TF2 didn't run with Boot Camp

[madcap]

So I got my new Macbook pro just a little while ago, today i was hoping to get everything set up so i could at least play Team Fortress 2 on it. After I set up boot camp and installed windows 7 on it everything seemed to be running smoothly. Later today, TF2 had just finished downloading but when i tried to play the game couldn't even load the main start up page. It just immediately crashes right after start up. I tried updating windows and when I went to try to update the drivers there was a problem during installation.

I'm not exactly sure what i did wrong. I followed the boot camp instructions. I'm using NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 256MB. Is there some obvious step that i'm missing?

 

[BradenG]

I'm a TF2 freak, but it's hard for me to say. The only reason I have a Bootcamp partition is to play TF2 and WinXP is a great OS for TF2 (all Source engine games) so I just used XP w/SP3 - I'm not familiar with Win7, so there could be a complication in that regard somewhere.

 

[customsnow]

So I got my new Macbook pro just a little while ago, today i was hoping to get everything set up so i could at least play Team Fortress 2 on it. After I set up boot camp and installed windows 7 on it everything seemed to be running smoothly. Later today, TF2 had just finished downloading but when i tried to play the game couldn't even load the main start up page. It just immediately crashes right after start up. I tried updating windows and when I went to try to update the drivers there was a problem during installation.

I'm not exactly sure what i did wrong. I followed the boot camp instructions. I'm using NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 256MB. Is there some obvious step that i'm missing?

did you install the boot camp drivers in windows by sticking in your snow leopard/leopard/your macbook disk you need those drivers as well as the nvidia driver

 

[Slipster]

I did exactly the same, installed Windows 7 on my mac book pro, problem i had is that the disc didnt install all the drivers, Some missing i find is the inbuilt Mic, and Graphics driver.

After i installed the graphics driver tf2 runs smoothly, before that it got to the Steam Terms and conditions and crashed.

 

[0098386]

I'm a TF2 freak, but it's hard for me to say. The only reason I have a Bootcamp partition is to play TF2 and WinXP is a great OS for TF2 (all Source engine games) so I just used XP w/SP3 - I'm not familiar with Win7, so there could be a complication in that regard somewhere.

Awesome, same here!
OP - does the resolution change before the crash? This is one of the first things the game does so it would help explain if it was caused by a bad installation or something in the launch code.
Have you tried any other games? If you have the time grab a demo of a Source engine game.

One thing you could try is right clicking on the game in Steam, properties, set launch options select and add "-dxlevel 80". This disables DX9, it'd just help diagnose the problem a bit better. If you want add a space and add "-novid" to turn off the Valve intro video.

 

[Tbone999]

Been playing TF2 with Crossover Games for about 7 months now

It runs very well. You can try it out before buying it. I play a whole lot of TF2 (as well as Left4Dead) and I think it's a pretty easy way to get these games up and running on your mac.

 

[adamjohn_98]

It runs very well. You can try it out before buying it. I play a whole lot of TF2 (as well as Left4Dead) and I think it's a pretty easy way to get these games up and running on your mac.

What are the specs on your Mac? I'm hoping to do this same thing on my new i7 iMac when it comes in.