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Maximillian Dragonard
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Posted - 2011.01.18 18:53:00 -
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Screen goes black with loading bar, then ... nothing. Client doesn't crash, and I'm still able to log off or quit (esc menu works fine)
E8400 cpu, 8800gtx graphics card, so those are fine... Ideas?
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Yivo Danvers
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Posted - 2011.01.18 19:32:00 -
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Same for me. Everything works fine but the creator and its black screen of fail =(
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Flex Nebura
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.01.18 19:35:00 -
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same for me
tried leaving it for 20 minutes and still nothing
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Herring
Caldari
Fork In Your Face LTD
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Posted - 2011.01.18 19:38:00 -
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Same problem, nothing else is affected but when I go into char creation screen, there it sits, frozen.
How much alt-tabbing did you do?
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Sanara Tek
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Posted - 2011.01.18 19:55:00 -
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I think I'm basically having the same problem, except the Visual Studio debugger pops up and tells me the program has stopped responding. Starting the game without going into the character creator works fine.
Specs: Windows 7 x64, Intel i7 920, 3Gb RAM, NVidia 275 GTX
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Mercenary M
Militaris Industries
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Posted - 2011.01.18 20:19:00 -
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Worked fine for one character, but other character gets black screen of fail.
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Max Cooper
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Posted - 2011.01.18 20:25:00 -
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3 accounts and 6 characters, doesn't work for any of them currently. |
Frank Millar
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.01.18 20:35:00 -
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Edited by: Frank Millar on 18/01/2011 20:42:37
Trying to re-create an existing character gives me the loading bar and the never ending black screen.
Making a new character (empty slot) takes me to the character creator immediately.
Sooo.... 
Edit: after selecting race, bloodline and gender the swirly thing keeps swirling and the thing hangs again.
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Shin Dari
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Posted - 2011.01.18 20:54:00 -
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I have got the same problem.....
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Mythio Delphi
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Posted - 2011.01.18 21:03:00 -
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Yep ditto black screen of shame
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Maximillian Dragonard
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Posted - 2011.01.18 21:11:00 -
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Had hoped that a few hours would see an improvement.... zip, nada, zero.... still a black screen of fail (to borrow someone's phrase ) 
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ShadowFire15
BOAE INC
-Mostly Harmless-
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Posted - 2011.01.18 21:28:00 -
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so i guess im not the only one. black screen of fail. lol.
It is impossible to pod Chuck Norris. |
Watak Hunt
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Posted - 2011.01.18 21:28:00 -
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A workaround I use, and have used since Sisi is as follows:
Hit ESC and bring up the options screen. Tab around a few of these screens and after a few seconds the character creator should nudge into action. You may need to fiddle with graphics options in order to be able to see the hairstyles but just once you've finished creating just put them back to where they were and you will be fine.
Of course this all goes to show that by the time Incarna is released we will need to have upgraded our rigs if we want to be able to see our avatars moving around.
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Herring
Caldari
Fork In Your Face LTD
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:06:00 -
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 Originally by: Watak Hunt
A workaround I use, and have used since Sisi is as follows:
Hit ESC and bring up the options screen. Tab around a few of these screens and after a few seconds the character creator should nudge into action. You may need to fiddle with graphics options in order to be able to see the hairstyles but just once you've finished creating just put them back to where they were and you will be fine.
Of course this all goes to show that by the time Incarna is released we will need to have upgraded our rigs if we want to be able to see our avatars moving around.
Tried this without results. Still blackscreen only for char creation.
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Darius Brinn
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:12:00 -
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Same problem here. My computer supports SSE2 and 3, I updated the graphic card controllers, to no avail.
When I try to create a new character, it takes me to the creator BUT it gets stuck after selecting Bloodline and Gender. The swirly thing keeps spinning, and there it stays.
If I try to use the character creator with an existing character, it doesn't get past the first progress bar.
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Zdrahonul Gallentor
Gallente
Royal Black Watch Highlanders
Warped Aggression
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:17:00 -
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I am having a similar problem, but performs slightly differently.
I am trying to enter the EVE Character Creator from a Lenovo T410 Laptop with a pretty bad GPU.
What happens:
- Character Creator loads
- I get to choose the faction/race/bloodline, click next
- Character Creator loads, loads... and window closes, re-opens, goes back to login menu.
After a few tries and fiddling with graphics settings, I managed to get t the character itself, but after adjusting a few traits, same thing happened: window closing, re-opening, back to login menu.
Logs show NOTHING.
Works as intended? I hope not :)
No biggie though, I have a much better system at home and will be able to use the character creator fine there. Just saying that I can replicate the issue on the laptop. Confirming its existence :)
...gis sdrawkcaB |
EdTeach
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:29:00 -
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Loading Bar goes all the way to full, then all activity stops as per above posts.
Can log in with no problems.
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ShadowFire15
BOAE INC
-Mostly Harmless-
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:31:00 -
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anybody else have any possible solutions?
It is impossible to pod Chuck Norris. |
Alorec
Infinite Covenant
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Posted - 2011.01.18 23:33:00 -
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same issue. can log into the game just fine, but character creator hangs on load bar. if i alt tab in and out, i just get a black screen, the game menu doesn't show up if i hit esc. game plays fine, played for a couple hours on patch day after patch.
i'm just worried about what will happen when the grace period is over and they haven't fixed this.
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Loni chen
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Posted - 2011.01.18 23:42:00 -
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I have a similar problem, but with spectacularly worse results. To whit:
1) I can log into the game fine;
2) At the character select screen, the character portraits of both characters show the generic "no picture" picture (as seen in my avatar to the left). Fine;
3) I click on a character to enter game. I get the pop-up saying I have the option of doing CharGen. I say OK;
4) Progress bar loads. At the half-way point it slows to a crawl (something choking?), then slowly over 5 minutes goes to full;
5) things sit there for another 5 minutes. Then an audible click and screen flicker as my video resets and I get the message "Graphics Driver stopped responding. Re-set to safe mode."
At this point one of three things happens:
a) The screen goes black with a blinking underline in the upper left, as in the old "DOS Prompt" days. Nothing else occurs, and I can not to anything else but kill power on my machine (Control+alt+delete several times to force a re-boot doesn't even do anything). Or...
b) The game exits and I am now in 16 color mode at 640x480 resolution. I can reboot normally, and on rebooting things return to normal. Or...
c) screen goes completely black and nothing responds till I kill power and reboot. Not even a blinky underline...
In all cases, my system on re-boot states that it is recovering from a serious error, insists on the disk check, etc. When prompted at the error notification on Windows rebooting, I send error report to Microsoft.
I have yet to try and run the game itself, but I'm betting since nothing in-game has changed graphically (that I am aware of), chances are it will run fine.
I never bothered to try the new stuff on SISI. What little free time I had I played EVE on Tranquility; I figured things would be OK for the update, right...?
System specs:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
Intel Celeron CPU - 2.40GHz
2048MB Ram (2.048 gig RAM)
DirectX version 9.0c
Video Card: NVidia GeForce 6200 - 256meg RAM.
Video Drivers: NVidia Driver 6.14.0012.6658 (English) dated 1/7/2011
1 EVEOnline account, with 2 characters.
Yes, I undated my drivers before even looking on the forums. Above bad results continue after the update.
And yes, I know my system is not up to most of you peoples' expectations/standards. For all you "you should upgrade your machine" types, in this crushing economy I am fortunate to have a job and be able to pay rent and food. So an upgrade to my machine and purchasing the latest-and-greatest Windows is unavailable.
I know I can probably play in-game without doing CharGen on my characters just fine. Until the change becomes mandatory. Unless there is a 'fix' with this, I'll be forced to stop playing at that point.
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Jelyk
Gallente
Confederation Navy Research
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Posted - 2011.01.19 01:23:00 -
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Same issue as the OP...bar goes all the way then nothing. It worked for me on Sisi a week ago. I can play the game but no Character Creator.
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Morux
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Posted - 2011.01.19 01:51:00 -
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Same here... can't create any new characters as it doesn't get beyond the "bloodline" option, and I can't model any existing characters - it freezes right at the "Entering character creation" dialog box... goes all the way to 100% on progress bar then... nothing.
This was happening on sisi and figured they'd get it fixed before release. Guess not.
CCP: Fix is definitely needed for this!! BEFORE the grace period expires! Expire the grace period without a fix and we're hosed!!
Comp type: Lenovo (thinkpad) T60. |
ACESsiggy
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Posted - 2011.01.19 02:04:00 -
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software compatibility issues .... might try updating software and drivers.
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Gerit Jax
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Posted - 2011.01.19 02:06:00 -
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having same problem..if i have the settings to high or mid in graphics i crash to a hard boot..with low i get hung up on the loading bar thing..
i have a AMD Athlon 64 3800+
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
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Kyo Haku
Minmatar
Murientor Tribe
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Posted - 2011.01.19 02:16:00 -
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Same issue.
Windows Vista 32 bit bought in 04-05ish. All software up to date.
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"Far be it from me to stand in judgment. I prefer to sit." -Stephen Colbert |
Maximillian Dragonard
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Posted - 2011.01.19 04:50:00 -
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Temporary work around...
As mentioned somewhere before, ESC to settings after the bar loads character creation. Click through the tabs (seems the last one is a good one to use) and the character generator will work fine.
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Jel Malar
Minmatar
Yellow Snow Solutions
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Posted - 2011.01.19 07:10:00 -
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Same deal... fills the progress bar and then just... stops. Message disappears when I hit escape, but then client locks up. Recently did a fresh reinstall, so not wanting to do THAT again.
Is my video card too old? NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT. That's what I was assuming but since others with better cards are having same issues...
(Windows XP, processor AMD Athlon 64 XP Dual-core 5200)
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Herring
Caldari
Fork In Your Face LTD
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Posted - 2011.01.19 08:18:00 -
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Originally by: Maximillian Dragonard
Temporary work around...
As mentioned somewhere before, ESC to settings after the bar loads character creation. Click through the tabs (seems the last one is a good one to use) and the character generator will work fine.
Tried this multiple times...doesn't work.
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Darius Brinn
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Posted - 2011.01.19 08:25:00 -
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Managed to get around it and even created a portrait for an alt I created.
Started the client, turned all graphic settings to minimum, and the creator loaded.
Then, I set it all to my liking again, and it worked fine. No choppiness, no frame rate issues, no lag, no jaggies. All fine as usual.
Today I'll do my main.
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EdTeach
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Posted - 2011.01.19 12:27:00 -
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Worked around the problem with the ESC trick.
Turned a few things on and off at random and hit the apply buttons, then hit esc, and the creator sputtered to life.
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