Warcraft 3 hangs/crashes

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After reinstalling Windows ME for another problem, Warcraft 3 no longer plays.

System is AMD with NVIDIA 64Meg GeForce 2 Ultra, SoundBlaster, etc.

Uninstalled and reinstalled Warcraft 3, but systems always freezes about 10 sec. to 2 minutes into the game.

CTRL-ALT-DEL does not respond - must power off to reboot.

Reinstalled DirectX 8.1.

Any ideas?
 
if the system just freezes with out any error message or even the blue screen crash, then it could be anything....

how much ram you have?

what driver are you using for your geforce?

what speed is your AMD?

personally i think ME sucks, you have win 98? if you do, reinstall that, it's more compitable with game, microsoft just rushes ME out, it's not properly configured
 
Thanks for your reply.

The funny thing is that Warcraft 3 worked great before we had to re-install the OS, which was Windows ME for the last 18 months.

The AMD is 1200 MHz, RAM is 256 MB, Hard Drive is 61.4 GB with about 40 GB in use.

Nvidia driver is old - 4.13.01.1241, but this driver always worked before.

I reinstalled DirectX 8.1, but this had no effect.

When the OS was re-installed, I did see an error about a .vxd file. Unfortunately, I didn't write the file name down and the error never reappeared.

DXDIAG says all devices are working properly and it draws all the little bouncing boxes and lines okay.

I guess I could re-install the OS again, or it may be time to format. Only games have problems - everything else works fine.... microsoft office, internet, notepad, all other applications are okay.

It seems to be intense graphics that are crashing the system.

Thanks for your input.
 
I'M Having this problem too! when i play half way, it is likely to hang. This is happen especially when i play medium map.
my system is like yours.But is slightly better hardward as follow:
256 Ram
750 cpu
Nvidia geforce 4 mx 440 64M DDR ram
window 98 ME (Chinese version)
Pls look into my problem too
Thanks
 
I would load the latest drivers for that video card from the Nvida site your driver is the 12.41 driver which may nor work too well with directX 8.1 you can get the latest driver from the following site:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=win9x_30.82
 
Try using the -opengl command line option and see if that helps.
 
Where do you enter the -opengl option?

Do I go to Start, Run, then type -opengl ?

Do you need to do this every time you boot up?

Sorry, I've seen that recommendation, but I wasn't sure where/when to enter it.

Thanks!
 
It's me again. One more question - should I uninstall the old Nvidia driver before installing the new one 30.82?

Thanks!
 
I would just install the new drivers. If you have any problems then you can download and run the following program to erase the old drivers.

http://www.guru3d.com/files/

click on Vidro card drivers then

NVIDIA detonator drivers

then download and run Detonator Destroyer
 
You don't actually need to remove the drivers, you just need to tell windows to not use them. Some systems may have trouble if you try to overwrite the drivers without uninstalling them first, but in such a case you can do what t'kron said.
 
right click on your wciii desktop short cut and left click properites, click on short cut tab and move your house curser all the way to the end (after the ") of the Target box, press spance and then type -opengl

so your target box would be something looks like this:

"C:\Program Files\WarCraft 3\wc3.exe" -opengl

this enable you to run wc3 in open gl mode instead of direct 3d mode
 
thanks for yours reply.there is some improvement. Now i'm able to play abit longer before it hang.
ya it still hang anyway and i believe that 256M ram isn't enough for medium map game.beside the hang sometime i got no sound also.
can u tell me how to check the version for my opengl since it seem to help abit. i might need to downlad the lastest version.
thanks.
 
A true-ism

to get the most your computer has to offer at the cheapest price it is best to get to increas your ram to 512meg. If you put in more than 512 meg, then it would depend on the operating system, notherboard and game any and all of which which could end up showing no real improvement over 512 meg.

All motherboards restrict the total amount of useable memory, or the maximum size of any single ram stick. Some motherboards become unstable if you have more than 512 meg. Check with your motherboard manufacturer or your motherboard usermanual to determine the type/speed and maximum supported Ram.

Some operating systems will not utilize memory over 512 Meg.

I believe games have to be specifically written to access memory over 512meg.
 
how about the opengl?How to check for what version i have?
also where to download the newest opengl?
 
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