leaving harbours

gwrsteamship · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: leaving harbours

hi,

i dodnt know if anyone else has come accross this, but after i had steard my ship successfully out of brisbane, it took me back to the screen to sat your ship is ready to leave. i was unable to use the steer by hand button, but was able to use tugs help. this is perticullerly frustrating as having done it manually once it then costs you more to use the tugs! any suggeastions as to what this could be? i am running vista and not had a problem before.

cheers

rdklein · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

indeed very strange,
please tell us the versions you use for pocxxl and sim3dii.

gwrsteamship · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

i am using
pocxxl version :1.0.2 built 7.7.2008 dll:112 and
poc3dIIsim rev 1.6

rdklein · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

gwrsteamship · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: port exit loop

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hi rdk,

i thought you might like to have a bit more detail on the nature of the problem. have also included the system info at the end.

in a new or saved game the leaving the ports and setting the ship speed all goes as it should. it is on the second or third harbours when at the 'your ship is ready to leave port' screen when i select to 'stear by hand', the 3d sim starts ok and all is well. when , however i have sucssesfully compleated the simulation, pocxxl takes me back to the "your ship is ready to leave the harbour" screen again. if i try to click 'stear by hand' nothing happens. if i select 'use a tug' i can get to the 'ship speed' selection screen you should get after leaving the port. if i then try to continue with the journey the program reverts back to telling me my ship is ready to leave and then stalls at that page with no buttons opparating.

i have tried using the repair option with the installer and reinstalled both pocxxl and sim3dII again when that failed. i have the latest poc updates availible and have not had a problem with any version of poc before. your latest release worked fully untill 2 or 3 weeks ago.

system info:
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
System Manufacturer PACKARD BELL BV
System Model IMEDIA J2422
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz, 2200 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, Si671V18, 03/06/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.08 GB
Total Virtual Memory 4.24 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.05 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Adapter Type GeForce 8300 GS, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version 7.15.11.7519

hope this all helps. if you need any more information just let me know. would a saved game file help? if so how do i send you one?

many thanx and hope we can find a solution soon as i miss playing the game now! lol

rdklein · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

very straneg indeed,

but a) how many space is on the drive C: the communicaiton is down via a file
b) anything you remember you have installed in the last 3 days (updates , firewall...) when it starts to happen
c) can you disable antivirus programs for test (any updates in the last days on this ?)

was the new 1.02 xx alerady working and does it happen after this or together with updating ?

send me a saved game to poc@rdklein.de (also include a short description to identify the mail) subject=portsofcall problem