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Silent Hill loading error
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Nutzies
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1. December 2003 @ 14:27 |
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Hi,
I have geforce4 MX 440 128 MB, I tried the solution (3D analyzer) and the game ran perfectly! Of course, the initial stage/scene was really, really grainy, but since that was a dream scene, it was really like that. The scene after that (in the mall where Heather was talking on the phone with her dad) turned really clear.
To all having problems with their Geforce MX cards, try the solution presented above. Again, just downlad 3D analyzer, and update your card to Detonator 45.23 (don't use the latest which is 52+! If you can't find 45.23, search NVIDIA's archives), then follow these:
In 3D analyze
1. Hardware Limits(cap bits), below three options must be checked: emulate pixel shader caps,emulate bump map caps.emulate max sim textures and
2. In anti-detect mode, two options also must be checked:shaders and textures.
THANKS TO MAXPOWERZ for all these INFO! I am now playing Silent Hill 3. The shadows and dark colors sure gets weird every now and then, but who cares? :)
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Praetor
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1. December 2003 @ 14:52 |
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alfonsas : The GeForce2MX 440 is possitively ancient for a game like Silent Hill 3. I'm surpsised he was allowed to install it in the first place! :-)
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Susurs
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3. December 2003 @ 13:34 |
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Unregister or uninstall MPEG2 codecs on your PC they are makeing Silent Hill 3 hang when "contains voilence" screen is displayed.
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kotsios
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3. December 2003 @ 13:43 |
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How can i Unregister or uninstall MPEG2 codecs
from my PC?
Pentium 4 2,4Ghz 800 MHz FSB
Intel HyperThreading Technology
512 MB Dual-Channel DDR400 Memory Kingston
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Intel 875P Chipset
Albatron GeForce FX5600 128MB
Pionneer DVD-RW A05
Plextor CD-RW PX-W4824A
Windows XP Pro SP1
DirectX 9b
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Praetor
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4. December 2003 @ 03:31 |
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By uninstalling any software dvd player you might have... if you have the MPEG2 codec for WMP then you are... um... gonna have a hard time getting rid of it.
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Susurs
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4. December 2003 @ 03:38 |
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Well, it depends on which MPEG2 video codecs you use. If you have Elecard MPEG2 decoder it is possible to simply unregister it. There should be a shortcut in start/all programms under folder named Elecard MPEG2 decoder package from where you can check or uncheck boxes to register/unregister codecs. But there are other codecs which to my mind you have to remove manually and reinstall later. Some codecs can be uninstalled from control panel - add/remove. But I know also MPEG2 codec which adds some files to windows directory and if you do not know which files are added, it is hard to remove it. Anyway if you will remove it you will not be able to play some videos untill you put them back. Sorry about my English. Be careful removing or deleting something if you do not know exactly what are you doing.
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kotsios
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4. December 2003 @ 11:50 |
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Thanks guys,
I solved the problem. That was quite hard!!!
I still dont understand why companies like konami dont give any support on that or notice on troubleshootings.
Thanks
Pentium 4 2,4Ghz 800 MHz FSB
Intel HyperThreading Technology
512 MB Dual-Channel DDR400 Memory Kingston
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Intel 875P Chipset
Albatron GeForce FX5600 128MB
Pionneer DVD-RW A05
Plextor CD-RW PX-W4824A
Windows XP Pro SP1
DirectX 9b
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Wraith7
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7. January 2004 @ 11:03 |
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WOW!!!!I..i....finally did it!!!The game starts!!!I just don' know how to thank you enough guys!!I'm so happy!Thanx!And about the grainy thing-try turning noise effect off...
Wraith
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Nutzies
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8. January 2004 @ 14:43 |
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I used to have my Geforce 4 MX 440 work with SH3, but I decided to upgrade my card to something higher. Sold my MX440 and bought Geforce FX 5200 128 MB (just added a few dollars and I got a new card!), and now, the game is perfect.
Trust me guys, just upgrade your cards to an FX card... with just a few dollars additional, you'll be getting better shades, textures and stuff. I even noticed that after uprgading my card, Halo looked pretty more awesome!
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Praetor
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8. January 2004 @ 19:17 |
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Whilst the FX5200 is theoreticall better than the GF4MX and is an awesome steal pricewise for DX9 support and all. It is somewhat of a lackluster product which is unfortunately (i was gonna buy a bunch before i realized this myself). In a whole bunch of cases, the GF4MX actuallay outperforms the GFX5200 which was a dead shock to me. I was expecting at least GF4Ti capability but it certianly isnt that.
Dont get me wrong, its a good card, excellent even when you consider the price it retails for and that you had a GF4MX card before (which was a DX7 card btw). I just dont want you to expect too much from the card in terms of raw framerates and such (i.e., dont challenge your buddy who's got a GeForce4Ti series card to a framerate contest for money -- you'll lose).
nVidia has done a really good job however of introducing a really good abount of performance as well as directx9 support on an entry level card.
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LooC
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9. January 2004 @ 06:45 |
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Hi
I have the same problem with "violent screen". It just freezes. Ok I understand that I have to uninstall MPEG-2 codecs but I dont know which of all codecs are MPEG-2. I decided to uninstall all codecs but I cant do it too. I uninstalled codec pack i used from Add/Remove and there are no more codecs. Also i deleted codecs from device menager but they return after rebooting my system and the game still freezes How can I unstall all codecs from my system. I dont want to format system hdd. What can i do?
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Praetor
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9. January 2004 @ 07:01 |
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You have all the Indeo codecs installed (3,4 and 5)
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LooC
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9. January 2004 @ 07:30 |
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I have Indeo video 5.10 listed in device menager. I dont understand. What should I do?
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alfonsas
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10. January 2004 @ 00:34 |
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i love you guys now i can play the game....but there is another problem,when that woman in the game speak i dont hear anythink wat sound codec do i need to hear her?help...
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LooC
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10. January 2004 @ 00:54 |
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At last. I managed to do it. GSpot helped localize troublesome codec.
But now I have a question to you because im not sure if I have all cutscenes. When you click New Game than sometimes just for sec I can see whole red screen but then it disappears and I can see merry-go-round from upper view.
Should there be a cutscene before this upper view with merry-go-round? I wouldn't like to miss some cutscenes so could you help me?
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Susurs
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10. January 2004 @ 01:23 |
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I belive there was such a brown or red screen for a second. And it means something like loading screen. When the game begins there is also a movie where Heather enters The Amusement park and some short and scrappy movie stuf before it. The first "real" movie should play when you finish walking through The Amusement park. I waanted to mention you about GSpot yesterday, but wasn't quite shore if it would help you. It's good you solved the codec problem.
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Susurs
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10. January 2004 @ 01:32 |
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Well, about sound problems. I should know what codecs EXACTLY you uninstalled and what else you did (removed/earsed/changed) in your PC before the game started for you. I think there should be sound with default audio codecs in Windows for SH3. Did you removed also some audio codecs. May be you deleted some original windows codec...
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LooC
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10. January 2004 @ 01:43 |
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Thanks for reply, Susurs. I'm happy that it seems to be ok with cutscenes, after amusement park I got cutscene so I think it's working well
Thanks again.
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alfonsas
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10. January 2004 @ 02:03 |
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i downloaded GSpot codec but it doesnt work i dont hear anything,so and you guys can you hear then that girl speaks?i see only lyrics in the down of screen but no sound.....help pls i want to heare what she is talking
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Ragnarock
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10. January 2004 @ 02:27 |
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i bought silent hill3 recently! the problem is "after heather coming out of the shopping mall,( after finishes the movie) the game suddently crashes out to desktop without stating any error! and yes i already updated all my latest drivers! btw im using geforcefx 5200. im so dissapointed...could anyone help? :(
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Susurs
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10. January 2004 @ 02:51 |
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About SOUND problem. Is there a sound problem only when playing SH3 or there are other sound problems also now? What operating sytem do you use? I belive you deleted some windows audio codec trying to solve Silent Hill Problem. If you are using windows xp, try this. Click Start, right click on My Computer, Click manage, click on device manager, click on sound, video and game controllers and than on audio codecs. Right click on audio codecs and then press update driver. Than Install from a list or specific location and click Don't search and I will choose the driver to install. Install audio codecs. May be good idea also to reinstall your sound card drivers. It's hard to help you because I do not know what you did to start the game. What programms or codecs you deleted/removed...
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alfonsas
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10. January 2004 @ 04:05 |
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im using win xp my sound card is via sound card,i dont delete any sound drivers i just mpeg 2 codec,and when in the game shows her dream when she is in that bloody circu she sais"where am i....."and i dont hear anything just i see those lyrics down the screen and thats all,and then she wake up she is talking and then i dont hear anything too.....can you say to my what codecs of sound do you use?if you hear then she is talking.....
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Susurs
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10. January 2004 @ 05:14 |
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SOUND PROBLEM Try this: Click Start, control panel, Sounds and Audio devices. Near speaker settings click Advanced and then Preformance. Set hardware acceleration to NONE, click OK and than test sound in SH3. This can be done also clicking start, run, then type dxdiag and click on sound. You will see there hardware sound acceleration level slider. One more idea: Check for AC3 audio codecs on your system. If there is one installed try and uninstall it for a moment to check your sound problem. But this is just my idea and there is no guarantee it will solve something. If you want, try it. Also read game notes and try sound options in game.
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alfonsas
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10. January 2004 @ 09:02 |
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damn.....thanks susurs for help im glad that there is someone who is trying to help me,but it is the same problem and now.i dont know what to do it sucks....someone pls help who know that problem pls!!!
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dinkus
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10. January 2004 @ 20:57 |
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I got the 3D analyze (latest version) and i switched back to one of the reccomended nvidia drivers. When I open up 3D analyze, I select the SH3.Exe as the file, check off the 3 options in Hardware limits, and checked the anti-detect boxes. When I hit run, the computer has no HD activity, and a few seconds later, 3D-Analyze gets an Illegal Error, and of course shuts down...WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??? This is annoying the piss outta me!
Edit: I should also say that I tried it with 3d-Analyze both in a seperate folder, AND i tried it in the same folder as SH3. (Yes I also moved the hidden files when I moved the rest of the 3d-Analyze files)
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