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lacrosse51   Posted 14th Sep 2005 5:02pm
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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?

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CommanderViper   Posted 14th Sep 2005 5:58pm
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Download the latest version of DirectX and that will most likely fix it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
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goober   Posted 14th Sep 2005 7:19pm
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that heppened to me before, try rebooting
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Ghostkid   Posted 14th Sep 2005 7:20pm
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Quoting lacrosse51
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?


yep, download Direct X
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MrWizard   Posted 14th Sep 2005 9:29pm
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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
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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.
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mad_ferrit   Posted 15th Sep 2005 9:09am
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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
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Turbo_Man   Posted 15th Sep 2005 5:17pm
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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
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Try lowering your resolution before going to the gief of a fresh install.
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sobe    Posted 15th Sep 2005 9:50pm
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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
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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
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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
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