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Thanks for the advice Mr Burns, but I've decided to un-install it. I'm happy with the other games I've got, and have had a few more looks around the forum, and there does seem to be lots of different problems people have. So I'll just stick to what works for me I think. Cheers anyway.

huh, where´d that come from  I´m happy with OFP and with BIS aswell. Never had a game as good as OFP with such a long playability. Maybe OFP has some Probs with newer Videocards but, hell, it´s an almost 3  years old game and the developer still cares about the community and fixes bugs for free ! regarding ofp´s todays retail prices and what you get for your money i can´t understand what you´re complaining about... and welcome to the forums  ..if i forgot to say anything i come back  Hi Mister burns, thanks for the welcome. I didn't realise the game was 3 years old, it looks a lot newer than that. Even so though, no matter how much it costs, you expect it to work, but it does explain why it might have probs with newer graphics cards. Maybe this new style packing could have had a warning about nVidia cards on it, that would help keep people from buying it who it wasn't suitable for. Like I say, I have downloaded the patches they've done but it doesn't work. Best just put it down to experience I think. The other games I bought have an nVidia logo on the box, and specifically say they suited to it. So maybe thats the thing to look out for in future. Cheers.

First of all, I wasn't shooting my mouth off at all, just stating facts, and came to the manufacturers site hoping to find a fix, not find more people with the same fault. I don't care whether you work in It or not, a lot of users don't, and shouldn't be expected to know lots of techie stuff to get games to work. Hence the fuel and engine analogy. Another way to put it could be that to drive a car, the driver shouldn't need to also be a mechanic. He should to be able to drive the car without having to know the inner workings of it. I've since bought Delta Force Black Hawk Down too, again no problems with this either. It runs like a dream, and the multiplayer function works fine. So out of three war games, OFP is the only one to cause problems. Plus other games on the PC work fine too, some are even old ones off my old PC. I wasn't slagging the game off, I'd really like it to work as well as the others do, but it doesn't, and asking people to spend money upgrading hardware, when other games play on it perfectly isn't the answer to me. And yes, it should be fit for purpose, or if there are known problems as there obviously are looking on here, then it should say on the box, "Not suitable for nVidia Graphics cards" or similar. My PC exceeds all the specs quoted on the packaging, which is all buyers have to go by. But I wasn't shooting my mouth off, as you put it.

Thanks for the replies guys. Like I said in the previous post, I did read the threads first, thats how I knew about these issues. The things you mention are all well and good, but the majority of pc users are not techies, and wouldn't know where to start doing the things required....nor should they have to really. You don't expect all car drivers to also be a mechanic. If you buy a game, you should be able to just put it in and run it, not have to stick your head under the bonnet. Imagine if cars were like this, you buy some dodgy fuel, but the fuel company says its ok...you just need to change your engine to use it....yeah right. I fix things for a living, I don't want to have to start fixing things at home just to get one game to work, or have the expense of changing parts on a pc to get one game to work either. Maybe the game does test all parts of the pc, but so does video editing which I mainly got this pc for. That hasn't caused any problems or spontaneousl rebooting. It's also weird that it seems to happen when you get to a certain point in the game too...the last one I remember, I forget the mission name now, was where you start off near a beach. You have to drive up to your troopsin a jeep and get in the nearby lorries and drive off to the town. As you get to two roadsigns just as you leave the village you are on the outskirts of, it seems to trigger the reboot as you pass the roadsigns. Like I said, this is why I stopped playing games on my last PC about 4 yrs ago. I thought the situation would have improved by now, but it seems PC gaming still has all the old problems (and I'm not just referring to this game here, it seems to be a common thing of a lot of pc games). You spend lots of time sorting problems out just to get the thing to work, instead of playing the game......which is probably why the console market is so strong. Imagine if the console market had the same problems with being able to play games. I know the situation is different there though, as the game designers know people will all be using the same hardware on a console.

Hi, I'm new to Operation Flashpoint. I was desperate to post the problems its causing on a brand new PC after seeing this thread, but its taken FIVE days for my account to be activated so I can post messages. I'm very disappointed to see all the problems people have, and losing data from the hard disk is unacceptable (another thread). I'm considering taking the game back to the store as it's "not fit for purpose". The main problems I have seem to be covered in this thread. Brand new PC, and I've had the green screen problem a couple of times. Game locks the whole computer up if I click on the Multiplayer option (one thing I was looking forward to being able to try). When playing the same in single player, the sound will start to go slowly all of a sudden, and sometimes the PC just reboots for no apparaent reason mid-game. I've downloaded the patches available, and updated the driver to the latest one (1.94beta), but no difference. I saw the add-ons folder mentioned, mine stands at around 50mb, just what is made at install, nothing extra in it. From the limited use I've had from the game, I was very impressed with the graphics and game play, but these major problems make it just not worth the hassle unless BHI has a cure. I was very surprised to see so many people with the same problem on that thread. Everthing else works fine on the PC, and a similar game I bought at the same time (Conflict Desert Storm) works fine. So it's obviously a fault in the game. The PC rebooting spontaneously is particularly worrying in case it does any long term damage to this new PC. The PC should easily handle the game I think, spec below: P4 3.06 W XP Home 160gb HD 512mb DDR Ram 256mb NVidia FX5600 I'd like to get the game working properly, but reading this forum it doesn't look like its going to happen. I'll post in the FX5600 thread too, as most of this post is more appropriate to there. Needless to say, I'm a bit disappointed in this game, it reminds me of why I never used to play PC games on my old PC, too much hassle having to alter your system just to get games to work, seems better on a console. Just stick it in and play. I didn't get this PC to play games on really, more for video editing, but thought I'd get this game as I like army ones, and I thought the PC would handle it no problem, which it should by rights. I have no problems with anything else. Thanks, Mark.

I'm new to Operation Flashpoint, but the way this forum appears to be run doesn't give the impression of it being the official forums. I was desperate to post the problems its causing on a brand new PC, and its taken FIVE days for my account to be activated so I can post messages. I run a number of forums, and make a point of activating accounts within hours, not days. I've very disappointed to see all the problems people have, and losing data from the hard disk is unacceptable. I'm considering taking the game back to the store as it's "not fit for purpose". The main problems I have seem to be covered in the nVidia FX5600 thread. Brand new PC, and I've had the green screen problem a couple of times. Game locks the whole computer up if I click on the Multiplayer option (one thing I was looking forward to being able to try). When playing the same in single player, the sound will start to go slowly all of a sudden, and sometimes the PC just reboots for no apparaent reason mid-game. I've downloaded the patches available, and updated the driver to the latest one (1.94beta), but no difference. I saw the add-ons folder mentioned, mine stands at around 50mb, just what is made at install, nothing extra in it. From the limited use I've had from the game, I was very impressed with the graphics and game play, but these major problems make it just not worth the hassle unless BHI has a cure. I was very surprised to see so many people with the same problem on that thread. Everthing else works fine on the PC, and a similar game I bought at the same time (Conflict Desert Storm) works fine. So it's obviously a fault in the game. The PC rebooting spontaneously is particularly worrying in case it does any long term damage to this new PC. The PC should easily handle the game I think, spec below: P4 3.06 W XP Home 160gb HD 512mb DDR Ram 256mb NVidia FX5600 I'd like to get the game working properly, but reading this forum it doesn't look like its going to happen. I'll post in the FX5600 thread too, as most of this post is more appropriate to there. Needless to say, I'm a bit disappointed in this game, it reminds me of why I never used to play PC games on my old PC, too much hassle having to alter your system just to get games to work, seems better on a console. Just stick it in and play. I didn't get this PC to play games on really, more for video editing, but thought I'd get this game as I like army ones, and I thought the PC would handle it no problem, which it should by rights. I have no problems with anything else. Thanks, Mark.