XWA and XP issue

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XWA and XP issue

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Post by General Taskeen » Mon Jan 07, 2002 8:36 pm

It seems XWA partially does not work on my brand new computer, I am assuming it is because of XP.<P>In the second prologue mission, it crashes after shooting the first container sending me back to the desktop.<P>Now, I have 2.02 so that is not the case, I even reinstalled XWA just to make sure, but it always crashes at the same spot.<P>I have the latest updates for XP and my video card.<P>System Specs:<P>DELL 1.7 GHz<BR>256 RAM<BR>80 GB Hard Drive<BR>GeForce 3 64 MB Ti 200<BR>DirectX 8.1<P>Note: All my other games work, even the old Jedi Knight and Mysteries of The Sith.. so I have no idea what could be the problem with X-Wing Alliance.<P>------------------<BR>I'll do virtually anything to ensure that the Alliance topples the Empire.
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Post by General Taskeen » Tue Jan 08, 2002 5:16 pm

Hello???? Any help would be appreciated Image.<P>------------------<BR>I'll do virtually anything to ensure that the Alliance topples the Empire.
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Post by Darksaber » Tue Jan 08, 2002 9:38 pm

Basically dont use XP!<P>Win 98se works great.<P>Little Moto, "Don't try to fix it, if it isn't broken.<P>In other words, don't bother to upgrade to XP, if 98 works fine.<P>98 is tried and tested, XP still has alot of bugs
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Post by General Taskeen » Tue Jan 08, 2002 10:51 pm

I know, I know... but, it seems to be a rather different problem, it is always in the campaign during the missions at certain points.<P>Skirmish works fine, and never crashes. Right now, I am testing see if custom campaigns work.<P>Otherwise everything runs smoothly with every single XWAU craft, something I have never experienced before as I had a 333 MHz processor.<P>EDIT:<P>I fixed the problem. For future reference, anybody who has this particular problem on XP, just re-install DirectX.<P>------------------<BR>I'll do virtually anything to ensure that the Alliance topples the Empire.<p>[This message has been edited by General Taskeen (edited 09 January 2002).]
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Post by Mattman » Sun Jan 13, 2002 1:08 am

I was having the exact same problem with that container... I even made a quick smirmish (me vs a container) and had the exact same problem there.<P>Anyway, I was able to correct the problem by reinstalling XWA on top of itself (didn't uninstall first) and reapply the 202 patch and XWAUP... Now it works fine.<P>It's not as satisfying as finding the problem itself, but at least it went away.<P>I have a question though. Have you installed / replaced any hardware in your machine since you installed XWA on xp? I just installed a new video card (geforce3 ti200) right before the problem started. I don't know if it's related, but perhaps XWA didn't recognize the change for whatever reason.<P>Hope this works for you as well...

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Post by General Taskeen » Sun Jan 13, 2002 8:32 pm

No, I have not installed any new hardware. Everything is the same when I got it.<P>I fixed my XWA problem anyways, just by reinstalling DirectX 8.1.<P>------------------<BR>I'll do virtually anything to ensure that the Alliance topples the Empire.
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