Stuck on grey screen?

[Piss Lipid]

I've been stuck on a grey screen I can see my controllers and I can hear background noise of the game. On my monitor it has just the valve logo. I am using a HTC Vive which shouldn't be a problem. I have tried to verify files and restarting everything and updating drivers. Nothing has worked so far.

[JediAreBrave]

same here please let me know if you discover whats causing this

[Piss Lipid]

yeah I went into the games local files. went to game > bin > win64. A little bit down you'll see a file called hlvr (only one with the HL:A logo) Right click it and run as admin. Ive tried to get this game to automatically launch as admin, but it wont take for whatever reason. This is the only way i've been able to play.

[Rychu]

Shamely,
you are my hero man.

It sounds so obvious, yet the easiest solutions are the hardest to find sometimes :)

[MONO]

when i do this it only launches on the pc and not the vr

[fujikawa17]

Originally posted by Mr.Meme7485:

when i do this it only launches on the pc and not the vr

HTC Vive grey screen means the headset isn't tracking. This can be hardware or software. Sounds like software for the OP since admin rights fixed it for them.

It happens to me when the sensors next to my nose get too hot(covering them with tape actually fixes it since you don't need all the sensors for the headset to work). I run an air conditioner in the room I play in now and it doesn't happen anymore. To see if this is happening try covering them one at a time and once you find the bad one it will start working. Then you can leave the bad one covered while playing