Anybody Seeing BIA Sideways?!?!?

[Sgt_Matador]

I just bought BIA and I am having several issues with the game. First, the game crashes when I get to Mission #3. I get a black screen, and I have to reboot. This has happened several times at the exact same moment in the game.

Secondly, during play, my view will sometimes go sideways. I can move and shoot, but the view on my monitor is at a 90 degree angle.

I ran SpyBot, Defragmented, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, etc. but none of those have fixed the problem. Help!

[Sgt_Matador]

I just bought BIA and I am having several issues with the game. First, the game crashes when I get to Mission #3. I get a black screen, and I have to reboot. This has happened several times at the exact same moment in the game.

Secondly, during play, my view will sometimes go sideways. I can move and shoot, but the view on my monitor is at a 90 degree angle.

I ran SpyBot, Defragmented, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, etc. but none of those have fixed the problem. Help!

[WE_STAND_ALONE]

after the crash..put monitor back in correct orientation..lol just kidding..

post your specs and drivers used

[Burke1stSgt.]

Update all your drivers.

[Sgt_Matador]

Here are my PC specs:
AMD XP 2600
1536 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 8500 (Running latest Catalyst Drivers)
Windows XP (SP2)
Gigabyte K7 Triton Motherboard

[dupre82]

Mine did this when I got frustrated on the first mission where you get a tank, the tank commander wasnt showing up so I just started hitting keys on the keyboard to see what happens. If you hit the number pad keys with numlock on it causes your view to change, one of the views is upside down and another is 90 degrees with your gun on the left side of the screen.

[Burke1stSgt.]

wow lol easy fix. Way to go Dupre.

[WE_STAND_ALONE]

first..AAAAAHHH SPOILER!!!! didnt need to know that!!

Second wow man...that sucks..hope UBi and the communities help can get you "straight"

[Sgt_Matador]

Thanks, dupre. That takes care of the "Sideways" problem.

Anybody else having issues with the game crashing and/or suggestions on how to fix this?

[Tprince14]

I'm still having trouble with the 90 degree view. Can somebody plese help me. I tried all the keys with the Numlock on but it doesnt help.

[Burke1stSgt.]

Keypad changes views.

[Endo.]

Ive also had this problem, its cuased by the 'Situational Awareness' mode. Heres a little screenshot:

http://www.3ndo.net/bia_gun_alignment_bug.JPG

[Relics0]

"Ive also had this problem, its cuased by the 'Situational Awareness' mode"

It's pre-programmed into the Unreal engine but it seems that from time to time, Sit Awareness can trigger it without you hitting a numpad key. Not hard to fix, just hit 5 (or was it 6...) on the numpad.