help me... I get crashes randomly.. I now stuck at chapter 5, I can't load it, when it loads till 50% it crashes to desktop, this happened with the chapter 4 before, but re-installed the gfx driver and was able to play the whole chp 4, till loading 5 and again the same issue.
My gfx card : XFX nVidia GeForce 7800 GS, 1 GB Ram, WinXP SP2, pleaaaassseeee release the damn patch!!!!

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Originally posted by pHIL1384:

I try with 84.21 ==> the game crash and return to windows without any error message...

I try with 84.25... for the moment no crash..I pray..

EDIT : crach with 84.25 too

Hi Phil,

Can you please tell me if you first unistall the previous drivers before installing 84.21 and 84.25 ? Did you try the 7x.xx serie ?

Let me know.

Cheers

Marco

Hi !

Yes i uninstall the previous drivers before

I try with 7x.xx series and i tell you

EDIT: exactly the same problem with 77.50 and 77.21 drivers ==> all détails on LOW, 800*600 ==> i Can play during 1 minute or 5 minutes and the game go back to windows without any error message...

I try with nvidia beta's driver 92.41 and same problem...

6800 84.21 drivers, runs on medium settings fine with the odd slight stutter at times, about 40 to 60fps.
increase to full settings, crash, wont load or 5fps.
hope the patch helps us out :-)

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Originally posted by Dr__Crazy:
i'd just like to say that i still have a minor error etc, i'm using nvidia 6800 gt pro or whatever, and the game runs perfectly, only got one error and that was a fatal error due to microsofts inapt system.. anyway.. the end movie between chapter 6-7 is messed up and the movie lasts for like 3 seconds then it stops, and it jumps to the loading of chapter 7, which works fine etc, but stubborn as i am i want to see that movie
ok, error number two, i'm using a benq 19" lcd widescreen, and while playing the open multiplayer beta, i changed the resolution from the standard one, i think it was to 1280x960 or something, anyway, once i did that, the screen turned black and i got an error saying Out of range, and since you can't do anything to change that, it would be nice to have a settings button where i could change the resolution before starting the game, and if such a button does exist but i'm too much of an rtard to find it, please tell me where i might find such a delightful button

Yeah doc i had the same problem.when i first started the game the graphics were supposed to be set to my system requirments and i have a 1 year old alienware with dual 7800 gt cards. so i was surprised when the graphics looked choppy and crappy. so when i went to change the resolution my screen also went black and i got a " unsuported signal please change your computers output frequency" mesage. And now i can't change the resolution back because i can't find a way to change it before entering the game . i feel your pain

Someone try with the news Nvidia drivers 93.71 ?? It doesn't change anything for me...crash and crash again !

i too knw thats people are facin problems with this game but its not the game is buggy its the way engine handles data (textures n sounds - simultaneously) whic cause stutterence and sound looping problems, i too faced these problems as mine sys has also grown old since it was made when doom3 hit the stores, so it took me 2-3 hrs to try tweakin settings for the game to run smoothly, it req more ram then 1gb n plz do use page file and the best i can suggest is this :
i finaly ran this game without any problems or patches, so this is wat i did :
sys spec : 1gb ram, 6800OC BFG(128), 7200 rpm sata, n amd2800(64bit) win xp 64bit
Got Latest directx n video drivers

i moved mine page file 1.5gb to the partition where i installed DMoMnM n provided it 5GB pagefile

then i set every thing high on in game settings @1152*864 except for antialisin as HDR was on and textures low (cause mine vid mem is low) TEXTURES CAUSES MAIN PROB of stutterence n sound lopind as very HQ textures has been used in this game.

n then ran game i recieved 45-55 frames without any sttuerence and sound loping n later turned on v-sync also then frame rate came to 30-35.

so i hav no prob nw n can njoy this game til patch solves issuse with it

Any word on the patch/fix for this 6800 issue? Having to revert to an older driver just to play Dark messiah is affecting other games.

Thanks

NVIDIA 6800 GPU

I have had no crashes or problems until I got about halfway through chapter 5 before the pao kai shows up.

Please see my post today as it covers NVIDIA drivers versions 91.31, 84.21 and 93.71. The game was running very well until the video and audio stuttering, severe lag (2-8 fps) and the out of sync audio so when Leanna was speaking to me I heard it twice but out of sync. I heard what she was saying coming firectly from her and it was repeated but it seemed to come from behind her. I could not understand a word she said because the two versions of what she had to say are out sync just enough to be garbage. The same applies for what my character was saying only it doesn't seem quite as bad.

Here is the link to the my earlier post today on the Tech Help forum:

I haven't had even one crash...Vid/Aud problems

Kel
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This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kelteel,

Kelteel,

You're having the exact problem that I am, except that I am having it later in the game.

I've read your other post, and the only gear we have in common is the 6800.

I've tried the same set of drivers as you have, as well as every suggestion (except replacing my perfectly good GPU) on these forums, to no avail.

Not that this helps you in any way (sadly), but perhaps enough of us poking at Arkane will bring results.

This work for Gainward Gforce 6800LE too?

If so, Great! I will be testing now

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Originally posted by raven-a:
This work for Gainward Gforce 6800LE too?

If so, Great! I will be testing now

Hi raven-a

No, it will not work as I have tried it restarting the game all over and the end result was I got frames per second of 1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1. The problem is not with your video card or drivers but is with Arkane Studios and it's attempt to make the game playable by gamers with older computers and also gamers with newer higher end machines with the latest graphics cards. That is a huge gap to bridge and Arkane just flat out royally screwed up. This is a problem happening more and more in the gaming industry only this one they might not be able to fix. I will be out $75.00USD because I bought the strategy guide also.

Please read my post two above yours and click on the text in blue as that will take you to my post in the Tech Help part of these forums. The frame rates I listed above is from my most recent restart of the game and happened at the beginning of Chapter 6. I was using NVIDIA's v84.21 drivers with my series 6800 video card and I have tried every suggestion posted on these forums including some of my own.

I am sorry that this was not of help to you but it does point the blame where it should be pointed and that includes the Arkane/Ubisoft marketing division. I have talked to NVIDIA and ran their test and my machine should have no problem with this game with the latest drivers.

I think that if you are going to try to run it anyway that they best way is to start the game from scratch.

Good Luck!


Kel
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Hi, I have 6800 GT and 84.21 Drivers installed. Now I have lesser Lag but.. I have .. and I can't play ..

thnx for not help I will not recomend this game to my friends.

using 7600, 512mb card. Major stutter on first chapter, can't move or hear anything legibly at all on chapter 2. All settings at low. If anyone would help, that would be awesome...the demo played so well...

see my topic [Possible (6800) loading screen fix], maybe that will work for you too!

It's in community tech help

Just to let people know, my machine was running low on spare physical memory with the Texture settings I had (on max), turning the textures down to medium so that the game ran in only physical memory (i.e. did not require virtual/swap file) fixed the very frequent crashes. I'm now running with around 150Mb of free physical memory (leave Task manager running while playing the game to check your not running out).
I think the bug is probably a timing issue in the game source code where if the machine is under stress, in this case during a delay (when memory gets swapped around from physical to virtual), things go wrong. Some levels require more memory than others hence why some levels are proving troublesome.

It is still crashing for me on exit, but not when I save or change into a new area/level

Hope this helps

PS just for the record, I'm running using a 8800GTS and Vista

hi.
yes mine crashes quit a bit, i run a gt 6600gt 256mb have you any ideas, as far as i know i have the up to date drivers, but are there any more updated ones!!!!!!!!

Sprocket.
Realise the GF6600GT is a lower midrange card, so do not alter the pre-applied settings for video.

Check in the Readme (Start > All Programs > Ubisoft > DMMM > Readme) that your complete sytem fits the requirements.
Your problem might also be related to the following:
Check that you have enough free disk space:
-at least 15% for Windows to function optimally in the first place
-on top of that 2 GB free disk space for the temporary files the game creates during playing
-your hdd is defragmented
-when you use onboard soundchip instead of a real soundcard disable hardware acceleration (Start > Run... type in
dxdiag
click OK. On the "Sound" tab, move the slider to the left for 'No hardware acceleration')
-you have installed patch 1.01 before installing patch 1.02,
-if you are overclocking try to lower it.