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This was not a problem when I was playing 3840x1024 but I thought I would play through the HL2 series again using 5040x1050 and now the crosshair is gone....any ideas anyone? Fully up tp date STEAM version AFAIK!

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

I was able to solve my problem with SoftTH by adding the '-height' and '-width' switches to the desktop shotcut (right click > Properties > Target). My TF2 looks something like this:

"C:ProgramFilesblahblahblahsteam.exe" -width 4480 -height 1024

So your saying that entering that into the .exe shortcut will fix the crosshair? Interesting...

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EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 3.5GB | 3 X LG Flatron 24EA53VQ in Nvidia Surround | Optoma HD20

I just reinstalled Episode 2 to try the shortcut thing ... mine has a crosshair without doing anything to the shortcut ... :shock:

Is it just HL2 and E1 that has it missing ?
EDIT: ... read the thread next time ... :roll: .... :lol:

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EDIT: ... just tried the shortcut trick on HL2 ... it doesn't work ... :(

EDIT: ... read the thread next time ... :roll: .... :lol:

LOL

EDIT: ... just tried the shortcut trick on HL2 ... it doesn't work ... :(

Bother, I couldn't try it as my PC is in pieces...psu died :( but I was hoping it worked.....
Oh well just have to stick with Fake Factory's mod whch does get it there :)

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

Figures, after a 6gb download I find that FF mod requires ep1/2 to work. Plain old HL2 ain't enough.

And I've ran mods 'requiring ep1' before too. The SDK did the job of meeting their requirement.

Ah well, not buying those episodic nonsenses, I only have hl2 because it was bundled with an old video card anywho.

RTFI ;)

And I would recommend the Orange Box for one of the best deals in PC gaming:
Ep1 and 2: both really good
TF2: awesome online twitch shooter..and it keeps getting better
Portal: a modern classic

YMMV

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

Portal : I hate puzzles.
Ep1/2 : more zombies jumping out of dark corners, no thanks.
TF2: online only, I'm offline.

You'll likely say I'm difficult or something, truth is, I haven't seen a game I'm looking forward to in ages, and those that I might have considered have crashed and burned.

TOTAL FAIL for M1.9P's suggestions then! :)

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

Unfortunately yes, the current and seemingly unending trend is to pass horror and misc. other dark jumpy type games as sci-fi. Seems you can't have science-fiction without mutants, dark corners and tight corridors.

I would have never even considered playing hl/hl2 had it not been bundled with one of my cards.

Same for stalker which came with these ultras, I haven't played it yet because it seems to be more horror junk.

And to those who would say I'm a coward/scaredy-cat/whatever, consider this, I don't jump in-game, I jump days, weeks, months afterwards, when my mind decides it's a good time to re-live as real as anything else that particularly dark and jumpy moment without giving me a moments notice. So no, I don't care for that thank you.

I don't have a photographic memory but almost, so I have to be careful what I record for the playback is seldom pleasant.

Anywho, sorry to waste thread space on something unrelated.