i had this problem like what was happening here
http://www.sourcefortsmod.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=80
And here
http://www.sourcefortsmod.com/forums...opic.php?t=300
and here......... well, i'll just stop linking cuzz i see another 100 some posts

reinstall didn't help at all, redownload was a no go(and i hate to waste bandwidth), new vid drivers? nope, ingame settings NOTTA', BRAND NEW REINSTALL OF HL2?! did nothing but fragment my harddrive...

what seamed was happening was the mod was opening in NORMAL half-life 2 NOT half-life 2 Deathmatch. i didn't know there was difference till my friend installed the mod on the family comp so could do up a few lan games while he was over, and i noticed that his was working fine, i told him to relaunch the game and i noticed then that there was an ability to open 3rd party game through steam ( ooohhhhhh what a noob i am) once i opened it through there is was fine...

SO long story, sort open through steam, NOT a shortcut you made yourself on the desktop... failing that... i dunno' but it fixed my problem so I figured I should share the info[/url]

Thanks very much.

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