SOMEONE PLZ HELP

[mordusxxx]

well comp is fine now, but got a new problem, :'(

every time i load my game and try to play, it works alright, loads alittle slow, but when for instance i select accept for the game, it freezes up for a while not forever but forawhile, and when i am playing the game everytime i get a building built, i select on it and it freezes up for awhile it will load after a min or so, but i dont knwo what the problem is game runs fine it seems until i get a buidling done, and or when i select accept at beginning of the game. anyone atall have anyhelp for me plz this needs to stay here so more people see it, any of u have this problem? plz reply DUNE2K

[lowzeewee]

I am a Techical Dinosaur but I will reccommend that you check if you got the latest DirectX ;)

And also,are you running many programs in the background? :)

[mordusxxx]

well bro i am not a techy so plz explain more and i have nothing that the computer doesnt usually run

:'(

[lowzeewee]

Scan for virus?Maybe MSBlaster got in there? ???

[Atomic Mitten]

Mordus I already told you you need more Ram Memory !

128MB is just not enough to run Emp properly ! :(

[ken124578]

Mordus I already told you you need more Ram Memory !

128MB is just not enough to run Emp properly ! :(

I have 128MB RAM and i can run emperor on full graphics. :)

[Atomic Mitten]

You probably don't have a Celeron processor either ? Ken ;)

[Atomic Mitten]

This is a quote from another forum :

You can use it, but aa & af use also a lot of memory bandwith and cpu power, with any decent PC it will work fine on the lower resolutions (1024x768), but if he has an celeron 600 and 128mb sdram it won't work.

Yes, the fx5700 is the best.

[Atomic Mitten]

Oh and Ken you might want to read this, then you will be in the picture:

http://www.dune2k.com/forum/?board=7;action=display;threadid=12327 ;)

[mordusxxx]

well everything is fine now atomic, the computer works now, and i restored it to a later date thats why it works now, but the damn game wont work i mean runs smoothly unitl it gets to the point of freezing i think its just the game its so scratched up i will most likely have to buy a new game, but i dont understand why it will only freeze when a building is done thats the only problem really :- :'(

[Atomic Mitten]

Errmm, do you mean you restored it to an earlier date ?

Did you install the XP updates from microsoft using the update feature in tools/update using Internet Explorer.

Because theres a one of the updates that adddresses this issue.

It could be your emp cd too, is it an original ?

Try cleaning the cd rom using washing up liquid, make sure you use a lint free cloth to dry it !afterwards.

Also how old is your CD ROM drive ?

[gryphon]

Just to be shure, it is just hapening when you place a new building on the map ?

When you have a lot of units [ 80+ ] the game still runs ok .. even if they start fireing ?

Does it happen with any game type or just one and is it related to a certain map ?

[mordusxxx]

happens in all games even in skirmish not online, when i build my refinery or my barracks at the begininng it freezes then it runs after that then freezes when the next building is on< i dont know what the problem is, still have origanal cd and cd rom drive dont know though will clean it out maybe thats it but i dont know :'(

[thomas]

this has been mentioned before, but what kind of graphics card do you have? you'll need at least a 32 to run it properly, same problem happened to me, the problem was I didn't have a decent G-card, oh and I had 128 back then and it ran after I got my card. and the nvidia 5950 FX is the best nvidia out right now ;)

[Terror]

Hmm, i'm sure hardware is not an issue, as in those cases the game should run slow too.

I don't know about your direct x version and video card drivers, but updating those would be a good idea. Posting your direct X diagram here would be neat too.

click start

click run

type dxdiag

save the text as a .txt file and attach it to a post on dune2k.

Also mind that you have enough free disc space.