I see a moon.... that is all : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:21 am

So... midnight release... and i click new game to get a shiny new moon, then a game crash. this feels like a DX10 failure to me, any suggestions, just bought this new laptop so it may have been something simple i've just forgotten.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:44 am

Does it have an Intel Graphics chipset?

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:02 am

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» Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:05 am

High-end game... laptop...

Something does not compute.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:40 am

High-end game... laptop...

Something does not compute.

Thats why we need to know what GPU he has.

A lot of new Laptops are shipping with the best processors, loads of RAM and the fluffy, fancy bells........and a rather crappy Intel Chipset.

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:38 pm

I'm getting the exact same problem. My graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 5730...also using a laptop. I can run Fallout 3 just fine btw.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:06 am

Can't be a DX10 failure... It does not use DX10.
(DX9 coexists)

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:33 pm

this is a link to my laptop that i just bought
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146850

and i believe i too have the 5730

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:48 am

try turning the graphics down, running in 800x600, changing the LOD etc. They upped the texture resolution in NV, and have much more going on in the way of NPCs.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:40 am

Thats why we need to know what GPU he has.

A lot of new Laptops are shipping with the best processors, loads of RAM and the fluffy, fancy bells........and a rather crappy Intel Chipset.

All the fancy bells... except discrete VRAM (usually)

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:58 am

tried it in super-low mode with everything off, still crashes at that point.

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:10 pm

tried it in super-low mode with everything off, still crashes at that point.

Hmm. Try right clicking the game in steam and going under properties. Find the Verify option. Perhaps a file got mangled - it can happen (RAM failures happen - you could have gotten unlucky and got a bitflip during copy/decrypt)

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:05 am

Can't even get past the moon on the lowest settings, and 800x600. FalloutNV has stopped working

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I'm almost certain my laptop is capable of playing this too...

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:12 am

Your computer should absolutely be capable of running this. I feel a little frightened now, since you got a better graphic card than me...

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:59 am

so, it says "1 files failed to validate and will be re-acquired" then it downloads something, then i run the game and it crashes at the moon again. then i verify again and it says 1 file failed to validate.... and so on and so forth, do i need to restart my computer somewhere in there?

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:16 pm

Hmm. Try right clicking the game in steam and going under properties. Find the Verify option. Perhaps a file got mangled - it can happen (RAM failures happen - you could have gotten unlucky and got a bitflip during copy/decrypt)

I did this, and it said one file failed to verify. I got my hopes up because I figured that was the problem...anyways it re-downloaded and the same thing happens.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:11 am

interestingly, if i ask it to verify immediately after it has just verified, it still says 1 file failed to verify and it would be re-downloaded, despite just having downloaded that file.

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:32 pm

this is a link to my laptop that i just bought
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146850

and i believe i too have the 5730

Heh...I have the same exact laptop...and I've had problems related to the video card in the past.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:49 am

Heh...I have the same exact laptop...and I've had problems related to the video card in the past.

only problems i've had is i've had to run assassins creed in its dx_9 mode instead of dx_10.and i had to download some newer C++ components, since the computer came with them from 2005.

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:51 pm

also, should the validation jump from 50% to 75% to 100% after going percent by percent up to that point?

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:25 am

Maybe you can open the console and try changing the directx level .

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:01 am

Maybe you can open the console and try changing the directx level .

erm.. a little more instruction would be great, i svck at this.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:48 am

High-end game... laptop...

Something does not compute.

My laptop can play any game with all the settings at their highest no problem.