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keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes - 10/8/2007 12:52:06 AM

Chris21wen

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Not just NVidia but it happens on my ATI Radeon x1300 as well. I can't 'roll back' as I've just bought it.

Problem: When trying to set the firing range using the keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes and I have to kill it using task manager. This happens when using the newest NVidia drivers.

Solution: Rollback to an earlier driver. For this particular gamer, rolling back to version 44.03 solved the problem.

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RE: keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes - 10/8/2007 3:27:36 AM

vahauser

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Chris H,

This is a known problem due to your video driver. I run an ATI Radeon 9700 and if I use the latest driver then my 'Y' key freezes my SPWAW game and I have to cntl+alt+delete out of the game. So I re-installed my old driver (like 3 or 4 years old) and I no longer have a 'Y' key problem.

The bad news is that if you use an old driver to play SPWAW, then the old driver might not be usable with newer games. It's a sucky trade off. New games need new drivers. You have a decision to make. I chose SPWAW over newer games requiring a new driver. But it's your call on your PC.

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RE: keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes - 10/14/2007 9:46:05 PM

SlowHand

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quote:

The bad news is that if you use an old driver to play SPWAW, then the old driver might not be usable with newer games. It's a sucky trade off. New games need new drivers. You have a decision to make. I chose SPWAW over newer games requiring a new driver. But it's your call on your PC.

Thank you, thank you. This post was incredibly timely. I almost was going to get rid of my older computer where I have SPWaW installed, until I caught this thread. Rolling back to an older driver on my new computer isn't something I can do, given the newer games I'm running.

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RE: keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes - 10/22/2007 12:19:20 AM

Chris21wen

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If you don't want to roll back use the Unit data screen to change range, slower but it does work.

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RE: keyboard shortcut (Y key), the game freezes - 10/22/2007 12:26:34 AM

Goblin

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The HQ tent screen also works well.

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