PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:29:48 am

Title: Loading Problem
Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:29:48 am: ok while trying to get this program up and running today i stumbled across many problems all of which were fixable by doing a little bit of reading here but now i am stumped.

While i am loading to enter the game i get to a point when it says the task is \'loading the GUI\' then the program terminates leaving me on my desktop (which looks very nice by the way but lacks certian game qualities)

I\'ve check again and again that the maps and sound are set properly according to what is continously given as a answer in this forum but is there something else i could try?
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Post by: steuben on October 05, 2005, 04:31:06 am: are you getting any kind of error message?
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:32:32 am: no it just drops out.
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Post by: Karyuu on October 05, 2005, 04:34:15 am: Have you made sure that you have the latest drivers for your graphics card?
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:35:18 am: same thing here only i get an UNEXPECTED THING HAS HAPPENED error message
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:35:30 am: how would i be able to do this because unlike some people on this forum i don\'t have deceptions of computer programing skills.
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:38:00 am: it says AN UNEXPECTED THING HAS HAPPENED TO PLANESHIFT BLUE CRYSTAL or something like that and it asks if i want to save some kind of file then when i click on yes or no it kicks me out to the desktop
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:39:09 am: is there a way you can get help from someone who created the game
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:40:06 am: maggot that happend to me earlier today i improvised i reloaded the program replacing all the files that i downloaded and i guess adding in files that i was missing because now i get futher in my download without ever getting that message again
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:41:36 am: how did you do this
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:42:07 am: are you able to play now?
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 04:44:51 am: no now i\'ve encountered a new error that i don\'t believe can be cured so easily although it could still be i didn\'t get a complete download yet... i still haven\'t been able to play yet which is really killing me i have to see what this game is like
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:46:57 am: mw too, i discovered it when i was using dial up and now i have cable so i want to play it
but what did you do to get past that an unexpetcted thing has happened how do i redo everything like you said?
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Post by: Karyuu on October 05, 2005, 04:48:16 am: Oh man guys, no double-posting! Edit your posts next time to add new info instead of making posts with no one replying in between.

Vicious: Check what kind of video card you have, whether Nvidia, ATI, etc., and go to the manufacturer\'s website (nvidia.com, ati.com, etc.). Latest drivers are available as a free download. To check what card you have if you are on Windows, simply right-click anywhere on your desktop, hit Properties, find the Settings tab, and check under Display.

Maggot: We generally need to know the numbers attached to the end of that \"UNEXPECTED ERROR\" ... error. You haven\'t posted if you have disabled sound yet, so I would suggest you try this out first. Also make sure you do not have \"Load All Maps\" enabled. (Options for sound and maps are found within the PlaneShift Setup utility. On Windows: Start -> Programs -> PlaneShift Crystal Blue -> PlaneShift Setup).
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Post by: maggot_slipknot on October 05, 2005, 04:50:52 am: ok ill try thx
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 05:06:58 am: ok so i got Radeon mobility so i downloaded the latest version and tried it but no difference still dropped out during \'Loading GUI\' so i am trying from a different website. if this doesn\'t work any other ideas?
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Post by: Karyuu on October 05, 2005, 06:04:55 am: Different website? o.o

Hm. Do you meet or exceed the minimum requirements?

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Minimum Requirements:

* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris
* GeForce 2 or higher 3D graphics card
* 1 Ghz CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 1 GB free disk space
* 56k modem Internet connection

Recommended Requirements:

* Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Linux or FreeBSD
* GeForce 4 or higher 3D graphics card
* 2 Ghz CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 1 GB free disk space
* Broadband Internet connection
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Post by: AryHann on October 05, 2005, 08:34:11 am: Vicious, can you try to open psclient.txt (it should be in your Planeshift directory) and post the last lines? Maybe it can gives an hint!
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Post by: Vicious America on October 05, 2005, 11:40:27 pm: i don\'t think that is needed i tried the download from another web site and this one seems to have worked because i was able to go on last night now all i need to do is figure out how to start out on to the next forum thanks alot.
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Post by: Shimus on October 06, 2005, 08:35:28 am: My problem is the same thing visc, only it goes past GUI and crashes when my character should be loaded into the game..I\'m thinking it\'s because I do not have an OPENGL compatible card, but I\'m working on getting drivers from nvidia.com. You should look for OPENGL drivers too.