If you are faced with the fact that Team Fortress 2 is slow, crashes, does not start, Team Fortress 2 is not installed, controls don’t work, there is no sound, pop up errors in Team Fortress 2, saves are not working — we offer you the most common ways to solve these problems.
First — check that the performance of your PC
Minimum system requirements:
- Windows® 2000 / XP / Vista
- Processor 1.7 GHz (3 GHz recommended)
- 512 MB of random-access memory (1 GB recommended)
- Video card with support for DirectX® 8 (recommended with support for DirectX® 9)
- DirectX-compatible sound card
- Installation requires an Internet connection
Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software
Before very bad words to remember and to express them in the direction of development, do not forget to go to the official website of the manufacturer of your graphics card and download the latest drivers. Often, the release of games are prepared specially optimized for these drivers. You can also try to install a later version of the driver if the problem is not solved by installing the current version. Do not forget that for the stable operation of the games you need to install the latest version of DirectX, which can always be downloaded from the official Microsoft website.
Team Fortress 2 does not start
Many of the problems with the launch of games happen because of improper installation. Check, if there was any error during installation, try deleting the game and run the installer again, first disable antivirus. It is also important to remember that the path to the folder with a game should not have Cyrillic characters — only use letters of the Latin alphabet and numbers for directory names. You also can try to run the game as an administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.
Team Fortress 2 freezes, lags, Low FPS
First — install new drivers for a video card. Also check the computer utilization in the Task Manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If before starting the game you can see that some process consumes too many resources — turn off the program or simply delete this process from Task Manager.
Next, go to the graphics settings in the game. First turn off anti-aliasing and try to lower the setting, responsible for post-processing. Many of them consume a lot of resources and their trip will greatly enhance the performance, not greatly affecting the quality of the picture.
Team Fortress 2 crashes to the desktop
If the game crashes to the desktop, try to start addressing the issue of reducing the quality of the graphics. It is possible that your PC just does not have enough performance and the game may not work correctly. Also worth checking out updates — most of today’s games have the system automatically install the new patch. Check to see whether this option is turned off in the settings.
Black screen in Team Fortress 2
The most common problem with black screen is a problem with the GPU. Check to see if your video card meets the minimum requirements and put a fresh version of the drivers. Sometimes a black screen is the result of a lack of CPU performance.
If everything is fine with the hardware, and it satisfies the minimum requirements — try to switch to another window (ALT + TAB), and then return to the game screen.
Team Fortress 2 is not installed
First of all, check that you have enough space on the HDD for installation. Remember that to work properly the program requires the declared volume of space, plus a 1-2 GB of free space on the system drive. In general, remember the rule — always the system drive must have at least 2 gigabytes of free space for temporary files.
Problems with the installation may also be due to the lack of an internet connection or unstable. Also, do not forget to stop the antivirus during the installation of the game.
Saves don’t work in Team Fortress 2
By analogy with the previous solution, check for free space on HDD — both on where the game is installed, and the system drive. Often you save a file stored in a folder of documents, which is separate from the game itself.
How to fix controls do not work in Team Fortress 2
Sometimes the controls of the game does not work because of the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disabling gamepad, if for some reason you have two connected keyboard or mouse, leave only one pair of devices. Remember — the game officially supports only controllers, the Xbox is defined as joysticks. If your controller is defined differently — try using software that emulates the Xbox joysticks (eg, x360ce).
No sound in Team Fortress 2
Check if the sound works in other programs. Then check to see if the sound is turned off in the settings of the game, and whether there is audio playback device is selected, which is connected your speakers or headset. This is followed during the game to open the mixer and check whether sound is off there.
If you are using an external sound card — check for new drivers at the manufacturer’s website.
