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September 23rd, 2003, 02:49 PM
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Re: Questions? Need help? Look here
I've seen this mentioned, but no idea how to do it. Put your graphics in safe mode? How exactly is that done?
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September 23rd, 2003, 05:35 PM
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Re: Questions? Need help? Look here
when you star Starfury, press Setup instead of play. The more advanced options are in there.
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September 23rd, 2003, 07:19 PM
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No, I did not mean to imply that people are causing their errors, it is just a little bit of maintenance and your computer can run a lot better!
Too bad no mods are about to sticky this, I think it is worthy info for everyone to read. Any factual errors or additions you think I should include, just say so.
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September 24th, 2003, 04:02 AM
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Re: Questions? Need help? Look here
Regarding the video drivers, if you are using a laptop, you'd probably be better off going to the laptop manufacturer's site rather than the video card manufacturer's, since laptop video cards often have custom features designed for a particular brand of PC. Just a word of advice - I once spent several hours trying to update my video drivers and getting strange errors in the installation only to find that the drivers I downloaded weren't even the right ones for my video card! 
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September 24th, 2003, 06:17 AM
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Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Regarding the video drivers, if you are using a laptop, you'd probably be better off going to the laptop manufacturer's site rather than the video card manufacturer's, since laptop video cards often have custom features designed for a particular brand of PC. Just a word of advice - I once spent several hours trying to update my video drivers and getting strange errors in the installation only to find that the drivers I downloaded weren't even the right ones for my video card!
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Very very good point. Like the man says, do not try updating drivers unless they are from your particular vendor, problem is, I will bet that driver support is iffy on a lot of laptops. Gaming on laptops has always been a risky proposition, venture forth at your peril!
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
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September 24th, 2003, 06:32 AM
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Hey, has anyone had any problem with the game freezing for absolutely no apparent reason?? Well, when it did it to me, I eventually figured out that if you hit the windows key, then go right back into the game, it becomes "unfrozen". However, a couple of the ship displays, especially my ship status, goes all garbled. I tried to set my video mode to "Safe", and downloaded the newest Version of DirectX, so I don't see what the problem could be. I'm running a newer system, at 2.2GH, 256 MB of RAM, Intel 82845G graphics card, (at least that's what I think the #'s are  ) Can anybody help me?? Please??
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September 24th, 2003, 06:37 AM
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Re: Questions? Need help? Look here
There are some issues with things like alt-tabbing/minimizing and stuff of that nature that pop up from time to time for some players. I know that Aaron is working on this problem and hopefully will have it completely resolved!
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