SparkEdit Error

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:49 am

Wow, SparkeditPC has been out for less than 20 mins and already I get an Error. I am running Windows XP Pro and I get "SparkEdit Mapfile Viewer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" Any ideas?

Grenadiac · Post by **Grenadiac** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:58 am

Which map did you open? Are you running the retail version of HPC or the demo?

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:00 am

I have not tried to open any map... it simply gives me the error when I try and open the main program after I have extracted it... And by the way, thanks for the quick response... Any ideas?

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:15 am

make sure u have retail, u dont have a virus, extract everything to a new folder, scan for viruses, have the newest winrar, dont have spyware, and try redownloading it and winrar.. i was the first person to dl sparkedit 2, and i have xp pro, and i have no probs

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:19 am

Ok I am gonna try it...

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:57 am

nah it didn't work.. hmmm...weird...Anyone else having this problem?

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:11 am

Okay Everyone I haven't solved it but when I run it in compatability mode with 256 colors it works and all the other settings don't matter... I can switch the colors back but I don't know. Over on the gearbox forums everyone with Radeon cards and the newest Catalyst 3.8 drivers have been getting hell and it always restarts halo so I downgraded to 3.0 like everyone else and that worked but I upgraded to 3.5 because they also work but that is most likely the problem so I am gonna try 3.0 and then if I have to go back to Halo that crashed frequently, 3.8

Wizzel · Post by **Wizzel** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:18 am

For all those who have Radeon 8900 - 9200 and maybe above that, whose computers are crashing, download the 3.0 drivers from www.ati.com and you will be able to use sparkedit 2.0

Good Luck... and post questions here...

Grenadiac · Post by **Grenadiac** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:29 pm

Thanks wizzel. I appreciate your investigating that.

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:59 pm

ehh, i had assumed (yes, we all know what assuming means..

) that u had a recently made graphics card.. didnt think it would be a driver issue.. hehe, well, there you go.. halo was made for nvidia.. not ati.. (im not dissing ati.. well maybe just a little.. cause microsoft chose nvidia! ) lol, glad ur prob is fixed

eggroll · Post by **eggroll** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:43 pm

It was doin that wit me also. What I did was I changed somthin in the control panel I tink. It says do you want it to operate for win 95, 98, Win xp. I have an xp but I changed it to work on 95 and it worked.
By the way can anyone email me and tell me how to get the shaders to load in spark edit.