Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 Hi there, I have been using v0.1 without problems on Windows XP Pro. Rather than mess around when it came to trying v0.2 i reinstalled Vice City and then the new MTA. When i got connected to a server and clicked start game, the computer reboots! Every time without fail. I have tried many many things, including different .exe's, compatibility mode reinstalling etc. but no go at all. Nobody seems to know about or have experienced this problem, please help P.S. Vice City runs perfectly when launched from it's own exe for single play. James.
xzero Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 lol so ur saying when u click start game ur computer just turn off and restarts? lol that's weird ... Im sorry never came across this problem or the solution
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 Yep thats exactly what i am saying, cool huh?
tjaisv Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 Does MTA or Windows give u any errors before it reboots? Do you have any other applications running at the same time? Please post your system specs too.
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 I tried closing all programs down but no change. I don't receive an error, i just clicked start game... a few secs pass, and (i assume) vice city attempts to read the cdrom... and boom, it reboots. Like i say, loading the game normally for single play is fine. My specs are: Intel P4 2.7Ghz Asus P4T533-C 512MB PC1066 RDRAM ATi Radeon 9700 Pro Creative Audigy Platinum 6 x U2W SCSI 10K Hard Disks and CDRom, DVD, CDRW. 56k Modem P.S. i tried a cr##k also but this made no difference so i went back to the original exe. Blah... Windows XP Pro.
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 It's just like me to encounter the weirder problems
justadamnperson Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 if you are using windows 2000 or xp, go to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > advanced tab, startup and recovery. in the middle, uncheck automatically reboot. now instead of rebooting, you should get a blue screen with some kind of driver name and then you should be able to narrow down to what might be conflicting.
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 I just disabled automatic restart, rebooted and then tried MTA again. instead of rebooting i got a pure blue screen, no text... no nuffin. Just a blue screen. Then i had to hit reset.
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 I had the SAme pb with vice city : Pb comes from the drivers for cards ATI it will seem that driver ATI CATALYST 3.5 make plant MTA during the launching of VICE CITY , drivers CATALYST 3.6 WORK PERFECTLY
Guest Posted September 21, 2003 Posted September 21, 2003 Ya my PC sometimes also reboots, it disconnect from the internet 1st then reboots, or it just disconnect. Any help ?
me Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Wolverine: Did you start a new game before trying to run MTA:VC? GTA:VC has to set the textures correctly for your vid card, so you have to run SP at least once.
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 the problem come from the drivers video CARD ATI (catalyst 3.5 not work ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cerbera Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I had this problem too. I thought the install of GTA: Vice I had was clean, but either because I'd changed the folder name or had done a modification I couldn't remember, the "GTA:VC version has been modified" error message came up when I pressed "Start Game" and located the GTAVC.EXE program. I solved this by doing a completely new install from the CD to the default install directory, uninstalled MTAVC and re-installed it to this totally fresh new Vice install.
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Yes i have ran the game normally first before trying MTA... i'll get the CAT 3.6's now and see if they make any difference. Will post back with my results. Thanks, James.
RandysWay Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I got ATI Radeon 9700 Pro also; I use the Cat1.6 drivers and I got no problems.
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Yes i have ran the game normally first before trying MTA... i'll get the CAT 3.6's now and see if they make any difference. Will post back with my results.Thanks, James. Sooo what`s happened...? I have the same problem, need a clue....
TURB®B Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I got this problem....AND NOBODY HELPS.... I´ve STARTED VC FROM MTA...when i see the CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN IT CRASHES and i have to restart my pc... And yes, i have restarted VC and changed the gxt´s files. i dont have mods of any tipe and i made me sure the VC directory gots the following archives in data/mta.scm MTA/american.gxt mta_dll.dll i have made all kind of things and nothig ********************PLEASE HELP****************************** *sorry for my bad english*
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Hey, hold up guys i'm on 56K modem you know 22.6MB, 71% done... i'll post back as soon as i can.
TURB®B Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 ooh!!! thanx...at last someone helps me oh my god i vant believe it man really nobody help at servers...they are too bussy playing to answer some questions..................... A LOT OF THANKS MAN........ill never forget.......(tears of happiness man)
Cray Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Maybe you should post here what you had to do to fix your problem so others can also fix theirs (if they havent already).
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 The Cat 3.6's did the trick, thanks to everyone who posted... i hope this thread will help others who have this problem Bye, James.
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Mine doesn't give a reboot, but I have to reboot to make it work again.
Guest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 The Cat 3.6's did the trick, thanks to everyone who posted... i hope this thread will help others who have this problem Bye, James. It sure did...I used 3.7 and it works like a dream. THANKS ALOT!!
Guest Posted September 29, 2003 Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) I have the same problem as topic starter. This is really ***** annoying it seemed nobody had this problem, but then i found this topic. I tried everything, formatted hard disk and installed gta vc and mta but it didn't work so i knew it had to be a driver problem. So tomorrow i'll try and install other drivers from ati, just as joko.gsc said. I have an ati 9800SE but it has the same drivers as the 9700 anyway. Edited October 2, 2003 by Guest
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