[Flipside]

Yep, that fixed the resolution problem just fine

Thanks RT.

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[RandomTiger]

OK, keep the bugs coming in...

[Unknown Target]

I'm still not getting a joystick in your EXEs after what you said to do Bob.

My system specs are PIII 800 Mhz, Windows XP Home, 256 MB of RAM, an ATi Radeon 9000 128 MB.

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
I'm still not getting a joystick in your EXEs after what you said to do Bob.

My system specs are PIII 800 Mhz, Windows XP Home, 256 MB of RAM, an ATi Radeon 9000 128 MB.

Did you run the original launcher?
Did my new launcher put up any error messages about the joystick?
Does your joystick work with the original FS2.exe you bought on your CD?

[redsniper]

I've deleted the registry settings for FS2, then ran the FS2 launcher followed by the FSO launcher (Phreak's launcher), when I try to run fs_open_s I get a blank error message titled 'Error initializing Direct3D' the other problem is the Anti-Aliasing dropdown menu is blank, but with the old launcher it wasn't.
PIII 866 Mhz
256MB RAM
GeForce4 Ti4600
Windows XP

[Flipside]

Ok, one tiny thing, when I run the launcher, it still seems to default to DX5. Once I select DX8, it automatically goes to the right resolution, so it is only a mouse click away So it's just me being lazy, but I thought I would mention it

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[Unknown Target]

I'll check about the new launcher running with the old FS2 exe, but, no, it didn't put up any error messages, and, yea, I ran the original launcher.

[Hellbender]

I deleted the registry entries for the game settings - only the ones that the launcher creates when you first set up fs2.  Then I ran the origional launcher, then ran the new launcher and set it up with the appropriate options for my system - solved the joystick woes, but nothing worked until deleting the old registry settings...I'm starting to believe that windows settings require knowledge of alchemy and/or voodoo.

Anyhow, system specs if interested:

800 pIII
1024 meg ram
Windows XP (corp)
GeForce4 4200TI, 64meg
Saitek X-45 Joystick

[redsniper]

YOU HAVE 1000 MEGS OF RAM??!!!!!!!!!1

[Taristin]

He's got 2 512 cards... not hard to do, just a little costly...

[Bobboau]

I'v got a gig of RAM

[Hellbender]

Actually it is 4 256 cards...but same difference.  Not very costly compared to some other upgrades - ram is cheaper these days, and win XP will handle the extra memory just fine.  Yes it does make a difference - I can get away with higher settings in games than my card will usually handle with playable framerates.  It only really boggs down bunches when I run the dual monitors in game.

[EDIT]  I should add that with a gig of ram the computer almost never touches the page file, which further helps the performance.

[Flipside]

I've got 768 and one day I WILL replace that 256 with a 512

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[RandomTiger]

Please take this to a different thead.

This is why I prefer people to e-mail me.
Unknown Target, e-mail me please.

[email protected]

[Nuke]

my laptop supports a gig of ram, but it only runs 256 right now. witn a 2.4 ghz processor, i think it deserves a max out. now to find a place that sells a couple 512 mb 200 pin ddr pc266 small outline dual inline memory modules real cheap and im set. i got 512 in my other computer and it really makes a difference. the most ram i ever used was 2 gigs in four sticks of 512. i put them in a server i built (dual 2.0 ghz xeon). i only got to use it for testing purposes, but i stuck in a copy of q3a and it ran pretty good, and with only 8 meg video.