max at 1600x1200

[mrmudcat]

this might help some with top end .sytems ....having crashes to desktop and freezes..............i have had crashes every few minutes and constant freezes ......until i set rez at 1600x1200 32 bit color.......my specs are as follows p3..1gig 256 samsung rd ram........intel vc820 board.......nvidia geforce 2ultra 64 mb....sblive .sound ...............windowsM.E.............OK SO MY DESKTOP REZ IS 1280X1024 32 BIT COLOR...and game was setting rez at 1024 x768 ..so i adjusted long story (read other posts in tech forums)..........well i always tried lower rez ...but when i set my rez higher than desktop rez my case 1600x1200 32bit ......max has ran 2 hours no crashes...this is with every thing set to high but with double buffering .........it is the only progress i have made ..........so maybe this might help i know some dont have vid cards or monitors to support this ihave a lacie blue 2 monitor .the balls .......so this is for the higher end or med end systems...also this time i didnt install patch ... images/icons/tongue.gif

[ 08-25-2001: Message edited by: mrmudcat ]

[Nailed]

Why don't you just set your desktop resolution to 640*480 before you run the game. If the game needs to be run at a resolution higher than that of the desktop, then you should be ok with all resolutions above 64-*480.

[mrmudcat]

im sure it would if thats where the problem was ............i tried this for the hell of it it seems to have been the fix for me max hasnt crashed since im running at 1600x1200 32 bit.......every thing on high ........im stoked believe me images/icons/grin.gif