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3 total messages Started by Gandalf Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:35

#88641

Author: Gandalf
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:35

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I loaded D3 on my newer computer; it has an Athelon 1.8Ghz CPU, and a 128 meg
video card. (Can't recall the brand ....) Anyway, it should be plenty of
computer for the game. 

After loading V1.0 from the manufacturer's CD-ROM, it crashed after the brief
intro (sound of helicopter, and street scene...) After that, the screen just
goes blank...nothing.

I downloaded 2 patches, and loaded them, and it still won't work.

Any ideas? TIA

Re: D3 crashes on loading....

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Author: Chuck Bowling
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:18

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"Gandalf" <g.gandalf@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:3f280e0c.610428529@news.tc.umn.edu...
> I loaded D3 on my newer computer; it has an Athelon 1.8Ghz CPU, and a 128
meg
> video card. (Can't recall the brand ....) Anyway, it should be plenty of
> computer for the game.
>
> After loading V1.0 from the manufacturer's CD-ROM, it crashed after the
brief
> intro (sound of helicopter, and street scene...) After that, the screen
just
> goes blank...nothing.
>
> I downloaded 2 patches, and loaded them, and it still won't work.
>
> Any ideas? TIA

Crashed on my Radeon 9500 Pro too until I went to the OpenGL drivers. You
might want to give that a shot. I think it pukes on DirectX.

Re: D3 crashes on loading....

#88643

Author: Lance DeVooght
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:27

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Gandalf wrote:
> I loaded D3 on my newer computer; it has an Athelon 1.8Ghz CPU, and a 128 meg
> video card. (Can't recall the brand ....) Anyway, it should be plenty of
> computer for the game. 
> 
> After loading V1.0 from the manufacturer's CD-ROM, it crashed after the brief
> intro (sound of helicopter, and street scene...) After that, the screen just
> goes blank...nothing.
> 
> I downloaded 2 patches, and loaded them, and it still won't work.
> 
> Any ideas? TIA


I think I remember this problem.
try using the command line parameters to disble the opening video.
I don't remember the parameters, but I'm sure you an find
them in Moon's FAQ.
(Hope you don't mind the use of your sig Moon)

Moon's Descendarium - THE single-player guide to D1-D3 
http://moon.descent-3.com

The 'Official' D3 FAQ
http://www.descent-3.com/faq/


Lance

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