GW crashes when visiting big towns... have used search button!

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

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So here's the problem, when I try to visit any big towns (Rata Sum, Kamadan, ...) GW closes and I get the message 'Guild wars has encountered an unrecoverable graphics error and must terminate'. Yes I've found threads discussing this, changing GFX card etc. However, I was able to visit these towns, but just once... I got ran to Rata Sum, I entered, paid, then quit GW. Later I get back... and I can't re-enter because GW closes... now the character is stuck, obviously.

So I figured I should be able to re-enter that town again, because I've been there before... I tried lowering quality and resolution settings... Any other suggestions?

GFX card is an onboard G31/33 from Intel... Not good at all I know, but it seemed to work, so...

Thanks in advance



Edit: I bumped on alot of people getting this error while using Wine on a Mac, just to clarify, I just run Vista on a PC...

KZaske

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

As you may know from the other threads, there are a lot of problems with Intel graphics cards. They are designed for business and low cost, not gaming. Anyway, have you tried putting Guild Wars into DX8 mode or turning off the shaders? Here is a link about how to do it. http://www.wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_line

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

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Yes I've read that... and Now I have tried the command lines, without success, I'd like to add that my previous computer had an ATI Radeon 9250, which isn't onboard, and the quality was worse than on this computer with an onboard GFX card...

Arlan

Arlan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

FaT

Mo/

Had the same problem a while ago..

Integrated graphics card / low end graphics card = problem.

moriz

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

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http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10323347

your search obviously failed, considering that it is stickied.

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

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I guessed it wouldn't have worked because the card used in that thread is slightly better than mine... but nevertheless, it worked!

Thanks alot

Elder III

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

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well, with enough tweaking I was able to get an Intel GMA 940 to work on GW back in the day, so your's should be fine.... hehe Just out of curiosity, what FPS are you getting now?

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

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Well it's working now... but I get an error "Disk is Full!" and gw shuts down... so I still can't play!! any help??

fps is around 20...