Do any of you know what this error means? I use to be able to play RF just fine on my laptop. It may be because I recently formatted my harddrive. Any ideas of how to fix this?
Do any of you know what this error means? I use to be able to play RF just fine on my laptop. It may be because I recently formatted my harddrive. Any ideas of how to fix this?
There have been plenty of folks who have posted this error and it doesn't always pertain directly to DirectX. RF is weird that way.
Check to make sure you don't have too many files in your Multi folder and make sure you don't have any 0 byte files.
Attempting to reinstall DirectX may take care of the problem, but if you've got WindowsXP, you've got DirectX 8 already. It comes with the OS. Try clicking Start -->Run -->Type dxdiag and hit Enter. It will give you all the info you ever needed to know about DirectX on your machine.
See if there are any newer (or in some cases older) drivers for your Vid card. All else fails, just reinstall RF. Sometimes it doesn't install correctly.
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E_Darkness
Posted 15th Sep 2005 1:09am
L4Y Member Post 82 / 338
Yeah ive had that problem when ive just done masive amounts of work and then proced to play rf. Ive found to fix it
(with out a reboot) just turn up the direct 3d cach
BUT
I would recomend a reboot and that has always fixed the problem for me.
Check your resolution. I used to get this if I rigged my tower up to a poxy 15 inch TFT monitor. The resolution I run RF at was too high for it I think. Lower your resolution and try again.
To do this, run Red Faction and click Setup. Then you can change the default resolution under the Video tab
I have had this problem twice and the only thing that I was able to do to fix it was unistall RF, rebooot then reinstall RF and everything was good after that. The weird thing is I didnt do anything at all to cause the problem.
mad_ferrit
Posted 15th Sep 2005 6:09pm
L4Y Member Post 861 / 1510
Try lowering your resolution before going to the gief of a fresh install.
You can also try right-clicking on the RF.exe and clicking on the Compatability tab, you can change it's compatability to Windows 98, that might help.
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naraku KOTB
Posted 16th Sep 2005 1:12am
L4Y Member Post 45 / 389
its nuthin serious it always happens to me when i get a pop up and manage to close it, but when i get back to rf that pops up. jus reboot
KERPAL
Posted 16th Sep 2005 1:52am
L4Y Member Post 80 / 1353
Yeah, I have that error going on with me now but not only with rf but with RED, like when I try to open up two of em