Crash to Desktop Problems

[Skelator56 0]

Hello all,

 

I am having a rather unusual problem with WoV. I have never seen this before in the 2 years that I have had the game. My son wanted to get used to Dads obsession with flight sims (when dad cannot go out and fly the real thing) so I installed SFP 1 and WoV onto his desktop. We were having no troubles until late last week (Thursday the 30th of August to be exact). We both experienced a wierd problem when we were flying a co-op on SFP 1. The aircraft were stationary but would go straight up and pass right through each other when you added power and pulled back on the stick. Both systems computers did this when we were in Multi-Player. Since then we have not been able to get the STP 1 to fuction in multiplayer again.

 

Our next problem occurred in WoV. Only one of us could enter a session with the other player being left in the lobby (at which point the game stagnates until the host exits the green assignment flight screen). We had our settings on LAN, Co-op and tried both private and public connections. I would see him as not assigned when I would host a game, then I would exit. After doing this he could assign himself to a flight but would take over host duties, at this point I would not be able to enter the assisn page. The above mentioned stagnation would oggur. If I hosted, I could assign myself and he could not. His screen would not show the pilot or assign prompt but he could see me as assigned to a flight.

 

I uninstalled the game on both computers and then reinstalled a clean version with the patches from third wire (Sept 06) and with the Jul 06 weapons package. We can play in multi-player but now we cannot save in single player, campaign or multi-player. The game dumps and goes to the desktop.

 

An older version that we installed months ago does not do this, but it has the multi-player and phasing problem.

 

We also did a scan check for viruses on both machine and found nothing.

 

Any help would be appreciated. My son wants Dad to show him some "Old" stuff from when I was fortunate enough to fly some fast movers.

 

Now I am regulated to a Vari-Eze.

 

Check Six

 

Skelator

[xrearl 27]

Try the forum at third wire!

[FastCargo 412]

That's very unusual...I've never even heard of such a problem. I'd recommend the TW forums as well...

 

FastCargo