Crashing on Startup [FIXED]

[Kitty]

Solution: I fixed the problem by disabling "Expriemental Features" in Gefore Exprience app settings.
Here's the link to another thread dicussing the same issue:
https://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/55f9ig/if_using_nvidia_experience_uncheck_use/


My game crashes everytime it gets to the loading screen which is after the Valve intro. I started this new thread cause the other ones were old and did not solve my problem. The game just jumps out with no error message. So I tried running hl2 from Teamfortress directory and i get "Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting." which I think is why the games crashing. I tried fixing it by replacing gameinfo.txt from another computer that can run the game and it did not work also i tried reinstalling my GPU drivers with a clean install. None worked! so I think fixing hl2 will automatically fix tf2?? any ideas???
Also L4D2 runs fine, SAME ENGINE!!!
Things that already been tried:
1. Verifying intergrity
2. Reinstalling
3. Runing steam://flushconfig
4. Reinstalling GPU drivers
5. Updating windows
6. Reinstalled DirectX from redist folder
System info:
Intel i7-7700HQ
16 GB ram
Nvidia GTX 1060 MAXQ
WIN 10

[jonathonfrasier.2008]

Switch to Overwatch. Way better anyways.

[Mano]

No error message = can't help you
We're not wizards.
It could be a million things to be honest with you.

[Kitty]

Originally posted by Mano:

No error message = can't help you
We're not wizards.
It could be a million things to be honest with you.

I wish I could have an error message too, but theres none!!! Is there a log file I can use?

[Mano]

Possibly, you would need to Google that.
An old thread mentions a temporarly fix, set your dxlevel to 8 or 9 in launch option and see if anything changes.

[Kitty]

Originally posted by Mano:

Possibly, you would need to Google that.
An old thread mentions a temporarly fix, set your dxlevel to 8 or 9 in launch option and see if anything changes.

So I tried running hl2 from Teamfortress directory and i get "Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting." which I think is why the games crashing. I tried fixing it by replacing gameinfo.txt from another computer that can run the game and it did not work also i tried reinstalling my GPU drivers with a clean install. None worked! so I think fixing hl2 will automatically fix tf2?? any ideas???

[🔥Astral Rage🔥]

Do u have direct x 9 installed ?

[Kitty]

Originally posted by 🔥Bervesk Rage🔥(exams):

Do u have direct x 9 installed ?

Yes I do. I have to mention I also reinstalled the DirectX from the redist folder as well!!!

[Million]

Originally posted by Jell:

Switch to Overwatch. Way better anyways.

Bait Detected

[nismo]

Originally posted by Jell:

Switch to Overwatch. Way better anyways.

but i dont want tunnel vision

[Kitty]

Originally posted by carigroovy:

Originally posted by Jell:

Switch to Overwatch. Way better anyways.

but i dont want tunnel vision

*Agreement intensifies*

[Kitty]

Originally posted by Bap:

Originally posted by Jell:

Switch to Overwatch. Way better anyways.

Bait Detected

CALL THE THOT POLICE

[SED4906]

"Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting." when running hl2.exe directly is normal, because TF2 requires you to run it with the launch option "-game tf" (without the quotes).

Launching TF2 from Steam already gives the game the parameter "-game tf", even if there's no launch option displayed by Steam in the properties menu, (not hl2.exe's properties through Windows file explorer) the game is launched with "-game tf".

[Kitty]

Originally posted by TF2TR SolEngDem:

"Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting." when running hl2.exe directly is normal, because TF2 requires you to run it with the launch option "-game tf" (without the quotes).

Launching TF2 from Steam already gives the game the parameter "-game tf", even if there's no launch option displayed by Steam in the properties menu, (not hl2.exe's properties through Windows file explorer) the game is launched with "-game tf".

Then I dont understand why my game keeps crashing on startup. I've tried EVERYTHING possible LITERALLY EVERYTHING!!!!

[Mano]

It crashes even when you launch the game in DirectX 8 or 9?

[Kitty]

Originally posted by Mano:

It crashes even when you launch the game in DirectX 8 or 9?

BOTH!!! I tried all the dxlevel launch options, no different...