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Unplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-20-2008

Every computer console I’ve come across in the game gives me little blank "windows" when opening the “applications”, except for the door control panel early on in the game. At first I thought it was just a strange little nuance about the game and didn’t think too much about it since he copied the contents into the notes. However, I’m at the part where you need to set the chipsets up with the correct programs and I’m trying blindly to get the right combination. I’m playing on a Vista 32 Bit OS, Intel Core Duo Processor, and ATI Radeon Mobility X1400. I have tried with old and new drivers and still experience this problem.

Any advice?

-Joseph

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - Thomas - 02-20-2008

Tried the omega drivers?

Does the main menu look fine?

Could you take a screen shot?

What "door control panel" do you mean?

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-20-2008

Thomas Wrote:Tried the omega drivers?

No I haven’t, where could I find them?

Thomas Wrote:Does the main menu look fine?

Yeah, it appears to be fine to me.

Thomas Wrote:Could you take a screen shot?

I was having a tough time taking a screenshot last night when I experienced the problem. I couldn’t use my normal methods, how would you recommend I do that? I’ll be happy to post one when I get home from work this evening, but in lieu of having it…imagine the two “windows” for the console being completely black and blank. Clicking into the void in the right hand window produces little beeping noises and I can click the buttons on the bottom (delete, package, etc) and even get the “error” message letting me know that I don’t have the correct configuration…but I obviously can’t successful complete the puzzle.

Thomas Wrote:What "door control panel" do you mean?

I’m referring to the puzzle from early on in the game (in the demo portion) where you need to use the console in the kitchen to enter a password in order to open a door in the cafeteria. Every “application” opened a blank, black window except for the doorcontrol.exe (or whatever it’s called) app. Fortunately, since the contents of the other windows are copied into the notes, I was able to read it from there and solve the puzzle. I’m not able to use that method for this situation…so I’m stuck.

Thanks for the rapid response. I’m hoping to resolve this soon, my wife and I are really enjoying this game together and are looking forward to the rest of it.

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - Thomas - 02-20-2008

Here are the omega drivers. These can often fix problems on laptop cards:

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - jens - 02-20-2008

You can take screenshots by pressing F8 ingame

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-20-2008

jens Wrote:You can take screenshots by pressing F8 ingame

Yeah, I tried that and kept getting a shot of the application running under the game. I'll give it a try again this evening.

Thanks!

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-20-2008

Thomas Wrote:Here are the omega drivers. These can often fix problems on laptop cards:

http://www.omegadrivers.net/


Sweet; I'll load them up and give you guys an update.

Thanks for the quick support.

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-21-2008

I have installed the Omega drivers and enjoy a bit smoother performance; but, I'm still met with two blank boxes when accessing the terminal.

And, I still can't nab a screenshot; I've never had that problem before.

Argh.

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - Thomas - 02-21-2008

Afraid I have not got a clue what the problem might be.... I will give it some thinking and get back as soon as I got an idea.

RE: Game Uplayable - Part II (in-game computer console unusable) - JosephTheLee - 02-21-2008

Thomas Wrote:Afraid I have not got a clue what the problem might be.... I will give it some thinking and get back as soon as I got an idea.

I'll try a complete re-install in the meantime. I just don't understand why one particular window (the password in the messhall) would work and the others do not.