Hi all,
I just downloaded DSC world and bought the Huey module last weekend. However, when I try to load the game, it will go into the main menu but wont let me play most of the contents...
Here is what happens in details:
1. I load DSC world, it loads fine, with music and I can fiddle with all the settings etc, and the Huey patch icon is activated down the bottom.
2. If I click on...say...Training, (since I want to learn how to fly a Huey properly), it will go to the loading screen, and sometime during loading, it will automatically EXIT TO WINDOWS, and give me an error message saying such as "...an error has occurred and windows will try to determine what caused it...etc". (I mean... really???)
3. I have to then click OK, then the message will go away and DSC will automatically reload it self and I then will be put back in the game with a Post Mission Summary menu. Sometimes this wont even happen....it will just idles in Windows after I clicked OK and I have to use Task Manager to manually close DSC!
4. This auto quitting happens with most things like Training, Campaign, Mission Editor, Multiplayer etc, both Huey and the Su-25 Frogfoot. The only part that I can play, is Instant Action, and even then, I can only play a few of the missions, eg. Huey ground easy attack, it is also has a 30% chance of doing the auto quitting thing when loading too.
5. When I am flying....eventually, the frame rate is usually not bad, but tends to be bit slow (~15fps or so) when theres lots of actions or enemies or smoke etc on screen, and the game will also tend to quit in those situations. Sometimes the instruments in the chopper will not load, I only see black empty holes where the gauges should be.
6. I thought I will turn down the details, maybe its too much for the pc to handle. So I set ALL setting to the lowest, resolution is at its lowest, all fancy features off, like heat blur, TSAA etc, 1024X768, turn off my trackIR5, even ran it in windowed mode (now this really sux from a gaming point of view!! especially on my 24" screen! WTF!!) And the problems are still there, nothing changes!
Could it be my pc is too old and slow? I know it is a 4.5yr old gaming pc, but with all the other games that I have which are heavy on graphis, (Euro truck sim 2, Takeon Helicopters, Race room racing experience, Ghost Recon Future Soldier), they all run fine with no problems, keep in mind that they are some of the newer games that use DX10 and 11, so my pc can keep up. I may have to turn down a few setting options but the games run fine and smooth, there is no QUITTING TO WINDOWS bull crap!
My pc has P4 dual core2 2.4ghz CPU, 8 gig DDR3 ram, HD7770 video card, Asus P5QC motherboard, trackIR5, Windows Home Premium and latest drivers.
Please, anyone can shed some light on this issue? I cant justify $50 I just paid for this. Cheers!
