Cheat Engine

Gypsy++ · Last edited by Gypsy++ on Thu May 05, 2011 8:47 pm; edited 1 time in total

So..I just bought portal 2, downloaded it, started it up. Main Menu comes up, err okay everything's going fine. BAM game closes like you exited it or something. I tried verifying game cache and multiple other things from google and it keeps crashing. And it's not an immediate crash either, sometimes it'll be two minutes in start menu, 5 minutes, etc. But quickly I tried to start singleplayer, it fully loads right? So I'm like yes yes yes yes! And then...Portal2.exe has stopped working. Note: when it crashes at teh start menu there is no portal2.exe has stopped working. The game just closes. Please help, 50 bucks on a game i was already skeptical about is a lot to me. I could spend that 50 dollars else where. Anyways, I would very much appreciate it if any of you could help me. Also have any of you had these problems before?

also note that i reinstalled game already and updated my video drivers
nothing works so far

Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit
Nvidia GT 220 1GB DDR3
Intel Celeron @ 2.4Ghz
(I don't think it's my specs, as I can run games like Black ops and mw2...)

Thanks in advance...(please help me, please)

Haswell · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:36 am Post subject:

Try these

I'm also slightly skeptical about your specs. That celly is slow compared to processors these days...

kls85 · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:03 am Post subject:

He should be able to run Portal 2, I can run Portal and Portal 2 on my HP mini netbook which contains a Intel Atom, 3GB of ram and Nvidia ION.
As for the game, it's really really good!

AhMunRa · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:14 am Post subject:

Yeah if he can handle BO he can run Portal2. Try adding the Portal2.exe to Data Execution Prevention.

This says Vista, but DEP is present in Windows 7 as well, same method to add a program to it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65790-dep-turn-off-programs.html

Could also try this one if the DEP doesn't work.

- enable the developer console in the mouse/keyboard options, then
- add " -console" (without quotes) to the Portal 2 launch shortcut
- once the main menu is loaded, inside the console type (again without quotes) "sv_cheats 1", then press enter
- type "host_timescale 1.5", then press enter, then launch your game

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:04 pm Post subject:

get the latest drivers, run the game in a window, and disable multicore rendering

AhMunRa · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject:

The var needs to be set back to 1, should have mentioned that in previous. Haven't tested don't have any issues running Portal2.

Gypsy++ · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject:

thanks for all the help, but sadly nothing so far has worked.

is there any way i can get a refund from valve? like store credit in steam wallet so i can just buy another game? I was already skeptical about buying this now it doesn't fucking work...

this is what happens when i try to load the singleplayer game

kls85 · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject:

Since your skeptical about this game, you have to ask yourself, did you play the first game? If not you may not know the whole story to it and returning that for Steam credit won't be too bad. But before doing that, you did the following?
1. Update drivers like graphic card?
2. You manage to find out what is the detail of that error?
3. Set the game to compatibility mode and run it as "Administrator"
4. Run the game on another computer if you have it?
5. Possibility you got a botch download?
6. Why get the Steam version? Hard copy exists too.
7. Close all programs before launching the game including your web browser.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject:

there is no real hard copy of portal, it downloads bits of the game through steam regardless and must be registered through it

Gypsy++ · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject:

ZacTheSin · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject:

Gypsy++ · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject:

Gypsy++ · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:23 pm Post subject:

I don't know, laptop 1.20ghz seems really slow compared to 2.4, I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work i want my fuckign money back lollolol

.::EDIT::.

No, I'm afraid it's too risky too even login to my steam account on my laptop. Because my family members use it...I don't feel very safe using my laptop to play a game on.

AhMunRa · Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:46 pm Post subject:

Did you try adding the program to DEP? kls85 is right since it is logging an error, there should be more details in the log, either error log or event log. You never mentioned what sound card you have.