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FPSC Classic Product Chat / I have problems with FPSC

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MaddA ChieF
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 02:08
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I have many promblems with FPSC. First of all it wont save when I click save. The window doesn't close it just stays the same. I made a huge map and lost the whole thing!

Another thing. Whenever I click the build game button it says intinaliseing (or something like that) the installer. Then it will freeze and will not respond.

FPSC runs a bit laggy too. It takes a long time to load a prefab(ex. it says: Building prefab...).

I don't know if it is my pc or not. I don't know the specs but it is xp. I also know that it is a dell that isn't made for gaming. My pc won't run Joint operations either. It will run Battlefield 1942 a tiny bit laggy.

I don't know what to do. Can somebody please help me?
I realy would like to find the problem and fix it so I can Finally make something without loseing it because something went wrong.

Thanks for all of your help guys!

PS sorry if I didn't word some things right
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 02:27
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MC,
Please post your PC specs. To me it sounds like you are having some driver issues.
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 02:47
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@Madda,

I assume you've already checked for spyware, etc., and updated your video drivers, so try running dxdiag. (Start|run|dxdiag) That will give you your system specs. If you post a screenie of the first page, maybe we can see if you need something upgraded.

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Chimera
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 02:55 Edited at: 15th Feb 2005 02:55
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Madda chief, something I noticed and really speeds up the proces. Just make the grid which you can see (the black circle), make it as small as possible, then changing between the prefabs menu and the lvl editor goes way faster and you can just make the circle bigger again. Try it...

Changing the black circle's size is explained somewhere in the tutorial. I think it was CTRL + mousewheel (pretty sure)

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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 03:06 Edited at: 15th Feb 2005 03:07
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If you dont know the specs of your pc "MaddA ChieF" then just tell us
what DELL package it is.
Is it a DELL DIMENSION. And then what number?
that would tell us what specs you have if you dont
know how to figure it out by yourselfe.

(not patronising, im just trying to help so dont
get offended by this)
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MaddA ChieF
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 04:43
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Yes I scanned for spyware and there isn't any.

@Nolder
I will try and get the specs. I'm not easly offended so don't worry.
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Madda Chief: if you want to know what specs your system has got try this: press start/run and type

dxdiag

then press ok, in the tab system (first one opened)you find some useful information.

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MaddA ChieF
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 06:10
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thanks chimera. This is what it said:

system model: Dimension 2400
BIOs: Phoenix Rom bios plus Version 1.10 A05
Processor: Intel(R) celeron(R)cpu 2.40GHz, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 638mb ram
Direct x version: Direct x9.0c

I hope these are usefull. I did what you said Chimera.
I hope my pc is good enough.
thanks
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 06:13
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From what I know that computer is good enough: 2.4 GHZ and 638 MB RAM! Don't know what's wrong hopefully someone else can help

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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 06:43
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thanks for trying to help.
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 06:44
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does anyone else know what is wrong? Lee, Van b, somebody!
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Posted: 15th Feb 2005 12:03
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Quote: "thanks chimera"


Hey, I suggested this two hours before Chimera did!

At any rate, check the display tab on dxdiags. It will tell you what video card you are using and how many megs of ram it has. The video card seems to be the leading factor as to how well FPSC will run.

If you don't have an on-board video card, you can upgrade it easily. If you do have an on-board card (the Dell website says you do), you can probably have the on-board card disabled and add your own video card.

I'd be almost certain the video card is your problem. On-board cards are usually bad news.

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VIDEO CARD

what video card do u have
use everest to tell that
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MaddA ChieF
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 01:25
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Quote: "Hey, I suggested this two hours before Chimera did! "

sorry I didn't know what you meant. So how about this. Thanks Logan 5 and Chimera.

I will see what video card I have. I do know that it is a standard one that comes with a dell. So it might be crappy.
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 01:27
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By the way, I typed in everest and it couln'd find anything.

What now?
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I was a bigger believer in the video card problem yesterday, though. Since then, a couple of people have said FPSC is running great on their systems with only 64 or even 32 megs of ram on the card.

I have a system with an on-board card. Maybe I'll try FPSC on it and see what happens.

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MaddA ChieF
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OK. Thanks logan 5.

This is one big things I totally hate about PCs. Every thing has to meet a requirment! Game systems don't. Every xbox game is compatable with any Xbox. It's mainly cus pcs get updated like crazy! If I bought a pc right now I bet something would be newer and better in the next week or so. I hate that!!! ...

I need a break...
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 01:54
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638MB RAM?

I would be very worried about a figure like that - it usually means you've got 1GB of RAM and 362MB of it doesn't work! Not the best sign in the world.

A 2.4GHz PC is ok, but Celerons are much slower than "standard" Pentiums, so do bear that in mind. The deciding factor is nearly always the above combined with your video card - the quicker you can find out what that is then the quicker we can say "hmmm weird" or "no wonder!"

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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 02:01 Edited at: 16th Feb 2005 02:02
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So should I get a new graphics card?
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 02:03
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Without you saying what you have at the moment we cannot really answer that yet. Follow the advice above in this thread re: dxdiag to find out.

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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 02:05
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What else do you need to know about my system specs?
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V I D E O C A R D - did you read any of the replies the guys above gave??!

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MC,
Sounds like you have onboard video card due to the fact of the amount of ram you have(Shared Ram I bet)
You should probably invest in a new card. If you are strapped for cash, look at the FX 5200 from Nvidia which will help you get going. Don't pay anything more than $100(Not sure what the price is in GBP)
for this type of card. Make sure to look at all the shops. Don't go to the trendy mall store, they charge way more than what it is worth. Check out a local computer store first.
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MaddA ChieF
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 02:12
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ok. Thank you all for helping I'll invest in a new card.
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 02:55 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2005 02:45
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Logan 5, didn't see your post

I just looked at the latest post of madda chief and gave that a reply which seems like the same as yours

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MaddA ChieF
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Hey I forgot to metion that The demo game that was called "Where AM I?" worked just fine. it didn't lag at all. The problem can't be my video card can it? Should I delete FPSC and redownload it with the download manager?
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Hi, I think this may be the result of missed messages. We are looking into this issue.

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@MaddA ChieF:

Just a WILD suggestion

http://www.executive.com/downloads/menu.aspx

Get DiskKeeper. Run it and it should defrag your hard drive. Next, start/run/msconfig and click on the "startup" tab. Write down what you have under "Startup Item" and "Command".

Next, Do a Ctrl-Alt-Del (if your in WinXP) and click on the "Processes" tab. Need to know how many Processes your running (Bottom Left). Mine says "Processes: 30"

Next, Click on the Performance tab and tell us your specs that are located in the "Physical Memory" frame (Total, Available, System Cache)

Thanks!

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MaddA ChieF
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I already deleted every thing I did not need yesterday and the editor isn't as lagggy. Here are my system specs:

processes: 47
physical memory: 653312

there are my system specs
thanks
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ohh ya. Some of my problems have gone away. Like it will save my map. It also doesn't freeze up when Its building a game. But a window pops up saying "Runtime error 8003 - could not find path at line 1823" I have already metioned that in another thread I made and I don't know how to fix it.
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