I can install the game fine, it's just when I go to start a new game, the screen fades away, the mouse fades away, I get the "LOADING" bar, it starts moving..... And I get booted back to the main menu!!
Hahaha, very funny Thrax, nice of you to rub it in....
Anyways, mine just doesn't like OCed vid cards and is artifacting a bit, but it runs fine. Any luck changing settings Prime? Try turning everything down.
Ooops, why did I think prime asked the first question... Anyways.
I didn't do anything except install latest CATs (4.7) and 9.0b off of the CD and it ran. It was artifacting though so I'm doing a much needed HD wipe and reinstall. I'll be putting on latest and greatest drivers and playing it, then OCing my vid card as far as it will allow.
Ooops, why did I think prime asked the first question... Anyways.
I didn't do anything except install latest CATs (4.7) and 9.0b off of the CD and it ran. It was artifacting though so I'm doing a much needed HD wipe and reinstall. I'll be putting on latest and greatest drivers and playing it, then OCing my vid card as far as it will allow.
Supposedly there is a fix for ATI cards. Check Doom3Center forums for more info.
As far as the problem I was having, I managed to solve it. Turns out it was a crummy CDROM drive all along. I reinstalled using another drive, and now have no problems what-so-ever.
Game is Fing awesome. I cant wait till I have a new vid card to throw at it!
A quick fix for artifacts is to lower the clock and mem speeds on video cards - espically xt cards.
This game pushes the video real hard. If you overclock your card, imho your asking for artifacts with this game, it isnt your usual game where you can get away with overclocking. Benchtests that detect artifacts may pass, but that doesnt mean DoomIII will pass
I have had artifacts with my card that is not even overclocked
Still - nice game huh?
Has short-media got a thread where users can post frame rates in game, with PC specs and what detail level they are playing it, it might help people tweak the game and get the best experience.
Yeah, I can't OC my card much at all. Going from 378 to 395 is about all it can handle on the core. Game is sweet, but I'm having sound issues. I've had minor popping from footsteps, and it just lost sound alltogether once.
A quick fix for artifacts is to lower the clock and mem speeds on video cards - espically xt cards.
This game pushes the video real hard. If you overclock your card, imho your asking for artifacts with this game, it isnt your usual game where you can get away with overclocking. Benchtests that detect artifacts may pass, but that doesnt mean DoomIII will pass
I have had artifacts with my card that is not even overclocked
Still - nice game huh?
Has short-media got a thread where users can post frame rates in game, with PC specs and what detail level they are playing it, it might help people tweak the game and get the best experience.
Just installed new beta 4.9s from ATI and it allows me to OC my card more w/o artifacts. Sweet. Thanks SMJ!!
Soundstorm off of my NF7-S with latest drivers and optical to my Z-680s.
Have the same speakers, can you try the 6 channel way, I think optical may be your problem here... either coax or optical has caused problems before with PC games with 5.1...
Have the same speakers, can you try the 6 channel way, I think optical may be your problem here... either coax or optical has caused problems before with PC games...
Awwwwww, but it doesn't sound as purty!!! I'll give it a shot though if I can find the cable.
For 5.1 sound in games and win, you need the analog connections (3 x Stereo mini plugs)
Found the same thing in forum after forum, I went analog after call of duty was throwing up all manor of weird sounds/missing effect..
We have almost the same setup, and I know, its such a pity espicially when the NF7-S has that lovely digital connection straight in... If you fix your problems let me know, I have an digital cable just waiting to be connected
Found the same thing in forum after forum, I went analog after call of duty was throwing up all manor of weird sounds/missing effect..
We have almost the same setup, and I know, its such a pity espicially when the NF7-S has that lovely digital connection straight in... If you fix your problems let me know, I have an digital cable just waiting to be connected
No change whatsoever going to analog. Throw that digital cable on!!!
Or did you enable digital out in the first place on your sound card:)
[pc settings]
Other than that I have run out of suggestions
Yeah, I went analog only and it was a no go. The footstep pops were still there. I have had the audio go completely bad a few times now (Everything crackles) but you can fix it be selecting and deselecting surround speakers in the system menu.
Is there a way to lose the crackling yet keep the 5.1 surround?
I tried turning down hardware acceleration for sound in dxdiag and installing the newest nForce2 drivers. My sound issues seem to have gone away. Give it a shot and see if you guys get the same results.
I tried turning down hardware acceleration for sound in dxdiag and installing the newest nForce2 drivers. My sound issues seem to have gone away. Give it a shot and see if you guys get the same results.
One notch didn't work for me, I'll do some more.
Also, turning off surround speakers and then back on only resets the sound engine it seems. The crackling is still there even with surround speakers off.
Hmm, I guess I spoke too soon. The crackling re-emerged for me again today. This problem is really starting to irritate me. I felt my southbridge and its extremely warm. Maybe a heatsink on there would help? I'm at a loss as I havent had this happen in any other game. :banghead:
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And now it won't work.
Sorry, man. That sucks. Do you have the latest drivers for everything? I know, dumb question, but it's gotta be asked.
Anyways, mine just doesn't like OCed vid cards and is artifacting a bit, but it runs fine. Any luck changing settings Prime? Try turning everything down.
I reinstalled DirectX 9.0b from the Doom 3 disk, last I checked I had the latest video drivers (a couple weeks ago). I suppose I could check again.
Ran EndItAll to cloose anything which could possibly be the problem, rebooted my machine.... ARGGGG!!!
EDIT: Ok, I have v61.76 forcewares, the latest is 61.77. I suppose I'll try that next...
I didn't do anything except install latest CATs (4.7) and 9.0b off of the CD and it ran. It was artifacting though so I'm doing a much needed HD wipe and reinstall. I'll be putting on latest and greatest drivers and playing it, then OCing my vid card as far as it will allow.
Supposedly there is a fix for ATI cards. Check Doom3Center forums for more info.
As far as the problem I was having, I managed to solve it. Turns out it was a crummy CDROM drive all along. I reinstalled using another drive, and now have no problems what-so-ever.
Game is Fing awesome. I cant wait till I have a new vid card to throw at it!
This game pushes the video real hard. If you overclock your card, imho your asking for artifacts with this game, it isnt your usual game where you can get away with overclocking. Benchtests that detect artifacts may pass, but that doesnt mean DoomIII will pass
I have had artifacts with my card that is not even overclocked
Still - nice game huh?
Has short-media got a thread where users can post frame rates in game, with PC specs and what detail level they are playing it, it might help people tweak the game and get the best experience.
Sorry if its mentioned elsewhere..
Soundstorm off of my NF7-S with latest drivers and optical to my Z-680s.
Just installed new beta 4.9s from ATI and it allows me to OC my card more w/o artifacts. Sweet. Thanks SMJ!!
Looks good
Have the same speakers, can you try the 6 channel way, I think optical may be your problem here... either coax or optical has caused problems before with PC games with 5.1...
Awwwwww, but it doesn't sound as purty!!! I'll give it a shot though if I can find the cable.
Found the same thing in forum after forum, I went analog after call of duty was throwing up all manor of weird sounds/missing effect..
We have almost the same setup, and I know, its such a pity espicially when the NF7-S has that lovely digital connection straight in... If you fix your problems let me know, I have an digital cable just waiting to be connected
Definitely! I had a lot of tearing before I enabled it.
No change whatsoever going to analog. Throw that digital cable on!!!
Or did you enable digital out in the first place on your sound card:)
[pc settings]
Other than that I have run out of suggestions
Yeah, I went analog only and it was a no go. The footstep pops were still there. I have had the audio go completely bad a few times now (Everything crackles) but you can fix it be selecting and deselecting surround speakers in the system menu.
Aside from fixing problems, what DOES happen when that slider is turned down?
One notch didn't work for me, I'll do some more.
Also, turning off surround speakers and then back on only resets the sound engine it seems. The crackling is still there even with surround speakers off.