[quote]Mine simply just freezes then goes black screen. and then starts back up again. ive tried to alt+tab and i notice i got a warning ! sign on the bottom right corner where all your notification icons are. so i clicked on it and it said something about my video card cannot be found but it was then recovered. hmmm im guessing its something to do with my video card.[/quote] i had this exact same problem until i updated my cards drivers after that it ran smooth as anything with no issu
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[link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/305055"]WWW Link[/link] clicky for demo
i have the downloaded version of mass effect from EA and not once has it asked me for the serial key or to verify any information to play. The only metion of it is for the downloadable content that is coming soon to the PC thats out on Xbox already, to download it you have to register your serial like you do with sins to download the patches so its not so bad well at least for the download version anyway.
it should work i think but to be sure you can download the free sins demo to try it out. Just make sure your gfx card drivers are upto date as some cards had issues with the old drivers and sins though it seemed to be more of a nvidia problem.
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RP = Roleplaying
the problem seems to be from the 7 or before series of nvidia cards and vista
the official ones on thier site from the 16th of may fixed the UI flickering and the freezing and crashing to desktops so looks like it was a nvidia/vista conflict
[quote]the game will suddenly go to a black screen (for about 10 seconds) then go back to the game, just like nothing happened. I'll keep playing, and about 10-15 minutes later, it will go to a black screen again but this time it crashes me to desktop.Sounds like a driver reset on Vista with nVidia video. In which case, update your drivers.[/quote] i had this same issue with vista/nvidia i installed the newest nvidia drivers and bingo problem solved i have a nvidia geforce 790
im 20 you old folks ;)
installing the new nvidia drives fixed the problem for me
[quote]star[/quote] i get a popup everytime i log on with vista saying that the starforge protection drives has been blocked due to incompatibility. I have the service pack and all the updates for vista to. Guess its just one of those computer querks
already sent it hope it helps to sort the issue
my computer minidumps and its not overclocked or tampered with in any way try again.
i have only started to have mini-dump issues since the 1.05 patch, im using a nvidia geforce 7900 glx to run the game.
[quote]nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies.A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.Haha, that's absolutely hilarious. Except it's completely wrong.[/quote] well i guess i was told wrong, it happens. least now i know correctly :)
[quote]"nurfing"?haha, you must talk to too many 12 year olds, tbh that's not exclusive to sins. Id say there's not so much sland but acronyms; LRM RA HC etc.[/quote] nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies. A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.
[quote]It's not in ME. No word on Spore about it, but I'd assume it's not in for Spore either.[/quote] yea sins is the best way to go its non intrusive and doesnt treat everyone like a e-criminal. The 3 activations is stupid, PCs have to be upgraded with the latest tech once in awhile to keep up with the newer games that have better and better graphics. I almost cancelled my pre order of spore over this, the system they were proposing was as bad if not worse than star
spore has ditched the DRM you just need to regester yoour copy now to get the patches like sins.
[quote]e imo. It was/is a great game. It is in my top ten games of all time. It has many things I could on about but wha[/quote] great game i loved it back in the day i used to play it like everyday University ftw!
my fave band is Queen no one else comes close for me
another link here from the offical spore Q and A spore.[link="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/spore/316297-spore-copy-protection-q.html"]WWW Link[/link] im glad they have gone back on this BS as i was going to cancel my pre order of
they have gone back on the 10 day thing [link="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52618"]WWW Link[/link]
seabass i still havent got the reply, i checked my junk mails and filters, any chance you could PM me the mail
still havent had a reply to my mail after 3 days now maybe it got lost?