I need some help

[Crowbar (aka chair)]

When I launch hl2dm it shows a black screen I cant do anything to close it. Does anyone know a solution to this?

[Xeogin]

If you recently installed graphics driver, or just haven't restarted your computer already, start by doing that.

If it's still occuring after your computer loads back up, go to the install folder for the game, right-click the hl2.exe and check or uncheck the option for fullscreen optimizations depending on what's in place now, then try to launch it again.

If it still doesn't work, it might be trying to launch in an defined/supported resolution, so you'd want to edit your autoexec.cfg to have something like "mat_setvideomode 1920 1080 0"

If it STILL doesn't work, use DDU to fully uninstall, then reinstall your graphics drivers and if that also fails, check to make sure your not running too many overlays that may be conflicting with one another. Common ones that cause issues in multiple games are Overwolf, old versions of OBS and Twitch, and MSI Afterburner.

If that all still doesn't work, post back here and I'll try and think harder to the last time it happens to me and hopefully come up with more things to potentially try.

[Crowbar (aka chair)]

I have a Computer from around 2011 and I use 1366x768 resolution cause I cant go higher and windowed mode helped but thanks for saying

[Crowbar (aka chair)]

I also have Intel so I cant overclock

[Mr Keefy]

Does

-autoconfig

still work in the launch options?

[Crowbar (aka chair)]

Originally posted by Mr Keefy:

Does

-autoconfig

still work in the launch options?

idk
does it?

[BEEF SUPREME]

Originally posted by Crowbar (aka chair):

When I launch hl2dm it shows a black screen I cant do anything to close it. Does anyone know a solution to this?

What is your CPU model, Amount of RAM, and Graphics Card Model, or does it have onboard graphics?