Simviation Forum - help me please!!??..

Mar 19^th, 2003 at 3:55pm

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I got cfs3 for x-mass and still cant get it running!! Help me please.

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Reply #1 - Mar 19^th, 2003 at 3:58pm

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Falcon, can you please post your system specs and OS.

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Reply #2 - Mar 19^th, 2003 at 4:28pm

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i dont know what the mother board it is. but its a celuron 900 mghts cpu 40gig hard drive windows 2000 pro, gforse4 3d card, 56x cd rom. any thing else you need to know?

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Reply #3 - Mar 19^th, 2003 at 8:52pm

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Okay, you've got a 900mghz machine and you're running W2K... Let's start with a very important question -- how much ram are you running? To be candid, CFS3 is a pretty demanding game -- and many people who have basic systems have had serious problems. Much to my wife's chagrin, I built a new machine just for playing my flight simulations. Hopefully, you won't need to go that far!

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Reply #4 - Mar 24^th, 2003 at 12:54pm

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Humm maby not enuff ram. Thanks a ton "air-geco"
do you think that the prosesor is sufishant?
How do i know how mutch ram I have?
And thanks for the help again, i'm about at my whits end.

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Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2003 at 8:21am

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ok, follow this out ... go to MY COMPUTER( and right click on it) go to "properties" and ( left click ) the page that comes up is called device manager.... it will say how much RAM is installed.

email me for some great set up "notepad files" if interested. I also have pictures to show the basic settings pages to help if that would be a + for you.

raaf453_shep1@juno.com

I love the game. you will too. it ran on my old AMD600 with 384 pc133 sdram thru a G4 mx440.
now really sweet on my...
AMD1700+, 512 DDR2700, WD30g 7200rpm,G4 Ti4200 64m,(shadowed with system ram, in BIOS) and on a 56k USR Pro , Creative 5.1 sound,Logitech input & stick.

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Reply #6 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 6:19am

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You mentioned shadowing your video card with system ram in BIOS. What is that and how do you do it? Will that increase performance?

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Reply #7 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 12:49pm

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Perhaps I can help out a bit. I have a similar system and have gotten CFS3 to run problem free. Your processor is sufficient seeing I have an AMD 950mhz Duron. I'm going to go through all that worked for me so you may want to print this out. First uninstall CFS3. Download the new CFS3.1 patch (link to this in the SimV CFS main page) as well as the CFS3.1 no-CD Patch (available in the CFS3 Misc section here at SimV)

Now you will want to upgrade some things. If you don't already have it, go to the Microsoft web site and download DirextX9.0. Then go to the Nvidia web site and go into "Drivers" and "Driver Archive." Download and install the Nvidia Geforce vers 30.82 drivers. There are more updated drivers but the vers 30.82 work the best. Be sure to uninstall your other nvidia drivers before installing the new set.

Now that you have these installed enter your video cards additional properties menu menu. In Direct3D find the mipmap detail list and select "Blend." Under Open GL turn off Vertical Sync. Also increase memory usage sizes. (16MB for Open GL, 70MB for Direct3D) This allows the card to use system memory along with the card's.

Now to play around inside CFS3. Full install the game then install the 3.1 patch and the no-CD patch. Now start up the game and go into display settings. Play arround with these settings until you get the desired result. I use 4 Aircraft, 3 Terrain, 2 Scenery, 2 Effects, and 1 Clouds but I only have a Geforce2. You may be able to go higher with your Geforce4. Oh yes and before you play the game, quit any non-essential utilities and turn off the Anti-virus program in the task bar before playing, this increases ram available to CFS3. I usually just keep sound settings and Norton Internet Security on while playing CFS3.

As for Ram, for SD system Ram have 320MB min, 512MB optimal installed. DDR ram might give better preformance. Remember that you cannot mix ram types or install Ram that is not compatible with your Mother Board. I highly recomend that Ram should only be installed by a qualified computer repair technition.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

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Reply #8 - Apr 8^th, 2003 at 10:27am

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I would like to put my two cents in.
I think you have recieved adequate advice, Orenda has the right approach. I have a system that is twice that of yours and I couldn't get the game to run at first. One, thing GeForce cards are great as long as you set them properly. ATI seems to be better out of the box with default settings. A high RAM load is a must with this game. 512 Mb to start. I suggest you have as much RAM as your system is expandable to and I suggest you get a tuning program for your nVidia card. It's called Riva Tuner. Do a key word search and you will find it. That is a have if you use nVidia cards with this type of graphics intense programs.

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Reply #9 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 2:08pm

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8) Thanks alot every one I'll try you'r sugjestions and let you know what happens.

THANKS ALOT!!!!

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Reply #10 - Apr 18^th, 2003 at 9:32am

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YAHOO YOU PEOPLE ARE AWSOME!!!!!!

YA it worked! Im up and flying! A huge

THAN YOU !!!

I realy do appretiate all the help you have given me Grin

So now all I gota do is get net axcess at home, and you had better watch your six on the zone. Ya never know when you might have a Troubled_falcon on you'r tail.

~S~

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