Curse

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 12:56 AM // 00:56

I can run any dungeon in the game on this laptop that dosent even have a video card. i can play the game on high graphics mode and not have issues.

I currently run a:

Acer one aspire
1.6GH
Intel Atom
1gb ram
8mb Video
XP Pro
DirectX 9.0C

but every time i try to run Temple of the damned the game crashes and Guildwars states that its a driver issue. all my drivers are up to date. i can do every other dungeon accept this one in the game.....whats going on?

Kattar · Mar 30, 2009, 01:14 AM // 01:14

Reimage your .dat file.

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 01:37 AM // 01:37

sorry what? going to need more info here

Kattar · Mar 30, 2009, 01:44 AM // 01:44

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showp...88&postcount=3

Gogo.

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 01:56 AM // 01:56

the Gw.dat -image command does no allow me to download the new .dat file instead in windows XP it asks me what i want to use to open it....

moriz · Mar 30, 2009, 02:00 AM // 02:00

replace gw.dat with gw.exe

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 02:47 AM // 02:47

That made things worse, wjhen ever I click on one of my characters to play The game will state "not responding" in the task manager. I'll try installing GW - EOTN and see if that fixes the issue

Bobulation · Mar 30, 2009, 03:43 AM // 03:43

You didn't do it right, because it takes hours to reinstall the .dat file

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 04:21 AM // 04:21

well either way it still crashes and i even tried installing gw again using the trillogy dvd.

what the exact way to re-install the .dat file?

moriz · Mar 30, 2009, 04:22 AM // 04:22

the -image tag forces GW to redownload anything that's missing in one go. combined with deleting the GW.dat file (you did do that before hand, right?), it force GW to redownload EVERYTHING. this process, depending on your internet connection, can take hours. what you'll gain however, is a clean, full GW.dat.

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 03:33 PM // 15:33

C:\Program Files\Guild Wars>Gw.dat -image
'Gw.dat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

this is after deleteing the .dat file

How ever that does open up 11+k files to download when i type in gw.exe -image

Kattar · Mar 30, 2009, 03:45 PM // 15:45

It doesn't open up the files, it downloads them from the server. You can also just log into the game and it will download in the background. But every time you zone it'll have to download and decompress loads of files.

The command you need to run in command line is:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe -image

a-kyle · Mar 30, 2009, 04:12 PM // 16:12

so what happens if this dosent work?
like i know it wont

Kattar · Mar 30, 2009, 04:16 PM // 16:16

And how do you know it won't? What have you done to make it not work?

Log into the game and let it download that way. Try the above method first though.

a-kyle · Mar 31, 2009, 01:37 AM // 01:37

so i followed the steps and now I still get the same issue when trying to run that dungeon, gw crashes stating an unrecoverable driver error. although there is nothing wrong with the driver cause i tried re-installing it and its the latest version for intel

moriz · Mar 31, 2009, 02:14 AM // 02:14

according to my research, the aspire one uses intel 945GSE, with integrated GMA 950 graphics. from experience, it is not one of the IGPs that would crash in certain areas of of nightfall and EotN.

just as a test, can you get into rata sum or wehhan terraces? if it crashes in those areas, turn your shader quality to "low". if that STILL doesn't work, check my intel GMA guide in the hardware section of these forums.

a-kyle · Mar 31, 2009, 02:32 AM // 02:32

i have the 945 version. and i havent made it that far.
even with the graphics in the game turned down to low (like all the way) It still crashes.
can you link me to this research so i can compare my driver and see what issues I am having?

moriz · Mar 31, 2009, 02:53 AM // 02:53

945GSE is the chipset model, which always use GMA 950 for graphics. it's a bit confusing, since the numbers are similar.

anyways, here's the link:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10323347

the fix applies to GMA 950 also, as confirmed by one of the people in that thread.

a-kyle · Mar 31, 2009, 03:43 AM // 03:43

except my chip set is 945 express chip set. for Intel Atom

DamFiNo · Mar 31, 2009, 04:28 AM // 04:28

For what it's worth, I use "gw.exe -noshaders" on my Toshiba laptop with Intel graphics. Running with the -noshaders switch solved my crashing problems.