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The devil is toying with me.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:58 am
by Kleptomaniac
OK, remember that annoying can't-finish-the-game-last-level-throws-me-out-to-windows problem I had? Well, yesterday I happened to come across another copy of Fallout in a store next to my house (and to think I missed it before).
So anyhow's, I've installed it joyfully, and just for the heck of it, ran to the Cathedral with a newly created character to make sure I can now access the final level.
Well guess what? I was WRONG. Still the same problem using a completley different copy!
At this point I know it's my computer (2 of them), so I'll just type the specs of both computers, and maybe someone will come across something that can cause that problem.
PC 1:
Pentium 4, 1700 mhz
GeForce 2 MX200 (soon to become Radeon 9700
128 SDRAM
On-Board sound card
20GB Seagate HD
ADSL
Plextor X24 Cd-Rw
Asus X52 CD-Rom.
PC 2:
Intel Celeron 366 mhz
Voodoo Banshee
64 SDRAM
Creative Sound Blaster
10GB HD
56kbps Zoltrix modem
some unknown company Cd-Rom.
Help guys, I'm desperate here.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:12 am
by Haplo
What OS do you use?
Fallout runs in a dos window, and the latest versions of Windows carry less and less support for dos...the latest doesn't support it at all...
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:25 am
by Kleptomaniac
Oh, the first one is using windows XP, the other one windows 98 SE. Maybe that's the problem, but if so, shouldn't Fallout 2 encounter problems as well?
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:32 am
by Haplo
F2 was 98 meant to be windows, F1 was released as mostly dos. DOS based games will not work well if at all in XP, since support has been dropped. My suggestion...buy an old IMB thinkpad with the specs nessacary and Win95 on it. Use that for your game, and for college. Should run you about 100 bucks or less.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:36 am
by Kleptomaniac
Hrm..
I believe I can run it in DOS mode on my 98se OS as well. I'll try that. Thank you.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:38 am
by Slider
Your OS really shouldn't be a problem(except for XP) because FO & FO2 work just fine for me on WinME. I don't know what your problem is but try a medium install instead of a full install or vice a versa.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:38 am
by Haplo
No probs! Good luck...
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 2:28 pm
by Kleptomaniac
Slider wrote:Your OS really shouldn't be a problem(except for XP) because FO & FO2 work just fine for me on WinME. I don't know what your problem is but try a medium install instead of a full install or vice a versa.
Tried that friend...
I don't have time to try it out on my other computer today in DOS mode, I will do that tomorrow. I can't think of any other logical explanation to this.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 4:52 pm
by VasikkA
This is really weird. Fallout works well in my comp(XP). Maybe your store has faulty copies of Fallout.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:51 pm
by Kleptomaniac
Hehe, not likely, since I bought the copies at different countries, lol. That would be SOME coincidence
Re: The devil is toying with me.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:16 pm
by Kashluk
Kleptomaniac wrote:PC 1:
Pentium 4, 1700 mhz
GeForce 2 MX200 (soon to become Radeon 9700
128 SDRAM
On-Board sound card
20GB Seagate HD
ADSL
Plextor X24 Cd-Rw
Asus X52 CD-Rom
Umm... This is totally out off the topic, but have you ever considered how overkilling your CPU is compared to the rest of the hardware??
Man, You could get a long with a 500, 600 - propably 900 MHz maximum! Unless, of course, you do lots of complex mathematical calculations all day long, which I doubt.
Want to get all out of that Pentium 4? Buy yourself *1 Gb* of memory. Yup, you heard right, one gigabit of RAM. Then go and get yourself that Radeon. And SoundBlaster Live! Platinum. Then we're talking
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:21 pm
by Haplo
Pure Gaming Machine....badass!
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:05 pm
by Doyle
With a bit more RAM and that new video card he'll be fine.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:49 pm
by VasikkA
There's really no need for a comp like that. Doom 3 isn't out yet
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 1:59 am
by Kleptomaniac
An explanation to my specs:
This computer was meant to go to my dad's office, his firm gave him a discount (a BIG one) on it, and as it was supposed to be an office computer I couldn't order a GeForce 3 with it (that would seem a bit weird wouldn't it?). So bassically, this computer is only a base, in a couple months I'm buying the new Radeon, and after that I'll get a couple more stick of RAM. The important thing for me is that I have a good base to buy some better parts on.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 2:34 am
by Spazmo
And for the love of God, get a decent sound card and a proper hard drive. Sound Blaster Live! Value is real cheap and is quite good.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 1:15 pm
by Kleptomaniac
Currently I'm going to buy the new Radeon when it comes out (considering it wont cost TOO much). Also, I'm going to get some RAM and a new sound card.
I don't intend to buy another HD currently, since this one is enough for me.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:44 pm
by VasikkA
20 GB is chicken shit, man. Where you gonna store all that porn you download?
Trust me, you'll soon have a shortage of HD space, I have 80GB and that isn't enough.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:51 pm
by Kleptomaniac
Hey man, that's what I got the burner for
Can you please explain how can you possibly fill 80Gb of space?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 12:52 am
by VasikkA
Uhmm, having lots of games installed, MP3's, movies and other useless shit. 80GB is quickly used.
