27-02-2003 19:49									#1
	MOO3 keeps pausing!?!?!!? Suffering from ads?

Just installed the game, including putting the music on the hard drive in the correct directory!.
Fired the game up and........ bugger! the game keeps pausing all the time
It seems to lock up for 10 or 20 seconds then run ok for 30 seconds then do the same again!!!
Anyone else have this problem.
I have well above the specs.

	27-02-2003 20:12									#2
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What OS are you running?

	27-02-2003 20:12									#3
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I have the same problem. Although the readme file says where to copy the music directory it seems it is still reading it from the cd.
And....oh yes i had a problem with the blinking cursor, so i had to switch it to system(windows)cursor. MF!

	27-02-2003 20:13									#4
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I'm running XP home with Directx 9

	27-02-2003 20:47									#5
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Metalking, Put the music folder from the CD into the:

GameDataSets\Classic_01\GameAssets\Common

folder in the MOO3 folder on your HD.

Although this did not cure the game pausing problem for me.

	27-02-2003 21:19									#6
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What is your sound card and video card? You have the latest version of directX installed?


It sounds similiar to a problem I had in Robinhood. Never did spend much time figuring out why it happened in that game but it seemed to somehow be related to a common problem I have with my audio and games running with directx8.1 - replacing my soundcard didn't fix this, so I'm at a loss to what the actual cause is.

But anyways, with the latest directX installed run DxDiag (C:\Program Files\DirectX\Setup) click the sound tab and lower the hardware acceleration to the second from the left and see if that solves your problem. If not, try turning it off all the way. Also check under all the tabs to see if it is reporting any errors.

If that doesn't solve it, it probably isn't related to the problems that I have.

	27-02-2003 21:21									#7
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Is sound locking too? Have you tried turning it off? What kind of CDROM are you running and what's its speed? Can you check you Task Manager and see if anything is running that's eating resources, like Seti@Home? I'm not having the problem myself (yet, I'm on the road and can't until Saturday) but if you can check and post these things maybe something will stand out or someone else can take the info and run with it.

	27-02-2003 21:40									#8
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I occassionally have that pausing - it happens during CD-ROM access.

	27-02-2003 23:16									#9
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Music never pauses!
I am running DX9.
As i said the game pauses all the time, about every 20-30 seconds. You can move the mouse cursor around but you can't click on anything, then it will start working again. I have tried it with the system as well as the game cursor, I have all the music loaded into the correct music folder in the MOO3 folder on the HD.
Also the rotate and zoom commands don't work on my mouse. The mouse works in all other apps i am running.

HELP!!!!!!!

	27-02-2003 23:18									#10
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To Harry Seldon,

I am running an LG 40X CD-RW
I have no apps running in the background.

	27-02-2003 23:22									#11
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Did you try lowering the hardware acceleration?

	27-02-2003 23:29									#12
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Yes lowered Hardware Accel. in DXdiag tool, no luck!!

	27-02-2003 23:46									#13
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Sorry, I've no idea then. (and don't forget to bring it back up )

	28-02-2003 00:25									#14
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is the music playing from the cd still? because if it is your computer probably just can't read fast enough to keep up with the game

	28-02-2003 01:02									#15
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Someone found a nocd crack. Look in Lovely... thread from page one. That may work.

	28-02-2003 04:33									#16
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Ok thanks for all your replies!
I took radical action.
Re-formatted HD. Fresh install of WINXP-I am using only generic drivers from the XP install
Game works fine!!!

	28-02-2003 06:59									#17
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you reformated? i think i would have waited a while and tried to find a different way before going to a reformat

	28-02-2003 16:27									#18
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Yeah I didn't need to reformat, the problem is the using full hardware acceleration with 41.09 drivers for my GF4 card. I turned it down by 3 clicks, now it works fine

But why?

	28-02-2003 17:32									#19
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It could be a hardware conflict. Open up the device manager (right click on my computer, properties and select the device manager tab) and check your video card and sound card for hardware conflicts by opening them up and checking under the resource tab - it should tell you there if there are any conflicts. Might want to check for conflicts with some of your other hardware while you're there.


EDIT: oh, and did it report any errors in the dxdiag?


EDIT again: I just saw your other post, seems like it's a driver problem. Strange that the newest (and I assume official) drivers would cause problems... but I've no experience with the geforce 4.

	01-03-2003 04:07									#20
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By any chance are you using a Sound Blaster Live card in a motherboard with a via chipset?

	01-03-2003 04:29									#21
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I am using SB512pci with via chipset!
But the problem is the grafic hardware acceleration with GF4 41.09 drivers. Turn acceleration down a notch or two...must be a moo3 problem, as i don't have this problem with anything else!