I'm running Vista 64 w/EVGA 8800 GTS with latest drivers. When I start the game
I get the Valve music and a black screen (no dude with spigot in his head) and a little while later I get the loading screen.
Game plays OK for a little while and then hangs, frequentally with looping sound.
I found this on another forum and it's worked for me.
Start the game. When you get to the connect to server screen hit Ctrl+alt+del to bring up task manager. End the task GameOverlayUI.exe. Then close task manager and go back into the game. You won't have any crashing problems. You'll have to do this everytime you start the game.
The thread I found this on said that GameOverlayUI.exe is part of steam and is supposed to terminate when game starts but isn't. In fact, it does not even terminate when you exit the game.
I get the Valve music and a black screen (no dude with spigot in his head) and a little while later I get the loading screen.
Game plays OK for a little while and then hangs, frequentally with looping sound.
I found this on another forum and it's worked for me.
Start the game. When you get to the connect to server screen hit Ctrl+alt+del to bring up task manager. End the task GameOverlayUI.exe. Then close task manager and go back into the game. You won't have any crashing problems. You'll have to do this everytime you start the game.
The thread I found this on said that GameOverlayUI.exe is part of steam and is supposed to terminate when game starts but isn't. In fact, it does not even terminate when you exit the game.