First post, by Elda
Some time ago I decided to play Half-life 2. I could not find my original CD's so I started downloading game from internet. But all versions I tried had Directx 9.0 by default and my performance was horrible.
I finally found the very first versions of the game (original from 2004 year).
It can be downloaded from here : REMOVED
It has start.bat file as loader. When I open it with notepad it has "hl2.exe -steam" typed. If I run game directly from HL2.exe it wont start. When I use start.bat file game runs flawlessly and performance is spectacular on 1080p (but I had to enable compatibility settings of Windows XP SP3 to hl2.exe).
However lets get into root of the problem. When I try to save game or load autosave game crashes.
Any ideas?