black screen when loaing a game
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i am having a problem when trying to load a game when it starts loading after like 3 secs it becomes a black screen and it takes a long time to load i join like in the ned of the game pls i need help im so sad i cant play cf atm:mad:
Have same problem
I try re-install but dont fix it. Think its from the gay Zombie patch a bug :d -
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What are your PC Specs? Including video card, OS and CPU/Ram.
Additionally are you experiencing this all the time? Or on certain modes? Maps? Time of day?
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Been having the same issue since the patch. I'll post my specs up see if it'll help figure out a solution.
Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80 GHz Dual Core
1gig of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS
Windows Vista
Happens trying to load any game regardless of mode or map. Does it every game at any time of day.
If I missed anything let me know, just wanna load properly like I used to again =S -
i have 510 ram,windows xp,2.66 ghz,graphic card is
intel(R)82865G
and this hapens all the time of the day all maps and all modes i just wana play like i used to play before fast loading and i realy wana play zombie mode from the begining not from half the game done ty for all ur help
i would realy apreciate it if u find out wats the problem
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[GM]Saidin wrote: »We're currently looking in to this issue.
For now posting more helpful information would be useful to our investigations.
What are your PC Specs? Including video card, OS and CPU/Ram.
Additionally are you experiencing this all the time? Or on certain modes? Maps? Time of day?
What is your connection speed and where are you connecting from?
Telling us you have an issue doesn't give us much information. By eliminating some factors we can attempt to work out a solution for you.
PCI Express x16 Graphics
Windows XP (I think this might be the case, because Windows 7 works fine.)
Intel R Celeron D
368 MB of DDR RAM available atm. (Technically 512MB I believe. And yes, its DDR(1) not 2 not 3.)
3.33 Ghz
The gigahertz is pretty beast, but the rest of my parts are really old because I never upgrade. Thinking about it though. Although like I said, its not the parts, because some people's computer has really high specs and they can run games like COD, Combat Arms, and AvA, and those have way higher requirements than CF. I think its Windows XP & potentially Windows Vista's fault now.
Here's some extra data and source for your information Saidin:
http://forum.z8games.com/showthread.php?t=174170
And yes, of course I'm experiencing this everytime I start to load a map for ANY MODE ANY SERVER and ANY time of the day. I'm connecting from Canada, Toronto bro. 14 Ping Wireless, 7 Ping if using DSL, yea, right next to the server. Its not that.
MOST IMPORTANT Point here: This only happened right after the Zombie Mode Patch. Before the Patch, everything was running smoothly loading at about 10-15 sec each time for any map. Now, its not. It goes into a black screen for 3-4 min before it can load everything out and go ingame. It does not lag ingame, just during the loading. I think everone else will say the same thing as well. Therefore, its NOT our computers, its the game.
I will link that link and this link simaltaneously from a new post to inform other people that has the same problem.
Please fix this ASAP. Thanks. -
Dell Dimension E310 With Windows XP
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 521/2.8 GHz
512 MB RAM
Graphics Processor : Intel GMA 900 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0
Sounds Card : Integrated
Power Supply : 120/230 Volt
Any other info can be found here..
http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/dell-dimension-e310-pentium/4507-3118_7-31594474.html
This happens with me in every mode, every map. It'll load about, 1/5 of the way on the loading bar, then stop for a good ten seconds. Afterwards it goes to the black screen for around 1:10-1:45 (Minutes:Seconds). Afterwards it'll go back to the loading screen like normal, and take about, 1:30-2:15 to load from that point. Once it finished loading, my character sits in the game for a good 25 seconds before the loading screen is removed, and it lets me move. Post patch I was loading any game and any mode in a good 0:10-0:25.
Plese fix this... It's been stopping me from playing since the game first started.. I was so looking forward to ZM but now I can't play it. -
My bet is its the amount of Ram you guys have? All of you have less then 1 gig. This is low for any game. I know alot of games have spec. that say it will run on 512 MB Ram. You may be able to play but with say 4 gigs of Ram, you would see a big jump in computer preformance ..
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My bet is its the amount of Ram you guys have? All of you have less then 1 gig. This is low for any game. I know alot of games have spec. that say it will run on 512 MB Ram. You may be able to play but with say 4 gigs of Ram, you would see a big jump in computer preformance ..
Bro, once again, if you would read everything, its not ur specs. Its the game. And the problem only occurs with Windows XP/Vista. -
My bet is its the amount of Ram you guys have? All of you have less then 1 gig. This is low for any game. I know alot of games have spec. that say it will run on 512 MB Ram. You may be able to play but with say 4 gigs of Ram, you would see a big jump in computer preformance ..
Dude.. In-case you haven't been paying attention.. I was playing just fine before the patch.. Even with the ZM patch if it was the RAM then I wouldn't have any change with the other modes and maps.. But now I have a problem with all modes and maps. -
RequiemZero wrote: »Dude.. In-case you haven't been paying attention.. I was playing just fine before the patch.. Even with the ZM patch if it was the RAM then I wouldn't have any change with the other modes and maps.. But now I have a problem with all modes and maps.
DUDE... paying attention.. There was alot of content added to the game, if you have been playing long, then you may recall the patch were all player seen a jump in fps, Now that was due to the fact that they changed the type font. So Im thinking that all the new content may have slowed computers with small amounte of Ram. just trying to help..... -
[GM]Saidin wrote: »We're currently looking in to this issue.
For now posting more helpful information would be useful to our investigations.
What are your PC Specs? Including video card, OS and CPU/Ram.
Additionally are you experiencing this all the time? Or on certain modes? Maps? Time of day?
What is your connection speed and where are you connecting from?
Telling us you have an issue doesn't give us much information. By eliminating some factors we can attempt to work out a solution for you.
I have the same issue. It all started when zombie mode came out. Every mode loads for 1 second than the screen turns black for 2-5 seconds and it would continue to load for another 10 seconds before the game starts. It seems to take longer for zombie mode.
My computer specs are:
Dell Inspiron 530
1 gb RAM
family chipset for graphics card
Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 @2.00 GHz
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Ok. So I did some test for you guys. Test were done with 4gigs and 2gigs of Ram
First 4 gigs of Ram:
Sec.to load/ map / players / server / Ram % used
7sec. Ship 12 Alph 7 32% Ram
9 sec. BW 10 Alph 7 29% Ram
8 sec. MM Port 10 Alph 7 26% Ram
Second 2 gigs of Ram:
9 sec. Ship 10 Alph 7 57% Ram
12 sec. BW 14 Alph 7 62% Ram
11 sec. MM Port 12 Alph 7 56% Ram
Now all test were done with a stop watch, a G15 keyboard that shows CPU %
and RAM % ,Windows XP, I didnt record CPU usage because they all were about the same.
Test started when the Join Game button was hit.
When join was hit I did notice a black screen just before the game loading screen appears.
But when 2 gigs were used the black screen time increase, from just seen to 1 to 3 sec.
3 sec. time being BW map. I will test 1024 MB Ram tomorrow as I do have 2, 512 sticks of Ram.
To late to do now as I will have to swap out the Ram. Hope this helps? -
[GM]Saidin wrote: »We're currently looking in to this issue.
For now posting more helpful information would be useful to our investigations.
What are your PC Specs? Including video card, OS and CPU/Ram.
Additionally are you experiencing this all the time? Or on certain modes? Maps? Time of day?
What is your connection speed and where are you connecting from?
Telling us you have an issue doesn't give us much information. By eliminating some factors we can attempt to work out a solution for you.
Ok I'll give you all the info I can.
PC Specs: XP, 1GB RAM, 1.73 GHz. Intergrated Vid Card.
Modes this happens: ALL
Times: EVERY MATCH FROM 12AM-12AM. Time, nor mode nor match makes any difference.
My connection speed: is at a solid 54mbps, using wireless with AT&T. I know not the best but it's what I got.
My thinking is that it's some wrong coding that was placed in the patch. Because it happens with any mode and it seems like there's some sort of abnormal delay of loading the map content and connecting than usual. Because, if I play in the same room on the same map with the same host, after 2-3 games, I still get the black screen, but I load into the game in the 1st round instead of the 2nd or 3rd.
The other thing is that my game freezes whenever anyone enters or leaves in-game. So it seems something's going on with the connection between the players that is causing this delay. Sometimes, not often, the game doesn't even load. Other times, I'm DC'd from the room because of the amount of players joining the game while I'm loading.
I hope this helps and I'm sorry that it's kinda lenghty but you wanted detail and you got it. -
windows xp home edition
version 2002
service pack 3
acer aspire T320
intel celeron CPU 2.80GHz
2.79 GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM
Intel(R) 82865G graphics controller
http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireT320/AspireT320sp2.shtml
it happens on all maps and everyday at anytime. -
My bet is its the amount of Ram you guys have? All of you have less then 1 gig. This is low for any game. I know alot of games have spec. that say it will run on 512 MB Ram. You may be able to play but with say 4 gigs of Ram, you would see a big jump in computer preformance ..
the thing is not every system can go up to 4 gigs of ram. x64 goes up to 12 gigs of ram, x32 can only go up to 3. and also it has to do with the video card. but thats not the problem in this case. theres something wrong with the game and saidan is trying to figure out what and so are the game mechanics so i just say patience and let everyone post there computer specs until they find out whats wrong. -
shubinator wrote: »the thing is not every system can go up to 4 gigs of ram. x64 goes up to 12 gigs of ram, x32 can only go up to 3. and also it has to do with the video card. but thats not the problem in this case. theres something wrong with the game and saidan is trying to figure out what and so are the game mechanics so i just say patience and let everyone post there computer specs until they find out whats wrong.
the real thing is that z8 mesed up something and now who have windows xp is geting the black screen error -
the real thing is that z8 mesed up something and now who have windows xp is geting the black screen error
Z8 does not make any patches therefore you cannot say z8 placed all these glitches in the patch..
The patch was made by smilegate so it is their fault that we have these bugs. Z8 just gets all the blame because no one wants to translate the smilegate page and yell at them. Same goes for X-Trap (the company that patches the hacks). -
Z8 does not make any patches therefore you cannot say z8 placed all these glitches in the patch..
The patch was made by smilegate so it is their fault that we have these bugs. Z8 just gets all the blame because no one wants to translate the smilegate page and yell at them. Same goes for X-Trap (the company that patches the hacks).
I knew that. I'm just to lazy to go yell at them. So I post a simple thread here explaining my problem. And it gets ignored. Then I start yelling..
Also, about the not-wanting-to-translate thing.. Google Chrome automatically translates foreign pages into English for me. xD And it's actually pretty accurate. -
RequiemZero wrote: »I knew that. I'm just to lazy to go yell at them. So I post a simple thread here explaining my problem. And it gets ignored. Then I start yelling..
Also, about the not-wanting-to-translate thing.. Google Chrome automatically translates foreign pages into English for me. xD And it's actually pretty accurate.
GJ.
You're right as to posting something here to tell z8 that there's a problem. Kinda wrong when you're yelling at them because of smilegate's hiccup. -
GJ.
You're right as to posting something here to tell z8 that there's a problem. Kinda wrong when you're yelling at them because of smilegate's hiccup.
I don't yell at Z8 Games or the MODs though. .-. I yell, and I specifically state, "The DEVs of the game should have worked this issue out BEFORE they allowed the patch to be uploaded to the servers and implemented. " So I don't yell at Z8 Games at all. I actually do yell at SmileGate, just not directly. -
RequiemZero wrote: »I don't yell at Z8 Games or the MODs though. .-. I yell, and I specifically state, "The DEVs of the game should have worked this issue out BEFORE they allowed the patch to be uploaded to the servers and implemented. " So I don't yell at Z8 Games at all. I actually do yell at SmileGate, just not directly.
lol, you're funny.
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