Rome Total War, continuous crashing.

**GoodKarma** · July 09, 2009, 04:43 PM

I'm having a serious problem. All parts of the game are working fine except for the actual playing.
I can navigate through the strategy map on the campaign. I can access the online server. I can change settings and view anything from the menu. But every time I start a game up, the bar loads completely, and than the game crashes and I'm sent to my desktop, can somebody please tell me what I can do to play?

Also, this happens on both Rome Total War, and the Barbarian Expansion,

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Here are my specs.

System Manufacturer - HP Pavilion 061
BIOS - Rev. 3.10
Processor - AMD Atholn(tm) XP 3200+,MMX,3DNow,~2.2GHz
Memory - 1984MB RAM

Display
Chip Type -VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP
DAC Type - Internal
Approx. Total Memory - 64.0MB
Current Display Mode - 1024 x 768 (32bit)(60Hz)
Plug and Play Monitor

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Is anybody around here going to attempt helping me?

**irishron** · July 10, 2009, 03:05 AM

Your video chip won't play it. You need 256mb minimum.

**GoodKarma** · July 10, 2009, 04:06 PM

Well thanks. That sucks.
I'm stuck simulating through the campaign.
Which I still find interesting.

**Spartan 666** · July 11, 2009, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by irishron

Your video chip won't play it. You need 256mb minimum.

I used to play RTW (without BI or ALX) also on my old PC which has an old Radeon 128mb...of course it didn't run smoothly, I had to set graphics to the lowest levels, but it worked...

**irishron** · July 11, 2009, 09:04 AM

Why don't you put your 128mb card in this one so you can play?

**Banana Jelly** · July 10, 2009, 06:05 PM

wow only 64 mb? how cheap is your comp sorry for asking but what is it lol?

**GoodKarma** · July 10, 2009, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by nazmus

wow only 64 mb? how cheap is your comp sorry for asking but what is it lol?

It's an hp pavilion.
It's not like it sucks. I never bought a decent video card. It's the internal card it came with that sucks.

**Banana Jelly** · July 10, 2009, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by GoodKarma

It's an hp pavilion.
It's not like it sucks. I never bought a decent video card. It's the internal card it came with that sucks.

Mine is sucks too, but mine came with it too sadly.
Mine is a video card with something around 250 mb.
May i ask if it is a laptop?

**GoodKarma** · July 10, 2009, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by nazmus

Mine is sucks too, but mine came with it too sadly.
Mine is a video card with something around 250 mb.
May i ask if it is a laptop?

Sadly it isn't, it's just from like 2005?
I've reformatted it 3 times already.
It was hacked by something called surfside hijacker?
And then it was contaminated with spyware.
It has been through hell. I'm lucky I can still play games like Age of Empires, and RPG's and stuff like that. Although Rome Total War is my favorite.. And it's the only one I can't play.

**Banana Jelly** · July 10, 2009, 07:18 PM

Mine is a vista 64 bit computer. I think its from 2007 since thats when i bought it. Its a GT5408 PC

**Brusilov** · July 11, 2009, 03:51 AM

If it isn't a laptop (which nazmus asked but you didn't answer): Have you looked at adding a cheap graphics card? I am sure a budget card will be a lot better than on-board graphics (depending upon budget).

**Spartan 666** · July 11, 2009, 01:35 PM

what do you mean?

**Brusilov** · July 11, 2009, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan 666

what do you mean?

Are you after some advice about how to install a graphics card?

I presume you may not be though.

**irishron** · July 11, 2009, 03:51 PM

HP says there over 300 products that are HP Pavillion 061. Exactly which product version is yours?
Run dxdiag and post the results.

**Brusilov** · July 11, 2009, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

HP says there over 300 products that are HP Pavillion 061. Exactly which product version is yours?
Run dxdiag and post the results.

I think what is happening is that you're responding to someone who used to have the same machine - not the original poster.

It's getting a bit confusing.

**irishron** · July 12, 2009, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by Brusilov

I think what is happening is that you're responding to someone who used to have the same machine - not the original poster.

It's getting a bit confusing.

Sorry for not being more specific. It was intended to GoodKarma as he is the one list the machine in his specs.

**Banana Jelly** · July 11, 2009, 07:53 PM

Thread needs to be closed lol

**Brusilov** · July 11, 2009, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by nazmus

Thread needs to be closed lol

No - as GoodKarma's problem is still there.

**GoodKarma** · July 12, 2009, 02:59 PM

Here's the system model. PJ509AA-ABA A720N
And maybe I should get a new graphic card.

**irishron** · July 13, 2009, 03:15 AM

http://www.buy.com/prod/hp-pavilion-.../10385650.html is what you have it isn't made for 3d gaming very long. 512mb of ram being shared with the video card will keep you from playing. It only has a AGP slot and with those for all intents and purposes out of date, are going to be hard to come by. ATI has a 3800 series AGP card that will play it for a while. You need more memory and your machine can only hold 2 gig so your game options are limited.