I could use a little help.

Tireboy · 10-19-07, 11:00 PM

Guys I'm stuck and could use some help.
I'm getting this error every time I try to launch my game. “can not initialize 3D engine”, the only option I get is to click “OK” this stops the game loading. Up until this, the game has been running flawlessly. I’ve tried everything I can think of, a search of the forums turned-up this “SH3_XPSP2_Res_Fix_for_1.4b”, but no luck. Any help would be appreciated.

TB

T.Von Hogan · 10-19-07, 11:19 PM

slow your refresh rate down. example most monitors will run 120hz when using 800 x 600 but the game will only allow 85hz the higher the resolution the lower you must go

Tireboy · 10-19-07, 11:38 PM

Hogan,
Thanks for the quick reply! I tried setting my resolution to 1024 X 768 and refresh rate to 60Hz, I tried re-booting at those settings No luck. I’m starting to think it might be a video driver issue. Last night I installed the latest ATI drivers from VisionTek. The game work fine right after that, but tonight......no luck. Could it be a CCC conflict?

TB

_Seth_ · 10-19-07, 11:56 PM

welcome, tireboy!

Tireboy · 10-20-07, 01:06 AM

Seth,
Thanks for the greetings,
I been lurking around for a while, it seems like a good community.
I re-installed the old drivers, and it all loads fine now. We’ll see what tomorrow brings, it’s to late for me to do more. *sight*

TB

Brag · 10-20-07, 07:03 AM

Welcome aboard, hope your fix works

Jimbuna · 10-20-07, 07:09 AM

Welcome aboard Kaleun Tireboy

If your experiencing driver problems after updating them.....go to your hardware device page via control panel then system and click on the revert to old driver option

Chock · 10-20-07, 09:21 AM

Another lurker surfaces! Welcome aboard

Chock

T.Von Hogan · 10-20-07, 09:56 AM

Glad you got it working Tireboy, drivers would have been the 2nd place i headed. Gameshadow and windows update are always trying to get me to upgrade to ati7.1's but since i have a 9200 card the 6.11's are the latest that ati supports my card.

i suggested the refresh rate since i play several other games where the quickest refresh rate plays the smoothest and i've seen that error message on more than 1 occasion when i forgot to slow my monitor back down lol

Tireboy · 10-20-07, 06:24 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome, and for the help. So far so good, (running with the 7.6 drivers), but we’ll see what tonight brings. If there are any changes I’ll post it, either to ask for help, or just incase someone else runs into the same trouble.

TB

i_b_spectre · 10-20-07, 07:50 PM

Woohoo! TB, my man. Glad to see you step out of the sub pen shadows. The warm reception is typical of these forums and the folks' willingness to help is legendary. Maybe you and I can give multiplayer a whirl. (TB and I have been flying online for years, he got me started on SH3).

Venatore · 10-20-07, 07:54 PM

Welcome to the forum

good luck with your game/PC issue :hmm:

Jimbuna · 10-21-07, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i_b_spectre

Woohoo! TB, my man. Glad to see you step out of the sub pen shadows. The warm reception is typical of these forums and the folks' willingness to help is legendary. Maybe you and I can give multiplayer a whirl. (TB and I have been flying online for years, he got me started on SH3).

.....and you still speak to him

i_b_spectre · 10-21-07, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Quote:

Originally Posted by i_b_spectre

(TB...got me started on SH3).

.....and you still speak to him

Lol, yessir, in fact we made our first foray into SH3 multiplayer last night. I got my kaeun's cap handed to me numerous times, but we both learned a lot and were impressed by the stability of the game through ubi.

Incidentally, the ATI driver problem that prompted this thread appears to be fairly pervasive and especially so for the AGP variety of the HD2600 card he's using. This I found from perusing the forums at rage3D, so it looks like ATI has dropped the driver ball yet again. ATI has always had pretty good hardware, but were short on driver support from time to time. They got better for awhile, but it looks like they're going to have a hard road trying to catch back up to Nvidia. I was in hopes their acquisition by AMD might herald a turnaround in driver support, but it hasn't materialized as yet.

Jimbuna · 10-22-07, 05:04 AM

More or less the same reasons I left ATI and went over to Nvidia for

10-19-07, 11:00 PM	#1
Tireboy Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I could use a little help. Guys I'm stuck and could use some help. I'm getting this error every time I try to launch my game. “can not initialize 3D engine”, the only option I get is to click “OK” this stops the game loading. Up until this, the game has been running flawlessly. I’ve tried everything I can think of, a search of the forums turned-up this “SH3_XPSP2_Res_Fix_for_1.4b”, but no luck. Any help would be appreciated. TB

10-19-07, 11:56 PM	#4
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10-20-07, 07:03 AM	#6
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10-20-07, 07:09 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard Kaleun Tireboy If your experiencing driver problems after updating them.....go to your hardware device page via control panel then system and click on the revert to old driver option __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-20-07, 09:21 AM	#8
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Another lurker surfaces! Welcome aboard Chock __________________

10-19-07, 11:19 PM	#2
T.Von Hogan Planesman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: mississippi Posts: 190 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	slow your refresh rate down. example most monitors will run 120hz when using 800 x 600 but the game will only allow 85hz the higher the resolution the lower you must go

10-19-07, 11:38 PM	#3
Tireboy Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hogan, Thanks for the quick reply! I tried setting my resolution to 1024 X 768 and refresh rate to 60Hz, I tried re-booting at those settings No luck. I’m starting to think it might be a video driver issue. Last night I installed the latest ATI drivers from VisionTek. The game work fine right after that, but tonight......no luck. Could it be a CCC conflict? TB

10-20-07, 01:06 AM	#5
Tireboy Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Seth, Thanks for the greetings, I been lurking around for a while, it seems like a good community. I re-installed the old drivers, and it all loads fine now. We’ll see what tomorrow brings, it’s to late for me to do more. sight TB

10-20-07, 09:56 AM	#9
T.Von Hogan Planesman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: mississippi Posts: 190 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Glad you got it working Tireboy, drivers would have been the 2nd place i headed. Gameshadow and windows update are always trying to get me to upgrade to ati7.1's but since i have a 9200 card the 6.11's are the latest that ati supports my card. i suggested the refresh rate since i play several other games where the quickest refresh rate plays the smoothest and i've seen that error message on more than 1 occasion when i forgot to slow my monitor back down lol

10-20-07, 06:24 PM	#10
Tireboy Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the warm welcome, and for the help. So far so good, (running with the 7.6 drivers), but we’ll see what tonight brings. If there are any changes I’ll post it, either to ask for help, or just incase someone else runs into the same trouble. TB

10-20-07, 07:50 PM	#11
i_b_spectre Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 205 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Woohoo! TB, my man. Glad to see you step out of the sub pen shadows. The warm reception is typical of these forums and the folks' willingness to help is legendary. Maybe you and I can give multiplayer a whirl. (TB and I have been flying online for years, he got me started on SH3). __________________ Spectre

10-20-07, 07:54 PM	#12
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Welcome to the forum good luck with your game/PC issue :hmm:

10-22-07, 05:04 AM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	More or less the same reasons I left ATI and went over to Nvidia for __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!