Black screen after Splash. Fixed

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 11/12/08 6:09:42 PM

All,

I was having issues with the blank screen right after the splash screen, and could not, for the life of me, figure it out. Called EA Tech support, and they couldn't either. On a whim, I removed the movies from the data/movie directory, and the game worked great. Not seeing this as a good solution, I decided to replace my sound card (it's good, but lack of drivers that truly support Vista was a hindrance, and left me suspicious of the stability of the hardware.

I got the SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium, and went through the process of installing, updating, etc. I replaced the movies back in the proper directory, and everything works great now.

I suggest that people look at your sound card. If it's onboard, or old, or a no-name brand, you might look for drivers, or a new card.

This was a thread related to my problem...
http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/list/195.page

It works!!Thank you!!

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/11/08 10:42:00 PM

i think this diserves to be put in the RA3 FAQ...nice find

Yep this is great news!!

But its strange also..what dod those movies my comp cant handle?And without them it can!

bump to keep at the top. maybe getting this added to the sticky would be useful...

stanash wrote:bump to keep at the top. maybe getting this added to the sticky would be useful...

Great thread

ah, nice solution yes?

i diddnt get this problem thank god, but hell, work great for meh buddies here!!!

They need to patch the game to fix this. I was playing the game just fine all day and now I have this problem. My sound card is integrated and has the latest drivers and works perfectly on all games and did on this one until the game decided otherwise. I'm not going to buy a new sound card because EA is lazy.

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Yeah I agree I have the same issue as Dguy. It was running fine up until about two hours ago then it just snapped and now everytime I try to go it crashes and fails. I tried everything on here and updated everything but it still won't work. If EA doesn't fix this problem I will go bezerk.

I can't seem to get any updates for my soundcard. My game crashes at random in the way described here. Another patch is made, but this problem hasn't been fixed. Someday, I dream of getting a game from EA that works. Hasn't happened for at least 5 years, but it would be appreciated.

Sometimes it plays for 5 minutes, sometimes 5 hours. But it will always crash to the splash screen. Last time it locked up the pc too.

Any word on a fix for this soon? I don't relish the idea of buying a new soundcard just for this game.

im having the same problem and its extremely annoying. so is the advice to delete the movies from the game ??

Thanks

I am having trouble connecting to the internet and i have opened all the ports but that didnt seem to work. If any one has any ideas please help me Thanks

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2/9/09 10:26:55 AM

hanlerinos wrote:im having the same problem and its extremely annoying. so is the advice to delete the movies from the game ??

Thanks

nope. the advice is to update soundcard drivers.

Simmy50 wrote:I am having trouble connecting to the internet and i have opened all the ports but that didnt seem to work. If any one has any ideas please help me Thanks

wrong thread

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