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suj
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IT KEEPS LOCKING AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS FFS ;/ I'VE TRIED INSTALLING THAT NEW PATCH AND COPYING THE AUDIO FILES TO THE GTA3 DIR - BUT STILL FUX0R. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wazzerphuk
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No.
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caLLous
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Maybe you should buy your games then.
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suj
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hmmmmm
what makes u think i haven't bought it?
what makes u think i haven't bought it?
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nath
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Did you?
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.cage
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GTA3 is so last october.
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suj
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so.....
what makes u think i haven't bought it? were u being a clever by saying that?
what makes u think i haven't bought it? were u being a clever by saying that?
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nath
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Not really, I was just asking.. did you buy it?
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suj
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jesus
ofcourse i bought it ffs. it's one of those games that can't be denied. NOW SOME HELP PERHAPS?
ofcourse i bought it ffs. it's one of those games that can't be denied. NOW SOME HELP PERHAPS?
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Ono
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Let me know your PC specs suj and I'll try to help.
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nath
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Tried the tech support line, suj?
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S-Gray
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Have you got updated Graphics Drivers?
has it worked before but "suddenly" stopped?
has it worked before but "suddenly" stopped?
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Recoil101
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have you tried turning your caps lock key off? I find that helps ....
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suj
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ok here goes:
My PC Spec is (haha):
AMD Duron 700 @ 900 (150x6)
Abit KT7A-RAID
256MB PC133 RAM @ 150
Sound Blaster PCI 128 sound card
6gig hd (temporarily, my other blew up a week ago)
Leadtek GeForce3 Ti200 T (no o/c)
2 x Realtek 8029 AS Network cards
Philips 40x CD Rom
Philips 32x4x4 CD RE-writer
I think that's about it.
And no i aint tried tech support. don't get a chance.
I also haven't tried turning my caps lock key off - never use it
My PC Spec is (haha):
AMD Duron 700 @ 900 (150x6)
Abit KT7A-RAID
256MB PC133 RAM @ 150
Sound Blaster PCI 128 sound card
6gig hd (temporarily, my other blew up a week ago
)Leadtek GeForce3 Ti200 T (no o/c)
2 x Realtek 8029 AS Network cards
Philips 40x CD Rom
Philips 32x4x4 CD RE-writer
I think that's about it.
And no i aint tried tech support. don't get a chance.
I also haven't tried turning my caps lock key off - never use it
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caLLous
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Liar!
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suj
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jesus
what the hell is ure problem?
what the hell is ure problem?
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caLLous
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Did you mean for your nick to be "suk" and you just hit the wrong key?
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suj
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ok....
startin to scare me a little now. my fucking name is suj. if it was suk it would be suk. cos a name is not something that u leave wrong is it?
startin to scare me a little now. my fucking name is suj. if it was suk it would be suk. cos a name is not something that u leave wrong is it?
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Ono
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Re: jesus
Calm it suj.
You enter the General forum at your own risk.
Anyway, there was something that you had to update from M$ to ensure you had the latest version of to run it. I can't remember.
Embattle knows cos he posted a link to it.
Calm it suj.
You enter the General forum at your own risk.
Anyway, there was something that you had to update from M$ to ensure you had the latest version of to run it. I can't remember.
Embattle knows cos he posted a link to it.
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suj
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hehe
ok cool, i'll see if i can find out if u find it please stick it in here. thanks! oh by the way - i'm on windows 2000 pro. that patch isn't the one for windows xp is it? i think the url for that is in the gta3 read me 
ok cool, i'll see if i can find out
if u find it please stick it in here. thanks! oh by the way - i'm on windows 2000 pro. that patch isn't the one for windows xp is it? i think the url for that is in the gta3 read me
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That's right. The patch is to update the version of DirectX 8.1 that's included with XP. If you have Windows 2000 and have already installed DirectX 8.1 then you don't need the patch. Either way, this wouldn't cause the sort of problems you're having.
To repeat the question Gray asked, has it worked before and suddenly stopped working or has it been like this since you've installed it? Do any other games cause this problem? When the system 'locks' are you able to CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task Manager or is a reboot the only thing you can do?
I have a very similar problem to you and I found changing AGP mode from x4 to x2 in the BIOS fixed the problem with no noticeable drop in performance. You might want to give that a go, but I doubt that's the source of your problem.
To repeat the question Gray asked, has it worked before and suddenly stopped working or has it been like this since you've installed it? Do any other games cause this problem? When the system 'locks' are you able to CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task Manager or is a reboot the only thing you can do?
I have a very similar problem to you and I found changing AGP mode from x4 to x2 in the BIOS fixed the problem with no noticeable drop in performance. You might want to give that a go, but I doubt that's the source of your problem.
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suj
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jesus
this game must have some major issues. on my old hd (before it went *pooof booom crackle squueeek*) changing the agp speed helped but this time doesn't seem to be working. i had an exact same prbolem on my older hd too but can't remember what fixed it.
only 1 time have i been able to ctrl+alt+del and that's usually after the game lasts 10-15 seconds. If the game locks up quicker than that - it's usally a fully fucked lock up and when i reboot, even windows doesn't try a scandisk.
this game must have some major issues. on my old hd (before it went *pooof booom crackle squueeek*) changing the agp speed helped but this time doesn't seem to be working. i had an exact same prbolem on my older hd too but can't remember what fixed it.
only 1 time have i been able to ctrl+alt+del and that's usually after the game lasts 10-15 seconds. If the game locks up quicker than that - it's usally a fully fucked lock up and when i reboot, even windows doesn't try a scandisk.
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Summo
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So you had the same problem on your old hard drive? You say changing AGP mode helped but I take it the game still caused a full lock-up, only it lasted slightly longer than it does now?
You might want to run CheckDisk (from the properties window of your drive) just to see if there's any obvious bad sectors. Did the game install okay or were there any errors reported?
You might want to run CheckDisk (from the properties window of your drive) just to see if there's any obvious bad sectors. Did the game install okay or were there any errors reported?
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suj
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i don't remember any
only thing i got was that dx 8.1 wasn't installed (d'oh) and i don't think that installed properly either.
the story is that after it installed it, it said click ok to reboot.
so i waited a good 8 minutes for it to reboot, and i didn't get anything. so i decided to reboot it my self. wether that has anything to do with this or not i dunno.
only thing i got was that dx 8.1 wasn't installed (d'oh) and i don't think that installed properly either.
the story is that after it installed it, it said click ok to reboot.
so i waited a good 8 minutes for it to reboot, and i didn't get anything. so i decided to reboot it my self. wether that has anything to do with this or not i dunno.
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Summo
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Sounds very likely so far. Have you tried re-installing DX8.1? You might want to run CheckDisk first.
You may have duff sectors on your drive and parts of DX8.1 might have been written to these duff sectors. CheckDisk should find them and mark them as 'bad'. Reinstalling DX8.1 after that should hopefully ensure those components are written to good, healthy, well-behaved sectors. Reinstall GTA3 after that just for good measure. You won't lose your settings or saved games.
You may have duff sectors on your drive and parts of DX8.1 might have been written to these duff sectors. CheckDisk should find them and mark them as 'bad'. Reinstalling DX8.1 after that should hopefully ensure those components are written to good, healthy, well-behaved sectors. Reinstall GTA3 after that just for good measure. You won't lose your settings or saved games.
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suj
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seemed to have done something
i tried what u said and it worked for longer. i got to the base and was just on the way to driving to the second check point when i got a blue screen of death. nonpage or something like that. i'm
i tried what u said and it worked for longer. i got to the base and was just on the way to driving to the second check point when i got a blue screen of death. nonpage or something like that. i'm
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PR.
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Does it only happen in GTA3?
I had a similar problem with newer computer games and found that it was my Graphics Card that was on the blink
Try a different Graphics Card if possible
I had a similar problem with newer computer games and found that it was my Graphics Card that was on the blink
Try a different Graphics Card if possible
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Summo
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It could well be, but I'm leaning towards a slowly fux0ring hard drive. Did CheckDisk show any bad sectors? Do you have another hard drive you could try? Install an OS, the necessary drivers and GTA3 on a separate physical drive and see if it makes any difference.
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Some games don't like running on clocked chips, specially AMD's
Might be worth checking that :0)
Might be worth checking that :0)
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suj
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answers to questions
I've tried running the game at no o/c. Lasted a little longer but didn't work properly. Still locked. Summo - best get ure hard drive checked before u get into the posistion i was. Just out of warranty
My new hd is coming tomorow so i'll see what the turn out is. hope to her from u guys a lil more
I've tried running the game at no o/c. Lasted a little longer but didn't work properly. Still locked. Summo - best get ure hard drive checked before u get into the posistion i was. Just out of warranty
My new hd is coming tomorow so i'll see what the turn out is. hope to her from u guys a lil more