xsi
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Post by xsi on Jun 29, 2003 11:21:47 GMT
Firstly my computer crashed to the desktop on loading any saved games ( as soon as the green loading bar reaches the top). I was able to play level 1 and 2 no problems. I get the following error left in a text file on my desktop after a crash
file: C:\ghostsource\Ghost\load.cpp line: 275 function: Assert Fired
So I decided to uninstall - do a windows update and reinstall. It now won't left me reinstall the game - I get error messages about a setup.cab file been different to the one on the cd? I have tried the game on my brothers older Pc and it works fine although doesn't look as nice. Any help would be really good please. I have the following Pc-
SOYO Dragon Plus VIA KT266A Geforce 4 4400 C-Media Wavelabs Sound Windows Xp Home NTFS 40Gb Drive over 300mb of DDR RAM
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Post by David on Jun 29, 2003 13:51:38 GMT
Hmm, that sounds as though it could be a faulty CD for some reason that hasn't properly installed the game source code or something is up with your system setup.
Have you updated all your drivers as mentioned by the guide? have you closed down any resource heavy programs also? doing this may help your system.
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Post by ManInBlack on Jun 30, 2003 14:12:53 GMT
Do you have any CD emulation software installed (like Alcohol 120%)? This stopped me being able to run the game after install, so a little different.
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xsi
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Post by xsi on Jun 30, 2003 16:27:05 GMT
Think - Hopefully I have sorted it now - thanks - Increasing my virtual memory helped - think it is a very texture intensive game.
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Post by fattoe on Jun 30, 2003 18:47:33 GMT
how did u increas your virtual memory plz explain i have a crashing at the start prob right away so i cant even play the game
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Post by David on Jun 30, 2003 19:36:05 GMT
CAUTION only attempt this if you know what your doing! To increase your virtual memory in XP you need to: 1. Click start then select Control panel, and then system. If your using XP own menu I think its system settings or somesuch. 2. From the System control panel, Select the Advanced tab, then the Settings button under the Performance box. 3. Select the Advanced tab in the performance box. There should be a change button under the Virtual memory box. Press it. 4. Set the paging file to custom and then set the virtual memory there. I reccommend 384 - 768 if you have 256MB RAM, double the figures (384 x 2 and 768 x 2) if you have 512MB RAM.
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Post by Trotterwatch on Jun 30, 2003 21:02:01 GMT
Something to add to the above - if you have for example: A common misconception most people have is to double the amount and add half. This just isn't the correct way, as in that situation you are recommending someone with 64 to set up a 196mb pagefile, and someone with 1gig of ram a 2.5gig one The smaller amount of Physical memory you have means you will need a proportionately higher Swapfile, wheras if you have a lot of Physical memory you don't need a large swapfile.
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Post by David on Jul 1, 2003 12:56:19 GMT
Interesting point Trotterwatch - so someone with 1GB RAM could get away with say a 384 Min 768 Max pagefile?
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Post by Trotterwatch on Jul 1, 2003 13:58:26 GMT
It all depends on what that user uses. If someone has 1GB then the chances are they wouldn't need much swapfile at all. Of course if they like running a lot of programs at the same time, or do complex 3D Rendering then they would need to keep a semi-high swapfile. For the average user who may have a couple of Internet browsers open, a game such as Ghostmaster and a few other background probs you could *probably* disable the swapfile altogether with 1gb ram on XP. Best not to do that though just in case
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