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Thread ID: 24135 2002-09-04 05:28:00 GTA3 Problems Veale (536) Press F1
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76341 2002-09-04 05:28:00 Afternoon all,

Yesterday I installed a new graphics card (GF4 Ti4200 :D)

When I went to play GTA3 to test it out my mouse pointer was a big black square and all writing was either yellow or white blocks. Other than that the game worked fine.

Any Ideas?

Veale
Veale (536)
76342 2002-09-04 05:39:00 You may need to uninstall and re-install the game, especially after graphics card change-over. Don't forget to backup any saved games you may have before you uninstall, but that's the same with Tony Hawks Pro Skater II, Needed an un-install and re-install!!!

Chilling_Silence
Chilling_Silence (9)
76343 2002-09-04 11:58:00 Have youi got the v1.1 patch? if not you can get it here:
www.take2games.com
BIFF (1)
76344 2002-09-04 12:02:00 You need to install the lastest patch to get it to work properly Big John (551)
76345 2002-09-04 21:51:00 I'm not sure if the latest patch fixes this "blocky" text problem or not...I haven't installed it yet. But I do know that this is a know problem and the fix is actually downloadable from Microsoft. Take2Interactive give you the exact URL to get this from in the README.TXT file found in the GTA3 directory.

However, if the 1.1 patch fixes this then....well....sweet!
Scott Bartley (836)
76346 2002-09-04 22:26:00 Assuming you're using Windows XP, go here:

www.driverforum.com

It is a problem with Direct3D, and the d3d8.dll file. Do as the page says, and you should be sweet. :D
Hervard (405)
76347 2002-09-05 02:48:00 Cheers Everyone,

The patch from microsoft worked a treat.

Thanks again

Veale
Veale (536)
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