i dunno why but any time i try and fire up cs from steam it locks up every time, so i end task both hl.exe and steam.exe.. then wait a few and restart steam, then cs works... this has been happening every time i try and start the game after steams been running

ive been having problems as well just not with that

i keep changing it to 1024x800

and every time i quit and go back in it goes back to 800x600

not a huge problem but very annoying

Ever since the update on Sunday, most people with source have been experiencing problems. I believe they just recently in the last few hours released a new patch that will hopefully take care of all the problems. I personally was experience about 20% of the normal fps I should get. I know there are various problems people have been getting from CS:S locking up, to it restarting their computer. So I am going to dl the patch now, and hopefully it fixes the problem.

so uh yeah, the patch didn't fix anything for me. gl to everyone else tho.
okay bye now.

Valve can lick a dick. All they're good at is fucking up games.

I've heard that problem was that they disabled directx8 support, so if your card does not support directx9, you're basically screwed.

umm i sure hope my gf 6600 gt is a dx9 card... bc thats how it was advertised

The last update or so didn't disable directx 8.0 support, rather it forced everyone's game to directx 9.0. To fix this right click on counterstrike in the Play games steam window, go to Launch options, and type '-dxlevel 80' or 81. This forces it back.

last update fixed my problem so it seems