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110900 2003-01-04 02:04:00 Problem:

have not been albe to run combat flight sim 2003, always crashes. as with age of mythology. Both games dump me back to reset of pc when they crash or lock up so have to reset to recover.

this is running xp, soltek moth board, nvidia 4 - 440 agp card, 512 ram, amd 1 Gb proc. Have gone to extent of formating entire hard drive 20 Gb...and reinstalling bare bone components and os drivers for the game....but still crashes.

however...quake 3 based graphic engines don't have this prob. am able to run games such as medal of honor and wolfenstein at very high graphics 1600 x 1200 ish...no crashes...runs fine.

earlier microsoft games ie combat flight sim 2 runs fine also....microsoft help desk is a little perplexed also...game is so new they have little info.

think something in these new games clashes with my registry files...is pretty nasty stuff.

any ideas help would be appreciated

regards

maudib
southland
maudib (2909)
110901 2003-01-04 06:36:00 Hey

Have you tried installing the latest and greatest drivers for everything from the manufacturers website?

Also, is there the ability to change what Video Modes the games use? - Direct3D/Software Rendering/Hardware Rendering - if so, have you tried changing this to see if it makes a difference (even if you end up playing it in software rendering - which although it's not that good, would mean you could atleast play the games



CyberChuck
cyberchuck (173)
110902 2003-01-04 06:57:00 Do you have MS FS 2002? I could be wrong but I presume they would use a similar graphics engine. What version of DirectX do you have/need (presumably 8.1). I presume you are using Win XP. Dolby Digital (160)
110903 2003-01-04 12:10:00 I think you may need direct x 9 for that game. I have read about alot of people haveing problems with it. Do a search on Google and find one of the many forums dedicated to Flight Simulator for the skinny. Danger (287)
110904 2003-01-04 23:18:00 thanks have newist drivers but will try the hardware/3d rendering changes maudib (2909)
110905 2003-01-04 23:20:00 fs 2003 is brand new graphics engine i think, 2002 is ok to run anyway, dx is 9.x that is for sure.

thanks
maudib (2909)
110906 2003-01-04 23:22:00 thanks will do that, is dx 9, as said is just bill gates is poxy games that give trouble.

maudib
maudib (2909)
110907 2003-01-05 00:20:00 I saw Combat Flight Sim 3 in Quay Computers. Nice. My hardware is too old for it. Dolby Digital (160)
110908 2003-01-05 16:12:00 don't feel bad mine is up to scratch and it still won't run...yet. might be even more anti bill gates very soon now.

where you at dolby digital....me 20 km south of gore
maudib (2909)
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