CharlesLentz

If you guys have any trouble getting a multiplayer game set up and working, make sure to check out this sticky post (https://forums.politicalmachine.com/316449)

[quote]My laptop is about a year and a half old. I've tried everything I have read on here from downloading updates from Gateway and trying Intel...[/quote] [quote]Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 Card Name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip Type: Intel(R) GMA 950 Driver Version: 7.14.0010.1147 Driver Date: 12/12/2006 10:50:10[/quote] This is the <a title=

[quote]2. Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state. 3. Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.[/quote] [quote]To me, it sounds like #2 and #3 are blatantly contradictory. If it needs after-release support, it wasn't released in a finished condition[/quote] My understanding of it is that #2 means the game should work out of the box, while #3 means you should get free FEATURE updates, not jus

It's been awhile since anything was said in this thread, but I'm curious whether or not he got it working. If not, read on for help. [quote]Debug Message: Version 1.03 last updated on: Thu Jun 26 11:29:00 2008[/quote] There have been updates to the game since this version. Use Impulse to get the latest version of the game. [quote]Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium Card Name: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family Manufacturer

cqi13, Did tictocman's suggestion help?

[quote]But I guess if we had all this power, we would make the game more entertaining than you did, and wouldn't have to buy Political Machine 2012. I'll be hard-pressed to give it a chance when it does come around. [/quote] We don't save our ideas from this time around so we can sqeeze them into the sequel. It's not like this is a "Madden" game that comes out every year. As Scott points out, there were several things that we got dinged on in reviews of the 2004 edition that

Stardock will have a booth at the Penny Arcade Expo ( PAX ) this weekend. Stop by and say hi if you're going to be there. There will be game demos to check out and various Stardock employees there to chat with. We'll also have an area where you can purchase some of our games. You could probably get them signed too, if you wanted. Should be a fun weekend. ~C</

Hey guys, Please see the following thread if you need help opening multiplayer ports (UDP 6000 AND 6112): https://forums.politicalmachine.com/316449 AND if you still have problems, go here: https://forums.politicalmachine.com/315473 Both of these threads are sticky posts in the "TPM Multiplayer" section of these forums.

Sorry about the "Add Registration" button guys. The Impulse devs do know about it and are working to fix the problem. You should be able to right-click in the white listbox area and go to "Add new Registration". That would be just like pressing the button. I've also heard other people state that the button is clickable, just not visible. I'm not sure about that as my version of Impulse has the button showing up. If you wanted to try clicking the non

What version of the game are you running? It is normally the first line in your debug.err file. [quote]Debug Message: Candidate Outlines: ON Debug Message: Map Glow: ON Debug Message: Candidate Animated Bobbling: ON Debug Message: Using 4 samples for multisampling. Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (full screen mode)[/quote] For some users, certain game settings cause problems. You might try turning off Candidate Outlines, Map Glo

Hey mheckler, Thanks for being patient about this. Let's see if we can get you fixed up. [quote]Card Name: RADEON 9550 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6727 Driver Date: 9/29/2007 04:06:18[/quote] Since your display drivers are almost a year old, you should grab the latest version from ATI. This will help with crashes and other oddities. [quote]Debug Message: ERROR: (CD3D9Renderer) Failed to create a

You were right for thinking you should update the game if you are experiencing problems with it. It's definitely a good idea to post here as well. So the game is crashing and Impulse is crashing too? What version of Impulse are you running? (Click the ? in the upper right hand corner and go to "about Impulse" to find out). We'll get some Impulse devs pointed to this thread to see if they can help you. In the meantime though, you might try uninstalling Impulse a

[quote]Debug Message: Map Glow: ON Debug Message: ERROR: (CD3D9Renderer) Failed to create a texture. Debug Message: Resource Manager Failed to create unmanaged texture: DXSASTexture_post_countryglow_MapRenderTexture26-881722314[/quote] Go into options and turn off Map Glow. See if that helps. I'll also point some more developers to this thread to see if they might notice anything else. ~C

[quote]Card Name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family Driver Version: 7.14.0010.1114 Driver Date: 11/15/2006 [/quote] Based on your graphics driver date, you should update it. Please read this page ( http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-028594.htm

Hey Tommy, Let's see if we can get this figured out for you... When you say "nothing happens", what exactly do you mean? You mentioned that you bought the game at a retail store but then state that "once you download it, nothing happens". I'm not sure what you mean there. So could you tell me what you've done so far?

Indeed. However without a sentence before the symbol, it's quite pointless. [e digicons]:thumbsdown:[/e]

Please post the contents of your new debug.err file. It gets overwritten each time the game is run. Hopefully there will be something in there that can help us solve your problem.

[quote]?[/quote] What's the question mark for?

Your debug.err file says you are running version 1.0 of the game. There have been several updates to the game since then. Use Impulse to update the game and give it another go. Report back here and let us know if that solved your problem or not. If for some reason you don't have Impulse (our free downloading and updating program), then you can get it here (http://www.impulsedriven.co

[quote]I dont think 10 yeard old kids should be playing games like GTA, or other excessively violent ones.[/quote] We have the ESRB rating system, under which games like GTA are rated "M for mature". This rating is to signify that the game is most likely not appropriate for younger people (like the 10 year old you mentioned). Also, if you have a current-gen console, and create a username for that 10 year old, then he/she automatically can be kept from playing games that are rated abov

Could you post the contents of your "debug.err" file. It can be opened in notepad, and is located here: "Documents\My Games\PolMachine2008\" The file will have general computer info as well as game messages than can help us track down what your issue is. Thanks, ~C

[quote]Is the NVidia GeForce 3 Ti 200 supported?[/quote] The game requires a card that supports Pixel Shader 2.0, and DirectX 9.0c or higher. See here for more info. NVidia's cards do not support pixel shader 2.0 until you get to the GeForce FX (GeForce 5) or higher, as indicated here . Sorry to break the bad news to you, but yes your video card is too old. Perhaps it's time for an upgrade

The next time you get a crash, open this file: "Documents\My Games\PolMachine2008\Debug.err" in notepad. Copy its contents and paste them in a reply. Debug.err is a file that the game writes out every time you play a game. It will have general system information as well as game messages than can help us track down your problem. Please also include a description of what you were doing when the game crashed (ie. Loading a gamesave, viewing the credits, etc...). Hopef

Did this solve your problem, Simpilot?

[quote]I have added the details for an issue to the MainIssues.PM2IssuesXML file, but the issue does not appear in the game.[/quote] Well, you need to make sure you are modifying the right file. You most likely modified the file located at "The Political Machine 2008\Data\English \Issues\ MainIssues.PM2IssuesXML". At one point during development, the game did use that file. But then we created multiple scenarios and wanted each scenario to have its