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Good points Gents. I'll go and see about that extra Gig. back with first impressions soon. SB

As I am using an Athlon64 I guess a 64bit OS will be my choice..;) so Vista64... but you ARE saying that XP Pro can benefit fron 2 Gigs of RAM, correct? SB

Yes I know it's LockOn forum but I AM playing some other games too.... so while LockOn may not benefit from such an upgrade, some other games will? the reason I'm being such a pain is because a friend of mine told me that WinXP doesn't make use of more than a Gig of RAM, so I better wait for the WinVista before I throw in another Gig. can this be true? SB

I'm using 1024 MB of RAM right now. will 2 Gigs of RAM up my performence considering my specs? (see my specs below) will winXP benefit from one more Gig or is it worthless? SB

IIRC the 120's in LOMAC are active immidiatly off the rail. TTA maybe displayed but the missiles are already active. correct me if I'm wrong SB

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Dude - I already did that... SB

error signature: AppName: lockon.exe AppVer: 1.1.2.0 ModName: edterrain.dll ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0003b2f2 and this: AppName: lockon.exe AppVer: 1.1.2.0 ModName: msvcrt.dll ModVer: 7.0.2600.2180 Offset: 0001b929 I got them in A-10 campaign (stock) mission#4 all went fine until this mission. I get the launch screen, load tab goes about half way and then - black screen for approx 2 sec and then this error messege. any ideas?

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Hi mustang I seem to have different setting than yours. my values come with a "T" next to them, it looks like this: min RAS# active timer (Tras) [8T] RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) [3T] READ to WRITE time [5T] WRITE Recovery time [3T] 1T/2T memory timing [2T] can you make something out of it? I can't change it to 0.1 or 0.2 I can just change number of "T"s (whatever they stand for) SB

OK so I did a complete reformat. install a new XP orofessional OS. install LOMAC BEFORE anything else - same thing happens. same error log. am I doomed not be able to play LockOn? is there any solution to this whatsoever? I think I have tried everything even rolled back my version to FC1.11 instead of 1.12a... this never happent on my old P4 2.6Mhz... am I being punished for going the AMD way? mind you, it's a very frustrating error cause it's so random. so far it only happened in campaign mode - stocked campaigns but everyone of them...sometimes I can fly 2,3 campaign missions wuth no trouble and than I crash is the 4th mission...and an error like this appears in my error log: /29/2006 14:56 V502031740 Dispatcher: track version = 502031740 Dispatcher: initial random seed = 5688390 Dispatcher: apply random seed = 5688390 Cosmos: Mission date assigned - Year:2004, Month:6, Day:22 DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-red.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-blue.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-cherry.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load TRAVA-2.TGA, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. LuaExport::Lua data export disabled Warning: (texture class Graphics::DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. Warning: (effect class Graphics::DXProjLight) must be loaded to step 1, step 0 reported. Warning: (effect class Graphics::DXProjLight) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. I need a fix 'cause I'm goin' down... SB

thanks floyd - what about that AMD dualcore hotfix from Microsoft? is it any good? SB

about procaff - 1. is it safe to use? i.e can it **** up my computer (sounds dumb but I'm not a coputer wiz and I don't want to do something that I will not be able to Undo) 2. what command line should I use? 3. most importently where is it installed and how do I uninstall it? SB

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I THINK the FPS FIX I used was ThomasDW "1.12a compatible" mod. for some reason it seemed to create some trouble for me. maybe it's because it's for 1024X768 res and I use 1200X1600? I don't know... now, about that LOD L01. L12... could you spare some more details on how to do it? *edit* OK check this: changed my land day to: L01=4000 L12=20000 and had a CTD right after it (memory could be "read" etc.) when I tried to launch again it was fine....I don't know what to make out of it....*sigh* also: did a CHkdsk /F and rebooted... the system check the volume and then told me that the "system was recovered after a Fatal error" SB

not sure that all is sorted out.... still in testing. but I really miss that FPS Fix. it really worked (well. until it crashed...) I really wish there was something as good as it was. Thanx for all your help and I hope I won't be troubling you no more... SB

Running the Fc1.12a patch didn't do any good....:( still got the Rutime error... the FPS fix I used is: FEB 1906 LOMAN 5 FPS TWEAK 20D FOR LO 112 WITH A LOMAN 5 PACK INSIDE.zip.zip SB *edit* - well I fixed it , by importing an old Config and ME folders I found somewhere on mu HD.... now, about that tree mod? what is is and where can I find it? SB

OK I've been testing stuff four the last couple of hours and here is the status now: did a clean and thorough install of Lockon +FC +FC1.12a. everything seemed fine for a while. untill I tried to install some FPS FIX patch. this patch alters the "config" and "ME" folders in Lockon. so first I made copies of the original files for backup (like a good boy). the first time I tried to fly LockOn with the patch it CTD'ed on me with all the familiare error messeges: (memory could not be "read" etc.) so I figured that maybe this FPS fix was the culprit. so I went and deleted the altered folders and put the ones I backed up. and when I tried to launch Lomac again I got this messege: Microsoft Visual c++ Runtime Library runtime error! program: Program Files\Ubisoft\eagle Dynamics\Lock On\Lockon.Exe abnormal program termination SO - what now??? SB

OK I installed it (GU_Lod) anyway cause I didn't install FC1.11 just FC1.1 and then FC1.12a ontop of it... any probs? SB

:thumbsup: Wolverine: 1. No Gu_Lod? 2. Registry entry - well, I descided to use up my last activation key so I can get a complete cleen and prestene install - "no strings attached" so to speak. see ya'll on the other side... :thumbup: SB

GU_Lod and Movie pack OK? SB

OK....I'm going to reinstall LockOn for the last time.... question: there are four exe's that come with the D/L: 1. GU_LODs_en.exe 2. LO_1[1].1_Flaming_Cliffs_Movies_Pack.exe 3. LO_1[1].1_Flaming_Cliffs_Seasons_Pack.exe 4. Sutter_Fix_EngWeb.exe do I have to install them after I install FC 1.1? Just to be on the safe side my istall procedure is: 1. install LockOn 1.00 from the CD 2. install FC 1.1 (D/L version) 3. install: GU_LODs_en.exe LO_1[1].1_Flaming_Cliffs_Movies_Pack.exe LO_1[1].1_Flaming_Cliffs_Seasons_Pack.exe Sutter_Fix_EngWeb.exe 4. install FC 1.12a install addons (skins, HUDS etc.) via Loman2.1 (+teka teka patch) is this right? SB

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and here is my last crashlog: 22/04/2006 23:51 V512091930 DXProceduralTexture: failed to create, D3DERR_INVALIDCALL. Dispatcher: track version = 512091930 Dispatcher: initial random seed = 2710546 Dispatcher: apply random seed = 2710546 Cosmos: Mission date assigned - Year:2004, Month:6, Day:22 DXDefTexture: failed to load C-130-PAINT-DEF1.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-red.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-blue.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load samara-cherry.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load TRAVA-2.TGA, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. View::GetCameraViewAngleLimits: ./Config/View/View.lua:70: attempt to index global `CameraViewAngleLimits' (a nil value) Warning: (texture class Graphics: DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. Warning: MP_00_00.BMP (texture class CddsTextureItem) must be loaded to step 3, step 2 reported. hope you can make something out of it! SB