21. January 2012, 14:17:13

#0

AndarianQuote

Hello everybody,

I have big problems playing System Shock 2 (CD-Version, german version, Win XP, AMD-Radeon 5770). The game crashes sometimes after cutscenes (they where shown without problems) or when I want to load savegames. Curios thing: When I load savegames and the loading circles are spinning the headline "Zugriff" is shown with a pink box in the background.

What I did:
- Followed the german install-instructions in the "SS2 Technical FAQ" (copying the shock-directory, ...)
- gamefolder is "D:\Spiele\SystemShock2\"
- Installed the SS2Tool (3.6)
- Extracted the "SS2 Deutsch Patch"
- Installed the SS2 Modmanager

Now, when I start a new game, the pink box (mentioned above) isn't there and everything works fine. I can play through the career to the first spaceship (where you get the wrench) and watch the cutscenes. If I save there, leave the game and want to load the savegame, the game crashes after the loading shoud be done and the game should start. When I save within the career (the three decisions you have to make), the savegames work fine.

When I activate SHTUP beta0.6 via SS2 Modmanager, the game crashes after loading (spinning circles), when I load a savegame or even, when I start a new game.
When I activate Rebirth 0.2 via SS2 Modmanager it works.
When I activate Rebirth 0.2 and then SHTUP I can load a savegame within the career and both Mods work, but the game crashes after the cutscene to the spaceship. New game crashes too.
When I activate SHTUP and then Rebirth new game and loading a savegames make the game crash after loading, when switching to the ingame-view.

HELP.

What can I do, to make the game working?
New games (DirectX9) work fine and other old games too.
Andarian

P.S.: I am from germany, so if you want to, you can answer in german.

21. January 2012, 14:51:32

#1

voodoo47Quote

ahh, the dreaded xp+hd radeon combo. it just doesn't work with the latest ddfix.. I think ddfix 1.5.5 did work though. download it, and copy ddfix.ini and ddfix.dll to your system shock2 folder, edit ddfix.ini and cam.cfg and make sure your resolution is correct in both files.. that should hopefully help.

21. January 2012, 18:53:01

#2

AndarianQuote

Thanks for the fast answer - I'll try und report.

Greetings
Andarian

21. January 2012, 20:12:13

#3

👍 AndarianQuote

Well, here we go: The older version of DDfix didn't cause the problems (I tested 1.5.5, 1.5.11 and 1.5.12), but it helped me to find out, what has caused the issues. The ingame resolution caused the problem! 
My Monitor has a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 (16:9). But the game only runs properly, if I choose a 4:3-Resolution (like 1028 x 1024).

So, it's not bad to play in this resolution, but it's not the optimum. I thought, the widescreen-mod was integrated in the SS2-Tool?!

So, has anyone an idea/solution for my resolution-problem?

Best regards
Andarian

21. January 2012, 21:17:13

#4

KolyaQuote

The widescreen mod was integrated in later versions of DDFix. Jermi could probably say since which version.