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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Orthallen on June 10, 2005, 04:08:41 am

Title: First load screen
Post by: Orthallen on June 10, 2005, 04:08:41 am

Well, I\'ve got a bit of a problem. Dont know if it\'s been said but, when I click on my shortcut to PS, and it opens, It doesnt start loading. My comp says its running normally but It does nothing for over half an hour. Anyone know how this could be fixed?

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Post by: DaveG on June 10, 2005, 06:11:38 am

We need more information.  What\'s your OS and basic hardware stats?  Does anything come up, like a blank screen, or does it just stare at you blankly?

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Post by: Orthallen on June 10, 2005, 06:51:20 am

OS is Microsoft Windows XP professional version 2002 service pack 2. Basic hardware would be, Intel Pentium 3 processir 1.00 ghz. and 768 MB of RAM. Thats all I can get/remember for this comp 1 am in the morning. And no, its not a blank white page, the pictures etc. show fine, Its just that the load bar never really starts or anything.

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Post by: Ralas on June 10, 2005, 07:19:09 am

Sounds like your OS and memory are sufficient.  Your chip is borderline, depending on your video hardware.  If you are not running a Ge-force 2 or better, I would say that that is probably your problem.

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Post by: Orthallen on June 10, 2005, 07:41:41 am

God I\'m sleepy. Umm...Radeon 7000 series?? Does that do it?? *goes to bed*

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Post by: Ralas on June 10, 2005, 07:59:10 am

/me scratches his head.

hmm, I don\'t know ATI all that well, but I\'d think that that would suffice.

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Post by: Orthallen on June 10, 2005, 08:05:37 am

Yeah, and the game worked fine yesterday..I cant go to sleep without gettin this to work..argh! /me prepares for an all nighter

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Post by: Ralas on June 10, 2005, 08:22:44 am

then we can eliminate hardware as an issue.  If I were you I\'d try uninstalling and reinstalling.

Just thought of something:
I have had a similiar problem (not identical) and in my case, there are two things that can cause it:
1: No internet connection
2: Openal sound is chosen.

In my experience, either of these will make Planeshift fail to load completely past the initial screen.  So make sure you are connected to the internet, and run pssetup and make sure openal sound is not selected.

oh, wait, openal is a linux thing . . .
/me hangs his head
sorry

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Post by: Orthallen on June 17, 2005, 03:29:50 am

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, I got nothing. Any other help would be much appreciated.

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Post by: Cha0s on June 17, 2005, 03:35:11 am

I\'m assuming you\'re fully up to date? Oh, and have you tried disabling sound entirely?

EDIT: You can disable sound through pssetup, by the way.

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Post by: MaidenIndigo on June 17, 2005, 03:36:33 am

I know this sounds crazy in this ever-changing world of online gaming, but did you ever try updating your client? :rolleyes:

~Indi

edit: and Cha0s beat me to it. >.>

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Post by: Androgos on June 17, 2005, 10:25:00 am

If the thing doesn\'t move at ALL (0% all the time),
It\'s because something failed to load.

Delete psclient.txt in your planeshift folder, re-run planeshift (wait a bit, 2-3 min) then close and paste the new contents of psclient.txt

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Post by: Orthallen on June 18, 2005, 03:12:14 am

I update daily, and now off to try androgos\' idea.

Tahnks for the help guys :D


EDIT: Thanks Androgos! It worked.

And thanks again for all those who helped.