SH4 keeps on crashing!

[radon_40]

wadup i'm new to this forum. I just bought silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific but my game keeps crashing when the loading bar get to the end, when I click on a single player mission.

Does anyone know what the problem is?

I have a windows xp dell computer

[Gunfighter]

You will need to list you computers Spec before anyone can help you.
Cpu,Mem,HardDrive,Graphics Card,Sound Card Ect.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yes, list your specs, as well have you patched to 1.4?
By the way, Welcome to SUBSIM radon_40


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[radon_40]

do you know where I can find my specs, is it on the computer?

I tries 1.4 but still crashes..

[SteamWake]

First try this website http://www.srtest.com/referrer/srtest

It will check to see if your computer can run the game.

Im suspecting an incompatible video card.

Look for and find a file called dxdiag.exe on your computer and run that. Copy / paste the results into a text file and post them.

There is also the system info applet under accesories/system tools of windows (xp at least).

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by radon_40

do you know where I can find my specs, is it on the computer?

I tries 1.4 but still crashes..

Right click on My Computer, select Properties, this will give you RAM, Processor Info. As well, from the pic below, select hardware, then system devices, there you can find info out with regards to your Video and Sound cards.



Nice link, info from SW as well regarding if your computer will run it with your specs.


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[snakeyez]

This is not a crash to desktop when trying to load a new game correct? You say you are crashing to desktop when you try to begin a single mission?

Have you installed any mods?

It sounds to me like something may have gotten corrupt upon installation and/or patching. You could always do an uninstall and reinstall. I had to!

[radon_40]

I ran this dxdiag.exe and here is my data:

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension 4600i
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 303MB used, 2161MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode


</IMG>PASS </IMG>Video Card Minimum: 128 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+) You Have: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller (Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller)

</IMG>FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card </IMG>Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 96.0 MB</IMG>Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes</IMG>Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No</IMG>Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0</IMG>Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0</IMG>Video Card Driver Version (DirectX) Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.4396

FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. </IMG>Free Disk Space Minimum: 6 GB You Have: 173.2 GB

</IMG>PASS </IMG>DVD Minimum: 4x or faster DVD drive You Have:

FAIL: Sorry, your computer does not have a DVD-ROM that meets this requirement.

I guess I might need a new video card....

[SteamWake]

Wow formatting tore that up.

But as I suspected you hve a video card that does not support pixel shading.

Its hard to find this out after youve bought a product but hey if your going to game on pc nearly all new titles require it anyways.

Good luck