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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 6/20/2008 1:57:44 PM   
rtrapasso


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ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

All's well that ends well - glad you finally recovered!



Yes, although iirc, there was something about (maybe) recently installing Xp Service Pack 3 recently that is disturbing... if that is the case, we may have to be on the lookout for more problems like this.

i suspect that another person's suggestion that that CODEC was screwed up by something Windows did/installed might be the underlying problem.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 6/21/2008 2:28:09 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

All's well that ends well - glad you finally recovered!



Yes, although iirc, there was something about (maybe) recently installing Xp Service Pack 3 recently that is disturbing... if that is the case, we may have to be on the lookout for more problems like this.

i suspect that another person's suggestion that that CODEC was screwed up by something Windows did/installed might be the underlying problem.

Thanks.
For the record , though I have re-installed Windows XP Home with Service pack 2, I have not installed Service pack 3 this time around as I did earlier about the same time i started seeing this strange issue and my PC seemed VERY sluggish.
I am not implying that service pack 3 was the problem but the coincidence is there.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/25/2008 2:45:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		So you're not the only one with this problem!  Since XP SP3, I've had the exact same "arrow issue".  After more WITP reinstalls than I can explain... both mod'd and unmod'd... the arrows persevere.  I have not tried a reinstall of XP or a roll-back to SP2.  Did you ever find a fix, Gem35... other than not updating to SP3?  Thanks much for any suggestion!

I just hope that the Devs make AE "arrow free".

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/25/2008 10:09:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's a memory issue; I turn off all extraneous programs before watching the replay now, otherwise I have the same thing. I guess I have to dig up some more RAM now.....

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/26/2008 12:48:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tabpub

It's a memory issue; I turn off all extraneous programs before watching the replay now, otherwise I have the same thing. I guess I have to dig up some more RAM now.....

i strongly recommend that
1) always run the replay from a fresh boot and
2) never have anything else running in the background unless it is absolutely necessary.

This will help avoid replay bug, as well as other problems like this.

i had one WITP problem that i could reproduce consistently, but the troubleshooters never could... the problem was solved when i disabled the screensaver i had...

EDIT: turned out the screensaver was a memory hog.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/27/2008 2:12:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's NOT a memory issue, my machine has more RAM(4GB) and an E6600 overclocked to 3.0 ghz along with a 3870 video card which shreds any recommended WitP requirements. I am a PC geek who builds and "plays with" PC hardware. I know what I am doing.
It either was a spyware issue which perhaps "ate" up all of my RAM or a compatability issue with  XP Service pack 3.(some motherboards do not like service pack 3 for some reason)
The only fix was re-installing windows and problem disappeared.
I am now running Vista Home premium 64-bit without ANY issues so far.
Sorry you are having problems RRS.
It is not fun, I empathize with you my friend.


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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/27/2008 5:21:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've seen those image placeholders, but only when playing witp via VMWare Fusion on my mac. Is it a memory issue? I'm only allocating 1GB of ram to the virtual machine, so I wouldn't be surprised in my case.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/28/2008 2:25:53 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Gem35

It's NOT a memory issue, my machine has more RAM(4GB) and an E6600 overclocked to 3.0 ghz along with a 3870 video card which shreds any recommended WitP requirements. I am a PC geek who builds and "plays with" PC hardware. I know what I am doing.
It either was a spyware issue which perhaps "ate" up all of my RAM or a compatability issue with  XP Service pack 3.(some motherboards do not like service pack 3 for some reason)
The only fix was re-installing windows and problem disappeared.
I am now running Vista Home premium 64-bit without ANY issues so far.
Sorry you are having problems RRS.
It is not fun, I empathize with you my friend.


Perhaps, but certain programs (including some screen savers) will soak up ALL available memory, leading to problems... i could see how virus/worm/malware could do this as well, although certainly other effects could be in play.

BTW, i am finding some malware can and will get through the router firewall, Windows firewall, antiviral programs, and various anti-spyware/anti-malware programs... best solution i've found is Malwarebytes AntiMalware (download free)... my brother in-law just installed it on his machine protected by at least 4 different layers of security (including all the things listed above)... Malwarebytes found no less than 20 different infestations (and removed them all).

EDIT: Windows Xp Service Pack 3 has been reported to cause problems with WITP by several reports, although i don't think everyone is affected... i have elected not to install it.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 12/28/2008 3:31:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		SP3 might be my problem FWIW. My new macbook has a fresh copy of XP Home with SP3. Only time I've ever had problems with witp, including a few freeze-ups and missing images during combat resolution. ONly run through a couple turns but we'll see.

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RE: I can't see the Japanese ships anymore in combat - 3/22/2009 12:11:42 AM   
Salamandra


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Status: offline 		Hi there,

I had the same exact problem :

MS XP SP3
1.806
symptoms:
no japanaes ships/ subs
no ships at all during naval combat
when selecting a scenario, when you read the background and stuff, there should be 3 buttons (confirm scenario, go back to menu..) but it only shows arrows like the arrows for the dissapearing ships.

How did i solve this ?

I reinstalled the game under another folder e.g. c:\bis\Matrix\...

I moved all my art, sound, map etc to this folder by extracting in a loose folder and from there copy paste in my new directory.


What i suspect ...
1. corrupt installer from time to time...
2. problem with izarc my extracter ...?


so this is resolved for me for the time being...

Good luck
Salmandra




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