jolyonmeldrum Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Hi there I'm a new member, just got my new pc as my old one fried itself... so I was all happy thinking I could run lockon FC ... been waiting forever to get flying with it... but... I load it and it does the starpants checks... all good then it goes to the program opens up a window ... and then I get a run time error ... dammit! ... I have added in the compatibility box run for xp -sp2 ... as admin ... disable desktop composition... and still nothing .. i'm starting to think it's my card that's the issue. I have a dual core 2.40 ghz processor 2gb ram, Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb... Windows bloody Vista... and I am stumped I emailed the support guys and they said ... in a verrrrryyyy brief email, that it won't support vista until they release a new patch which is nearly ready... But ... you guys seem to have it running on windows vista... can anyone help??? Pleeeeease do if you can, i'm at the end of my tether! Thanks everyone! J.
Geier Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Hi there I'm a new member, just got my new pc as my old one fried itself... so I was all happy thinking I could run lockon FC ... been waiting forever to get flying with it... but... I load it and it does the starpants checks... all good then it goes to the program opens up a window ... and then I get a run time error ... dammit! ... I have added in the compatibility box run for xp -sp2 ... as admin ... disable desktop composition... and still nothing .. i'm starting to think it's my card that's the issue. I have a dual core 2.40 ghz processor 2gb ram, Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb... Windows bloody Vista... and I am stumped I emailed the support guys and they said ... in a verrrrryyyy brief email, that it won't support vista until they release a new patch which is nearly ready... But ... you guys seem to have it running on windows vista... can anyone help??? Pleeeeease do if you can, i'm at the end of my tether! Thanks everyone! J. Try this http://lockon.co.uk/index.php?lang=en&end_pos=135&scr=products
hitman Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Thats funny cuz this card was built specifically with Vista in mind....and yet everyone elses card works just fine.
hitman Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Try this http://lockon.co.uk/index.php?lang=en&end_pos=135&scr=products He doesnt need LO-FC Vista patch, he needs drivers for his video card. Ill dig up the thread shortly.
Geier Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 He doesnt need LO-FC Vista patch, he needs drivers for his video card. Ill dig up the thread shortly. Windows vista probelm - even after trying all the fixes, do u get this?? ???:music_whistling:
hitman Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Hi there I have a dual core 2.40 ghz processor 2gb ram, Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb... Windows bloody Vista... and I am stumped I emailed the support guys and they said ... in a verrrrryyyy brief email, that it won't support vista until they release a new patch which is nearly ready... But ... you guys seem to have it running on windows vista... can anyone help??? Pleeeeease do if you can, i'm at the end of my tether! Sounds like he needs a driver to me...dont you think??
hitman Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 ???:music_whistling: Did I mention I have Vista and Im not running on that patch??
Geier Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Did I mention I have Vista and Im not running on that patch?? Of course no:D These words you can read at the title of this topic;)
jolyonmeldrum Posted April 27, 2007 Author Posted April 27, 2007 Hi everyone thanks for the help, tried downloading the one on the list and of course that was XP 32 lol ... so am now downloading ForceWare 101.09 Vista 32-bit WHQL...hopefully that'll work ... tech support said download the new patch... I did and nothing ... when I launch I hear the sound but the video crashes it out ... so I can only assume it is a driver issue ... however which driver issue is another story ... nightmare... I am not running dx10... as it seemed to not be compatible with anything yet so went back to 9.0c I think ... any other ideas? ok the patch I just downloaded says that it cant find any drivers that were compatible with my current set up .... ****.... :( ... I have no idea... can't believe it ... any ideas anyone?
Prophet Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Yeah I never had it crash with my 7900GTX in Vista, just the graphics corruption, but the driver fixed that. Ok so you did get DX9, thats good. That driver should work, if not the best performing. You could look for the 165.01 driver, but I am not sure that will help any. I would think to try and make sure all your drivers are up to date, mainboard, sound card, network card. Runtime error... hmm. Maybe reinstall LO?
hitman Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Only thing I can think of is that he has a Dx10 card and he has dx9c...
VMFA-Blaze Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 Its sounds like the possibility that with all of the patches and drivers you've installed this might just be whats causeing your issues ... I know that sometimes when you unistall drivers data gets corrupted... I hate to tell you this but short of doing a reformatt, (which is what I've been doing for the last few days on more then one system)... Try uninstalling Lock On ... Then go to 3d Guru and install a driver cleaner.. Follow the directions and unistall your recently installed drivers... Now install the most recent Vista drivers for your 8800 Vid card for DX 9c.... After all of thats done you should have a nice clean installation of the most recent Vista drivers in your system ... Do a temporary file clean up next, and after that do a defrag... Now start installing Lock ON with all of the correct patches this time... This will take you a while but I think it should clear up your issues... ~S~ Blaze intel Cor i7-6700K ASUS ROG MAX VIII Extreme G.Skill TridentZ Series 32 GB Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA II ASUS GTX 1080/DIRECTX 12 Windows 10 PRO Thrustmaster Warthog Oculus Rift VR
jolyonmeldrum Posted April 29, 2007 Author Posted April 29, 2007 Hey there thanks for that... I keep getting issues with other things like battlefield 2142 which used to work perfectly, I think I may have installed as you say too many drivers etc trying to find the right ones... would you mind terribly giving me a link to the ones you installed please? .... Also is there a utility to remove directx from my machine so I can re-install, as I can't seem to find it ?.... thanks a lot for your help! :) ... hope to be flying soon! J.
Kuky Posted April 29, 2007 Posted April 29, 2007 You can't uninstall DirectX. If you want to do that you'll need to reinstall windows. PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
VMFA-Blaze Posted April 29, 2007 Posted April 29, 2007 http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_158.18 http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip Ok.... hope that this helps 'ya.... Dont forget to clean up your system completely before you do anymore installations... So download the second link for the RIP drivers to your desk top And then download the nvidea drivers to your desk top.. then uninstall all of the Lock On files that you have... Clean up your Vid card drivers with the RIP... after you reboot I will be easy to find the new nvidea drivers 'cause they'll be right there on your desk top. you woun't have to look for them ... Once you have the new drivers installed then you can go to tools in the accessory file, do a disk clean up, then defrag.. So after you're finished you're system should be nice and clean.. so then you can begin to do a fresh install of Lock On ... and you should be good to go.... As far as uninstalling DX10 the drivers in the link are DX9c so I think you should be fine ... They DX9c should run anyway.... ~S~ Blaze intel Cor i7-6700K ASUS ROG MAX VIII Extreme G.Skill TridentZ Series 32 GB Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA II ASUS GTX 1080/DIRECTX 12 Windows 10 PRO Thrustmaster Warthog Oculus Rift VR
jolyonmeldrum Posted April 30, 2007 Author Posted April 30, 2007 Nice one Thanks a lot, that's reallllly helpful, i'll give it a go and then get back to you! ;) thanks again. j.
sp0nge Posted April 30, 2007 Posted April 30, 2007 as my old one fried itself... Let me guess, couldn't handle Lock On? :D Sorry I couldn't help it. Is breaking the laws of gravity illegal? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jolyonmeldrum Posted April 30, 2007 Author Posted April 30, 2007 Hey there... ok after sorting all the things out you suggested above we have gotten somewhere... not there yet but nearly ... I did all that and then installed lock on ( I bought lock on gold so have FC with it ) then installed FC as a stand alone game (as I thought I had tried installing over before and it didn't work ) ... then I downloaded the new patch for FC and installed it ... now FC crashed when I run it ... but ... I can run lockon the original game ... but ... the graphics look a bit crap, i.e. no specular highlights over the body of the plane and it seems to have white edges all round the surfaces... very strange... so ... not sure what to do next any suggestions? Thanks again been really helpful!
hitman Posted April 30, 2007 Posted April 30, 2007 If your gonna try to do this, then the first thing you need to do is make sure your desktop or any shortcuts are pointing to the correct install. You can try to patch 1.00 to 1.02, and then try to install FC on a separate partition, but I havent heard of anyone being able to do this, as applying patches finds associated installs. Thats probably your problem as your having a conflict of issues. Have you tried to just install LO + FC as one single install?
jolyonmeldrum Posted April 30, 2007 Author Posted April 30, 2007 Hey there, did before and that's when neither worked but yeah will try removing fc then installing together, will let you know how it goes... damn this is so frustrating!
VMFA-Blaze Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 Hey there... ok after sorting all the things out you suggested above we have gotten somewhere... not there yet but nearly ... I did all that and then installed lock on ( I bought lock on gold so have FC with it ) then installed FC as a stand alone game (as I thought I had tried installing over before and it didn't work ) ... then I downloaded the new patch for FC and installed it ... now FC crashed when I run it ... but ... I can run lockon the original game ... but ... the graphics look a bit crap, i.e. no specular highlights over the body of the plane and it seems to have white edges all round the surfaces... very strange... so ... not sure what to do next any suggestions? Thanks again been really helpful! The white splotches around leading edges are inherent to Nvidia cards.. you have to run shadows at all planer, instead of on the high setting .. Nvidea is also known to have shimmering effects at distance, and that's again inherent, but there's nothing that can be done for this... I think you might go to the nvidia control panel if you haven't all ready, and begin adjusting you settings... Start with low settings and gradually work your way upwards to get the desired effects that you're looking for... As far as Lock On crashing.. It seems like you answered your own question there.. Of course you're gona' have to install the game properly to get it to run right... Let us know how things turn out for you... ~S~ Blaze intel Cor i7-6700K ASUS ROG MAX VIII Extreme G.Skill TridentZ Series 32 GB Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA II ASUS GTX 1080/DIRECTX 12 Windows 10 PRO Thrustmaster Warthog Oculus Rift VR
jolyonmeldrum Posted May 1, 2007 Author Posted May 1, 2007 Hi there, ok well now I have installed FC over the install of lockon and I get the same runtime error message... it's screwed... bah ... I'm going to try installing windowsnt and see what happens, but I think that I might just only be able to use lockon ... thanks for the info about the graphical settings will have a look at that again, once I reinstall FC ... looks like i'm not going to get to use this....
gishuk Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 i had the same problem with vista 32bit and a 8800gts card the latest nvidia drivers fixed it for me, lockons running fine in xp sp2 compatability mode, with administrator thing ticked oh and directx 10 :pilotfly: http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/8010/tomcatsigrc4.jpg (max image size - 150pix vertical & 50kB)
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