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Troubleshooting...9800 and Vice City

A2597A2597 Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
well, lots of tech peeps here...and I've looked but never found a good GTA forum, so I ask here.

I got my 9800 Non Pro, all games work GREAT except GTA3 and Vice City. neither of them even TRY to start.

any ideas?

thanks!

Comments

  • superflysuperfly Ranger
    Would help if you gave a bit more info about your setup,including which drivers are you currently using for you video card....

    Have you also checked in the offcial site support section to see if there are any game patches that may help as well..Just a suggestion.
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    hm.. maybe try updating the drivers...
    i have a 9700 pro and never had problems with VC...
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    lets see.

    Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.08 ghz
    Radeon 9800 NON PRO
    WinXP Pro
    512 megs DDR

    Catalyst 3.4 drivers

    worked fine on my GeForce 3...
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    hm.. i *think* there was a 1.1 patch that adressed some graphics issues that in some cases prevented the game from running, but i'm not 100% sure..

    or try to delete the gta_vc.set in the VC User Files-folder.

    and did you try to start them with clicking on the exe, or via the start-menu?

    another possible solution might be trying a no-cd crack, sometimes the copyprotection protects to good, so you can't even play with normal cds..
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    the gta_vc.set file was it! runs great now.
    well...great in the sence that it runs...game has all kinds of glitchys in it, and I've lost track of which exe I installed the patch to...

    guess uninstall/reinstall and add patch...

    thanks!
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    np ;) gotta help someone who switched to ATI ;)
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    Yeah, you might want to un-install the game. Go into the registry and remove any keys it leaves behind, and delte the directory. Then reboot and re-install the game, apply whatever patches you need to, then set it up the way you want. That way, its a clean install of the game, and it SHOULD be more stable for ya.
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