Running The Game

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:00 pm

I tried to run this game eariler this year. No results. I had compatability issues.
Well after months of therough cleaning out of useles stuff and fixing hardware issues, I try the game on the same last installation and LO It WOrks!

Well that was great I could get to the charactor generator screen. But I had some issues setting me back from the job of playing and making a charactor. Now I try and run the game, and all I can get is only about two intro movies to work and the rest says ....from the monitar............'No Picture'.
Then I hear the music but I cannot see the game at all. Just a black screen.

Windows XP platform
AMD 4000
DFI Ultra GForce Lan Party SLI
I gig-ish Corsair RAM
6000 Watt Power Suply
BenQ AtApi DD DVD-RW
Pioneer DVD-RW
Two 256 meg. XFX VGC's =SLIDUel Monitor supporting

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:02 pm

Sounds like you have conflicting resolutions, try setting your desktop to 60hz.
Hope your are not trying to run dula monitors with Bloodlines.
Did you install the Official 1.2 patch?
What video driver version are you using?

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:33 pm

Sounds like you have conflicting resolutions, try setting your desktop to 60hz.
Hope your are not trying to run dula monitors with Bloodlines.
Did you install the Official 1.2 patch?
What video driver version are you using?

Dula monitors or do you mean, duel monitors. like in my case I have one VGC for the monitor and one for the secondary which in my case is a television with an S-Video cable from the VGC slot. About the patch how do I tell if it is installed or check the version number for the patch or driver?

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:57 am

"Dula monitors or do you mean, duel monitors."
Actually I mean dual.

I don't think it matter how you have dual's set, I am saying I am not sure it will run with dual.

Not sure there is version number to check, just get the patch and run it, if you wish.

Lucita · Post by **Lucita** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:14 am

Could SLI be the problem ? I am pretty sure the game isn't supporting it....

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:27 pm

I seen it on the list of SLI supported games. I am currantly not running it on SLI but using each VGC on a different Monitor device, in my case a TV and a Monitor. It ran like couple weeks ago, But my setting may have changed sine. I think I am missing something about that. Is there a way to change the game running resolution with starting the game. I think in this case I am having Video - monitor and VGC setting issues?
SO how do I tell if it is already patched, although I think it is?

Lucita · Post by **Lucita** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:12 pm

As why you aren't getting any signal...no real idea, have you installed latest GPU drivers ?

Maybe the two monitor setup is the crucial part, can you revert bacl to one monitor view for testing the game ?

Another thing worth trying...set the game to 800x600 pixels....that helped sometimes with a few glitches as far as I can recall.

AAnything else:

If you didn't install a patch by yourself, it isn't patched....as far as I know, no version was allready released with a patch.

Try this...make a clean reinstall, even clear out the registry. Reinstall the game, then patch to 1.2 ( the latest offical patch ). Try it out....

If it works, you still might want to install one of the latest unoffical patches on top of it ( just start a new game, as the saves probably won't work anymore ).

Jhereg · Post by **Jhereg** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:30 pm

Patrick wrote:I seen it on the list of SLI supported games. I am currantly not running it on SLI but using each VGC on a different Monitor device, in my case a TV and a Monitor. It ran like couple weeks ago, But my setting may have changed sine. I think I am missing something about that. Is there a way to change the game running resolution with starting the game. I think in this case I am having Video - monitor and VGC setting issues?
SO how do I tell if it is already patched, although I think it is?

This is mainly speculation, but it probably deserves investigation. I've noticed sometimes when attempting to bridge a network with a PC that sometimes the PC refuses to acknowledge a network at all because it simply cannot decide which card it is supposed to use. Perhaps you're encountering the same kind of problem with your dual video. Try going into System/Hardware/Device Manager and disabling one of your video cards. With the ambiguity lifted, it might be a lot happier.

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:01 am

Here is a wierd update on my situation at my monitor. I ran the gae a few weeks a go on my number one primary mmonitor. Now I am having issues with getting the game to show up on the monitor. I did one thing that worked, I Switch my main DISPLAY to the TV AND it worked, but the video quality is worse than susspected so I am still trying to get the Monitor to work. On the TV it runs at 1024 by 768. ? .any suggestion here. I can get some intro videos on the monitor but the game and sound studders out in this case?

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:28 pm

Does anyone know what I can to do to gain access to the regisrty so I cann change the game resoloution before it boots?
Huh

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:06 pm

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, Patrick, but I'm trying out Powerstrip. It lets me pre-program a resolution and color palette to run with a specific executable. Hope that helps.

Jhereg · Post by **Jhereg** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:28 pm

Patrick wrote:Does anyone know what I can to do to gain access to the regisrty so I cann change the game resoloution before it boots?
Huh

Doesn't help. Those settings aren't stored there - probably in one of the config files, if anywhere.

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:01 am

So I have SLi
and I want to runn the game, but it only plays the intro movies then quits. I got it to run on my secondary display , which is my TV, but I forgott how to transfer it there, anyone know how to do this, at least here I can make a charactor, but the resoplution is better in the Monitor.
ANyone know anything about changing in game settings before the game launchs. I tryed that thing Fabel passed me, but i still have no luck with my Moitor display?
Please
HELP a
poor
Soul:}

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:53 am

WOW game up and running again. With all the Nvideia options for SLI, it is hard to fathome what I did , but is working again.
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