Mysterious Problem

[Bilgepump]

Originally Posted by Marrrrni

My friends can't log on with XP, the problem you are describing would be expected with Vista.

XP has the same issue.

[caddolake]

Yes, I have administrator rights, but might try just logging on as admin.
Thanks you guys for your time and effort.
I Will let you know if anything works.

[Eloricth]

Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the game? Might not work, but it's worth a shot.

You say your drivers are all up-to-date. Are you checking the manufacturer websites, or are you relying on a 3rd-party solution for driver updates? If you haven't, then I would advise checking the manufacturer websites for drivers.

Next up...You're using a router to connect your 3 home machines to, correct? If so, try changing the port on the router of one of the culprit machines with the working machine.

If all else fails, you could backup the data on the culprit machines, and then format the hard drives.

Best of luck!

-Eloricth

PS: Game runs fine on my nVidia card (8800GTS 640)

[caddolake]

Originally Posted by Eloricth

Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the game? Might not work, but it's worth a shot.

You say your drivers are all up-to-date. Are you checking the manufacturer websites, or are you relying on a 3rd-party solution for driver updates? If you haven't, then I would advise checking the manufacturer websites for drivers.

Next up...You're using a router to connect your 3 home machines to, correct? If so, try changing the port on the router of one of the culprit machines with the working machine.

If all else fails, you could backup the data on the culprit machines, and then format the hard drives.

Best of luck!

-Eloricth



PS: Game runs fine on my nVidia card (8800GTS 640)

Thanks, Have uninstalled and reinstalled POTC many times. Have bypassed router and plugged the 3 directly to the modem and this did not help either. I really think it must be a graphics card issue as this is the only thing that is really different in the 4 computers.

Thanks again.

[DarthChaosSky]

Can't be graphics; his graphics card for the computer it doesn't work on is better than the one where it does work. Maybe part of the Launcher file didn't install correctly? Try reinstalling Pirates.

[shadowypirate]

You said it crashes when you hit play, exactly what happens? Get any error messages?

[Chris]

sounds like a grapics problem however what exactly happens is it a potco error message or a message coming from your computers

[Davy]

Also, try lowering the settings. I sometimes crash when I hit play if I put my settings too high. It could be that your other computers are all older or don't have PotCO savvy gfx cards.

[caddolake]

Thanks for all your help.

The computers that will not play POTC are all newer with next generation graphics cards over the one that will play. And believe me I have all the latest updates on all hardware on each machine. I get a game disconnect that says "Your Internet Connectionto the Servers has been unexpectedly broken".
I have the following attachments to show the only screen I can get to.
The first one is where Jack Sparrow is talking, only you cant see him. This is as far as I have ever gotten on the three computers that cant play.

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[Chris]

hmm looks liek a grapic problem try lowing the resolution and such