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Title: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: KnightOfSorrow on April 02, 2006, 12:28:32 pm
   Everytime I play the game it crashes during mission one. The game plays fine untill approximately one minute after the combat with the minbari fighters starts.  I have 3.3a installed and I have tried the various builds with the same results. I am currently attempting to use build (fs2_open_Red_2005-12-22-P4_r.exe) as mentioned in a previous thread by TrivialPsychic. I noticed that some people talk about extracting and editing the table files. How do I gow about doing this?  Anyone have any sugestions? By the way...the only campaign I have tried is the Earth Minbari War. is this an issue with the campaign or with mys settings?
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 02, 2006, 02:40:50 pm
does it crash regularly at the same time index or event inside the mission? and if yes when?
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: KnightOfSorrow on April 02, 2006, 03:03:51 pm
Sometimes i seem to get further than others. I'll try a few times and time the incident from the time the fighters show up.
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: KnightOfSorrow on April 02, 2006, 03:49:33 pm
Ok... here is what I have so far. I have tried various other missions and have noticed the same problem. It appears to occure when there is a major explosion. I am new to free space open and i have noticed the same problem with the regular free space open. I am playing TBP as a standalone as directed in the install. As a matter of fact I completely removed free space open and reinstalled TBP. I have updated my video card and I am still having the same problem. I lowered the graphics to 640 by 480 and I am still having the same problem. Please help I was realy looking foward to the babylon project and I am very impressed by what I have seen so far.
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 02, 2006, 04:01:16 pm
please give me/us the specs of your graphics card and the graphic mode you are running (Direct 3D vs. OpenGL?)

*pleae forgive one sentence answers but I'm totally tired after my exhausting weekend*
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: madaboutgames on April 03, 2006, 07:27:18 am
If the game starts and runs fine for a while, it could be the fso build.  Try using a new fs2open build eg - 23rd march .  you can get it from here - http://fs2source.warpcore.org/exes/latest/March2006/

You dont need to lower your settings to 640x480.  It should run fine at 1024x768 even with older graphics cards.:)
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: KnightOfSorrow on April 03, 2006, 06:32:00 pm
I'm using a P-4 with an Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV graphics card. and I'm running in Drect 3d mode, i tried open gl to see if that helped. but the screen was full of fragments and it crashed in under 10 seconds during the first mission.
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: CaptJosh on April 04, 2006, 06:09:46 am
Problem number one: You're using that Intel graphics adaptor. You should get an nVidia card instead. Even an ATi. Intel cards aren't known for having good OpenGL support, if any.
Title: Re: noob with crash issues using 3.3a
Post by: Col. Fishguts on April 04, 2006, 07:47:51 am
What does the errorlog.txt (in your TBP folder) say ?