Big Problems

[Chi-You-Man]

Hi,
I like this game,a lot...when its working
I have weird problems like random crashes,due to level loadings.Also when i quicksave it crashes sometimes.And also textures go black and i cant see the main menu,or npcs.It also lags frequently during towns.
So what can i do?
Must i download the patch?becuase its hard as i have dial up with a maximum server login.
I have 1024 mb DDR RAM,an ATI 128MB graphics card(with latest drivers) and intel pentium 4 2.8ghz.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

[chatfield]

:salut2:what ati chip set is your card got?are you using a sound card or mother board sound? patch 2 might help see the forum about what it fixes.you might need to turn off the music and limit the sounds to 8 max.also try lowering the detail setting till you find what work's slow up in town is a problem mine will drop frame rate in town sour: especially if it is thundering a real killer of frame rate :mad:turning off the surround sound also helps i set mine to head phones in the windows settings.

[Chi-You-Man]

ok i'll try some of your suggestions...
I am sapphire ATI RADEON 9250

[chatfield]

:) your card will need replaced with the newer game's demanding more i know it hard to come up with $$$ for new equipment so if you set the graphics lower you should be fine.also you can turn off the intro witch will help with you mem. Solution: disable the intro movies. Open game.ini file in the WordPad from the
game directory, and replace the line DISABLEAVIPLAYER=0 with DISABLEAVIPLAYER=1
in the "[Game]" section :)

[Chi-You-Man]

ok thanks dude :) i shall do these,i am downloading the patch with a download manager despite my narrowband connection
It will take ages but i think it will be worth it
:atari:

[patch]

You could try a simple defragmention of the Harddrive to clear up some corrupt stuff and optimize performance

[Chi-You-Man]

ok i have now (after 15 hours) Finished the patch download.I have ran defrag though i dnt think it did much and i have disabled the into video.
So i am about to test Boiling Point
Thanks guys i will tell you if it runs better

[Chi-You-Man]

ok new problem,this one is extremely annoying.I load uo boiling point,and the first loading screen is shown with saul myers in the middle.It loads up quite fast but when it reaches around 75% of the bar it just stops,so i pressed cntrl alt delete and something called Ryzom came up and it says windows is attempting to configure ryzom.However when i try to close it,it closes boiling point along with it.
Now the ryzom thing says i have do disc please insert disc after the configure bit,while boiling point is running.Ryzom is a game i believe,which i installed,and it did not work (it was a free 15 day trial with a magazine) so i just uninstalled it and left it.
This is a rare problem i believe but anyone got any pointers?

[chatfield]

:salut2: i have a program called regvac it is a registry cleaner that gets rid of old programs that were left in the registry when uninstalled.you can get it at regvac.com there is a free trial that i used for a year before buying the registered version. :) :) with the program after using it you can see how much faster your computer is :)

[Chi-You-Man]

ok chatfield,i'll download that
And thanks for your help :) 10sur10

[Chi-You-Man]

ok regvac did not do the job sadly :noooo: so i am going to try the hard disc cleaner also....

[Chi-You-Man]

the hard drive cleaner didt do it either :( :( :( got any other suggestions?

[Chi-You-Man]

new update:
Boiling point works! yay no lag or anything
BUT
i still get the texture problem frequently and it seems to have a problem in the night-day cycle,the textures have seriously messed up somewhere.
What can i do?

[chatfield]

:hin: i had that problem with my ati9800 pro sour: had to up date drivers only i didn't use the control panel that helped me :salut2:

[Chi-You-Man]

i knew it would be my graphics card,man i hate it.
I am going to invest in an ATI X1600 512MB soon hopefully,
That will solve it right?

[chatfield]

:) that would be a good choice i am now running a 7800GS OC BFG
card works great :) some day I'll specialdri to the store and up grade to a PCIe card with the AMD cpu eekblue: but will need to save up my $$$$ first then :kiss: up the wife

[Chi-You-Man]

like you said its all about $$$,however a Geforce 6500 is also within my reach,that any good?

[chatfield]

:) my son has 1 in his computer and likes it. :hin: the best way to make up your mind is check the reviews on different cards in your $$$$ range :)

[Chi-You-Man]

i am more of an ATI Guy,but i am thinking of trying a Geforce,never had one...

[chatfield]

:) both are good chips Ge-force has 4.0 pixel and ATI is just getting :)
3d mark 06 separates them has 2 test that my X800 did not support sour: the 7800 GSOC does thought then again it down to $$$ eekblue: