FOF -- Unplayable for me

[TRuschak]

I can't play the game! I get many random hard lockups and have to reset. I've tried all the suggestions I've seen -- changing the bit depth on my display, disabling acceleration, killing off background processes, etc, but nothing helps.

I can usually play for about 10 minutes or so, then I get a lockup -- seemingly always in a different place. Any plans for a patch, or should I just return this thing?

Tom

Athlon 950
512Mb memory
2x40Gb disk
Voodoo5
SB Live

latest drivers for everything, etc.

[Riggo]

You're not alone. Many are having the same issue. This is significant. Can't blame it on the "systems". It's defintely the game...working with the systems.

[Lynn Dickey]

It seems that most of the people experiencing lockups are using Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, and Voodoo 5 cards. In some (maybe most) cases this can be resolved by lowering hardware acceleration and/or Disabling DirectDraw/Direct3D acceleration.

[TRuschak]

Not for me... I tried those suggestions without effect. Any others?

Tom

[sachmo71]

Have you reinstalled since then? Make sure you defrag your drive before you do...I know this sounds like crap, but trust me, it will work 90% of the time if you defrag before install.

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[WorkingAntmeister]

This doesn't work for me. My computer is set to defrag every night. I used the other suggestions as well and I still crash. I have a Voodoo 3 2000 card running on a Pentium II-300. I have the latest drivers. I turned down my hardware acceleration and I have disabled my direct draw. This shouldn't be the case of video card incompatibility if I can use any other software package on my computer with no problem. This is the only game that I am having problems with. This should have been tested by their Quality Control/Assurance department.

[TRuschak]

Sachmo,

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I tried it and it didn't work. Any others?

Thanks,
Tom

[NoMyths]

TRuschak --

Just noticed that you're stationed in Lafayette...also IN? If so, do you have an email address I could reach you at? Can't really help out with the lockups, though.