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BackAlley
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Joined: September 24, 2002
Posts: 203
From: Pittsburgh,Pa. USA
Posted: 2003-03-10 10:22   
My friend has a Compaq computer with a s3graphics prosavage DDR. when he gets into Darkspace his ship will not turn or when it does it jumps from place to place, He has no control over it whatsoever. He just got verizon DSL and the same problem happens. Does anybody know what the problem is. If its the prosavage what can we do to fix or change the sit.
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BackAlley
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Joined: September 24, 2002
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From: Pittsburgh,Pa. USA
Posted: 2003-03-10 10:28   
Ps. we already tried tweaking the setup client, unless we missed somthing.

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Bumblebee
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Joined: May 31, 2001
Posts: 2256
From: Switzerland
Posted: 2003-03-11 08:23   
a bit strange all in all

on wich OS you "drive"??

i know, the prosavage is not what i would call a "high-speed" VID-solution

do you have it on the laptop - or is it a desktop-solution??

first step i would take (if not notebook) is to install a vid-card in the AGP-slot and, if needed, deactivate the onboard-chip

keep me informed - tnx.
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Serapis
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Joined: July 09, 2002
Posts: 73
From: Europe
Posted: 2003-03-11 08:28   
Do u have installed DirX8x ?
I encountered a similar problem, when I forgot to install DirX on a clean, new system before starting DS.
There was no warning, that I had not installed DirX

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Neon Samurai
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Joined: December 25, 2001
Posts: 146
From: Canada
Posted: 2003-03-11 16:28   
It may also be a packet loss problem with his net connection, a way of finding out if its his network connection is for him to try playing the tutorials and see if he has the same problem (since the server the tutorial gets hosted on is your own computer).

As others said check the directx version, i would recommend the final version of dx 8.1 and also make sure his video card drivers are up to date.
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Neon Samurai
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Joined: December 25, 2001
Posts: 146
From: Canada
Posted: 2003-03-11 16:36   
Oh ya also run the video card thru the directx tests (click on start, run, then enter in dxdiag).

Odds are though that he will need to pick up a proper video card and disable the onboard video if its not a internet connection problem (i have yet to see an onboard video solution that was at all good for gaming)
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Intrepid00
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Joined: March 29, 2002
Posts: 397
Posted: 2003-03-11 16:38   
Check your Hardware Manager and see that you don't have your video card driver uninstalled and also try updating. In fact, I suggest updating all drivers from your computer manufactor. One of the drivers that compaq released ( I know cause I owned one) really screwed up DirectX when you went to play games.
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Chromix
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Joined: June 29, 2001
Posts: 3052
Posted: 2003-03-11 17:32   
I think regardless of your gfx card, or even if you unplug your internet connection while playing, you'll still be able to turn your ship for some time until it times out.
Maybe the keyboard got remapped (either by the OS or within darkspace) ?
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BackAlley
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Joined: September 24, 2002
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From: Pittsburgh,Pa. USA
Posted: 2003-03-11 17:40   
1 of the test, on the dxdiag did fail the other day. I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet but it sounds like you guys hit it on the head. Will let you know as soon as he gets back, Hey guys Thanks for answering this post.

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Smith
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Joined: October 13, 2002
Posts: 320
From: Pittsburgh
Posted: 2003-03-11 17:43   
i can tell u right now pro savage cards are crap.they r bottom of the barrell crap.get a new vid card fast!!!!
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Aspro
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Joined: April 09, 2002
Posts: 75
From: Belgium
Posted: 2003-03-11 19:17   
I have the same problem and its the internet connection i cant play the first hour with my keyboard only with my mouse when i hit a key everything freezes i must reboot my sys and wait until the net letting me thrue. I have ADSL, almost have tried everything and nothing helps. The provider thinks about distance between my home and the ADSLprovider.
Weird he

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Chromix
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Joined: June 29, 2001
Posts: 3052
Posted: 2003-03-12 03:48   
I think your internet connection doesn't mind if you use a mouse, keyboard, stick or wheel for input
Maybe you've your LAN-Card on the same interrupt as your mouse or some other crap that shouldn't happen ...
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Keja Dogo {C?} (Master windoo)
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Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 268
Posted: 2003-03-12 04:08   
Well setup doesn't run unless you have direct X, and DS "shouldn't"/normally doesn't run unless you've run setup...
So serapis, i don't know how you ran it with out Direct X... er yeah
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