Elnocho3

Jetstream suggested by Maximus_G is absolutely excellent. It shows the progress of six pilots during training to fly the F-18. Its on the History Channel and discovery turbo, if it were to come out on DVD i'll be the first to buy it.

Problem Resolved Had enough messing about in vista tring to get it to work I now have a duel boot system with xp on a seperate hard drive. It works perfectly again in xp - but funnily enough looked in the error log and found the same textures are failing to load as in vista but the game works fine. FINALLY can concentrate on flying again :) Thanks for our your attempts at solving my problem

Thanks for your perseverance, have already updated my graphics drivers just tried updating direct x - still crashes to desktop :mad: This is the full error log: 17/08/2007 21:22 V512091930 TrackIR DLL path: C:\Program Files\NaturalPoint\TrackIR4\ NPClient interface -- initialize OK NPClient : Window handle registration successful NPClient : NaturalPoint software version is 4.00 NPClient : Data transmission started TrackIR DLL path: C:\Program Files\NaturalPoint\TrackIR4\ NPClient interface -- initialize OK NPClient : Window handle registration successful NPClient : NaturalPoint software version is 4.00 NPClient : Data transmission started TrackIR DLL path: C:\Program Files\NaturalPoint\TrackIR4\ NPClient interface -- initialize OK NPClient : Window handle registration successful NPClient : NaturalPoint software version is 4.00 NPClient : Data transmission started Dispatcher: track version = 512091930 Dispatcher: initial random seed = 2145642 Dispatcher: apply random seed = 2145642 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. 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. Any other ideas??

Update Hello guys thanks for your continued help :thumbup: I have now done a clean install with the steps you gents posted in this thread and the game now is installed so thanks for the advice. BUT The crash to desktops are back again!! I have not installed ANY mods or tweaks totally fresh, clean install. The crashes do not occurr in simple missions but mainly campaigns and crimean air wars type missions. By this point in my younger days the computer would be out of the window ... falling to the floor .... landing in a nice mess of circuit boards and wires :mad: Anyway back on to the point heres a sample of the error log: DXDefTexture: failed to load SU-17-OKRAS.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. Warning: (texture class Graphics::DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. Warning: (texture class Graphics::DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. Graphics::DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. DXDefTexture: failed to load C-130-PAINT-DEF1.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. 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. Warning: (texture class Graphics::DXFontTexture) must be loaded to step 2, step 1 reported. Wondering if this thread might have anything to do with the problems i am having: http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=9459 Any advice would be great, but i am seriously thinking about formatting my second partition and just installing windows xp and lomac on it.

Update on the situation: Installed new video drivers saw some fps increases so good BUT still the frickin crashes. **SO** 1) Unistalled all versions of lomac from my computer. Restarted 2) Installed Lomac (from cd 1 of the UK lock on gold box), did not try running it. 3) Installed FC (from cd 2 of the UK lock on gold box), 4) Tried to load the game up get error dialog box unable to locate component. It says the AFMBASE.DLL was not found. 5) Tried to ignore this problem (thought it may be to do with the vista operating system) and tried to install the patch LO_Flaming_Cliffs_Patch_1.12b_EngCD found at lockonfiles.com. The following error message is displayed: Error occurred during installation. Error code is 2. Setup is not completed. And thats the end of that! So not even a crashing to desktop version of Lomac on my computer anymore!!! Any thoughts??? As my computer really is more stable than these messages are leading you to believe. Looking back i just worked around this somehow when i installed last time on vista which may have hidden the later crash to desktop problems. All in all very pissed at how this games seems to work great for all you guys and not for me!

Thanks for your percevierance, Will do my best to clear it up: I have two partitions C: with Vista and the various versions of lomac on it, and D: with only work files on it. When i installed fresh to my C: 1st installed Lockon original (the first cd from the lockon gold box) 2nd installed Lockon Flaming Cliffs as a standalone (2nd cd from box) 3rd installed Lockon Flaming Cliffs V1.12b patch over the previous version. Hope that makes it clearer for you guys. Am going to first try new video drivers, then try fresh installing it the exact way you describe - but which partition would you recommend installing it on??

Thanks for your replies, I am very envious of you guys who don't have crash to desktop problems!!! I am running windows vista ultimate at the mo with a partition for my work files. Will try installing lockon onto that partition in the order you suggested. If that fails then should a reformat and dual boot partition (one partition of vista ultimate for work and all other games, one partition for xp and lockon only) fix the problem???

:) Thanks for your reply much appreciated, Running Flaming Cliffs version 1.12b, (the Lock On Gold UK boxed version) I have tried a clean reinstall using the following steps: 1) Install Lockon 2) Install Flaming Cliffs as a stand alone version 3) Install Flaming Cliffs v1.12b as a standalone. Then tried playing still crashes to desktop appearingly randomly but frequently. I have installed some add ons using modman since, like Walmis F-15 model which is fantastic, flare and explosion FPS tweaks, Overcast Cloud mod, Cloud mod, Visibilinty range for medium visibility by TekaTeka mod. I am also interested to know how long your and other peoples games run before crashing because i thought this was a common fault?? Is formatting and setting up a partition for Windows XP just to play Lomac on worth it or should it work with my system specs and drivers??

I have been playing lomac on and off since the first demo (love at first sight) but the game now crashes to desktop every time i play a mission with any degree of complexity and sometimes randomly. This was a problem in windows xp but now vista is even worse (not saying that has anything to do with it just stating the facts) with it frequently crashing EVERYTIME i play the game now. I love Lomac and will support ED for producing such a top notch game, but this is really pissing me off now and spoiling any enjoyment i used to get from the game. This is a sample error log created in the temp folder of the game: DXDefTexture: failed to load f15_damage2.bmp, D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA. DXDefTexture: failed to load common.psd, 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) FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. FlareTrailMaterial: failed to create either pixel or vertex shader, E_FAIL. This repeats over and over and over! The D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA and E_FAIL are in almost every error report after crashing to desktop. My System Specs are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2 GIG PC2 Kingston 5300 CL5 RAM XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB XT Jeantech 700W PowerSupply ASUS M2NPV-VM Motherboard Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar Track IR 4 Windows Vista 32 Ultimate NVIDIA vista 32 158.28 driver version Considering I have built this system to play lomac I would really love to be able to play it without it crashing to the frickin desktop every mission!!! ANY help from you guys is appreciated :helpsmilie: