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Wyvern · 02-01-2002, 02:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wildstar:
Hi,
I am at the beginning of a new quest, and trying to give Mekdawa the toad elixer. However, no matter what I do, a soon as I have the elixer select to "give" the game crashes when my cursor 'touches' Mekdawa's graphic. Has anyone experienced this before?

My info:

OS: Win2000 [I know this is not ideal]
Patch 1.0 installed?: Yes
CPU: PIII 600
RAM: 128MB
3D Card: Rage Mobility 128 AGP 2X [8MB, I think]
DirectX: 8.0 [this might be my problem?]
Note: This is a laptop, but should not matter.
Side Note: At certain times my screen goes partially black and I must do something to 'refresh' it such as bring up the character screen.

Any help would be much appreciated,

Thanks,

Ryan

Hi Ryan!!

Seems like our techie gurus are all on vacation or something. I'm no expert but will at least reply!
Win2K is known to cause some problems but the solutions for those have been posted earlier in this thread. You should be okay as far as that goes.
DirectX 8 may be the cause of the crashes - if frequently has been. There are instructions earlier in the thread on how to downgrade to DirectX 7. You might give that a try and see if it solves your problem.

As for the screen blacking out now and then, I don't know what causes that. I have had that happen on some of the games that players have sent to me when they needed an item hack and I know how annoying it can be! Wish I knew what the cause/solution was.

Are you running in software mode?

If you still can't give the potion to the toad, send me a copy of your gamexx.sav ZIPPED or RARed and I'll see if I can't at least get that done for you so you can continue.

Wyv

02-01-2002, 02:45 PM	#180
Wyvern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Rural Paradise, MI Posts: 5,701	quote: Originally posted by wildstar: Hi, I am at the beginning of a new quest, and trying to give Mekdawa the toad elixer. However, no matter what I do, a soon as I have the elixer select to "give" the game crashes when my cursor 'touches' Mekdawa's graphic. Has anyone experienced this before? My info: OS: Win2000 [I know this is not ideal] Patch 1.0 installed?: Yes CPU: PIII 600 RAM: 128MB 3D Card: Rage Mobility 128 AGP 2X [8MB, I think] DirectX: 8.0 [this might be my problem?] Note: This is a laptop, but should not matter. Side Note: At certain times my screen goes partially black and I must do something to 'refresh' it such as bring up the character screen. Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks, Ryan Hi Ryan!! Seems like our techie gurus are all on vacation or something. I'm no expert but will at least reply! Win2K is known to cause some problems but the solutions for those have been posted earlier in this thread. You should be okay as far as that goes. DirectX 8 may be the cause of the crashes - if frequently has been. There are instructions earlier in the thread on how to downgrade to DirectX 7. You might give that a try and see if it solves your problem. As for the screen blacking out now and then, I don't know what causes that. I have had that happen on some of the games that players have sent to me when they needed an item hack and I know how annoying it can be! Wish I knew what the cause/solution was. Are you running in software mode? If you still can't give the potion to the toad, send me a copy of your gamexx.sav ZIPPED or RARed and I'll see if I can't at least get that done for you so you can continue. Wyv