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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 :)
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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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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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Zhan Shi
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Posted - 2011.01.19 13:07:00 -
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I have a freezing problem also, mostly when i try to take one of the pictures at the end of the creation process and sometimes when I have hair type chosen and I try to choose makeup or viceversa
I think they forgot to mention that to play the character creator we need better graphics cards, I don't have this problem on SiSi and use the exact same settings.
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Mirabi Tiane
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Posted - 2011.01.19 13:29:00 -
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For me, the character design screen always loads successfully but when I try to go on to the portrait design screen it never finishes loading. Just sits there with the little spinning icon. The settings tricks mentioned in this thread do not have any effect on my problem.
My GPU is an Nvidia GeForce 6600GT, a faithful little thing that has aged gracefully and can consistently run the character design screen with high quality shaders enabled at a tolerable lag level (if the drivers are up to date).
My CPU is an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition, which definitely supports SSE2.
I submitted a bug report yesterday.
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0August0
Gallente
Gooch Unlimited
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Posted - 2011.01.19 13:30:00 -
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Same problem here. Hangs on completion of the loading bar.
Regards,
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Frank Millar
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.01.19 13:58:00 -
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The "hitting escape (twice), fiddle with the menus and press escape again" is a bit of a hit or miss situation.
I've now been able to replicate it a few times, but the number of times it won't work are just as high.
nVidia 8800GTX (like te OP), btw. The card may be a few years old, but it certainly is not out of date, and I doubt this is the real problem.
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Experiment H197
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Posted - 2011.01.19 14:43:00 -
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Load bar then black. MSI U120 here. lol Best can do for now. Anyway, ESC thing didn't work for me, but I noticed something... After closing the ESC menu and seeing no change I hit ESC to try again, but this time the menu doesn't show... but it's there... the mouse icon is still there and changes when over where an option would be. Clicking does give a blip noise. You can hit ESC and watch the cursor change to tell when the menu is supposed to be showing. Hope it helps. Also, thanks for updates to the hotkey stuff. 
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Frozen Neuron
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Posted - 2011.01.19 14:55:00 -
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I had the same pb.
Try windowed mode, do what you have to do in the char editor, then switch back to full screen.
It worked fine here.
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Jelyk
Gallente
Confederation Navy Research
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Posted - 2011.01.19 15:37:00 -
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Works for me now. Updated my vid card drivers and and it loaded right up.
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Taaser
Caldari
Strategic Syndicate
-Mostly Harmless-
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Posted - 2011.01.19 16:11:00 -
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Edited by: Taaser on 19/01/2011 16:13:21
Nothing working for me, goes to "Entering Character Creation" screen and that bar loads fully and then just stops. Left it there all day yesterday and never once loaded the creator. I tried on a friend's machine today and it managed to load the creator, but only a silhouette of the characters showed.
And yes I tried messing with graphic settings, escing, tabbing, window mode, ect - nothing has worked. |
Max Cooper
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Posted - 2011.01.19 21:00:00 -
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Tried it on my normal pc at home, and it went straight in. Athlon 1090T with ATI HD 4890, running the latest 10.12 catalyst drivers.
Obviously my work pc here (Standard Dell Vostro 200) just doesn't cut it with the Character Creator, tried it on all settings from low to as high as it could go.
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Zinndahr
Jazz Associates
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Posted - 2011.01.19 21:42:00 -
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Originally by: Jelyk
Works for me now. Updated my vid card drivers and and it loaded right up.
+1 here
after four failed attempts, it now works.
all I had to do was get the latest driver for my videocard.
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lorkabee
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Posted - 2011.01.20 00:14:00 -
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Obvious driver compatibility issue i'd say.
I am getting the same thing decribed by others - loading bar stops at end and then nothing else happens. Escape menu trick does not work for me - half the time in fact i can't even get the escape menu to come up.
Now, I say I have been lucky being able to play at all - pc specs are (get ready to LOL) Acer aspire one netbook, 1024x600 resolution, intel express mobile 945 integrated graphics and a one point something ghz atom cpu. On a good day I would get like 8 fps :)
Game itself still works, just not the char creator.
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Jarem Sothra
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.01.20 00:39:00 -
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Everything works solid except the character creator. I don't believe it is a video card or graphics card problem, else otherwise the entire patch wouldn't work for me or anybody else that has the same problem.
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Ashlar Maidstone
Amarr
ASAD Spaces Insdustries
The Chamber of Commerce
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Posted - 2011.01.20 15:47:00 -
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@ Lorkabee, I got the same thing too (Intel 945 express)chipset. I looked on the support page and it said no longer supported, meaning an upgrade to the Intel 965 chipset is in order . Meanwhile it done everything else so far described, loading bar hangs, swirly thingy keeps going round n round n round
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Beltze Sorgin
Minmatar
L V B Industries
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Posted - 2011.01.20 16:01:00 -
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Same problem here. The esc menu trick doesn't work for me. Petitioned this problem under tech support over 24 ago now & I've had no response whatsoever!!! Are CCP axtually going to do something about this? They demand we all have to have new pictures then they release a fracked up system that we have to use within a month or we can't play!!!!
[Sracasm alert] Excellent piece of customer care CCP!!!
"All the strangers on trains look like they're going away again, on holiday (why didn't I?)." |
oah
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Posted - 2011.01.20 20:06:00 -
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Nvidia GeForce 9600: drivers updated... black screen solved.. i've got myne pg. TY eve team! this time the expansion pack are really good...
o/ !
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