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Gameplay => Newbie Help (Start Here) => Topic started by: Adremon on June 04, 2004, 11:09:41 pm

Title: Help
Post by: Adremon on June 04, 2004, 11:09:41 pm

I\'m a newbie and I really want to play the game. I downloaded it and started to make a character. At the end I clicked upload but it said the server was down or out of reach. I checked the web and it said it would b back on at 4. 4 still nothin. Could I be out of reach in TN and if so will i ever be able to play?         Thankyou.

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Post by: Xordan on June 04, 2004, 11:11:38 pm

Wait a day or so, there may be server problems. There should be no problems your side, except for a visit from the lagg monster ;)

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Post by: Adremon on June 04, 2004, 11:13:09 pm

Thanks Xordan!

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Post by: Adremon on June 04, 2004, 11:34:49 pm

Ok...problem #2 every time I open it it says NO ACCELERATION HARDWARE! at the top wut does this mean??

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Post by: dfryer on June 04, 2004, 11:43:54 pm

Sounds like it\'s not getting along with your 3D card - post the operating system and specs (CPU, RAM, graphics card) either here or technical help, and maybe someone will be able to help you.

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Post by: Adremon on June 04, 2004, 11:57:54 pm

I\'m not sure if this is what you want but...


System:

Microsoft Windows XP Proffesional
Version 2oo2
Service Pack1

Computer:

AMD Athlen9tm0
XP 2004
1.17 GHz

512 MB or RAM

hope that was what you wanted

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 12:23:18 am

im not sure how to get the graphic card info

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Post by: tygerwilde on June 05, 2004, 12:38:19 am

well, I don\'t see any info on your graphics card, but everything else looks fine. it probably is a problem with your card. some factory made comps come with the worst cards the manufacturers can get a hold of, so you might have to buy a new one for your system. my old emachines came with an ancient vga thing that was prolly five years older than the rest of the comp. the monitor itself was decent though

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Post by: Karyuu on June 05, 2004, 01:31:53 am

Just try running in software (safe) mode, not openGL.

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Post by: Icefalcon on June 05, 2004, 01:35:10 am

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Originally posted by Adremon
1.17 GHz

Hmm, that seems kinda low, but if Tyger sais its fine...eh, It must be...
You shouldn\'t have too much lag with 512 MB of RAM

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 02:08:17 am

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Originally posted by Karyuu
Just try running in software (safe) mode, not openGL.

tried.....same thing

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Post by: tygerwilde on June 05, 2004, 02:10:08 am

I run it perfectly on an 800 Mhz

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 02:18:53 am

ya i dunno what my problem is.......only thing i can think of is my graphics card though i\'ve rann things on it bfore that were 3d and they did fine. any other suggestions?

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Post by: Icefalcon on June 05, 2004, 02:29:28 am

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Originally posted by tygerwilde
I run it perfectly on an 800 Mhz

Well...thats not the problem then :]

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Post by: Seytra on June 05, 2004, 02:32:22 am

Is there still this DirectX stuff in XP? If yes, you might need a more recent version.

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 02:36:59 am

yes their is Direct X
 
i have the newest version i think

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Post by: Ghostslayer on June 05, 2004, 02:56:34 am

Just go to start -> Run -> then type dxdiag
 
It\'ll give a whole whack of info for you.  On the first page it will have your direct X version (newest is 9.0b for comparison) and you can click the \"Display\" tab to check out what kind of video card/size of card you have.

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 03:02:57 am

Thanks. I do have 9.0.....and im still not sure what kind of graphics card i have.    (thankyou to everyone for helping me so much,)

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Post by: Seytra on June 05, 2004, 03:22:36 am

I believe 9.0 will do. So it\'s your graphics card until further notice, I\'d say. I can\'t help you in finding out much about it as I haven\'t used XP at all (and I\'m goin to avoid it if at all possible). Once we know what graphics card you have, we might be able to give more advice. However, this might turn out to simply be \"install most recent drivers (d/l from vendor homepage)\". However, knowing it would have the benefit of knowing what performance to expect.
One thing to note is that your mainboard may require special drivers to have the other drivers access the graphics board properly. These usually come on a CD with your mainboard. Try installing these if you didn\'t already or try getting the newest ones off your mainboards vendor\'s homepage. These should be called something like \"all in one driver\" or \"AGP miniport driver\" or somesuch.

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Post by: Adremon on June 05, 2004, 03:31:23 am

thanks i figured it out i have a really stinky graphics card o well untill i get a new one i\'ll just wait.   Thnkyou everybody