Draco Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I've been playing Lomac since it came out and it's always run great. but recently I've developed a problem where it crashes during initialization. I've tried everything i can think of... reinstalled lock-on, updated my graphics drivers, tweaked settings... everything short of re-formating becasue that just isn't an option. so please if any one has any ideas I havn't flown in weeks... specs: pentium 4 3.4ghz 2 GB RAM Ati mobility radeon 9700 w/ catalyst 6.9 drivers windows XP service pack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 When does it crash exactly? just after reaching main menu or just after mission load? Do you notice the hard drive give more effort than usual? LOMAc doesnt like it one bit to wait for hard drive accesses. I used to have that issue when I had only 1 GIG of ram. [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] My PC specs below:Case: Corsair 400C PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T) RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4 GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 it never evan makes it that far... since reinstalling to 1.0 the order goes click launch, splash screen comes up for a few seconds goes away tray Icon comes up I get the missle launch sound and about two beeps of the old startup sounds than the sound stop and the tray icon vanishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenTera Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I'm not 100% sure, but I think I can remember that there was a problem when downgrading to an earlier version. This could be solved by running the attached "Lockon.bat" once instead of Lockon.exe. This will run the also included "deleteobsoletefiles.bat". Maybe you want to give it a try. But please make a copy of your LockOn folder first, I'm not responsible if anything goes wrong :music_whistling:lockon.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 the problem started with FC. then I reinstalled everything. I'll try running it and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 ran the bat file and it didn't resolve the problem. I've done every thing I can think of. I'd really like to be able to fly again this is driving me nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 no one has anymore ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 no ideas here. I find it strange that even after you uninstall the game and reinstall again original version (v1.0 out of the box) it won't run? Maybe you could try just reinstalling WindowsXP SP2, just run installation file as if it was never installed, no need to uninstall it. Other than this, I have no idea why it won't run. If all your other games work fine and only this one doesn't, that's just weird. If I were you, I'd uninstall lock-on completely, delete any folders from it, reboot, install SP2 again, reboot, install lock-on from CD and try run it like that. If it still doesn't run it might as well be that you have some system problem. You sure you (or someone else without you knowing) did something to the system files or something? No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 turns out it has sometyhing to do with my sound card, a realtek AC97 I disabled it and got LO to initialize and run, just without sound. updated the drivers and reenabled the soundcard and it still has no sound but still runs. so I've replaced one problem with another but atleast its' a step in the right direction. if anyone has any ideas on this one let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 errr... is that an onboard sound? If yes, If I were you (and have the money for it) I'd get a PCI sound card :D oh and wait... if it's on board sound... reinstall motherboard chipset drivers No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 it's a laptop so I'm... not going to open it. may give the MOBO drivers a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMFA117_Poko Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Dunno why but sometimes the codecs you install colide with the game. uninstall codecs pack and game will show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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