steam friends name it is picking up...

[DrBadWolf]

"-window" worked.

create you profile in the steam community service and your name should follow you where ever you go

[discobrad]

yeah, i figured. tho that sucks for us admins who will alias in other games such as CSS, when your name is sitting pretty in Steam friends

[Trent Stollery]

Hey all
Am I the only one getting a lot of crashes. I can load the game find and most of the time i can join a server but i can only play for 4 mins befor the game crashes to desktop. I have just been playing CSS for a hour so i don't think it is a issue with my comp. Has anyone else had crashes?

CPU: Q6600 B3
Motherboard: Asus P5K-E Wi-Fi
Memory: 4x1GB Cosair 667mhz
Hard Drive: WD 500GB SATAII
Video Card: ATI HD2900xt ( I have reinstalled the drivers twice)
Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570
PSU: Cosair HX620
Soundcard: Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1

[Revx]

I am running vista premium 32bit with 1900xt and it loads with black screen, can hear music etc then it crashes to desktop. Putting -window into the launch options fixed it. Fairly unimpressed! It is one thing to not support DX10 it is another to just ignore Vista all together.

[CaptZonk]

yeah, i figured. tho that sucks for us admins who will alias in other games such as CSS, when your name is sitting pretty in Steam friends

i really hope they change that for the real game