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Chalk4 · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject: ARGH!

when i click fly on fs3 it crashes and goes to the desktop... no error message it justs quits.. anyone know what this might be? :cry:

My pc specs i think are in the minimum requirements for cfs3

Intell pentium processor 3: 600MHz
Nvidia TNT2 or somfin like taht
32 mb video card
I have the latest version of direct x
anyone know what could be wrong?
im guessing my video card but im not sure :(

-thanx in advance

Mythrilfan · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

wow, now those are low specs! :P the only thing we dont know now is how much memory You have... so post up Your ram size and we'll think a bit.

webbert · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject:

Hey,

which operating system are u using Xp ?
It is most likely your Ram cos i had exactly the same prob with Cfs 3 and also lock on it was my Ram and video card, but your Video card should be able to handle it cos its twice the power needed only 16mb needed
:)

09El_Boissevain · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 838 Location: Cairo, Egypt

Have you tried re-installing? It happened to me with Flight Simulator on my Windows 98, then re-installed it and walla, it worked (although it was FS and not CFS3 :lol: , but I do have CFS3!!). Might help...

Captain El :lol:

Chalk4 · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject:

lol my computer surprisingly has alot of games, with my low specs..
:lol:
and my ram i have 384 MB of ram o_o

09El_Boissevain · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 838 Location: Cairo, Egypt

lol, that's really low... I still have my 7-year-old computer, but it runs (default) FS2004 smoothly, GTA3, GTA: VC, Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: Conqerors Expansion, CFS3, Pocket Tanks, Cossacks, and tons of other games, plus many, many works folders of mine, and ALL runs smoothly 8) 8) . It only had:

1.2GHz
64MB card (GeForce 2)
256MB RAM
40GB total hard drive
(not bad for a 7-year-old computer, no?!)

Captain El 8) 8)

Chalk4 · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

wow, thanx a bunch -.-
My computer is about 4 years old....
anyways-- anyone know why my game is crashing? :cry:

pjholl · Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 141 Location: London

Has it worked in the past or is this the 1st time youve tried it? If so your computer probably wont be able to run it. Sounds like a graphics problem.
(get a better graphics card)
Paul

Chalk4 · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:54 am Post subject:

it has done it in the past ...yeah the graphic card thats what i was thinking, well tahts sucks :( anyone think that combat flight simulator 2 will work? I have combat flight simulator 1 and it works 8)

groundsquirrel · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: cfs2

cfs2 should work okay. there were several changes to the graphics engine to get a leg up on video quality and several cards were left in the dust. I know a couple of high end machines that cfs3 stuck its tongue out at because of the video cards. so you are not alone with compatibility issues for cfs3.

09El_Boissevain · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 838 Location: Cairo, Egypt

Chalk4, have you any add-ons? Some add-ons are incompatible or can cause conflicts with your system/grafix...

Captain El

Mythrilfan · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:

09El_Boissevain wrote: l
1.2GHz
64MB card (GeForce 2)
256MB RAM
40GB total hard drive

seven years? as in 1999 or 1998? unless You are from IBM's Deep Blue department, negative, it is not seven Years old. my old girl was from 2001 and although it was not top of the range, it was certanly not a cheap piece of junk. it had a 1-ghz athlon and although by that time gf3 was already out, it had a 32 meg gf2. oh, and a 30 gig hd, too.

09El_Boissevain · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 838 Location: Cairo, Egypt

Exactly. My father bought this thing in 1998. It was originally a Pentium 2 and had 3GB total hard drive. Then it got upgraded to a Pentium 3 + 40GB and a 64MB card. But that upgrade was not untill 3 years later, when I began running many games on it...

Captain El

Mythrilfan · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject:

lol, then the BOX and some details are seven years old :wink:

ever heared the joke, an old farmer says to his friends: "i have an axe that is a hundred years old!" and then his friends are of course exited, ask him whether the blade is still sharp, if he is not lying etc etc. The farmer answers: "of course i'm telling the truth. the blade has only been changed six times and the handle seven."

09El_Boissevain · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 838 Location: Cairo, Egypt

lol, but that's not an ORIGINAL 100 year-old axe lol it's been replaced. Not in my case. I have upgraded it once and that's it.