• TY2D2
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Topic: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

I can't get FS to work.

I have the resolution set to 1920x1200 to fit my monitors resolution, I tried the +widescreen 1 argument, as well as setting the resolution in the arguments for the launcher.

Game starts up, gives the splash screen, then the screen goes black for awhile, the disk spins, then stops spinning and the computer crashes and restarts completely if the game isn't set to start in windowed mode. If set to start in windowed mode the window appears black, then it just dissapears when the disk stops spinning. No error messages appear in either case.


I installed this all on a clean reinstall of 2142.

Uninstalled 2142 all profiles etc.
Reinstalled 2142
Repatched to 2142 1.5
Installed FS 1.5
Ran launcher and updated, no errors.

And now this.


I have also ran a driver cleaner and removed all drivers that aren't being used. And I updated my drivers for my current card.

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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

'the computer crashes completely' you say?

seems to be a driver problem - graphic and/or chipset.

pls specify your computer (graphics, chipset) as well as operating system, then we'll try to post a set of solutions

Cheers

3 Reply by TY2D2 (edited by TY2D2 2010-09-26 05:41:47)

  • TY2D2
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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

ATI 5700
AMD QUAD X4 955

It only crashes completely if the game is set to start up in fullscreen mode. In windowed mode the game screen just vanishes.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/ty2d2/fsprsig2.gif
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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

Sounds like a driver issue to me, too.
Try reinstalling your vid card drivers (download it again to make sure).
Do you have a sound card?

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  • TY2D2
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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

No sound card, I did try reinstalling my drivers.

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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

Have you tried running any other games?
I'd recommend uninstalling, redownloading and reinstalling the drivers if the computer is still locking up. What OS you use?

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Re: Game crashing on startup of 2142 or FS 1.5

You ran a driver cleaner?

Oh dear.

Right, driver cleaners can be useful...but only if they remove drivers for items no longer connected, such as old cameras or scanners. If you have let it remove all sorts of stuff you may have removed specific drivers for your motherboard.

As to the graphics driver, you say you updated, how? Did you remove your old drivers before installing the new ones? If not you may have just caused a driver conflict.

Best bet is to start the computer in safe mode and begin removing the graphics drivers, then installing the latest version and reinstalling all your motherboard drivers. You can also check to see which hardware may have issues by running hardware manager.

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