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Dark Shadow

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Every so often when I make a savegame TDM crashes.

It seems to occasionally corrupt a save in that it put underscores in when I hadn't.

When I try to load one of these saves I get some message about "bad cache".

 

Also, everytime I start TDM it has the screen resolution set at the lowest even though

I set it to 1600 x 1200.

 

Finally, I get very bad frame rate and occasion momentary freezes, but that's probably

due to my sorry a.. Intel HD chip!

 

One more thing - is there anything like ctrl+alt+shift+end to go on to the next mission in a campaign?

(I tried it and it didn't work!)

 

Cogito, ergo, sum. Cogito?

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Strange error you got there. So it crashes without a message when you want to save a game? Maybe you have not got the privileges to write something on the particular area you want to? Try administrator priviledges or something similar or best would be reinstalling the game from scratch.

 

As far as I am informed there is no way to skip certain missions in a campain, but maybe someone else can tell you better.

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Hello DS, welcome to the forum.

 

Can you list your full system specs please.

Hi, bikerdude! Thanks for the welcome!!

(did ya get my PM?)

Here they are:

 

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_r9.150322-1500)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Acer

System Model: Aspire ES1-711

BIOS: V1.04

Processor: Intel® Pentium® CPU N3540 @ 2.16GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz

Memory: 3978MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 3978MB RAM

Page File: 2420MB used, 4601MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Card name: Intel® HD Graphics

Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

Chip type: Intel® HD Graphics

DAC type: Internal

Device Type: Full Device

Do you need driver info too?

 

 

Strange error you got there. So it crashes without a message when you want to save a game? Maybe you have not got the privileges to write something on the particular area you want to? Try administrator priviledges or something similar or best would be reinstalling the game from scratch.

 

As far as I am informed there is no way to skip certain missions in a campain, but maybe someone else can tell you better.

Silverd, it doesn't crash everytime, just about maybe 30 - 40% of the time when I make a save. It does crash without a message and then lists the attempted save with underscores in it (I don't use them in my save names). If I try to load that save it crashes and I get a message that says something about a "bad cache". Saves that this doesn't happen to work fine.

 

Oh heck, no way in TDM to force mission end? Dumb Dumb me accidently deleted the saves from NHAT mission 1 (srry bikerD!) and I would like to be able to go on with mish 2 without having to tread the ground I just recently trod! :blush:

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First thing to do is update your intel GPU drivers if possible.

 

btw I hate laptops for gaming, that is why i never recommend gaming on laptops, especially if they only have a intel GPU.

 

I'm afraid the GPU is the root cause of your problems, try to bring the graphics down the must you can and disable EAX4 if you have it enabled, it causes problems.

 

If you know the name of a map, not the full mission name but the individual names of the maps in the mission (you can open the mission .pk4 with any normal winzip tool, then look in the maps folder), you can force them to run by using the console, like so.

 

bring down the console (mine uses the key above tab next to key 1) type - map levelname.map - then click enter, this requires the mission to be installed first i think.

 

NOW THIS MAY cause serious problems if the mission requires you to have some special item in the inventory that you can only get from playing from the beginning. USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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First thing to do is update your intel GPU drivers if possible.

 

btw I hate laptops for gaming, that is why i never recommend gaming on laptops, especially if they only have a intel GPU.

 

I'm afraid the GPU is the root cause of your problems, try to bring the graphics down the must you can and disable EAX4 if you have it enabled, it causes problems.

 

If you know the name of a map, not the full mission name but the individual names of the maps in the mission (you can open the mission .pk4 with any normal winzip tool, then look in the maps folder), you can force them to run by using the console, like so.

 

bring down the console (mine uses the key above tab next to key 1) type - map levelname.map - then click enter, this requires the mission to be installed first i think.

 

NOW THIS MAY cause serious problems if the mission requires you to have some special item in the inventory that you can only get from playing from the beginning. USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Oki, thanks HMart!

 

I figured the on-board chip was the problem - they have NEVER been good nuff for gaming! :angry:

I also hate gaming on a laptop! (but twas all I could afford) :(

They are generally not very powerful and I have to keep the touchpad disabled cuz I use a mouse anyways and my left hand

tends to keep "clicking" the pad! and always at the most freakin inopportune times!!! :o)

 

By "bring the graphics down" do you mean run it at the lowest res?

I will check the net for any poss. driver update but it's been my xp that things like on-board GPU chips aren't supported by their makers for very long!

I don't think I have EAX4 - what is it?

 

I have 7z as my fave unzipping program and I guess I could do as you suggest, I don't think mission 2 requires anything

from mission 1. But since I have gone on and gotten utterly captivated and captured by Moonbo's un-be-liev-able FM's

I will return to the awesome NHAT after I finish H.o.L.S. and just start over so all's fresh and glinty in my old taffer mind! :P:D

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Bringing the graphics down is not only bringing the resolution down, that is one of the first things you do yes but on some TFT and laptop screens that means blurry image because they have a fixed native resolution, but because you are gaming on PC and one of the good things about PC gaming is the ability to modify and tweek your game you can do this, http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html TDM is based on the Doom 3 engine, called idtech 4, so you can learn about how to tweek the engine graphics, know that if you disable shadows, disable normal maps and specular maps tdm can even run on a toster, will not look that good tho.

 

About EAX 4... forget it, is a sound tech made by Creative but is useless for TDM (does not work) even on Creative sound cards, the TDM developers are even thinking of removing that from the game.

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Bringing the graphics down is not only bringing the resolution down, that is one of the first things you do yes but on some TFT and laptop screens that means blurry image because they have a fixed native resolution, but because you are gaming on PC and one of the good things about PC gaming is the ability to modify and tweek your game you can do this, http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html TDM is based on the Doom 3 engine, called idtech 4, so you can learn about how to tweek the engine graphics, know that if you disable shadows, disable normal maps and specular maps tdm can even run on a toster, will not look that good tho.

 

About EAX 4... forget it, is a sound tech made by Creative but is useless for TDM (does not work) even on Creative sound cards, the TDM developers are even thinking of removing that from the game.

 

 

 

Thanks guys,

I have saved both links to my desktop and will def check them out!

 

nbohr1more - that link has at least a couple of things I will take a look at!

Particularly the info on my looooong arse loading times!

(damn near long 'nuff to have a meal, then a beer, then a belch, then a visit to da privy! :laugh: )

 

((or, a lil bit of "the ole in an out")) :blink::o

^any1 know the reference???^

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