I’ve really been enjoying the Orange Box so far. Unfortunately, I’ve encountered an apparent bug
in Half Life 2: Episode 2. During “Chapter
2: Vortal Coil” the game will consistently crash at the same point. The crash occurs after you escape from the
guardian ant-lion
by dropping into a corridor. At the end
of the corridor there is a medic sitting against the wall. When you walk closer to the medic, the
display will freeze and you will be dumped back into Windows. You receive an error informing you that the
“hl2.exe” process has crashed. After
doing some Google searches I was able to find a solution posted here and here. The workaround is to basically shoot the web at
the end of the passage, face the wall on the right, crouch, and then strafe
until you get into the next room. I
followed these instructions and I was able to avoid the crash. I love being a PC gamer!!!