Michael...

andino1152

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The game is amazing! Im addicted! Every aspect is very improved, i love it!:D I congratulate you and your team for a wonderful job well done! Now its time for some critizism for say. Is it me or did the power supply in the parks go down in half?? I can barely build two coasters because of the power meter depleting incredibly fast and so i never really get to complete big coasters, in the first i could build two monster coasters in a park full of rides but now i cant do that anymore. Was there a reason it was shortened? Also ive encountered a strange bug of some sort in Oceanville in Otherworlds, when i entered Oceanville for the first time everything went well but when i left and came back the screen all of a sudden went all pixely and really low resolution but when i leave that section again to go to Astroville or Usagiville the screen goes back to normal and if i go back to Oceanville it does the same thing again. Do you think you know what is wrong?
 

Michael Brookes

Game Director
Thanks, the power setting is the same, however the coasters have more components now, so building a coaster uses more power. A trick is to build to coasters with the same track type, and the second coaster will use less power.

The other issue I'm not sure about, does it still occur after restarting your machine?

Michael
 

andino1152

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Ok i understand now, and it gets even worse. It does it even if i restart my machine and if it doesnt do it at first it'll eventually do it again. Thats not the worst part, i decided to put the game from 800 reso to 1024 reso and when i play the game all goes fine till the screen gets all screwed up and the graphics are literally chopped up to the point where if i stare at it any longer i'll pass out and if i put it on 800 reso the color eventually screws up and some of the peeps body parts dissapear??? Would you like some screens of what i mean for my issues?
 

Michael Brookes

Game Director
Screens would be useful, you should also post your dxdiag report (dxdiag reports tend to be quite long so you will need to split it over a few posts). It sounds like there's a problem with your video card. Are you using the default detail setting and screen resolution? Or have you changed these settings?

Michael
 

andino1152

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Ok heres my Dxdiag:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/13/2007, 21:23:11
Machine name: OWNER-0F2EF9274
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: OptiPlex GX110
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel Pentium III processor, ~860MHz
Memory: 254MB RAM
Page File: 85MB used, 545MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Video-228PCI Series, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce FX 5200
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_00011B13&REV_A1
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5672 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/23/2004 19:04:00, 4274560 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/23/2004 19:04:00, 1895648 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4062-11CF-8B6E-0B2000C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0322
SubSys ID: 0x00011B13
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: AC'97 Sound Card
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2415&SUBSYS_00B41028&REV_02
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ichaud.sys
Driver Version: 5.00.2160.0001 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 10/22/1999 07:54:42, 32592 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: AC'97 Sound Card
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ichaud.sys
Driver Version: 5.00.2160.0001 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/22/1999 07:54:42, 32592 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
AC'97 Sound Card, Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: Not run

Heres the screens:
This is how it looks when i enter Oceanville:
http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0009jq6.png

This is how it looks when im in 1024 resolution:
http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0022it3.png
 

Michael Brookes

Game Director
It looks to me like a graphics card issue, it's possible there's a physical fault with the card. More likely it's a driver issue, I notive that both your graphics and sound card drivers are many years old. You should update these to the most recent version.

Your machine is quite old and is actually under spec for Thrillville, paticuarly your CPU.

Michael
 

andino1152

A
Well my video card has been making strange whirring noises lately that go from really loud to soft to really loud then soft...Does it sound like i have a actual issue with the card? :(
 
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