"Q" is for "crosshair"

Kiddo86 · May 27, 2010

I downloaded Orange Box today to play on my 17" i7 MBP and as you might expect, I can and do play with every graphics option set to maximum and have a frame rate my eyes cannot detect. However, I'm curious to know if anyone else playing Half-Life 2 on their mac has had this weird glitch where the crosshairs and weapon images are replaced by letters and symbols... it's quite playable but still annoying. I'm hoping it's a known glitch, but until its fixed I guess I'll be shooting bad guys with a giant letter Q.

0098386 · May 27, 2010

https://forums.macrumors.com/members/12149/ might have something to say about this.

(I've no idea whats causing that. Right click on the game on Steam, verify integrity of game cache. Post this on the Steam forums if that doesn't work.)

roadbloc · May 28, 2010

My only recommendation is to re-install the game. Or hope that an update fixes it.

Doctor Q · May 28, 2010

Dagless said:
https://forums.macrumors.com/members/12149/ might have something to say about this.

I wouldn't consider it a bug. I think having a Q is preferable!

Perceptes · May 28, 2010

I heard Valve put this in as an easter egg as a nod to Doctor Q.

NO, REALLY. I SWEAR.

emdotdee · Jun 16, 2010

I'm having this exact same problem with episode 1 but it only happened after I did the recent MacOSX update so maybe that's the problem.

L0u1s · Jun 16, 2010

don't reinstall!

I had the same thing, restart steam of that's not working restart your mac.

dalstott · Jun 16, 2010

I will confirm L0u1s post above. I had this problem when I started playing Episode 1 after completing HL2 with no problems. I screwed around with the HUD settings via the console which only changed the screwy Q symbol to another screwy letter.

I quit the game and restarted Steam and all is well now.

tkingart · Jun 16, 2010

LOL sorry but that made me laugh, imagining someone playing with a Q in front of them the whole time...

Hejhox · Jun 16, 2010

It might be this: http://themacgamer.com/2010/05/30/move-over-wingdings/

Maybe its missing or corrupt on your computer.

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