18 wheels of steel (no reply from the other thread so i started a new one)

im having a problem with this game too and i have visited their support website but theres no

help there. i also installed the patch for the game but it still gives me a full system hang.

when it does that i have no other choice but to reset the system with the reset button cause it

just hangs there. ive tried leaving it for 10 minutes but it has no effect.

i had it working alastnight for 2 minutes but innocently i pressed the button to disable music

and from then on it refuses to work. can you please help. can you tell me where i can renable the

music by editing the config file if at all possible? ive even reinstalled the game but same as

usual. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

Heres my system specs:
ati radeon 9600 pro 256mb
asus a7v8x-x
2 sticks of 512mb ram pc333
1 40 gig maxtor hdd
1 10 gig hdd
500 watt power supply

im using the latest ati radeon drivers v5.9
windows xp sp2 with all the latest update patches

also i have 18 wheels of steel convoy but randomly this game crashes to the desktop.
cpu is an AMD ATHLON XP 2200+ 1.8GHZ.
i dont have anything overclocked either.

ps im sorry for starting a new thread but i got fed up of waiting for a reply

 

nvm i saw you installed the latest patch.

 

yup ive installed the latest patch.

ive emailed the company support team and got a stupid automated reply telling to install the latest windows patches , installe the latest graphics card drivers and make sure the disk was clean. all this after i clearly telling them that windows has all the latest patches and i have the newest graphics card drivers. i also had the disk made into iso format so that the disk would be safe and wouldnt get dirty/ scratched so that aint a problem cause its installed from my hdd. i totally give up on these two sims 18 wheels of steel pedal to the metal (the one that hangs the computer) and 18 wheels of steel convoy (which randomly crashes to the desktop)) even i love them but these bugs are redicolous. nobody can seem to help and ive never had this problem before.

i wouldnt usualy ask for help because im well experienced with trouble shooting computers and i reinstalled windows a good few times but this was one call for help i need

 

To clarify, right click on the exe and go on the compatibility tab. Tick the box that says run in compatability mode and select your operating system.

 

thanks for trying to help but ive got this from the read me file from 18 wos pttm.

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For 18 Wheels of Steel - Pedal to the Metal technical Support, please
please visit:
http://www.valusoft.com

For the latest information on game, please visit:
http://www.valusoft.com

*** For users of some graphics cards and chipsets, please note that you may be
required to switch to DirectX instead of OpenGL. If you see any graphics
corruption, it is a good idea to try this.

Please see the Troubleshooting section below.

******************************************************************

INSTALLATION

To install 18 Wheels of Steel - Pedal to the Metal, insert the game CD
into your CD-ROM drive. If installation does not start automatically,
click on START and then Run and type d:\autorun.exe and click OK.
If your CD-ROM drive uses a different drive letter, replace the "d" with
the letter that your computer uses for the CD-ROM drive. Click on the
Install button to begin the installation process. Follow the on-screen
instructions to install the game.

If you experience problems running the autorun.exe try using the setup.exe
also found on the CD.

******************************************************************

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Pentium III 800MHz or 100% compatible processor
256 MB RAM
32MB 3D Video Accelerator with DirectX 8.1 compliant video drivers
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
500MB Hard disk space
4X CD-ROM Drive
Mouse

******************************************************************

aparently its compatible with windows xp too. and ive tried running it in various compatability modes but in windows 98 and windows 95 mode it plays in the background but i cant see it. ie my process manager shows it being run but it isnt onscreen. in windows nt and windows 2000 mode it crashes the computer

 

Try clean booting your machine.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434

 

well in the next few days im updating my cpu and motherboard to a 64 bit semprom 3100+ so i will try it again when i have a clean windows xp instalation on my hdd. for now i will do sithout it. i already have rfactor and GTr to keep me going.

thank you for your help. its well appreciated. BTW ive done a good few clean installs of windows xp. ive even made my own windows xp disk with tweaks and all the latest hotfixes incorporated into the installation but thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

 

What Version Of 18 Wheels Of Steel Do You Have?
I Just Started Playing Convoy Recently The Only Problems I've Had Is With My ATI Radeon 9600SE The Game Would Crash Evey 5 To 10 Minutes, I Cured That By Putting In My Nvidia Geforce FX 5700LE (But It's A Slower Card.)

 

i have version 1.0 of convoy and my card is an asus radeon 9600 pro with 256mb onboard. my version of pedal to the metal is version 1.07.

 

I know what you mean.I could'nt get any help from valusoft either.Or anybody else.I'm running a Pentium 4 3ghz,1gig ram and the 9250 ati 256 mb and still get a slideshow in cities and hwy interchanges.My fps varies from 16 to 22 in cities and 22 to 45 on hwys.It seems to me there is a bottleneck somewhere between the cpu and the gpu.Now then,I've posted several threads with other forums and have got no results.Everybody wants to help but I just can't seem to get the right answer.

 

I'm confused about the DirectX and Open GL thing.There is no option for DirectX on my game.So how is this done?

 

There Is No Way That I Know Of Set The Game To Directx Or Open Gl,
And To Answer Your Previous Question It Sounds Like Your Video Card Is Not Fast Enough, Sorry For The Bad News.

 

Please reccomend one

 

Get Your Self A Geforce FX 5700LE Video Card It Works Fine With 18 Wheels Of Steel Convoy.

 

Thanks hugh 750, I thought when I bought that ati card it was somwhere in the middle of line of graphic cards.Would you please list your computer specs

 

I've got an intel pentium 4 2.5 gig cpu, 1 gig of ddr ram, 80 gig hdd, an intel motherboard, sound blaster live 5.1 sound card, jaton geforce fx 5700le 128 ddr on board.