Game freezes and goes to a black screen right before the culling. Been trying every minor tweak i can think of to fix it but nothing is working. I don't want to bother reinstalling, I bought the fallout trilogy at the same time so i guess i'm going to play that until the next warcraft 3 patch comes out to fix this problem. The screen/monitor goes into a permanent 'sleep' mode, turns black, and cannot be removed from this state. Sometimes the cursor can still be seen and moved. The sound effects, background music, or any other audio in the game comes out of the speakers, but repeats itself in a choppy manner (sometimes.).
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It runs all the latest games fine (Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 and the like) but oddly enough it just kills my Warcraft 3: TFT.
Here's the problem:
I'd be playing it halfway, and the screen will go black, and after a long time (about a minute or so) it will return to the game fine. This repeats itself every few minutes. At this point, if I alt-tab, the same long black screen will occur again.
I was previously using an Ati card, and thought there might be driver conflicts. So I uninstalled the nVidia drivers, got Driver Cleaner Pro 1.5 and cleaned all Ati and nvidia drivers in safe mode. I reinstalled the nVidia driver again (180.48) and rebooted, and went back to playing.
The same problem occured, except that this time, the graphics become all messed up upon returning from the long black screen (See image). Upon exit game, desktop appears fine and works normally (no artifacts).
GPU temperatures appear to be normal (~52 on idle, ~70 on load).
I looked it up on the net and someone suggested a directx test (dxdiag > test directdraw and direct3d).
In directdraw there are 3 tests: 2 non-full screen and 1 full screen test. The non full screen tests run fine. When it reached the 3rd test (full screen test) the same long black screen thing happened again, but ultimately it passed.
Next was Direct3d and the very first test is already a full screen one. At this point it didn't continue. I had to press the reset button because nothing was responding anymore.
It seems there are no absolute solution to this and therefore I am posting in hopes of getting some help from you all. I also got a nv4_disp BSOD before I reinstalled the drivers, but upon Driver Cleaner + reinstall, it didn't happen anymore.
Here are my specs:
Windows XP SP2
Gigabyte P35-DS3 motherboard
Intel C2D E6750 2.66Ghz
Kingston 2GB DDR2 RAM (PC6400 I think)
2 x 160GB Western Digital HDDs
Zotac Geforce GTX 260 216 sp AMP2
Samsung Syncmaster 226BW wide screen LCD monitor, running @ 1680x1050 and 60Hz
Feel free to ask for any additional info as required. Do note that other newer, more graphically demanding games run fine even after many hours of playing and alt-tabbing (Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Need for Speed Undercover).
I updated to the Nov 2008 DirectX 9.0c and it seemed to work (yesterday) but I just got my first long freeze in a game earlier. Also upon update the dxdiag tests ran fine.
Thanks in advance.
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Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software
Before letting out all of your bad feelings toward development team, do not forget to go to the official website of your graphics card manufacturer and download the latest drivers. There are often specially prepared optimized drivers for specific game. You can also try to install a past versions of the driver if the problem is not solved by installing the current version. It is important to remember that only the final version of the video card driver must be loaded – try not to use the beta version, since they can have some terrible bugs.
Do not also forget that for good game operation you may need to install the latest version DirectX, which can be found and downloaded from official Microsoft website.
Warcraft III: Reforged not starting
Many of the problems with games launching happen because of improper installation. Check, if there was any error during installation, try deleting the game and run the installer again, but before install don’t forget to disable antivirus – it may often mistakenly delete files during installation process. It is also important to remember that the path to the folder with a game should contain only Latin characters and numbers.
You also have to check whether there is enough space on the HDD for installation. You can also try to run the game as an administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.
Warcraft III: Reforged crashes. Low FPS. Friezes. Hangs
Your first solution to this problem install new drivers for a video card. This action can drastically rise game FPS. Also, check the CPU and memory utilization in the Task Manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If before starting the game you can see that some process consumes too many resources - turn off the program or simply remove this process from Task Manager.
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Warcraft III: Reforged crashes to the desktop
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Black of black screen in the Warcraft III: Reforged
The most common issue with black screen is a problem with your GPU. Check to see if your video card meets the minimum requirements and install the latest drivers. Sometimes a black screen is the result of a lack of CPU performance.
If everything is fine with your hardware and it satisfies the minimum requirements, try to switch to another window (ALT + TAB), and then return to the game screen.
Warcraft III: Reforged is not installed. Installation hangs
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First of all, check that you have enough space on the HDD for installation. Remember that to work properly installer requires the declared volume of space, plus 1-2 GB of additional free space on the system drive. In general, remember this rule – you must always have at least 2 gigabytes of free space on your system drive (usually it’s disk C) for temporary files. Otherwise, the games and the other software may not work correctly or even refuse to start.
Problems with the installation may also be due to the lack of an internet connection or it’s instability. Also, do not forget to stop the antivirus for the time game installation – sometimes it interferes with the correct file copy, or delete files by mistake, mistakenly believing they are viruses.
Saves not working in Warcraft III: Reforged
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Equalizer for virtual dj. By analogy with the previous solution, check for free space on HDD - both on where the game is installed, and the system drive. Often your saves are stored in a folder of documents, which is separate from the game itself.
Controls not working in Warcraft III: Reforged
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Sometimes the controls in game do not work because of the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disabling gamepad, or, if for some reason, you have two connected keyboards or mouses, leave only one pair of devices. If your gamepad does not work, remember - the games usually officially support only native Xbox controllers. If your controller is defined in system differently - try using software that emulates the Xbox gamepad (eg, x360ce - step by step manual can be found here).
No sound in Warcraft III: Reforged
Check if the sound works in other programs. Then check to see if the sound is turned off in the settings of the game, and whether there is correct audio playback device selected, which is connected your speakers or headset. After this check volumes in system mixer, it can also be turned off there.
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If you are using an external audio card - check for new drivers at the manufacturer's website.