Comming back after a while, SC doesn't work

AYelland19 · Guest

Hey all, haven't played SC in a long while. Have done a fresh install and the game doesn't work. Originally I put it on, patched to 1.08, SCXIIC and SCU'd it and it didn't work.

I've gone back and completely deleted it and installed the vanilla 1.00 and it still doesn't work.

Basically, whenever I try to start a mission and it goes to loading screen, it just sits there. The red bar doesn't move to the right at all depicting loading progress, it never starts at all.

Additionally, when I go to options and try to look at the graphics option, the game hangs as soon as I click "3D".

I have a P4 2.4G, 1 Gig Ram, and ATI9600 Pro (Gecube), using Onboard sound on a Albatron MB. When the game hangs, the music continues normally.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is? I'd be tempted to point the finger at the 9600, based on prior experience.

AYelland19 · Guest

BTW I'm using XP SP2

Swooop · Guest

I have the same problem, what i did notice is that if you let the load screen or the 3d option screen sit there for a few minutes, it will eventually work.

Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:29 am Post subject:

Thanks man I'll try that

MarkShot · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 491

Using SP2 and both 1.08e and SCXIIc dual install works fine.

AYelland · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Australia

Hey, thanks for the help Swoop, forgot to mention that I'd done what you suggested and it does work, however I have the problem then that if I try to load 3D view the game crashes, and that the icons on the map flicker and dissappear and soon after the game crashes. I can only run the game in the sub stations ie sonar, TMA, etc.

Since my last post (ages back, I'm in the military and have not had net access for some time) I bought an Nvidia 6600GT, but I'm still having the same problem.

Any ideas? Tempted to just go and buy DW but it will be a lengthy wait to get it and I've already got enough to distract me from course!

darksythe · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 246

I Have the same problems running XP Spack 2 and Sub command it could be video card related. I am running a Nvidia Gforce FX 5200 256 meg ram(PCI Version) I cant get it to load up in SC.

My fix.
Bought Dangerous Waters. It runs fine. Neutral

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MarkShot · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 491

XP SP2 and GeForce Go 5200 64Mb RAM on a laptop ... SC and SCX worked fine. But I did need to tweak things a little, since the game wouldn't simply minimize so that I could go back to the desktop while playing.

gilbertf · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 129 Location: Paris, France

Could you do a right click on the game executable and select "Run as" and Windows 2k rather than XP for example and check what happens ?

AYelland · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Australia

Just tried it then, made no difference. Same for Win 98.

When I hit the windows button on my keyboard and went out to desktop (alt tab wouldnt work) I CTRL-ALT-DEL and Sub command was not responding.

NO idea... Damn

Charleston · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 41

I had to wait a good five minutes for the training scenarios to load and for the damn 3-D options screen to pop-up. Wild considering my current cpu must be 8-10 times faster than the one I had when SC was first released.... Argh

Dealer · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 2

I had the same problems until I downloaded the latest NVidia drivers last night. Now SC works perfectly again. Give it a try.

AYelland · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Australia

Downloaded latest NVidia drivers, still no luck.

Really odd.

Works like a charm on my friends machine, same vid card, same XP. The game used to work fine...

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

AYelland wrote:

AYelland · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Australia

Yeah regedit might fix this. I've got a mate who has a reg cleaner, he suggested it two days ago, I thought it was a rather obscure suggestion but I will give it a go.