uggg...help,,

[all_out_06]

i installed war3 and war3 frozen throne today. and when i go to make a custom game to play against the computer... i can move for like 3 seconds then the game justs locks up. i cant use ctrl + alt + del or anything, but i can still hear the game sound.. i downloaded the 1.21 patch, and got the latest drivers for my video card. and it still does the same thing. system specs are..

p4 HT 3 ghz
1 mb ram pc3200
160gb HD
128mb radeon 9200 w/ latest catalyst drivers


the other thing is, my brothers computer, it works fine on, its like a celeron 2.5 ghz? intyergrated intel xtreme graphics... 512 ram. any ideas? does war 3 have compatibility issues with ATI cards?

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anyone? am i the only person with this problem???

[x42bn6]

When it means, "Lock up", does the game screen stay the same or does it go blank? And can you Alt-Tab/Winkey yourself out of Warcraft?

Also try running Warcraft at the absolute lowest graphics settings. It will look ugly, but it helps determine whether you have a corrupt set of drivers, a corrupted OS, etc. It could also be overheating.*

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as soon as the game loads and i see my 5 "workers" or whatever, i can move the mosue for around for like a few seconds then it just locks in place. the screen stays normal, you just cant move or do anything. you cant alt+ctrl+del or alt+tab . i have to shut off the computer. i have the latest catalyst drivers, and it did the same thing when i had the old drivers. i dont think its overheating. it runs CS just fine. but now CS is doing the same thing... but even when CS worked fine a few days ago, WC3 still did the same thing

[x42bn6]

Is the sound a repeated sound? As in is the sound the same after 10 minutes, for example?

This sounds like a hard drive/motherboard/graphics card failure, if Counter-strike is starting to fail too. Does your system randomly crash every once in a while for no reason?*

[all_out_06]

no it doesnt, never really had a problem with it....with any game...just WC3, and if i remember right, the sound is normal, like its the normal game music that keeps going...

[x42bn6]

Start > Run > dxdiag > Run every single test. Do any errors appear, or are there any crashes?*

[Theroy]

Originally Posted by all_out_06

i installed war3 and war3 frozen throne today. and when i go to make a custom game to play against the computer... i can move for like 3 seconds then the game justs locks up. i cant use ctrl + alt + del or anything, but i can still hear the game sound.. i downloaded the 1.21 patch, and got the latest drivers for my video card. and it still does the same thing. system specs are..

p4 HT 3 ghz
1 mb ram pc3200
160gb HD
128mb radeon 9200 w/ latest catalyst drivers


the other thing is, my brothers computer, it works fine on, its like a celeron 2.5 ghz? intyergrated intel xtreme graphics... 512 ram. any ideas? does war 3 have compatibility issues with ATI cards?

1 mb of ram.. I think that's your problem. My calculator has more then that. (I know it was a mistype)

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shit i mean 1 GB lolololol and ill run a test tomorrow, im at work right now, but like i said my bros comp has 512 mb ram and it works fine... lol

[x42bn6]

Obviously...

Do my actions, please, that helps narrow stuff down. In case you are wondering what, it helps to figure out if DirectX is at fault (it can get corrupted at times).*

[all_out_06]

alright, ill do that probably later on tonight

[all_out_06]

i ran the dxdiag and everything tested good....soooo now what??

[x42bn6]

A little stupid, but have you tried reinstalling Warcraft?

I'm running out of ideas here because if your Windows is fine, and Counter-strike is starting to act up, it is contradicting the hardware failure/overheating thing...*

[all_out_06]

well CS runs fine now....its jsut the WC3, this is the second time wc3 has been on this comp, and both times it did the same thing, and i dont know about the overheating, cuz my bros computer will run it all day and it has integrated grahpics...at least mine has a fan....its a Sony vaio btw...

[x42bn6]

Then I have no clue, really... It comes down to your CD being bad (which is unlikely as installation would've failed) or your OS files corrupted...

Run a new Warcraft game and then let it crash out. Then go to your Warcraft directory and go to the Errors subdirectory. Do you have a crash report for the newest occurrence?*

[all_out_06]

warcraft directory?? how i get to that

[x42bn6]

Usually located at C:\Program Files\Warcraft III.*

[all_out_06]

alright ill do that later on tonight