SS1 crashes whenever I put in my name.

x86man on 8/3/2007 at 11:38

Have a strange problem. Whenever I run CDSHOCK.BAT, I get the problem the system cannot open COM1 port requested by the application in which I go around it by clicking ignore and opening the dos window. The game seems to run fine, the intro runs and I get to go to the main menu. I put it my name and the stats I want the game to be at and then it crashes. Have you guys run into this problem before?

june gloom on 8/3/2007 at 17:49

are you actually clicking START when it crashes, or does it crash before then?

x86man on 9/3/2007 at 03:01

It crashes when I click start.

june gloom on 9/3/2007 at 08:30

okay, this is just a theory, but it may have something to do with the mouse. for a while i couldn't figure out why whenever i reloaded the game from the main menu the game would crash, but as near as i can figure it has to do with the cursor being outside the range of resolution or something like that when the game engine loads. i always used the keyboard because the mouse moved way too fast and it was really awkward to use, and my mouse was always at the bottom of the screen. once i started moving the mouse upwards then reloading, the crashes stopped.

so instead of clicking start, why not use the arrow keys to select it, then hit enter?

x86man on 9/3/2007 at 11:21

Nope, still crashes. The thing is I've never even been able to play the game to even reload it, Ive never got past the play new game screen. Once I click start, poof its gone...

Muzman on 9/3/2007 at 11:36

Isn't this that problem where it says "Not enough memory to create EMail icon"? Maybe that message is obscured for some reason, but it sounds like the same one. It's a known problem. To get around it and launch the renderer you used to have to do all sorts of crap.
Have you tried System Shock Portable or the various fixes to get it running (of which there are a lot)?

x86man on 9/3/2007 at 11:52

Well I didn't know there was an XP patch out there, so I downloaded it, and guess what, no crashing. I don't even need DosBox. The game runs just fine in the command prompt. Thanks for the help though.

june gloom on 9/3/2007 at 20:35

heh, i keep forgetting about the XP patch because my installation of SS1 has moved from 3 different computers.

Nameless Voice on 9/3/2007 at 23:37

Did you try moving your mouse pointer all the way into the upper left hand corner of the menu screen then using the keyboard to start the game?

june gloom on 10/3/2007 at 01:22

you're a little late on that one, NV :p