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| 30 AUG 2008 at 2:22pm |
ukpetdSpace Cadet
Posts : 176
Joined: 27 JUL 2007
Status : Online | This sounds like a graphics driver problem. If you haven't got the latest driver for your graphics card, download and install. If you have the latest driver, download and install an earlier one.
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| 30 AUG 2008 at 4:45pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | Downloaded drivers but alas no change.
This is the image that I get while playing:
http://h1.ripway.com/xenophon/The%20Lost%20crown.jpg
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| 30 AUG 2008 at 6:29pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | What are your your video specs? Run DXDiag an post the content of the Display tab.
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| 30 AUG 2008 at 9:06pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | VESA compartible [ch9474] Yes (Signature: VESA 3.00)
VESA-OEM Name [ch9474] NVIDIA
AC type [ch9474] 8-bit
VGA compartible [ch9474] yes
RAMDAC operation [ch9474] normal
Stereoscopic support [ch9474] no
Maximum VESA Mode [ch9474] 48
VESA Video Memory [ch9474] 65536 KB
VBE2 OEM Version [ch9474] 81.50
Vendor [ch9474] NVIDIA Corporation
Product [ch9474] Crush50 Board - c51pvg0
Product Revision [ch9474] Chip Rev
VBE Powermanagement [ch9474] 1.00 (standby, susp., off)
VESA Flat Panel Interface [ch9474] yes
VESA Cursor Interface [ch9474] yes
VESA Audio Interface [ch9474] yes
VESA Graphic System [ch9474] yes
VESA Accelerator Interface[ch9474] yes
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| 30 AUG 2008 at 9:59pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | What I'm looking for should look more like this:
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7600 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&EV_02E0&SUBSYS_A5593842&REV_A2
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
river Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9424 (English)
DI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/19/2007 13:26:00, 4543616 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
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| 31 AUG 2008 at 10:38pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | I ranDXDiag but can't see any display tab.
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| 31 AUG 2008 at 10:59pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | It's the 3rd one from the left - (System, DirectX Files, Display etc...)
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| 1 SEP 2008 at 5:11pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | That's not what I can see.
I downloaded this and used:
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/dxdiag.html
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| 1 SEP 2008 at 5:18pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | Doh. I thought it was a program I had to download.
Ran DXDiag in run and got this.
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6150 LE
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&EV_0241&SUBSYS_2A34103C&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
river Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519 (English)
DI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/16/2008 14:01:00, 6108928 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
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| 1 SEP 2008 at 5:50pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | I've had nothing but issues with the latest nVidia drivers on cards older than the GF 8 series. Try running the driver below (which supports your card) it's the same version I use on my 7600GT.
I know it sounds odd - but newer isn't always better.
ForceWare Release 90 - 94.24 XP
Edit -
On the outside chance you've never updated or rolled back your video drivers - here's the how-to from nVidia:
Windows XP Forceware Display Driver Manual Installation
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| 1 SEP 2008 at 11:42pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | Thanks very much for your help but after installing and running the driver there was no change.
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| 2 SEP 2008 at 4:08am |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Sounds like a game glitch then - maybe someone else has a better idea.
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| 2 SEP 2008 at 6:07pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | If someone could send me a save game just after this where they have picked up all the letters then that would be great. I could carry on.
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| 2 SEP 2008 at 8:28pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Xenophon (2 SEP 2008 6:07pm)
If someone could send me a save game just after this where they have picked up all the letters then that would be great. I could carry on.
Hints and Tips would be the best place to ask that one - if you don't receive any responses, post the same question at GameBoomers.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 12:14pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | if you're playing the usa version of the game, have you tried the 1.1 update patch? it is supposed to fix some graphic glitches... check it out here, bottom of the page: http://www.thelostcrown.co.uk/
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 2:03pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | Yes that was the first thing I did.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 2:24pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i just noticed the image you posted... that's exactly how that screen is supposed to look like! unless i got the same prob as you do... regardless, there's a letter on the tombstone with the cross in the middle of the screen... don't remember if it's 'n', but if you didn't get any letters on this screen then that's probably it
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 3:12pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | You are right! :-[
But before I berate myself too much, I have to say that this is one of the very annoying problems with this adventure, which is, that it goes from being very precise with it's point and click at times to being incredibly imprecise where you can click up to 5cms (2 inches) away from something and it still comes up. That means when you click on something and it says some text or shows a picture and then there is object 3 cms away and when you click on that it says or shows the very same thing! then after a while you stop clicking on things near to other things because you always get the same piece of dialogue or picture. Then you get something like this where it had to be precise. : Also there are over a dozen grave stones and everytime you click on all of the others you get the same text about the church being very well kept. After a few times you stop clicking on them because there are so many and you get fed up with hearing the same bloody thing all the time!
Anyway thanks for that. As for the image, it must be a universal fault because there is no way that that image is meant to be like that.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 3:46pm |
ukpetdSpace Cadet
Posts : 176
Joined: 27 JUL 2007
Status : Online | The white jagged line in the image is meant to be. There are several other examples in the game. The most noticable one is outside the harbour cottage when about to talk to Lucy when a brown stain also appears on the image. This is one of the unexplained phenomena in the game.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 4:03pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By ukpetd (4 SEP 2008 3:45pm)
The white jagged line in the image is meant to be. There are several other examples in the game. The most noticable one is outside the harbour cottage when about to talk to Lucy when a brown stain also appears on the image. This is one of the unexplained phenomena in the game.
that's what i figured... but at the cemetery, the image is mirrored, so one could see it as a glitch
@xenophon: i hear you about getting fed up hearing the same thing over and over again... that was the biggest mistake of the developer - not allowing the player to skip dialog (but the game was so rewarding it was forgiven!)
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 4 SEP 2008 at 4:05pm |
XenophonIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 25 AUG 2004
Status : Offline | Crikey! What and the mirror image in the corner. Certainly looked like a graphical fault, I've seen that type of thing before. Oh well - only wasted my time. Sorry if I wasted the time others but thanks for your help nonetheless.
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| 10 SEP 2008 at 10:25pm |
piepIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 1
Joined: 10 SEP 2008
Status : Online | Question...I saw Lucy at the Martello tower. Walked back to town. Met Nanny Noah. Talked with her. She gave me the first hint for the hunt. After that I can't do anything. Nigel can't even walk anymore. Showed everything I have to Nanny. Picked up the clue she gave me. Nothing at all. Got stuck there. Even can't close the game properly. Help, help, help
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 1:46am |
Cathy1Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 345
Joined: 22 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Did you install the patch that Aya mentioned above ?
If Your Not Playing Adventure,Your Not Really Playing.
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 1:20pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Those aren't graphical glitches. Those are all intentional - even the mirror image. Spoiler AlertWhich leads me to believe that Hadden has the technology to build a virtual world based on old photographs. As everyone seems to be from different time periods in the game, they may actually be linked to the dates the photographs were taken...[smiley=whistle.gif]
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