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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-04-2013 00:51
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When I start PCM and press play, a black screen flashes like it's starting and then goes off. No error message or sounds. I recently installed a new graphics card, so maybe that has something to do with it? I've tried to do it from the start file, the menu and all possiblilities. Any help?
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 03-04-2013 00:58
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That used to happen to me and I just reinstalled the game. Thats the only way I could find out how to do it
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| TTspecialist |
Posted on 03-04-2013 00:59
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Also had that when i installed PCM11 again,few days ago... |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-04-2013 01:07
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I've never had this problem before and I don't want to install again. Any ideas?
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| Lachi |
Posted on 03-04-2013 09:44
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The problem could come from a wrong configuration due to the new graphics card.
Maybe deleting or better renaming the config file somewhere in my documents\pcm11\ will work. I guess it is called graphicconfig.xml or similar.
Edited by Lachi on 03-04-2013 09:46
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-04-2013 01:23
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Lachi wrote:
The problem could come from a wrong configuration due to the new graphics card.
Maybe deleting or better renaming the config file somewhere in my documents\pcm11\ will work. I guess it is called graphicconfig.xml or similar.
Should I just delete it and it will make a new one when I restart?
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| Lachi |
Posted on 04-04-2013 09:09
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As far as I know, it will be created, if missing. But I am not sure, that's why I said, better rename it.
Edited by Lachi on 04-04-2013 09:37
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-04-2013 12:24
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Thanks, I'll try that. 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-04-2013 21:37
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It worked, thanks for your help!
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| Lachi |
Posted on 05-04-2013 21:48
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Welcome. Don't forget to check the options, in case something beside the graphical options got reset. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-05-2013 21:30
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I'm having another tech issues and didn't want to start a new thread. When I try to start PCM,, I get a loading cursor for a couple of seconds, but then nothing happens. When I try to start it again, and error message comes up saying the prgram is already running. Yet nothing happens, and I can't play. It's just not playing. I've tried from the direct application, autorun, and shortcuts, all with the same result. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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| Lachi |
Posted on 25-05-2013 21:48
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It could be related to a broken save or a broken local.cdb. The fastest way to check it is renaming the pcm11 folder in my documents and then restarting the game. If it runs fine, you can copy the needed files from the renamed folders to the newly created folders one by one and see if it still works. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-05-2013 22:26
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Can I just copy all the folders inside my old Docs folder and delete the existing folers in the new one, then copy over the old folders? Or do I need to do every single one individually?
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| Lachi |
Posted on 25-05-2013 22:56
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I assume that the game runs again, which is great.
But that means that at least one old file is broken and therefore copying everything would be a bad idea. I don't understand the rest of your post.
But basically you only need your saves, which are here: my documents\renamed folder\users\your name\database\solo\name of DB\. It should not be too hard to copy one by one to see if they work.
If you installed a DB like the daily-DB, you also need the local.cdb from the pack. But you should be able to find that file somewhere in these forums (ask CrueTrue). |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-05-2013 23:07
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I've installed tons of DBs, patches. I have tons of saves and there are folders in the old folder that don't even exist in the wnew one.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-05-2013 01:50
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I copied them, but they don't show up in game. Since I shouldn't copy the whole folders I just copied the files to PCM11>users>Pickles312>Database>solo
I successfully got my databases over and they show up in game. But my saves do not. I noticed that folder (solo) groups saves by database, but since those folders are not there (besides official release), I just stuck it in solo. They still don't show up in-game though. What should I do?
By the way, thank you for your help on this stuff.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-05-2013 02:55
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Nevermind, I fixed it. I just created a new save with the daily DB so a folder would be made and stuffed the saves in their. It works fine now.
Thanks again for your help.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 23-07-2014 23:56
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It's time for another episode of reusing old threads.
So this time it was really my fault. I was in a situation where I only had PCM 11 but I got bored of playing my old, long career. So I figured I'd spice it up by downloading the Nos Legendes DB. What I forgot about is that it changes the GUI of your game.
When I had transferred it it had asked me to replace files. I did it, but now that I saw this background I wanted to go back. Since I replaced the real ones, I tried to restore the folders to a previous version, but all I could do was "undo move." SO I did that.
Then when i launched my game I got "PCM Has Stopped Working" before even the opening video came up. I tried several times and restarted my PC.
At this point I figured I would cut my losses and did a fulls system restore on my PC to last night. I thought that would make everything go back to normal, but it still doesn't work, and I've put way too much time into that PCM 11 to let it go.
So that's why I revive another dead thread to spare making a new one. What do you guys think I should do?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-07-2014 15:07
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Sorry for the careless bump but this kind of post usually slips through the cracks and I'd like a response during this busy time on site.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-07-2014 17:05
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Another shameless bump. i hate doing it but this has to be on the front page for anybody to see it in the PCM 11 section.
Shouldn't doing a full system restore fix the problem?
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