can someone help me? nothing to do with game sry mit

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:20 pm

ok well! i have got the game mafia! (great game chums)
and you see the problem is!......
....that if i try to enter the game it just goes to a black screen and freezes computer!
BUT if i go to the windows website! then download something like an update then it lets me in!
so when their isnt an update i just download directx 9 again!
i have done this like 20 times already! and it would be easier if i could just enter the game!
i no its not a directx problem and i have all the requirements.

any help happily recieved!

p.s i had this game running on my pc ages ago! and it worked fine! then comp got wiped and i have reinstalled it. so im unsure what the problem is

and its especially weird because it works when i download an update

Mattizme · Post by **Mattizme** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:26 pm

You running XP at all?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:38 pm

no me

Mattizme · Post by **Mattizme** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:27 pm

From experience I can tell you ME is pants. Can't upgrade or downgrade. It's a hacker's dream, cos it block the user to stuff that could actually stop hacking.

Anyways. Did it have ME on it before? Have any hardware stuff changed? Hardware got latest drivers, etc?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:36 pm

always been ME
um well as i say it got wiped! about 2 months ago... so that means that the drivers would be the latest, as i had to reinstall it all!

this comps buggy as hell now tho

Mattizme · Post by **Mattizme** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:32 pm

Installed any *ahem* iffy stuff of late?

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:52 pm

awww, ME isen't that bad.
my island server has been running windows ME since i got it over a year ago.
it's never crashed without a big reason (like doing model converting, or playing games on it).
it can be upgraded...kinda. i'm currently in the process of installing Windows 2000 Server on the island server and will get rid of ME when done.
i love how ME boots fast too. never seen a computer boot so fast. can (well, could), shut down and restart the island server in under 30 secs.

P3gasus · Post by **P3gasus** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:45 pm

Normally after reinstalling a comp it should work fine again ...

Well i dont know if its the same with ME but with Win2k you need to have the latest service pack for some games (win2k has got service pack 1-4 ... with 2-3 i know that a-tractor works).

What else could you try:
Play around with game settings (video options etc.)
Get latest graphic card drivers*
If you reinstall pc again get a lower directx version (ie. 8.0)

*from personal experience i know that old graphic card drivers can make a complete mess out of your pc (especially if you are using a new directx, windows, service pack version with them)

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:47 pm

my comps always loaded SLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

back to subject! can you help anyone?