Completely black screen-then freeze

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:43 am

When i try to log into Illarion the screen goes black with only the pointer like usual, but stays like that for about five minutes then my computer freezes. Every time i try to log in. Any suggestions?

Lady Arynne · Post by **Lady Arynne** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:24 am

The server may have been down. That's when that happens to me.

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:31 am

No, happens every time i try to log on, even when it says the server is up.

John Irenicus · Post by **John Irenicus** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:43 am

Maybe you put the Illarion.exe on your desktop and not together in the folder with the other Illarion files?
Another problem may be a router (or any firewall), check if you have one.

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:49 am

No firewall and Illarion is in original folder.

Durin Silberbart · Post by **Durin Silberbart** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:30 am

Some information about your system are helpful. What is your OP system? and how is the configuration from your machine? Maybe you need some newer drivers for your graphic card?

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:40 am

OS is windows 98 , and i know it isnt my graphics card because Illarion worked fine one time before this happened.

Gro'bul · Post by **Gro'bul** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:10 am

Or maybe even an older graphics driver? I remember at one time when I had 98se installed I had to roll back my driver everytime I wanted to play illa, then update when I wanted to play counter strike. Older drivers especially drivers that come with windows tend to be more stable.

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:08 am

i have the graphics card that came with my computer and the drivers from windows 98

Durin Silberbart · Post by **Durin Silberbart** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:08 am

reinstall illaroin. maybe this will work..... hmm..you say you have no firewall... maybe you catch a virus? check them and install a firewall and an viruschecker.

Bongo · Post by **Bongo** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:19 am

You may just have to reboot your computer, unless you've already done so.
Check to make sure the Illarion files are in the right place.

Lady Arynne · Post by **Lady Arynne** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:02 am

Oh, also, don't go by what the front page says about the server. It always says it's up, even when it's not. ~.

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:22 pm

I uninstalled illarion, downloaded it again, then reloaded it. Still same thing happening.

Bongo · Post by **Bongo** » Tue May 31, 2005 11:03 pm

Can you give some info about the computer you're using?
If you're not sure how to get this information, go to Start, Run and enter: dxdiag - press enter and wait for a moment.

Lady Arynne · Post by **Lady Arynne** » Tue May 31, 2005 11:08 pm

I still think it was the server. During his last post saying it happened again, I know for a fact the server was down. I was watching it with a hawkeye.

Try right now.

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:09 pm

tried when you told me to and just now. Still same thing

Durin Silberbart · Post by **Durin Silberbart** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:40 pm

You wrote you have the drivers fromyour graphic card from Win 98. Visit the website from the manufacturer from this card and download the newest driver. Maybe you need a newer version of directx? load down the latest release from the microsoft server.... is your machine working well? maybe you have some collisions with the interrupts..... or the drivers are not correct installed.....

Larodo Woodsman · Post by **Larodo Woodsman** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:05 am

havent released any more drivers...this is gfx card that came stock with my crappy PC. and i download latest directx, still no show. PC is working fine though.

niarebit · Post by **niarebit** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:33 am

I am getting the same problems aswell.,

OS- Windows XP home edition. Have SP2 installed atm.

DX- directX 9.0c

Video card-S3 Graphics inc. Savage4, main driver is s3sav4.dll, version 5.12.0001.8012

Soundcard-VIA audio, main driver is ac97via.sys, version 5.10.0000.3622

internet- Connected with DSL. Currently running through a Linksys router and am using the firewall equiped with windows.

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:47 am

Get rid of SP2. Trust me.

Aramil Smith · Post by **Aramil Smith** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:48 am

I am having the same problem, some times after a few minutes have elapsed there will be a cannot connect message... I waited a few hours and tried again, with the same thing happening.

OS- Windows XP
DX- DirectX 9.0c
Videocard- Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Soundcard- Realtek AC97 Audio
Internet- COX cable hooked up through a wireless LAN. I use no firewall (Thank you Firefox

)

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:51 am

Well, the server is currently down. That may be part of the problem.

Aramil Smith · Post by **Aramil Smith** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:52 am

I also looked at site stats to see who is online, and it says I am... Server crash possibly?

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:53 am

Aramil Smith · Post by **Aramil Smith** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:53 am

Ah... I see... So there is a problem with the server... Ah well... Thanks for the help.

guthix · Post by **guthix** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:07 pm

i had some of the same problems as above
Operating System: Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222) A
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.2GHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

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