Ugh. Game won't play

Torvald Von Mansee · 09-09-06, 06:42 AM

I installed the multiplayer demo for Return To Castle Wolfenstein, and it changed some settings in my computer and now SHIII won't play. I don't even know what settings were changed, as I'm not really that technical a person!!! I think it's something in the display settings (when I start the game, and it switches to the opening sequence w/the logo and then the cutscene of the attack on the convoy, the screen goes "bloop" and everything blacks out for a second or two...it's less smooth than how this worked before the settings got changed).

Any ideas on what to do? I uninstalled RTCW MPD for what it's worth, and did some fiddling w/the settings.

EDIT: I can get to the menu page, but if I try to resume a career, the game quits and offers to send an error report to MS. I'm also running GW for what it's worth.

Torvald Von Mansee · 09-09-06, 03:31 PM

WELL, it would seem the only thing I CAN'T do in the game is load my primary campaign!!! My secondary campaign guy loads fine!!! Does this mean that file got corrupted? Because that would be really really really really really really annoying if that were the case.

Kingcobra24 · 09-10-06, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

WELL, it would seem the only thing I CAN'T do in the game is load my primary campaign!!! My secondary campaign guy loads fine!!! Does this mean that file got corrupted? Because that would be really really really really really really annoying if that were the case.

I'm pretty much just guessing, according to what you've posted, BUT....

1.) It may be that your first campaign reloads using previous settings - the setting that were changed by Wolfenstein.
2.) If you're using Windows XP, you could try SYSTEM RESTORE. Select a period of time AFTER you installed all your mods, but BEFORE you installed Wolfenstein. This way, it'll reset your previous parameters to what they were and your first campaign should work properly once again. Since you RESTORED at a point after you had installed all your mods, you won't have to reinstall them.

kiwi_2005 · 09-10-06, 06:56 AM

If ya have System Restore on you can do a roll back to before you installed Wolfinstein. When the crap hits the fan for me i usually do a 24hr roll back, if its serious i do a reformat. lol.

In your case a roll back would do.

Edit: Whoops just realised Kingcobra24 already mentioned this.

Kingcobra24 · 09-10-06, 07:03 AM

LOL

Great minds think alike!

Torvald Von Mansee · 09-11-06, 05:01 AM

Thanks!!!!

I started playing another guy, this time on 100% realism, and when I went back to play him, today, all his files were gone!!

Yeah, I'm on Windows XP. I'll try that system restore thingie

EDIT: GAH!! It didn't work!! I guess that career's gone, then.

Though, really, I'm almost wondering if I should try to continue the career thing, as it would seem that both guys I have tried were lost even before the end of 2 patrols.

09-09-06, 06:42 AM	#1
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ugh. Game won't play I installed the multiplayer demo for Return To Castle Wolfenstein, and it changed some settings in my computer and now SHIII won't play. I don't even know what settings were changed, as I'm not really that technical a person!!! I think it's something in the display settings (when I start the game, and it switches to the opening sequence w/the logo and then the cutscene of the attack on the convoy, the screen goes "bloop" and everything blacks out for a second or two...it's less smooth than how this worked before the settings got changed). Any ideas on what to do? I uninstalled RTCW MPD for what it's worth, and did some fiddling w/the settings. EDIT: I can get to the menu page, but if I try to resume a career, the game quits and offers to send an error report to MS. I'm also running GW for what it's worth. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

09-09-06, 03:31 PM	#2
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	WELL, it would seem the only thing I CAN'T do in the game is load my primary campaign!!! My secondary campaign guy loads fine!!! Does this mean that file got corrupted? Because that would be really really really really really really annoying if that were the case. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

09-10-06, 06:56 AM	#4
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	If ya have System Restore on you can do a roll back to before you installed Wolfinstein. When the crap hits the fan for me i usually do a 24hr roll back, if its serious i do a reformat. lol. In your case a roll back would do. Edit: Whoops just realised Kingcobra24 already mentioned this. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-10-06, 07:03 AM	#5
Kingcobra24 Soundman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 142 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	LOL Great minds think alike! __________________

09-11-06, 05:01 AM	#6
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Thanks!!!! I started playing another guy, this time on 100% realism, and when I went back to play him, today, all his files were gone!! Yeah, I'm on Windows XP. I'll try that system restore thingie EDIT: GAH!! It didn't work!! I guess that career's gone, then. Though, really, I'm almost wondering if I should try to continue the career thing, as it would seem that both guys I have tried were lost even before the end of 2 patrols. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky Last edited by Torvald Von Mansee; 09-11-06 at 05:18 AM.