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Help please!!!
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| picks |
Posted on 25-06-2008 23:36
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I'm not good with the technicalities of computer so you'll have to forgive me if the answer to this is simple.
I've loaded the game onto my mates laptop after it didn't work on mine (due to my laptop being, well, a bit crap). All the game loaded up well and as a stage was loading it looked hopeful but when it got to the race it appeared as though the screen was just blue with all the right controls round the side. I could still control all my cyclists but i couldn't see them which, obvisously, made the game unplayable.
I tried track cycling which threw up didfferent problems. The game loaded up almost perfectly with one flaw- the riders were invisible. This is different to the race as the graphics loaded up almost perfectly except the fact the riders were absent. the only way i knew where the riders were were small balck spots (maybe the shadow of the font wheel) on the track.
Anyone know if there is a simple way to solves this? As it's not my computer I'm not sure about graphics cards etc but would the race screen load without the appropriate graphics card?
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 25-06-2008 23:39
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It's because of your graphics card. What is it?
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Posted on 25-06-2008 23:51
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I've followed instructions from elsewhere using the control panel to check which graphics card the laptop has and apparently it's a SiS mirage graphics card. Is this not good enough? |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 00:00
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It doesn't sounds good
But I'll let a proper graphics-card-whizz tell you for certain
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Posted on 26-06-2008 00:40
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I responded to your question in the other thread, but incase you don't see it, here is my answer:
No. Sorry to be blunt but the SiS Mirage cards are just not cut out for modern 3D games. There is a big difference between the different versions of Mirage cards though (1, 2 and 3, with 3 being the latest released), although even 3rd version will struggle to run games just a few years old. Sorry, but it ain't a gaming card
Looks like you'll have to find another rig to play it on. |
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Posted on 26-06-2008 00:56
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Okay, cheers for your reply (on both threads).
Does anyone know the cheapest graphics cards I could buy which would allow me to play the game?
Thanks for your time |
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Posted on 26-06-2008 01:03
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Nvidia 7600GT, bought mine from PC World for about £60
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Posted on 26-06-2008 17:46
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Addy291 wrote:
Nvidia 7600GT, bought mine from PC World for about £60
Although if your planning to play it on your laptop then you won't be able to just go out and buy a graphics card because it wont fit. |
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Posted on 26-06-2008 17:47
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Yes, that's a good point
My 7600GT was for my desktop, which I don't play PCM on for some reason.
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Posted on 26-06-2008 17:51
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Addy291 wrote:
Yes, that's a good point
My 7600GT was for my desktop, which I don't play PCM on for some reason.
I did think it was a bit odd, you having that card and yet still playing the game on your laptop! You prefer to let the intel card take the strain, eh? Poor thing, its overworked while the 7600 GT sits idle! Heartless, Addy, heartless!  |
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:00
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Does anybody know where i can get win rar or something like that for free so i can extract my files onto pcm08 for the database i have downloaded off here?
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:02
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Smitho wrote:
Does anybody know where i can get win rar or something like that for free so i can extract my files onto pcm08 for the database i have downloaded off here?
Thanks
www.rarlabs.com
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:05
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you deserve hero status thanks alot |
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:12
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says their is an error when i click extract and comes up with like 1,000 errors |
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:18
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that means the download is corrupted. download again.
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Posted on 28-06-2008 19:19
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ok will try again |
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Posted on 29-06-2008 10:29
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i have tryed downloading it again and with flashget and it still wont do it  im not happy!! Wt shud i try to do nw? |
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Posted on 29-06-2008 10:47
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the file's corrupted again? does that happen with all your downloads?
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Posted on 29-06-2008 11:02
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No only this one i downloaded the one for the last pcm fine |
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Posted on 30-06-2008 23:07
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picks wrote:
Okay, cheers for your reply (on both threads).
Does anyone know the cheapest graphics cards I could buy which would allow me to play the game?
Thanks for your time
no need to buy stuff. check the help me topic, look at what Cruetrue has said
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