Curse

gondaft · Apr 09, 2008, 12:37 PM // 12:37

hiya peeps, my mate has come against a problem with nightfall, having completed the drought and the hunger, the end screen takes you to wehhan terraces load screen, fine, but thats it it freezes on there you can hear the sound of the place (?) in the background but it doesnt go any further.the error pop up behind the screen says graphics driver failure. this is only happening with this location and character (none of his other characters have got this far)all his other characters are working as usual in there respective environments. his graphics card is an intel(R) 82865G and we have updated the direct X thing(thats the techy term fir it !!) thanks in anticipation

zamial · Apr 09, 2008, 01:04 PM // 13:04

Please include better system specs.

But since I have to guess,

try running the -image
set up: Right click on the gw icon,make a copy of the icon call it Guildwars update. Right click on the new icon choose properties. In the field target you will see something like: "C:/guildwars.exe" add this in exactly with a space after the last " as follows: "C:/guildwars.exe" -image. this will download the ENTIRE gw.dat file from a-net, decompress it then close. It will take a long time to do.

What graphics setting is the game being run at and what resolution. It also may be the video card can not handle the area.

What operating system is being used?

Siirius Black · Apr 09, 2008, 02:51 PM // 14:51

I agree with Zamai,
A friend of mine had the same problem and it got fixed after he used the -image command.

Just so you know, this will instruct GW.exe to download all the files from the server. This will take a while in a slow connection. If you dont want to wait that long, just delete your gw.dat file and the area files will be downloaded as you need them.

Tarun · Apr 09, 2008, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Defrag, then do a -image.

tijo · Apr 09, 2008, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Some intel chipsets cause crashes in a few places due to T&L issues. I think wehhan is one of those places. Defrag then -image but if the problem persists, you may have to use another computer to get your character out of there.

lordpwn · Apr 09, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33

I agree with tijo; it's most likely caused by the Intel video chip. Its drivers don't implement some part(s) of the DirectX interfaces correctly (no surprise - I don't think the hardware even supports many of them), and it seems Guild Wars uses some of those things when drawing Wehhan Terraces and certain other places in Nightfall and Eye of the North.

Some people have been able to work around the bug with a tool called 3D Analyze, see this thread for details. Crappy hacks like this aren't really a substitute for having a real video card, though.

gondaft · Apr 12, 2008, 03:20 PM // 15:20

thanks for your info peeps i've passed it on, one thing i played him thru to the next area on my puta to 'free' him (his char couldnt come off the pre screen) and he can play this one ok although he hasnt gone back yet to try wehhan terrace!! he may now with your info (personally i think a puta upgrade may be called for !) thanks for your assistance and input no need replies to this enough to be going on with with what he's got thanks again,to battle!! geroniwassisname!!!!!!

gondaft · Apr 12, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25

nice one ive passed it on thanks v. much

gondaft · Apr 12, 2008, 04:31 PM // 16:31

nice one thanks v. much I dont know if or how to reply the same message to all replies other than tagging on to the bottom of my original message so i'm replying individually to all helpers thanks again