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posted on October 18th, 2009, 7:43 pm

my friend has a problem with game, he install it normaly, but when he clic launch to start a game it kick him back to windows.
he use windows xp, he have a 26" screen we tryed all resoulution but nothing, any idea?

posted on October 18th, 2009, 10:12 pm

Changing resolutions doesn't work at that stage. The menu screens are always at 800 X 600 fixed resolution, IIRC. Resolution changes only appear when you are actually playing the game.

So it's a startup problem. It could be that FO doesn't like the way the screen OR the graphics card handles the 800 X 600 resolution, but it could also be another problem entirely, like the sound card or a faulty installation. Try to uninstall, reboot, reinstall 3.0.6, make sure it works or not, reboot again and install 3.0.7 regardless of if 3.0.6 worked or not.

If neither 3.0.6 nor 3.0.7 works that could give someone else a pointer to where the problem might be.

posted on October 18th, 2009, 10:29 pm

I don't know what the problem is, but I know the problem.  Mine usually works after I restart the computer, but before that (1) I sugest that you close everything else that is up, so that FO is the only thing running.  (2) when it is loading the game, if you click on the program in your bar at the bottom of the screen and then click and hol the clickd on the screen when it pops up, it should usually go back down but if you keep trying,it should eventually work. if none of that works, try to restart your computer, otherwise I have no more Ideas.  Sorry if that doesn't help.

[Snapshot_9]

posted on October 18th, 2009, 11:54 pm

Last edited by Snapshot_9 on October 19th, 2009, 12:00 am, edited 1 time in total.

ok i need questions answered if i am to try and source this.

1) Have ANY of your other games done this

2) are ALL you graphics/OS/sound drivers upto date

3) do you meet the system requirements

4) what is you PC specs


CPU=
-Quad/Dual core=
-Clock Speed=

Memory type (DDR3/2)
-How Much=

Graphics card=
-Memory=
-Drivers=

Sound Card=
-Drivers=

Virtual Memory allicated=

OS=
-32/64 bit=

posted on October 19th, 2009, 3:18 am

I had a similar problem.  The best fix I found was to uninstall, then reinstall in the default directory.  I also updated my graphics card driver.  Also, if you think its a video resolution problem, just try changing the display resolution to 800x600.

posted on October 19th, 2009, 8:00 am

Does it crash properly, with the option to send an error report to the fleetops team?

If I click anything else after the shortcut for FO, the focus shifts and the game crashes when it finishes loading. But if it crashes without an error box, then it's a different problem

posted on October 19th, 2009, 4:55 pm

i dont know what config he have, but it is not so bad if you think that, coz he can play lotr - battle for middle earth 2 with no problems, so he shold play this game too.

he alerady tryed to uninstall and install game again, i told him that  now try to install in another folder and if that dosent work, to install drivers for graph.

posted on October 19th, 2009, 5:21 pm

Check any of the following possibilities:
- the installer is corrupted and the installed files are damaged
- the computer may not have enough RAM or VRAM
- the driver for the graphics card may need an update
- he/she may need to install a newer version of Direct X
- there may be a problem with how windows handles the program's dynamics
- there may also be some security filter or program control that may not like FltOps, if so change this by either putting the program on a 'trust-worthy' list or deactivate this filter.