FL Crashes when selecting a target

Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:50 am by Laserbait

I just installed FL for the first time, no mods. When I get my ship from Juni, and go out on the first mission, as soon as I hit "r" or use the mouse to select one of the "Order" ships, FL crashes to the desktop. Funny thing is I can fly around and shoot, just as long as I do not select a target.

Drivers are up to date for the video, motherboard, and audio. I disabled 3d sound as well.

Any ideas?

Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:56 am by zazie

Let me guess: You have a NVidia card, a 6600 ?
There are some problems with the combination 6600/Drivers and FL.

If you have other card please specify your system (including DirecX-version).

Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:36 am by Laserbait

Yep - I have a Jaton GeForce 6600 256MB using the v78.01 WHQL drivers. I am using DX9c as well. I was using 77.72 drivers before, and had the same issue. Is there a recomended driver version to be using?

Thanks!

-LB

Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:57 pm by H.Q. Victor

Important for GeForce 6600 GT owners: This card seems to have problems with Freelancer and the word is that the best driver to use is 66.81 and no newer than 66.93. If you would like this problem solved then head over to the Nvidia website and drop a complaint about this card not working for Freelancer.

This may help a little. the above was provided by - Louva-Deus on 8/13/2005

Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:20 pm by Laserbait

I saw that, but I've got a non-GT, so I wasn't sure if this applied or not. Hmm, wonder where I can get older versions.. Google to the rescue!

-LB

Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:32 pm by Warre

Here's the archive for Win2k and XP:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html

I'm having a problem that might have the same cause: i've got a GeForce 6600 (non-GT) and every time i select another target, hover over one of the nav bar buttons or get an explosion, the game "jumps" (video seems to skip a few frames). I'll try rolling back my drivers, and i'll post the results...

(edit)

I've tried 66.93, no joy.
Will try 66.81, downloadable here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10

(edit)

The 66.81 drivers don't solve my problem either...

Edited by - Warre on 10/9/2005 6:47:40 AM

Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:15 am by zazie

About three months ago a FL-vet wrote in a thread here on TLR that he could not manage his 6600 to work with FL - that's why he got back to his older card just to have the fun of playing Freelancer online.
Now THAT is a fan, isn't he ?
Other 6600-users had success with different driver settings.
And it may also help to read this thread

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