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Game won''t start

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KeithZ

Post Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:37 am

Game won''t start

I upgraded my video card and now FL won't start. I get the full-screen FL splash screen and then I get dumped back to my desktop. I used to have an FX5200 Ultra w/128mb. I installed a GeForce 6600 w/256mb. I reinstalled the drivers, reinstalled the game (several times) went through the Microsoft Knowledge Database. I have DirectX 9.0c, updated my Codecs and Windows Media Player (already had v10). I did a clean boot and tried all their suggestions. Turned off anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering and vertical sync. I added my card to the config database file per other threads. The FL demo works fine, but the full program won't go to the menus. I get no error msgs. All of the tests in Dxdiag run fine. I get proper sound through the startup movies. I would prefer to keep my new video card, but if necessary I will put my old one back in. Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.

k9fromhell

Post Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:02 am

i know a few people who have had this problem and they had to revert back to there old card.... dont know if there is any way around this sorry

KeithZ

Post Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:15 am

I wanted a reply, but not that kind . Seriously though, thanks for the reply. I'll be hoping that someone else has a solution.

Keith Z.

Hahukum Konn

Post Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:39 am

There's been reports some people have had problems with GF 6600 and 6600GTs for some reason. Here's a thread.

Edited by - Hahukum Konn on 9/26/2005 1:01:35 PM

KeithZ

Post Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:19 pm

The game now runs fine . I talked to the card manufacturer and they were no help. I e-mailed Microsoft and their first suggestion was to roll back the driver. I had tried earlier versions but that didn't help. Their next suggestion was to delete the saved games folder. I did that and the program now starts up and runs . Something so simple I hadn't even thought of it. Hope this helps someone else. Thanks all for your responses.

Keith Z.

H.Q. Victor

Post Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:24 am

Regetfully, that is a common ocurance with free lancer. The Auto save cause problems with new games. Folks don't think to delete it when starting a new game.

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