Hi there! 2nd question got the perfect fix for my first Q so I came back.

Just today I re-formated my computer to get a fresh start after college. before I reformatted I could play TF2 just fine. (of course it did suggest my card drivers were out of date but it still worked fine). Now it won't even start up, I get the .hl2 error, and the option to send an error report and that is it.

-I'm using windows XP Home edition
-Graphics card is a Radeon ATI 9250 PCI card
-I installed what the site called the "latest" drivers but I still get that "drivers are out of date" message.

If there are any further questions about my scenario I'd be happy to answer them, I'm just confused since after reformatting my PC won't work on the first program.

Installed
-TF2
-Steam account
-Graphic Card drivers

Which makes me believe that its either a graphics card error, a OS error, or I just need to re-install the game again.

Thank you very much!

Hi

try to find your ans here or contact steam or go to TF2 forum

I dunno if it would let you install the game without up to date Directx, but you can try testing that. Find out if you have directx 9.0c(I think) by clicking on Start / Run / type "dxdiag". It should tell you which version you have.

I've always disregarded hl2 messages about my drivers being out of date. That's mostly due to the fact that when I recieved those messages everyone was pushing out new drivers for vista that were totally messing up everything.

Directx can be downloaded here. Hope this helps. Good luck.

PS: BTW, what error is it exactly?