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Title: Freespace Help
Post by: adwight on January 28, 2002, 06:08:00 pm

When I play FS:2, ocasionally it throws me to the desktop when I'm playing.  For instance last night I was loading mission 2, it crashed to the desktop.  Anything I can do?

My system Specs:

Intel Celeron 400mhz (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
128mb of RAM
D3d supported video card (16 bit i believe)
UBL Pro speakers

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: karajorma on January 28, 2002, 07:06:00 pm

Have you got any mods installed? That could be the problem

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: adwight on January 28, 2002, 10:15:00 pm

I have deleted all MOD's maybe that will help.  Thanks!

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on January 29, 2002, 09:07:00 am

 

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Originally posted by adwight:
Intel Celeron 400mhz  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
128mb of RAM
D3d supported video card (16 bit i believe)
UBL Pro speakers

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Title: Freespace Help
Post by: vadar_1 on January 29, 2002, 11:24:00 am

haha mine was a amd-k6 400 a couple months ago, but even amd is better then celeron, i cant imagine how people can live with such horrable speed

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: CP5670 on January 29, 2002, 11:26:00 am

My older computer (which I was using until last August) was a Pentium 2/450 with a Voodoo3 and the same amount of RAM; FS2 worked fairly well but newer games ran more slowly.

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: Su-tehp on January 29, 2002, 11:57:00 am

 

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Originally posted by CP5670:
My older computer (which I was using until last August) was a Pentium 2/450 with a Voodoo3 and the same amount of RAM; FS2 worked fairly well but newer games ran more slowly.

 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/eek.gif) CP, do you sill have that comp? I wouldn't mind having a P2/450 hand-me-down comp for my birthday! If you're in Rockville and I'm in DC, I can just stop by and pick it up, np.

I'm getting tired of my Pentium 233...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)

 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: adwight on January 29, 2002, 10:46:00 pm

I know my computer's slow, I hate it.  I want to smash it and get a new one.  My dad says the only I'm gonna get a new one is build one  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif).

Title: Freespace Help
Post by: CP5670 on January 30, 2002, 09:59:00 am

ack...sorry Su; actually I sold it on eBay about a month ago.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif) You can probably get another one real cheap over there though. I have seen equivalents of my current computer (which was $2100) sell for less than a grand there only about a month later.

 

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I know my computer's slow, I hate it. I want to smash it and get a new one. My dad says the only I'm gonna get a new one is build one .

Actually that is one of the best ways to get one since the individual components are much cheaper than buying the machine from a computer company. (literally about half the price) The only problem is that it takes some time and is a bit of a hassle to get everything up and running properly.

My current computer is working very well so far (1400 Athlon/TB, 512MB DDR, standard GF3 running at 250/575, 75GB, SBLive XG; I get 180fps in FS2 on max details  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)), except that I am thinking about changing the operating system to XP pro. As usual, it is already quite outdated, even though I have not even had it for 5 months yet.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

[This message has been edited by CP5670 (edited 01-30-2002).]