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BINGO!! Thanks a bunch!! Been driving us nuts!

Hi! I play multiplayer with some friends and suddenly player's names don't appear when placing cursor on them during game play. In fact, we can't even see where we are located on the map when we press "M" during game play. All 5 of us have this problem. Is it a setting??? An addon that screwed things up?? Help is much appreciated since we keep shooting the wrong people!! LOL (and I get blamed).

hey, hey! thanks for the replies. It's definately NOT a heat issue. Game stops even before game starts and i even blew a strong fan for good measure... The matrox i tried crashed too, which i think rules out Nvidia drivers. I've been reading that newer versions of via's 4-in-1 drivers can be to blame. I've reverted back to an earlier version but won't have a chance to try it till my friend comes back from out of town on Sunday. I was SOOOO close to buying new mbo and cpu today... so damn close....... I love you guys.... I mean like, LIIIIKE!!

thanks again for your quick reply. I tried SOCKETS and everything loaded faster and my ping was about 15 points lower. I thought "great, maybe it'll work now." But it still crashed when the game starts. We had another friend host and I didn't crash at all. When I host, i don't crash. I'm soooo close to just buying a new system but i'm afraid to spend $400 on a new mobo and cpu and spend hours getting the system back up only to find i still have the problem. What on earth can be causing these symptoms?? also: - I un-installed (and removed registry entries) both Flashpoint and Resistance and then re-installed them. - i borrowed both another nvidia card (geforce 3) from a friend and a Matrox card from work (thinking it might be solely an nvidia problem) and it still crashed...... I'M GOING MENTAL!! Do the segments from my crash file make sense to anyone?? I'd REALLY appreciate it! Thanks! Questions: IF i buy a new mobo, should i stay away from new VIA's?? I'd rather stick with them so my drivers are all the same. I'm assuming they've come a long way in the passed 2 years..... -Are people crashing to desktop only with via-based boards?? -What if i get a pentium cpu with a VIA board??

thanks for reply. i play using DIRECTPLAY but never tried sockets. Don't know what the diff is........

Hi guys! Been reading SOOOOOOOO many posts but still have problems with Flashpoint Resistance. Does anybody know why I crash to desktopn immediately after a network game starts?? If I host a game, no prob. If my friend hosts the same map, I crash as soon as I'm in the game. Doesn't make sense!! What is the difference whether I host or he hosts?? Is it possible that patch 1.92 is being detected as a "no-cd" crack (since cd is not required) and FADE is kicking in?? Yes, i've tried AAAAALLLL patches, tweaks, settings (windows, bios, game) and even un-installed EVERYTHING from my system. I have ABIT KT7 RAID motherboard (I know about 686 bug, it's solved) and Soundblaster LIVE! (I know about all the issues, I even removed and uninstalled drivers). What on God's green earth is going on?? Geforce 5200 FX, Windows XP.......... Can flashpoint crash file help at all?? Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 00496317 Version 1.92 Fault address: 00496317 01:00095317 C:\GAMES\Flashpoint\FLASHPOINT192BETA.EXE file: Payback (__CUR_MP) world: noe Prev. code bytes: C9 75 04 33 C0 EB 0C 8B 49 08 8B 40 04 8B 49 3C Fault code bytes: 8B 04 81 C2 04 00 8B 4C 24 04 68 D0 E9 7C 00 E8 Registers: EAX:00000000 EBX:1788A600 ECX:00000000 EDX:13BD3A80 ESI:1788A600 EDI:179A7E00 CS:EIP:001B:00496317 SS:ESP:0023:0012F8E0 EBP:0012F928 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000 Flags:00010206 THANKS!!

Hey, guys! Thanks for the replies!! One of my friends keeps making custom maps. He's never had problems with chat. He is usually the server and my ping is anywhere between 105-135 when I play with him. When his friend hosts, my ping jumps to 300!! I don't even bother playing at that point. I never see the connection boxes while playing the game although for some reason I see them sometimes when we're back at the "select your player" page. Wouldn't the lag just let them see my text later? Or does it cut me off completely from the game?? Cause I've played for over 10 minutes without my friend being able to read my text... Is there anything that can be done to help ping?? I've alreaddy tweaked my DSL connection but had to drop my MTU a touch to get a solid connection. My speed is great when downloading files (120K/s). Oh well. I can't answer you question about having a lot of scripts since I'm new to this, but judging from the fact that he's been playing this game for 4 years, I would assume he's making the maps complex. Problem is that now I'm hooked on this game and just want it to work properly. When i started playing a few months ago, it was hell! I was always crashing to desktop and found a few solutions after many hours of reading and testing. Then we found that the major problem was the BAS addons. I think the OPFOR addons in particular. So we deleted them and now nobody crashes anymore. I WANNA PLAY!! I've tasted the blood of my enemy and want more! hehehe. Can't wait to see Flashpoint 2 !

Hi! Been playing Flashpoint for a while but am new to Multiplayer. I play with 2 friends on-line but once in a while something goes wrong with the chat during the game. I either do not receive chat text from my friends or i cannot receive theirs. Happened twice so far. I also noticed that when they couldn't receive my chats, i was un-able to affect anything with the game (ex: shooting someone does not kill them). it's as if i'm no longer in the game. Chat comes back when we exit the game and return to the player setup screen. Anybody know why this is?? THANKS!!

Ruff, setting your voltages higher is not over-clocking your system, but merely ensuring your video card (or cpu, depending which one you up the voltage on) gets the voltage it needs to run. Although right now, i just spent 2 hours troubleshooting my friend's computer (updated bios, motherboard drivers, increased voltages, EVERYTHING) and he still crashes in a particular spot. Turns out he's also using something (i think it's a vehicle) from the BAS addons. It's the only time he crashes. I think there's something wrong with BAS. Can anybody confirm this??

Ruff, can you up the voltage to your video card a touch through the bios?? Try if you can.

AWSOME! I'm glad to see people writing what worked for them. Outrider, some people mentionned problems with too many addons and I removed some and also set my swap file to 1 Gig....didn't work for me, but it's something you may want to try. Did you try the suggestion of removing all addons and putting them back a few at a time?? Maybe there's a corrupt addon or maybe one that conflicts with another?? Anyway, good call on the memory and DirectX problems!!

Thanks, Placebo! Â I only hope someone out there will find this info useful. Â I registered on this site just so i could post these tips. Â What really ticked me off was that even after registering and logging in, I kept getting messages telling me that I didn't have permission to create a new thread or even to post a reply. Â It took a few days before I was able to post Since the only problem my system had was with Flashpoint, I partially blamed Codemasters for buggy software (at first). Â Then I looked at Microsoft...then SoundBlaster...then VIA....but I never would have suspected my Gravis gamepad! Â And I'm sure the guys at Codemasters have been scratching their heads trying to figure-out why people are having so many problems, but it is completely IMPOSSIBLE for them to know all the hardware and software and patches (ETC, ETC) that people have installed on their systems so they can narrow the problems. Â Besides, even when people post their system specs, how many people include their gamepad?? Â Since I'm new to this whole Flashpoint thing, can someone tell me if this an official Codemasters (or Bohemia??) forum? Â Do the creators read these posts? Â I want these findings posted on every damn Flashpoint board, website and FAQ cause I don't want anybody to go through all the hours I've spent searching for answers..... Â Trust me, I don't care about the credit (nobody even knows my real name) and I'm sure I'm not the only person on the planet to find these solutions, but I was truly disgusted at how many countless posts listed the SAME PROBLEMS and NEVER and solutions! Â It made me more and more angry at Codemasters (to be honest). Â I owe them an apology. Â Sorry, Codemasters! Â I'm actually PLAYING the game instead of troubleshooting it and I'm so HAPPY! Â Let's not stop here, though. Â These were solutions that worked for ME and MY system. Â I want people to post here what worked (and DIDN'T work) for them. Â We need to end the constant bombardment of posts asap. Â Happy gaming!!

Hi. Â My friend recently lent me his Flashpoint and Resistance CD's so I could play with him and his buddies. Â What an experience I had tracking the bugs!! Â I've read SOOOOO much (including MANY posts on this board) and tried SOOOO many things but never read any definitive answers. Â I finally weeded-out all my bugs and decided to share them with you. Â PLEASE POST IF ANY OF THESE HAS WORKED FOR YOU!! Â And don't blame Codemasters...I'm sure they're trying their best, but as you'll soon find out, my biggest problems had nothing to do with the game itself.....Read-on. 1) GAME STOPS LOADING AND ALL YOU SEE IS A BLACK (OR ORANGE) SCREEN: This is most likely caused by addons requiring a later version of resistance than you have currently installed. Â If you don't want to update, place your addons (except O.PBO and O_WP.PBO) in a seperate folder and re-start the game. Â If the game loads fine, exit the game and put several addons at a time back in the RES\ADDONS folder and see if the game loads. Â Keep doing this unitil you weed-out which addons stall the game at startup. 2) CANNOT MAP MEMORY error: Install and use resistance beta patch 1.92. Â It solves this problem. Â Note that installing the 1.92 patch will create a NEW executable file called FLASHPOINT192BETA.EXE which must be run to start the game. Â So loading any shortcuts you may have already made will only load an older version of resistance. Â If you plan on playing multiplayer, all players must upgrade to 1.92. Â Make sure you fully read the 1.92 documentation. 3) 2 MOUSE CURSORS: Â This problem came out of nowhere, until I found that it had to do with me changeing the REFRESH RATE in the VIDEO OPTIONS within Resistance (NOT Windows refresh rate settings). Â If I lower the REFRESH RATE to 70, I get 2 cursors, but not at 72. Â Increase the refresh rate 1 step at a time until the secondary cursor is gone. 4) SCRATCHY OR STATIC SOUND: Â Try enabling EAX (if your soundcard supports it) in the AUDIO OPTIONS within Resistance. Â That worked for me, but may not work for you. Â Try it and see. 5) IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH: I actually got this several times in XP and much more often while playing Flashpoint. Â The errors pointed to 1 of the 3 following files: CTAUDIO.SYS, SYSAUDIO.SYS, or NTXPGP.SYS. Â Since the first 2 files listed here are audio related, I was suspecting my soundcard (ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE SB LIVE! AND VIA 686 CHIPSET). Â The third file I listed (NTXPGP.SYS) was found in my GRAVIS folder. Â After doing many searches for XP Gravis problems, I came across only 1 result (in German, no less!) where someone had the same problem. Â He uninstalled Gravis Experience and the problem went away. Â I left the software installed but stopped Gravis from loading GRXP4EXE.EXE at startup (hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and check your processes to see if it's running). Â I tested it that way for a week and NEVER got another IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL error again. Â Note that other software/hardware can cause this error (EX: Roxio CD CREATOR 4 is not compatible with XP, un-install or upgrade if you've got it). Â 6) GAME CRASHES TO DESKTOP (ESPECIALLY IN MULTIPLAYER): This ended-up being an older NVIDIA driver that I had installed. Â NVIDIA released new drivers (for GEFORCE and others) August 17. Â They work great for me and I can finally play multiplayer!! Â Try them if you've got an NVIDIA card or a GEFORCE card. Â If not, find the latest drivers for your specific display adapter. Â If you still crash, you may want to: - update your motherboard bios (newer releases handle GEFORCE cards much better) - update your motherboard drivers - set your AGP DRIVE STRENGTH to EF in your bios 7) SYSTEM BECOMES EXTREMELY SLOW WHEN PLAYING OR CLOSING GAME: I had no idea what was going on. Â I exited and Windows came to a crawl. Â There weren't any unusual processes running in the background and my CPU usage was hitting almost 90% while doing NOTHING! Â I was plaing multiplayer when it occured again. Â My video and sound were both extremely choppy. Â I decided to hit ALT-ESCAPE (brings you back to Windows) and disable my Soundblaster soundcard in the DEVICE MANAGER to see if it was causing the problems. Â But when I clicked the PLUS next to SOUND, VIDEO AND GAME CONTROLLERS, I saw that Gravis Gameport was listed (twice, actually) and decided to disable those first. Â I disabled 1 and my system was still slow. Â When I disable the other of the 2 Gravis entries, my system was back to normal. Â That's the problem (AGAIN).Remove your Gravis gamepad and un-install Gravis experience and see if your problems stop. Â I'm shocked that Gravis has nothing on the problems that their Experience software is having in XP. PS: Hey, Francois.....I'm not crashing anymore!! Â Sorry for putting-up with that!