FrenZy on 20/6/2004 at 17:50
Hi!
i got the following problem:
when i click on install in the cd-menu the install-shield loads to 100 percent,but then a window with a cross in it appears and nothing else happens,(i already tried the lgnforce thing)and another problem solution here doesnt seem to fit my problem.
my system:
win xp
athlonxp2200+
256 mb sdram
geforce 2 ti 64 mb
hope forgot nothing :)
Thanks!
neoLux on 23/6/2004 at 04:35
I beleive that I have come across a new problem which I cannot seem to fix.
And yeah I have read the FAQ.
I'm running an AMD Athlon 1600+
256mb DDR Ram
Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 440
Now I have installed the patch and the xp fix still nothing though.
However the game runs the menu and into perfectly, no problems, however one the loading screen has done it's thing the game crashes with this error;
ERROR: Direct3D device driver does not accurately report texture memory usage.
Contact your 3D accelorator vendor for updated drivers.
I have tryed newer and older drivers but still can't get anything out of the bastered.
Now I could just install windows 98 however that is such an inconvinience to me so If anyone has any ideas or ideas to help me solve this problem it would be EXTREMELY helpfull.
Thanks.
Problem resolved by adding "safe_texture_manager" withouht the quotations into the shock.cfg file. Seems that the engine doesn't like nVidia drivers from the 5x.xx series.
TheMarshall on 30/6/2004 at 02:04
I have been having the same problem as Tumult and Space Dan. I get the game to start up, watch the intro bits, and do the training. When I go to pick my military branch, the screen goes black, and I hear an error 'donk' noise.
My system is as follows:
Athlon T-bird 1.4Ghz
GeForce 3 ti200 64mb
768mb pc133 sdram
C-Media onboard 5.1 channel audio
Windows XP Pro SP1
latest nvidia detonator drivers
This is really annoying, I wanna play some SS2 darnit!
Hudson on 30/6/2004 at 06:24
Hey guys, bear with me i'm new here however I actually took the time to read over the threads before posting. Thus far I have tried everything (and I mean
everything ) to try and get System Shock II to work in WindowsXP Pro.
All right, heres the deal. I regedit and delete everything that has to do with SSII (drastic and overkill I know, but im desperate here). After that I pop in the CD and install, the installation goes fine without a hitch. No screwups, no errors, nothing. Same as if I were installing in Win98se. After the installation I install the latest patch, set up the compatibility modes and run the game. Opening logos run fine, main menu runs fine, I config everything up and click new game. Load screen appears, it gets to 100% then wham. Total blackout and I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del to get back to Windows. I have tried downloading the "shock2_xp_2000_fix.zip" patch which doesnt seem to work, and i'm at the point of repartitioning my HDD just so I can install Win98se
and WinXP (Yes I love the game that much). Has anyone actually made a patch that fixes the incompatibility for WindowsXP? I would imagine a game with such a huge fanbase Irrational Games would at
LEAST do
SOMETHING.Last but not least, my obligatory system spec list:
- WindowsXP Professional
- Athlon64 3200+
- ASUS K8V Deluxe
- 1GB DDR400 PC-3200
- SB Audigy2 ZS
- ATi 9800 Pro
[Edit]: I'm a fxckin dumbass. It works
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http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif Inline Image:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif Inline Image:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gifFor those who are having the same problem, use the Windows 2000 compatability mode.
Gingerbreadman on 12/7/2004 at 07:01
Well, I've made steady progress through all of the common Shock 2/WinXP hurdles ie. compatibility, HT, safe_texture_manager, black screen on game start... I'm currently at the "freezes to black when I choose a character class" point...anyone got a fix for this one yet?
Thanks :)
Alezunde on 14/7/2004 at 21:39
I've found an interesting problem which seems to be the cause of the bug where the game crashes to the desktop when the first training mission finishes loading.
For some reason, System Shock 2 will not save - instead, when the game attempts to save, it will crash. (Sometimes it will crash to the desktop.)
The reason the game crashes at the start of the training missions, is because the game attempts to autosave at the end of loading the training.
Right now I'm trying to get this game working on my friend's computer, which is currently running Windows ME. (My friend must witness the goodness of SS2!)
Again, the game runs perfectly aside from crashing on saves.
(It will create the savegame folder, but seems unable to write the actual savegame data.)
I will continue to work on this problem myself, and I will post again if I find a solution!
Thanks in advance for the help!
-Alezunde
kaos2110 on 15/7/2004 at 03:44
Apart from ensuring the files/folders/HDD aren't "read-only" or something. There's nothing i can think of to fix that. Aside from the obvious defrag/chkdisk/etc...
Alezunde on 15/7/2004 at 08:32
No, that's not the problem.
Just to make sure, I made my main System Shock 2 folder, and all of its subfolders read-only just a moment ago, and the game still ran fine - even saving and loading.
-Alezunde
Martin Karne on 17/7/2004 at 04:11
Forget it i have gone as low as installing det. 30.82 or 61.36WHQL and nothing, 30.82 does not report any FX cards so my card is unknown and i fear trying installing as a Ti4600 may crash the system.
If anyone can hack the 30.82 .inf file on the drivers would be very much appreciated i have tried to modify them myself looking a drivers that have the FX5200 but i finished with "this is not a XP driver!" message.
HT is off from the bios.
Every hack/crack have been applied only that starting a game gives you a black screen if you alt tab you will see an error message but cannot read it.
The cd spins and that is, ctr-alt-del shutdown SS2.
P4 2.8GHz HT (off for the moment)
512MB DDR 400MHz
FX5200 128MB video out
Abit IS-10 Realtek onboard sound and onboard Broadcom Network card.
I am using FAT32 and not NTFS on the installed disc.
I will have to clean up my old p3 800 which is already installed with Windows Millenium and play there all my DOS and old games.
Since Millenium don't want to install on this one (last time it deleted a partition all by itself).
Hoopla on 19/7/2004 at 16:01
Well, I applied everything and can get past training to the first level but the game still crashes randomally at different spots or my machine reboots all of a sudden :tsktsk:
I also do the one process fix but that doesn't help either.
P4 3.2CGHz 800Mhz 478P/512K HT
OS Windows Xp Pro
Corsair XMS 1GB PC3200 TWINX
eVGA GeForce FX 5900, 128MB
Any ideas would be appriciated.
