Sgt Popov
Posts: 101
Joined: 4/7/2000 From: Ga USA Status: offline
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Ok, my saga is as such. I have played the SP series since it first came out (SP1). When I found out that Matrix was making a windows based, updated version of SP, and in the WWII era, I was excited, to say the least. I followed the progress, and was one of the first to download, and play, join forum, etc. I have played SPWaW in all its versions for thousands of hours. I have turned many of my gaming buddies and troops in Camp Doha, Kuwait onto SPWaW. In other words, I consider myself to be a die-hard SPWaW fan. I purchased LV, to give the Megacampaigns a try before I bought them all. When I first played the game, I really couldnt. It crashed repeatedly, recycled maps in an endless loop, was buggier than Starship Troopers, and to me an Alpha level product. I do, and have done beta testing for many Military games, I am familiar with the usual way of software development. After a couple of more patches, the game started doing better (less buggy) but still crashed to desktop, and looping maps. In all seriousness, I have played the first 7-10 battles in the MC probably 50-60 times each :mad: The game (ONLY LV, NOT SPWaW) still crashes and loops. To try to rectify the problem, I have done the following:(all of these many, many times) * Uninstall SPWaW, and then do a fresh install. * Delete the **** .prf file (countless times) * Uninstall again, and go into the registry, clean it out 100%of all references to Matrix/SPWaW * Update every driver on my pc * try a different sound card * Try a different video card * Reformat my hard drive, and install SpWaWLV as my only program * Cuss a blue streak * Bang my head against the monitor, until I feel I have been hit by a Nebelwerfer * I swore I would never play LV again However, the concept of the MC, and many different neat things about the game (plus a determination to complete the **** thing) makes me wanna try once more.:eek: I know this exact problem has occured on other people as well, and from what I have been able to determine, it is mostly prevalent in XP operationg systems. My pc stats: Sony Vaio P4, 1.8 ghz processor, 433 FSB 80 gig hard drive Nvidia GeForce 4 mx420 video card Turtle Beach sound card XP Home, 512k Ram
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- Sergeant, what should I do if my parachute won't open? - Bring it back and I'll replace it.
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