Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I get that every time I open the game. It's fine the first time after install, then will not open. No viruses or anything. 2gig ram, AMD3000+, ATI 9800. Whoever helps me will go down in the annals of history. I haven't bought FM since 2005, so I can safely say we're not off to a great start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Download and install Microsoft DirectX SDK. You can get it from here. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en That should fix it, but just for good measure ensure you're running the latest drivers for your graphics card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Bans Carter one day, helps me the next. Do you want to be a mod on OTF2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 I'm using the latest ATI drivers though, yeah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Bans Carter one day, helps me the next.Do you want to be a mod on OTF2? I'm not quite sure I'm bipolar enough for that. So, have you sorted it now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 No, it didn't work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 No, it didn't work Did you restart your computer after installing the SDK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 no, I'll give it a whirl. It didn't ask me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott W51 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Can i be MOD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Nothing Gills. Still exactly the same error. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 OK, try updating the .net Framework from the following link, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 I'm going to update my processor driver first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 hmmm, I think this could be a virus. 'Task Manager has been disabled by the administrator'... so has regedit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Miles Jacobson Posted December 26, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted December 26, 2008 It seems to be a problem with Athlon processors that affects it running a lot of PC games - a google search for the error code found this post on a WoW forum - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2215493724&sid=1 "I use to have that very same problem for years, just recently I now no longer have that problem, and have been playing error free for weeks. What did I do? I updated the driver for my CPU by going to the manufacturer website and downloaded the most relevant file I can find. My CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core File downloaded: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer Version 1.1.4 - The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on dual-core processor systems, by periodically adjusting the core time-stamp-counters, so that they are synchronized. It may be a combination of another update i did also. I updated the bios on my motherboard not long ago before that, but that didn't seem to solve anything for me. Though I wouldn't exclude that possibility since motherboard/cpu functions are closely intertwined within another. Since then i've been playing error free. I use to have to leave my client on for weeks on end in the background if I wanted to play, and then reinstall the client once it degrades from weeks of being on in the background like that. Oh, and i've also tried the suggestions of downloading all those Anti-Virus softs suggested from the admins to no avail. Turns out it wasn't a virus for me, but an outdated way my CPU was executing the instructions given to it. Hope this helps out many others out there as well. " Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I'm going to update my processor driver first. OK, fair enough, that definitely seems like a sensible option. I gather that a few people seem to think that this is the result of a virus. Personally, I'm not convinced, though. I'd also update the .Net Framework as that could help though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Miles Jacobson Posted December 26, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted December 26, 2008 And from the same thread posted above (WoW forums) - http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32pariteb.html is the potential virus that could also cause this issue. You'll need to re-install the game once the virus is zapped if it is that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hmmm, yeah cheers Gills/Miles. I'm going to run Spybot S&D to get my system cleaned. I read that WOW forum too Miles, seems to be different for each person. Once I've got it up and running I'll update, but I appreciate your help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I have an Ahtlon processor, my game runs fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 My god, this is a serious problem. Avast is infected Spybot S&D is infected. Every exe file is. It wouldn't even let me reboot in safe mode, which tells you a lot. I'm really struggling here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Ok, sorted, many thanks. It was a virus (obviously) that was shutting down .exe files randomly. I will try Rome TW later to check whether it was the main source of that particular problem, but it was 100% affecting FM. It actually made sure you couldn't install any new AV software or run any that was already installed. After being unable to boot in safe mode, I stumbled across the terribly titled 'superantispyware' which had a free function to let me boot in safe mode, get loads of AV stuff installed, then reboot. Unfortunately, even after a long pre-windows scan by Avast, it was still there and stopping a proper scan from taking place. I then realised that by chance, superantispyware was still running, and that it would let me do a scan. 942 cleaned objects later, and we're on a winner. The main problems were the 50+ trojans, the rest were all cookies. So yeah, all gone now, and if other people have this issue, point them this way, as when I searched, I found there were quite a few people who hadn't managed to get this fixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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