Curse

aymanh04 · Oct 16, 2009, 12:06 AM // 00:06

I have a problem wth guild wars every time i open guild wars and start to play everything turns white and boxy then my curser turns white then my computer freezes i need help

PS this has happened more then 9 times i have reset my computer 5 times

Elder III · Oct 16, 2009, 12:16 AM // 00:16

does this happen when playing any other games? it sounds like your video card is dying, but it may be a corrupted gw.dat file or messed up drivers...

aymanh04 · Oct 16, 2009, 12:44 AM // 00:44

i do have a kind of old computer but i havent tried any other game

Braxton619 · Oct 16, 2009, 01:17 AM // 01:17

Are you using integrated graphics? Please tell us your video card. To find your video card, follow the following steps:

1. Go to Run
2. Type "dxdiag"
3. Go to Display
4. Your video card will be listed as "Name"

aymanh04 · Oct 16, 2009, 01:43 AM // 01:43

it is a Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family and also i have a picture of the problem

moriz · Oct 16, 2009, 01:46 AM // 01:46

looks like you have a corrupted gw.dat file. delete it, and run GW with the -image tag. leave it overnight to finish.

Bob Slydell · Oct 16, 2009, 02:20 AM // 02:20

Moriz hit it before me, it's a corrupt DAT, fixing it will get you back on track.

aymanh04 · Oct 16, 2009, 12:48 PM // 12:48

so wait what do i do can you tell memore secipecly and where to go

when i go to the gw folder it gives four files arenanet.log , gw.dat , gw.tmp , crash.tmp

wait i got it i deleted it then played it again

Thanks every one

Elder III · Oct 16, 2009, 03:15 PM // 15:15

you can add the following command to the end of your desktop Guild Wars shortcut....

right click on it and select Properties - where it says Target add the following to what is already there: "-image" without the quotes.

This will download all the data for areas that you have previously played, making your load times much much shorter. Leave that running overnight and make sure to remove the "-image" from the end of the Target under Properties before playing again.