Chad Harrison Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hi all Just got CM:SF Marines for Christmas and I am trying to get it to work. Before I go any farther, I want to point out that I previously had vanilla CM:SF installed and patched to v1.11 and had these same problems. I started with a new, fresh install of both CM:SF and Marines and patched (yes with the correct patch) Marines to v1.11. The problem is that with QB's (and maybe scenarios/campaign, havnt tried yet) the mission will take FOREVER to load. I would say 5 to 10 times as long as they did in v1.10. Then, once it does load, when I try to get it to run the first turn in turn based, it will switch me to the other team and switch to real time. Also, I can always tell that it is screwed up because if I try to save the quick battle, all I see is gibbersih in the save name line. So to be more clear, I will place all my Marines, give orders and hit 'Go'. Then it will switch to the Syrians *and* switch from turn based to real time. I never had this problem pre v1.11 and again, it was happening with both vanilla CM:SF and now Marines. Have anyone else ran across this? Is it just me? Thanks in advance Chad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hi all Just got CM:SF Marines for Christmas and I am trying to get it to work. Before I go any farther, I want to point out that I previously had vanilla CM:SF installed and patched to v1.11 and had these same problems. I started with a new, fresh install of both CM:SF and Marines and patched (yes with the correct patch) Marines to v1.11. The problem is that with QB's (and maybe scenarios/campaign, havnt tried yet) the mission will take FOREVER to load. I would say 5 to 10 times as long as they did in v1.10. Then, once it does load, when I try to get it to run the first turn in turn based, it will switch me to the other team and switch to real time. Also, I can always tell that it is screwed up because if I try to save the quick battle, all I see is gibbersih in the save name line. So to be more clear, I will place all my Marines, give orders and hit 'Go'. Then it will switch to the Syrians *and* switch from turn based to real time. I never had this problem pre v1.11 and again, it was happening with both vanilla CM:SF and now Marines. Have anyone else ran across this? Is it just me? Thanks in advance Chad I am having the exact same problem. I just put together a new computer last week and installed CMSF and then CMSF:M. Then I installed V1.11. After I set up my initial orders during a QB, I hit the go button and get switched to the other side. Is this a bug? Erick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Good to hear that I am not the only one. Is anyone else having this problem? Steve, did you guys run across this in testing at all? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Off the top of my head, a new install might come with some unexpected default settings. Are you sure you're not inadvertantly playing 'Hotseat'? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Positive. And as I mentioned abouve, I had vanilla CMSF v1.10 and patched it to v1.11 and had this problem. Thinking that I might have installed the wrong patch or otherwise brought this on myself, when I got CMSF Marines, I completely uninstalled, installed vanilla CMSF, Marines and patched to v1.11. Same problem as before. I tried probably 10 times today to get a QB up and running with no luck. It also CTD's at the AAR report by the way. Hope this helps. Really a shame because I enjoy QB's against the AI, even in their current state. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapHappy Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 This is a REAL problem. It has been around since V. 1.08. The sooner the problem is isolated and dealt with the sooner some of us can play and enjoy QB's. Thanks for your attention BFC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 I just wanted to add that I have been playing Battles with no problems for the past couple days. So it seems to be attached to QB's only. Atleast as far as I can tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 We'll take another look at it! Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckDodgers Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I just wanted to say that the exact same thing is happening to me. I even uninstalled everything and reinstalled... Exact same result with QB's. Everything else seems to work just fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 We'll take another look at it! Steve Thanks Steve. If you need additional information, details or screenshots I am obviously more than happy to help. Keep up the great work. Chad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Agh! There's nothing more frustrating for a beta tester than seeing players having troubles that he's unable to recreate himself. I feel like I should apologize for not being able to break the game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasew Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I just purchased and installed the game today (Shock Force + Marines). Installed Version was 1.10 ... Didn't try the game at that time, ... downloaded and installed the Marines patch Version 1.11 ... Quick Battles are doing weird things, .. my Units (M1A1s) Icons keep changing to question marks (and Tank disappears), .. intermittently .. !! Also, .. when trying to save the game, .. I also get gibberish in the filename field, .. and it cannot be deleted nor changed. Hope they fix it soon .. luv the Quick Battles ... :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 This doesn't sound good at all. Steve has already stated that BFC will look into it. I can assure you I'll be following along and doing anything I can to help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckDodgers Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Just to let you know. The side switching at the start of the QB's doesn't just happen from Blue Force to Red Force but also from Red Force to Blue Force. Whatever side you choose at the beginning will switch to the other at the start of the game... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Try moving or renaming the Modules folder (rename like 'Modules_x') before starting the game. You won't get Marines to play with but you might get QBs working properly. Then reinstall or correctly rename the Modules folder to play proper Marine scenarios. Its less than ideal but it might be a workaround til the coding problem's tracked down... maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Agh! There's nothing more frustrating for a beta tester than seeing players having troubles that he's unable to recreate himself. I feel like I should apologize for not being able to break the game! I've tried a bunch of times to make it happen for me and I can't either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I've tried a bunch of times to make it happen for me and I can't either. I just posted this in another thread, but I have CM:SF on two computers, one at work (one of the only advantages of being self employed!) and one at home. The home computer has this problem, the one at work does not. And I even tried a fresh install with both and still have the problem with the home one, and not the work one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapHappy Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 What are the software/hardware differences between those machines? What video drivers, etc? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 What are the software/hardware differences between those machines? What video drivers, etc? Heres the critical information from my dxdiag report for the computer with no problems: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 1/5/2009, 07:08:48 Machine name: OWNER-CDD39B0E4 Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: alienware System Model: alienware BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 1024MB RAM Page File: 363MB used, 2101MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 6800 GT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F9&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A2 Display Memory: 256.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6218 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 6/29/2007 00:43:00, 5690624 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 6/29/2007 00:43:00, 6807328 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43B9-11CF-FA7B-0B2003C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x00F9 SubSys ID: 0x00000000 Revision ID: 0x00A2 Revision ID: 0x00A2 I will post my home computer information tonight. Hope this helps. Chad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckDodgers Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm not sure if this helps at all but I had the side switching problem everytime I played a QB with 1.11. Last week, I had a bad power supply fry my motherboard and CPU. Last night I finally got all of the smoking parts replaced on my PC. This afternoon, I just got done playing a QB and it DIDN'T switch sides. Now all I did [like replacing all of that was easy and cheap ] was replace a Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 motherboard with a M750SLI-DS4 and a AMD 6400+ BE with an AMD 9950 BE... and the bad power supply as well. I didn't reinstall my OS or anything drastic. I did obviously have to load new drivers for the motherboard and chipset but there wasn't much else that I had to do. Again, I don't know if this helps but it is something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Talk about bad news/good news....Well I'm glad you're up running, but sad you had such a bad time of it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We'll take another look at it! Steve Has Battlefront figured this one out yet? Will it be in the next patch? Is there some fix for this now? I can't play any QBs; I am always switched to the other side. Thanks. Erick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have mentioned it before, but just wanted to note that I have this problem frequently, and have always had it in CMSF (I bought the game after the first patch, I believe). Just last night I went through 5 attempts in a row to start a QB and was switched to the other side everytime. Several of these attempts were with different map and force selections. Another thing to note is that I always know this is going to happen before a scenario even loads, as the loading hangs up and takes forever (for example, last night it stopped at 77% each time for a minute or more before finally loading). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 ...have always had it in CMSF (I bought the game after the first patch, I believe).... Another thing to note is that I always know this is going to happen before a scenario even loads, as the loading hangs up and takes forever (for example, last night it stopped at 77% each time for a minute or more before finally loading). Thank you... I've posted your experience to the beta testers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I have mentioned it before, but just wanted to note that I have this problem frequently, and have always had it in CMSF (I bought the game after the first patch, I believe). Just last night I went through 5 attempts in a row to start a QB and was switched to the other side everytime. Several of these attempts were with different map and force selections. Another thing to note is that I always know this is going to happen before a scenario even loads, as the loading hangs up and takes forever (for example, last night it stopped at 77% each time for a minute or more before finally loading). I tried a few more QB again and paid attention to the load time. I have the same loading issue that you noted; it gets to 77%, then hangs for a while. Then shifts me to the other side. This happens 100% of the time; QB's are completely broken on my machine. One time I had to give it the Ctrl-Alt-Del and end the process. Erick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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