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Freezing etc. - 7/9/2006 5:33:48 PM   
theokratie

 

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Status: offline 		Hullo.

I just installed SP yesterday and updated it to the version 8.4. Couple of years ago I had an earlier version of the game installed, and it worked fine. But now I have three problems:

1. I can't hear the wonderful musics.
2. I have to quick start the game in order for it to work (I guess this is a common problem).
3. And the worst of all: while trying to play, the game makes my machine totally freeze all the time so I have to hard reset it.

I've went through documentations, but I can't find any solution. My computer fills the system requirements so I don't know what the problem is.

Anyone able and willing to help a poor blood-thirsty guy?

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/10/2006 9:48:37 AM   
Korpraali V


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Status: offline 		Hi and welcome Theokratie!

1. Have you checked settings in Preferences? There should be 'Soundtrack ON/OFF'.

2. Common problem. Replace the Desktop shortcut with Quick Start shortcut.

3. Have you shut down every background programs? Steel Panthers takes all the memory computer can give to it. So all else should be out of action while playing it. And I assume you have enough extra space in your hard drive?



Any help?


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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/10/2006 7:50:15 PM   
baevans99

 

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Status: offline 		Also, never use the "Y" key to set the range for your units. Instant Freeze.

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/10/2006 10:03:59 PM   
theokratie

 

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1. Yeah, I have checked the preferences.

2. Yeap, thanks.

3. And yes, I have shut down extra programs. But I only have about 1 GB free on my HD. Could that be the problem?

And no, it's not about the 'y' key.

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/11/2006 1:28:08 AM   
Korpraali V


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Status: offline 		1. Weird. Can you still hear the battle sounds or weapons?

3. Generally my computer warns if I go below 17% of free space in my HD's (I have few 20GB ones). And after that it starts to crash in times.


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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/11/2006 1:48:52 PM   
theokratie

 

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Status: offline 		1. I can hear the weapons, but not the battle sounds. Note also that couple of years ago this same machine played both soundtracks fine.

3. Well, my machine is a relatively old laptop and it has a small HD, but in general it is quite reliable. And it used to be that also with SP, but now the game is practically unplayable.

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/12/2006 12:41:17 AM   
chief


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Status: offline 		Theo....from what your experiencing I would suspect you have a bad download, corrupt sounds, I played all versions (had 4 versions installed) on an old Win 95 with 2GB HD and 64 RAM and had no problems whatso ever.
Now have 8.403 enhanced on XPsp2 and still is chugging along. HTH

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/12/2006 10:58:48 AM   
theokratie

 

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Status: offline 		Ok, thanks. I'll try re-downloading it.

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/12/2006 7:29:43 PM   
chief


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Status: offline 		Theo: I hope its ok now ?

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/12/2006 9:55:27 PM   
theokratie

 

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Status: offline 		Nope, still no music -- and still constant freezing. So I guess it has something to do with my system (Win 2000, 600MHz, ~200 M RAM). I have no idea what it could be, though.

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RE: Freezing etc. - 7/13/2006 12:39:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Win2000. Not a good platform for older games, I've heard. Lots of conflict problems and stuff...

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