March 30, 200322 yr Okay for the past several days I have been expierencing a strange problem that prevents me from playing any and all HL games and/or mods. The pak files in my game folders wont open. They wont open when the game starts and they wont open by using PakExplorer or PakScape. I have uninstalled and reinstalled HL at least 1/2 a dozen times now. I have formatted and re-installed Windows just as many times. Even with the complete new installs of both HL, it's mods and Windows my pak files still refuse to open. I have no clue as to why.Plz help me out here. I cannot play any HL engine game until this is resolved. What could be causing the prob? Would flashing my bios fix the prob? That is the only thing I can think of that would fix the prob because as I have mentioned earlier neither reformatting my hdd and installing Windows nor uninstalling and reinstalling HL and its mods have solved the prob.Help me plz. I dont want this to be the end of my HL career.
March 30, 200322 yr Author Okay for the past several days I have been expierencing a strange problem that prevents me from playing any and all HL games and/or mods. The pak files in my game folders wont open. They wont open when the game starts and they wont open by using PakExplorer or PakScape. I have uninstalled and reinstalled HL at least 1/2 a dozen times now. I have formatted and re-installed Windows just as many times. Even with the complete new installs of both HL, it's mods and Windows my pak files still refuse to open. I have no clue as to why.Plz help me out here. I cannot play any HL engine game until this is resolved. What could be causing the prob? Would flashing my bios fix the prob? That is the only thing I can think of that would fix the prob because as I have mentioned earlier neither reformatting my hdd and installing Windows nor uninstalling and reinstalling HL and its mods have solved the prob.Help me plz. I dont want this to be the end of my HL career.
March 30, 200322 yr you might want to try to call sierra's tech suport, CALL them not email, that way if they cant help you fix it over the phone then start saying your HL is defective and have them send you a new copy.
March 30, 200322 yr you might want to try to call sierra's tech suport, CALL them not email, that way if they cant help you fix it over the phone then start saying your HL is defective and have them send you a new copy.
March 30, 200322 yr Author But my HL isnt defective. Here are my specs which have worked for quite a while until last week.mboard -- ABIT BH-6 cpu -- Cele 500 scard -- SB Live! vcard -- Geforce 4 MX 420 64mb mem -- 128mb RAM os -- Win 98When trying to open the pak file using either PakExplorer or PakScape I get the standard red x error "Error reading pak file." When attempting to play I get the error "Cannot open gfx/shell/splash.bmp" I thought I fixed this with placing a splash screen of my own in my gfxshell dir, but that didnt work to well as all it did was go further on down the line and give me another error stating that it couldnt open another file. The files that I need are located in the valve pak file. Since the pak file will not open with outside programs or HL itself the game wont run.
March 30, 200322 yr Author But my HL isnt defective. Here are my specs which have worked for quite a while until last week.mboard -- ABIT BH-6 cpu -- Cele 500 scard -- SB Live! vcard -- Geforce 4 MX 420 64mb mem -- 128mb RAM os -- Win 98When trying to open the pak file using either PakExplorer or PakScape I get the standard red x error "Error reading pak file." When attempting to play I get the error "Cannot open gfx/shell/splash.bmp" I thought I fixed this with placing a splash screen of my own in my gfxshell dir, but that didnt work to well as all it did was go further on down the line and give me another error stating that it couldnt open another file. The files that I need are located in the valve pak file. Since the pak file will not open with outside programs or HL itself the game wont run.
March 30, 200322 yr How do you know it's not defective?Maybe some how the gods of evilness made the files bad on the CD.Try this: Install a copy that isn't yours but works, and just use your CDKey.
March 30, 200322 yr How do you know it's not defective?Maybe some how the gods of evilness made the files bad on the CD.Try this: Install a copy that isn't yours but works, and just use your CDKey.
March 30, 200322 yr just call tec support tell them if the problem isnt fixxed "my game must be defective" theyll say its not than u say "well everything else works" and rant and rave and say youll never buy another sierra product and threaten to sue that will get their attention
March 30, 200322 yr just call tec support tell them if the problem isnt fixxed "my game must be defective" theyll say its not than u say "well everything else works" and rant and rave and say youll never buy another sierra product and threaten to sue that will get their attention
March 30, 200322 yr Author I have created a thread regarding this at the FA forums already along with at the PHL forums and the NS forums.
March 30, 200322 yr Author I have created a thread regarding this at the FA forums already along with at the PHL forums and the NS forums.
March 30, 200322 yr say youll never buy another sierra product and threaten to sue that will get their attention Wat has been sierra's most recent game? Half-Life? Not much eh?
March 30, 200322 yr say youll never buy another sierra product and threaten to sue that will get their attention Wat has been sierra's most recent game? Half-Life? Not much eh?
April 8, 200322 yr Author A little update for those that care: After formatting both hdd's and re-installing Windows one final time my HL games/mods work.
April 8, 200322 yr Author A little update for those that care: After formatting both hdd's and re-installing Windows one final time my HL games/mods work.
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