WOE Crash to restart.

[Mig_eater 0]

Hello all,

 

I have an NVIDIA 6600GT and dont really know very much about computers at all.

 

All I know is that without knowingly changing anything, now whenever I load up a mission on WOE (regardless of type or terrain etc.) I get a crash to restart at about 80% load.

 

I have reinstalled and I also get the problem on IL-2 and on Lomac and FSX but on the latter two it is after several minutes of flying.

 

Older 3d programs work without incident.

 

Can anyone help!? Its driving me crazy!!

 

Thanks

 

- Alex

[+EricJ 4,250]

Update your drivers and see if that doesn't fix it. Because if I read it right, the 6600GT isn't a cheap card, and should run all three (especially WOE) fine. Also check your DirectX and see if that's not the culprit either.

[Wrench 9,858]

Also important, what OS (vista or XP), and what game patch level??

 

wrench

kevin stein

[MigBuster 2,884]

Yes I would try installing the latest Direct X - there should be links on Thirdwires home page

 

Later Video drivers for the 6600 may be worth trying - should be at Nvidias site - read the install instructions.

[Mig_eater 0]

Sorry to answer this with yet another technical problem(!) but whenever I try and download Direct X from microsoft.com the file is 0bytes! (and unusable).

 

Downloads from other sites work fine, and this problem is on firefox and IE... any ideas?

 

- Alex

[MigBuster 2,884]

Can you put a link to which page you are trying to get it from?

[Mig_eater 0]

This is the link i'm trying to download from:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displayLang=en

[MigBuster 2,884]

I go that link - get a dialog box - click "save"

 

And have dxwebsetup.exe (294KB)

 

thats firefox - are you getting any messages about blocked files etc in IE?

[Mig_eater 0]

I get the same thing on IE or Firefox - the file downloads instantly but has 0bytes size!

[Mig_eater 0]

Any help here guys? Would be great if I can sort this out soon!

 

- Alex