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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 16, 2005, 01:39:32 PM

I recently downloaded and installed TK3.0.5, and it works fine except for one problem:  everytime trans3.exe runs, it locks up.
Trans2 ran fine; only trans3 does this

I'm running Win98 SE; does anyone have any ideas why this would be happening?
I'd really rather not go back to TK2 after reading over all these cool new features and saying (multiple times) "Hey neat! That's what I've been needing!"

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Post by: AlienDude on March 16, 2005, 01:50:37 PM

Colin and the team are wracking their brain(s) out on this one.  I am experiencing this too, except that it doesn't lock up but the boards and characters wont show up(they're opened because the background music still plays, and the warps also work just fine).

do you have the thing that if you load up the internal menu, and press a button it does it twice?

I think it may be a driver problem.

One major thing: uncheck the 'enable joystick' checkbox.  it'll make things go faster.

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 16, 2005, 01:53:44 PM

I can't load up the internal menu, I can't test anything. The moment I try to test a program or run a game, trans3 tries to open up and then just freezes, just a black window

a driver problem sounds likely... I've had trouble with drivers lately, particularly my sound driver.

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Post by: AlienDude on March 16, 2005, 01:55:39 PM

sometines you have to waut a few seconds, try that, also disable the damn joystick, no joy for you  Razz !

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 16, 2005, 01:56:28 PM

Hmmm....
The sound driver and the game controller (ie, joystick) driver are part of the same set; perhaps I should try disabling the joystick and then running again.

I don't think I've noticed this joystick option.  Is it in the Edit Main File thing?

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Post by: AlienDude on March 16, 2005, 01:58:21 PM

Yes.  ALso dont worry i told colin this stuff two weeks ago, so he DEFINITELY knows.  3.0.6 should be out soon.  wait for that.

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 16, 2005, 02:02:31 PM

Dang, I still can't get it to work.  I just get a black window, which quickly starts Not Responding

Guess I'll have to wait

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Post by: Colin on March 17, 2005, 05:54:16 PM

Quote from: "Blackhart Joe"

I'm running Win98 SE; does anyone have any ideas why this would be happening?

There's the answer and question in one. Wink

I probably shouldn't link you <a href='http://colin.mysticsoftware.net/help?page=25' target='_blank'>here</a>, but there's some information that might help.

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 18, 2005, 07:17:05 PM

Ugh.  I just need a new computer.  Every day that goes by, mine gets more and more useless.

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Post by: AlienDude on March 18, 2005, 08:04:22 PM

Make sure that the graphics option is set to 16-bit, it made the boards show up but not the character animations.

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 18, 2005, 08:22:54 PM

I don't even know if I have problems with boards or character animations.
I tried running a test program consisting of basically a MWin and a Wait, and I don't even get to see the MWin.  Just a black expanse

My comp's a piece of dung-doodle, and I'm afraid tha's all there is to it.  I've noticed that there are other programs, such as Warcraft 3 & Civilization 3, that it refuses to run.  I never noticed before because I had only been running MS Word, ADOM, and attempts at TK3


...... wait a second..... the programs that refuse to run.... they ALL HAVE "3" IN THE NAME!  That's the problem!
LOL

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Post by: Dude Man on March 18, 2005, 09:44:57 PM

Yeah....


Curse the number 3! They say it's a lucky number, but they are wrong! 3 is a curse!

Probally Doom 3 wouldn't work either! And Fallout 3 (When it comes out)


Wait, maybe it just has to do something with modern programing, because ALL things made these days are 3s!

Try running an old program with the number 3! :ph34r:

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 18, 2005, 09:48:13 PM

Hmm... I can't even find my old Bard's Tale 3, let alone run it!  This has gone too far!

hehehe

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Post by: Number Eight on March 19, 2005, 02:05:26 PM

You must be cursed. -_-

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Post by: AlienDude on March 19, 2005, 05:25:10 PM

Get DirectX 9.0c.

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Post by: Dude Man on March 19, 2005, 08:29:22 PM

Yeah! That's probally it. When I got that it started to work. Sorta, the editor still was a little funky, but I think that's because it's work differently.

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 19, 2005, 11:04:02 PM

Funny, I thought I *had* DirectX 9.0c, turns out I don't.  I must've dreamed it and got confused.

I'll try that tomorrow

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 19, 2005, 11:16:12 PM

Aw man, it's HUGE.  Curse you, dial-up internet service!!

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Post by: Dude Man on March 20, 2005, 07:35:40 AM

Lots of up-to-date games come with it. I got mine from Star Wars Battlefront.

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Post by: Number Eight on March 20, 2005, 08:54:48 AM

You have Battlefront? Jeez, that game rocks! I was going to buy it for PS2 or Gamecube...

 Maybe I should try downloading directx 9.0c. Maybe TK3 will work then. *goes to microsoft website*

  Curse you microsoft! You make the only computer that TK works on!

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Post by: AlienDude on March 21, 2005, 10:48:11 AM

Jeez, the dling is nothing, i dled rmxp!!! 28 MB!!!!

silly lil nubbice  Razz  Laughing

DX9 is only 8!!  I didn't complain and i have 56k with EARTHLINK!!!!


 :wacko: <---yeah i know

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 21, 2005, 01:24:59 PM

The computer that I need it for isn't connected to the internet, so it appears I'm going to need the redistributable DX9, 33M, and this connection disconnects randomly all the time due to some problem in the phone lines, so a 33M download is hopeless


"Nubbice"?  :huh:

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Post by: AlienDude on March 21, 2005, 03:17:25 PM

nubbice-->novice  Smile

Oh just discovered something, are your character animations made from tiles? if so, they show up as transparent for some reason.  If you draw them as bmps and such, they show up fine!!!!  WHOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!  Phantas  may get done finally!!  well if i can get the menu to pop up.

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Post by: AlienDude on March 21, 2005, 03:31:16 PM

*bump*

bloody site is gong bonkers!!

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Post by: Blackhart Joe on March 21, 2005, 11:07:36 PM

Shoot.  Got DX 9.0c and still I can't get it to work.  Oh well.  I'll try 3.0.6, and I'll work on getting a new computer