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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 08:12:48 am

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 08:12:48 am

I hate my dad.he's been fooling around again i know it and now everytime i start fs2 it crashes without any error messages i reinstald it 4 times but without luck:mad: i need fs:mad:so time to format my drive.............again

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: kode on November 28, 2002, 08:25:43 am

thanks for letting me know...

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 09:08:02 am

Well is there anyone who ever expirienced the same problem............it starts and then crashes back to the desktop without any error messages and when i start it agai i get a error, and i have no clue whats causing it??

I don't wanna format my drive again or i'l smash the dam thing broken.

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Ulundel on November 28, 2002, 09:34:31 am

Let me guess. you're using Windows ME right?

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 09:48:02 am

Nope win 98....but the problem has been fixt (forgot to update directx to 8.1 :D

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Knight Templar on November 28, 2002, 10:48:03 am

you musta felt pretty dumb after you figured that one out.... ;)

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 11:51:00 am

:o yeah....

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 28, 2002, 11:55:26 am

Out of interest... what version of DX does 98 come with?

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Stealth on November 28, 2002, 12:28:24 pm

not sure... good question though... anyone?

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Razor on November 28, 2002, 12:53:32 pm

Probably DX 3 or 4.

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: 01010 on November 28, 2002, 12:56:14 pm

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Originally posted by Stealth
not sure... good question though... anyone?

I'm gonna go with 6.

Hang on.

I got my version of win98 during the 98 world cup final, had a voodoo1 card then soo,, possibly 5.

Actually yeah, directx5

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Fury on November 28, 2002, 12:56:56 pm

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Originally posted by Razor
Probably DX 3 or 4.

My guess is DX2 or 3.
And there's no DX4 at all.

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: USS Alexander on November 28, 2002, 01:49:36 pm

DX 6

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: vadar_1 on November 28, 2002, 05:47:41 pm

update/restore all multimedia drivers... including sound, video, DirX etc, ensure this is not a global problem by checking out similar games.

Edit: one more thing, i found that since i put a big scratch in disk 2, the game wouldn't install the Tango VPs right, so i just didn't select them in the installation process, then manually copied them. Corrupt VPs will usually cause crashes.

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 29, 2002, 01:57:05 am

OK. And FS2 requires DX3 for the basic stuff, and DX6 for D3D, Force Feedback, and Direct Sound.

So unless I'm missing something fundamental here, why would Alexander need to install DX 8.1 to get it working?

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Vertigo1 on November 29, 2002, 02:10:11 am

Because some drivers require it.

btw, a good way to prevent this is to get yourself a copy of Win2k, and create a guest account for your dad, and make yourself the administrator. :D

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 29, 2002, 04:41:07 am

Ah. Live and learn.

But if you're going to do that, you might as well grab a copy of XP home and make yerself an admin on that :nod:

Title: WTF freespace crashes
Post by: Sesquipedalian on November 29, 2002, 05:37:40 am

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Originally posted by Mr. Fury

And there's no DX4 at all.

What, Microsoft can't count?  Maybe that's why all their code is buggy.