Posted by: DinLouz
Sep 28, 2007
(227 days and 21 hours ago)
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Game Crashing despite reading through many tips
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Hi, I'm experiencing a crash which consistently happened at early in the game, Dollet when i'm facing X-ATM092. The game crashes during the FMV when Squall jumps towards the boat. But after i switch it to low resolution, the game crashes only after Quistis shooting X-ATM092 and the door closes. Now, i've lower every available options in FF8config i've check the compatibility to win98 i've installed the patch (Nvidia patch) i've reinstalled the game i've read through a lot of past threads i've been to a few other forums However, i find myself the only one who crashes at that point. My specs are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.21 GHz 1 GB Ram Nvidia 7600GT i've tried searching for a patch for AMD as well, only thing i found is AMD Dual core optimizer and i've installed it. i've tried ff8fmv as well, but the program doesnt seem to be working for me. It says unable to detect binkplay.exe despite it is in the same folder with it! Haha, anyway, thanks a lot for the help. thank you, thank you.
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There are 4 Replies:
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Person and Time
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Try refining off Gayla, Red Bat, and Bite Bug cards. They cause glitches, though everyone's glitch seems to be different. Also, it may have something to do with your AMD DualCore. Dual-core processors (or AMDs, for that matter) didn't exist at the time of FF8. |
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Shargonysadros
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Sep 28, 2007
(227 days and 10 hours ago)
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Hi Shar, thank you for getting back to me. I manage to get by that FMV yesterday by going into a shop thus skipping it. However, i am experiencing the crash again during Squall & Rinoa's dance part. Strange thing is, after i switch the FMV quality to Hi-res again, it worked! Just as i though i have a smooth gameplay ahead, sigh... this time it crashes at timber during the train switching FMV, even after i switch back to low res. I tried losing the cards away (i haven't got refine yet), it still happens. Is there something i can do with my Dual Core? I tried installing into a laptop, unfortunately, it still crashes at the same part. Could it be the CD image problem? My sincere thanks again. |
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DinLouz
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Sep 29, 2007
(226 days and 21 hours ago)
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My first impulse would be to ask if there's a system that has an Intel single-core processor (perferrably P4), ATI video card, and Windows XP you can install it on. This setup seems to allow easy play without issue. With regards to the video issue, some people have gotten around problems by using, instead of their video card, the "Software Renderer" option available in FF8Config. The problem with the DualCore is that it's an AMD, in large part. Intel processors don't change the programming language that their processors use as they make new chips; AMD does. This means that you have to wait until a custom-tailored patch comes out, which isn't likely. Square-Enix hasn't offered support for this game in a long time. If you're mounting CD images as opposed to using a real CD, one could venture the guess that there's corrupted data, but I'm leaning more towards the video and processor problems. If it were corrupted, you wouldn't be unable to do something, then able to suddenly. |
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Shargonysadros
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Sep 29, 2007
(226 days and 21 hours ago)
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Hmmm... the laptop i tried in is a intel single core processor P4 1.5 ghz, internal graphic processing & its windows XP. Aye, i've been using software rendering all the while after reading a lot of threads. I'm gonna try using an emulator with my FF8 PSX disc instead & see how it goes. Thanks again Shar. |
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DinLouz
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Sep 29, 2007
(226 days and 8 hours ago)
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