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Sixx

Sixx

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I've a black screen when I start the training mission, I can hear the sounds but no graphics.

 

My system specs are:

Pentium IV 1.6 GHz

512 RAM

64 MB Video Card

 

I can run Doom 3 fine, albeit with low settings and a few tweaks on the configs here and there.

 

Were my config tweaks the problem? Or is it because of the fact that TDM doesn't have Quality options? If so, how can I fix this?

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nbohr1more

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What ambient and interaction shader settings do you have configured? I believe that all but the lowest settings require Shader Model 2 hardware.

 

I also suspect you will need to aggressively downsize images to fit the textures in most missions into 64mb of graphic ram.

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Serpentine

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There's very little chance that it will run on such a low spec, our memory consumption would give you a bad playing experience too. I would rather leave it for some time in the future when you can give it a go as it should be experienced, rather than running into problems constantly.

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