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my screen goes black!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:31 pm
by q4aholic
when i open quake4 the screen goes black n then i am sent back 2 the desktop. help!.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:36 pm
by R00k
What are your hardware specs?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:37 pm
by q4aholic
amd 1.2 duron 512 of infineon ram n 9200 ati card i updated everyting tho!
seems like a nub game
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:38 pm
by Yeando
Did you by any chance set the quality to ultra?
It took me back to my desktop when I did, it actually raped my pc.
I set it down to high quality and its running beautifully.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:39 pm
by q4aholic
i dont remember setting anything it didnt give me the option maybe it did i missed it part way thru
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:40 pm
by Yeando
In the settings go to 'system'. Click on the button to get the game to
automatically configure ur graphics settings. Restart Q4 and see what happens.
EDIT: Sorry I read ur first post wrong, You cant actually get into the game at all then? :icon32:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:42 pm
by Tormentius
You don't come close to meeting the minimum requirements for the game and that might be part of the issue.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:42 pm
by q4aholic
nope it just goes black when i put the cd in n then nuthin
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:43 pm
by q4aholic
[quote="Tormentius"]You don't come close to meeting the minimum requirements for the game and that might be part of the issue./quote]
it shud still run tho aye just slower like other games
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:45 pm
by shaft
"nub" ?
That's sad.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:46 pm
by Tormentius
You're talking about running it on a machine that is 800 mhz lower than minimum spec and a graphics card that is 2 generations behind minimum spec....time for an upgrade.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:46 pm
by Yeando
q4aholic wrote:it shud still run tho aye just slower like other games
I think its the time now unfortunately where you cant even run a new game on slow settings.
Before you could just ignore the min specs and still play the game ok.
But we are talking about a next-gen game here sadly, things change
:icon21:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:48 pm
by q4aholic
but wut if i get new stuff n it dont work i cnt even get 2 the main screen
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:48 pm
by q4aholic
shaft wrote:"nub" ?
That's sad.
??
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:03 pm
by axbaby
might be time to upgrade?
upgrade your video card drivers and use a low quality config.
http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12040
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:07 pm
by Denz
Perhaps your Refresh rate is set too high.
Do you have the program installed that forces XP to set your refresh rate high when playing games?
If you do, then set it to defaut let XP set the refresh rate for you .
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:10 pm
by q4aholic
xp i have win98se
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:11 pm
by Deathshroud
The minimum spec for a processor is a 2000+ XP. Don't think that would have anything to do with it, but you never know.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:14 pm
by bitWISE
First off...your video card does not support DirectX 9c. Secondly, you need Windows 2000 or XP.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:16 pm
by q4aholic
it installed is there n error log i can check er sumthin like q3
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:16 pm
by ^misantropia^
q4aholic wrote:xp i have win98se
You're a troll, right?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:17 pm
by q4aholic
wut? i cant get it go run. whats the prob
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:17 pm
by ^misantropia^
Deathshroud wrote:The minimum spec for a processor is a 2000+ XP. Don't think that would have anything to do with it, but you never know.
Q4 uses the SSE instruction set, which Durons don't have.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:18 pm
by q4aholic
durons have sse not sse2
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:22 pm
by q4aholic
gtg mom needs the pc give me sum ideas and i'll try them when i get back l8r