I had to create the options.xml file as there was none. every time I click on PLAY then PLAY NATURAL SELECTION 2 it has the thinking icon come up screen blinks and nothin seems to happen. here are the specs.. paleeese hheelp.
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: OptiPlex 745 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 2.2.0 Processor: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz Memory: 2048MB RAM Available OS Memory: 2038MB RAM Page File: 1188MB used, 2886MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
In the address bar of a folder browser type in %appdata% and post the folder path it takes you to, As well as that do you know if your logging in as administrator?
While I do truly enjoy the sight of the community banding together to help a fellow gamer. . . this game simply isn't going to run on such obsolete hardware. A P4/Semperon class machine with a FX5500 card isn't going to run this game. It can't even do SM3.0. You badly need an upgrade my friend. My machine is a i7 980x with 12 gigs of DDR3 and 2 GTX470's in SLi and I still drop frames on occasion.
May I suggest someone from UWE gives these guys a shout?
<a href="http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/" target="_blank">http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ </a> I've always used it to gauge what my PC can and cannot do.
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idk why anyone is even attempting to assist him like its NOT his setup thats the issue??
your video card is so old it isnt sold ANYWHERE. your video card is so old the nomenclature has come around full circle (5500 to 580 gtx - what you should buy instead) your video card was THEE failure of Nvidia, admitted by themselves multiple times. your video card was the budget version of the worst video card made by this company.
not trying to be a ######, but i am assuming you know this is A) an unoptimized beta and B) your rig is incredibly subpar so why post anything? you can put together a mid range system for 400 to 600$ from new egg that will run anything you'd like at high settings. just saying.. this is the 3rd post in a week thats like this, do people truly not understand a computer is not a console?
Are half the people in this thread trolling? It's entirely his system...it's like a decade old.
What I want to know is why this game runs like ###### on MY system, which even I consider outdated but still manage to run BFBC2/Far Cry 2/Black Ops full settings at 1360x768 with 60FPS. Hell I can even play Crisis 2 at medium settings perfectly and that game is even in a crappy beta state...###### I can run it on high as well but my card just gets hotter than I'm comfortable with.
GPU: 9800GTX+ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16ghz RAM: OCZ 4gb MOBO: Foxconn P45A01 SOUND: Soundblaster Live! Series OS: Windows XP SP3
[EDIT] I really exaggerated too much, I actually can't run NS2 at all lol. I get like 5 FPS amid all the random 1-2 second freezes every once in awhile and after 10 minutes textures start going out of whack and the game unceremoniously CTD. Normally I would just say, oh ###### my card is getting fried, but during windowed the temp was at a cool 69-70 all the way through. I usually have it running at like 79-85 on most of my other games.
IronHorseDeveloper, QA Manager, Technical Support & contributorJoin Date: 2010-05-08Member: 71669Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester, Subnautica PT Lead, Pistachionauts
<!--quoteo(post=1838330:date=Mar 22 2011, 04:06 AM:name=Good_Apollo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Good_Apollo @ Mar 22 2011, 04:06 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1838330"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->after 10 minutes textures start going out of whack and the game unceremoniously CTD. Normally I would just say, oh ###### my card is getting fried, but during windowed the temp was at a cool 69-70 all the way through. I usually have it running at like 79-85 on most of my other games.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
the texture glitching sounds like overheating, improperly seated card, or drivers. thats the temp for your GPU, but whats the temp of your CPU and are you overclocking anything?
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hell I can even play Crisis 2 at medium settings perfectly and that game is even in a crappy beta state..<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Good_Apollo - nice that you pirated their game! :D
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I actually can't run NS2 at all lol. I get like 5 FPS amid all the random 1-2 second freezes every once in awhile and after 10 minutes textures<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Something must be faulty with your hardware or drivers - your gfx card and cpu is more than capable to run the game at least in the 25+ fps region. (my notebook gets around 15 fps [+- 5 fps] low settings in 1650* resolution and only has a 4650m + 1,7ghz i7 720m but windows 7 64bit)
It wasnt a beta it was a demo - at least EA and every download platform(steam, xbox marketplace...) called it crysis 2 demo. (just look into your steam)
Whatever, sure there are enough ways to dodge my comment... - and of course the possibility that im wrong, but for me it sounded like he was referring to the beta leak.
I also made a :D - means i dont care and it was ment more like a joke - and im sure nobody else cares even if it was true.
Its not like UWE forum admins would send his ip to ea just because there is a possibility that he could have downloaded the leak.
PS: Usually Beta = full game but still under development Demo = a presentation of the final game - usually a multiplayer map and/or 1-2 missions of a single player campain
<!--quoteo(post=1844952:date=May 8 2011, 11:13 PM:name=cinar56oto)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cinar56oto @ May 8 2011, 11:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1844952"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->nice song i like it<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
NS2 uses deffered rendering which is a fairly new technique and its really a technique initially developed for XBOX360/PS3 so in PC land its going to require a graphics card that is DX10 generation card not that the game that needs DX10 but generally speaking the GPU's that are DX10 capable are designed to handle this new rendering technique so they perform HEAPS better then DX9 generation cards...
The dev's really need to update their requirements page..
Just for the record the rendering method they are using is totally kick ass and very future proof.
<!--quoteo(post=1845049:date=May 10 2011, 02:28 AM:name=Asraniel)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Asraniel @ May 10 2011, 02:28 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1845049"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->the engine is a DX9 engine<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Read what I said more carefully.
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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: OptiPlex 745
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 2.2.0
Processor: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 1188MB used, 2886MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
I dont know about the administrator. I believe so..
Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > User Accounts will show you if the account your using is administrator
Natural Selection 2 was in that folder..
also
Log:
<b>IDirect3DDevice9::CreateDevice failed (Invalid call)
Error initializing the render device</b>
how do i correct this?
Starting Natural Selection 2
RenderDevice: Intel® Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family (8.14.10.1930)
IDirect3DDevice9::CreateDevice failed (Invalid call)
Error initializing the render device
still the same ..
any more ideas on something i can edit to get it to go?
Starting Natural Selection 2
RenderDevice: Intel® Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family (8.14.10.1930)
IDirect3DDevice9::CreateDevice failed (Invalid call)
Error initializing the render device
still the same ..<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dude, you're trying to play a game on integrated video.
To put it in perspective, people with top-of-the-line computers with badass graphics cards are barely getting smooth playing.
No, it will not. Farmville will. Peggle should. NS2 will not.
Note to others: Integrated Intel GFX chips are the worst at games. They are designed to sell cheap laptops and PCs. Not play games.
If you have a laptop, no NS2 for you. If you have a desktop, buy a Graphics Card.
Is it a desktop PC, if so what are all its hardware specs?, If its a laptop you have not got a chance.
<a href="http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/" target="_blank">http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/
</a>
I've always used it to gauge what my PC can and cannot do.
your video card is so old it isnt sold ANYWHERE.
your video card is so old the nomenclature has come around full circle (5500 to 580 gtx - what you should buy instead)
your video card was THEE failure of Nvidia, admitted by themselves multiple times.
your video card was the budget version of the worst video card made by this company.
not trying to be a ######, but i am assuming you know this is A) an unoptimized beta and B) your rig is incredibly subpar
so why post anything? you can put together a mid range system for 400 to 600$ from new egg that will run anything you'd like at high settings.
just saying.. this is the 3rd post in a week thats like this, do people truly not understand a computer is not a console?
What I want to know is why this game runs like ###### on MY system, which even I consider outdated but still manage to run BFBC2/Far Cry 2/Black Ops full settings at 1360x768 with 60FPS. Hell I can even play Crisis 2 at medium settings perfectly and that game is even in a crappy beta state...###### I can run it on high as well but my card just gets hotter than I'm comfortable with.
GPU: 9800GTX+
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16ghz
RAM: OCZ 4gb
MOBO: Foxconn P45A01
SOUND: Soundblaster Live! Series
OS: Windows XP SP3
[EDIT] I really exaggerated too much, I actually can't run NS2 at all lol. I get like 5 FPS amid all the random 1-2 second freezes every once in awhile and after 10 minutes textures start going out of whack and the game unceremoniously CTD. Normally I would just say, oh ###### my card is getting fried, but during windowed the temp was at a cool 69-70 all the way through. I usually have it running at like 79-85 on most of my other games.
the texture glitching sounds like overheating, improperly seated card, or drivers.
thats the temp for your GPU, but whats the temp of your CPU and are you overclocking anything?
Good_Apollo - nice that you pirated their game! :D
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I actually can't run NS2 at all lol. I get like 5 FPS amid all the random 1-2 second freezes every once in awhile and after 10 minutes textures<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Something must be faulty with your hardware or drivers - your gfx card and cpu is more than capable to run the game at least in the 25+ fps region. (my notebook gets around 15 fps [+- 5 fps] low settings in 1650* resolution and only has a 4650m + 1,7ghz i7 720m but windows 7 64bit)
you do know there was a MP beta for crysis 2, right? he could have been referring to that.
Whatever, sure there are enough ways to dodge my comment... - and of course the possibility that im wrong, but for me it sounded like he was referring to the beta leak.
I also made a :D - means i dont care and it was ment more like a joke - and im sure nobody else cares even if it was true.
Its not like UWE forum admins would send his ip to ea just because there is a possibility that he could have downloaded the leak.
PS:
Usually
Beta = full game but still under development
Demo = a presentation of the final game - usually a multiplayer map and/or 1-2 missions of a single player campain
'Thanks for the share' is changing it up.
NS2 uses deffered rendering which is a fairly new technique and its really a technique initially developed for XBOX360/PS3 so in PC land its going to require a graphics card that is DX10 generation card not that the game that needs DX10 but generally speaking the GPU's that are DX10 capable are designed to handle this new rendering technique so they perform HEAPS better then DX9 generation cards...
The dev's really need to update their requirements page..
Just for the record the rendering method they are using is totally kick ass and very future proof.
Read what I said more carefully.