Doom3 WTF!!!

[Tyberius]

OKay...so im running a nice rig...it runs my games beautifully...I install Doom3...and it causes a hard lockup on the first splash screen loading the game. So i reinstall the game...still no go, I reinstall windows, all my drivers, update everything, then reinstall the game....stilll no go. I open the game, it gets the the first splash screen, and hard locks my system, anyone else getting this problem??? really frustrating, i just wanna play :confused:

[tylerhskate]

Yup happens to me sorta except i get about 5 seconds into the communications level and it has some sort of error

[I3lackCoffee]

Hmm interesting, my setup has been running the game flawlessly upon hours on end.

I'm also using Direct X 9.0C and 4.7 Catalyst's.

[FUGGER]

Update your ATI video drivers and try again.

[Iridium192_217]

I had similar problems, illegal error messages when it loaded. I got the latest drivers & everything is good now.

[Attitudx]

i was gonna say i heard it giving ati problems figured it was a driver issue

[masterofpuppets]

Try the 4.9's which were released specificly for doom3 :)

[boasist]

NO.....careful man. I put on the 4.9's and doom wouldn't even boot. got some OpenGL cannot load message. Crap really.

4.8 was just released. give them a shot.

[Jeff]

I've run the 4.9s on a couple different machines and haven't had a problem. :shrug:

[Mariachi]

Hello Tyberius,

i'm having the exact same problem.
got my copy a couiple of weeks ago and still no go.. hell I wanna play it.. :(

I think it's somewhat related to SP2.. are you running xp w/ sp2 ??

BTW nice avatar :thumbsup:

[DeForce]

Originally posted by boasist
NO.....careful man. I put on the 4.9's and doom wouldn't even boot. got some OpenGL cannot load message. Crap really.

4.8 was just released. give them a shot.

The 4.9's didn't play nice with my system either. 4.8's seem to be doing well though.

[Kunaak]

I had these same problems...

I had to use a No-CD hack to finally get the game to work.
this is with a full legal copy if your wondering.
the No-CD hack is just routine for me.
it's all that made the game work for me...

something about the CD check always screwed up my game.
if anyones wondering, I do have SP2 on my system.
it wouldn't be the first thing SP2 screwed up on my PC.
I can no longer watch DVD's with PowerDVD. and have to use a demo of NVDVD to play DVD"s now.
SP2 is probably what makes doom 3 not work for me.

[Mariachi]

update: i'v uninstalled sp1 and reinstalled doom3.. installation went completely smooth and the gameplay is funnn :D

[Plexus22]

Originally posted by Mariachi
update: i'v uninstalled sp1 and reinstalled doom3.. installation went completely smooth and the gameplay is funnn :D

You uninstalled SP1 or SP2!?
Isn't the problem caused by SP2:confused:

[Mariachi]

man what a TYPO :d
yeah I meant SP2.