Ghost Recon Gold Edition problems

[Sailindawg]

I upgraded my pc as follows:

DFI LP SLI-DR Expert (06/04/2006 BIOS)

Big Typhoon

4400 X2

2x1024 Mushkin Redline pc4000

OCZ GamerX 700

EVGA 7950 GX2

1-Seagate SATA 120 G

2-Seagate IDE 120 G RAID 0

X-Fi Xtreme Music

WinXP Home

The system is stable. I use the RAID 0 as a game drive. I run all current games with no issues. I currently run GRAW, COH, BF2, Far Cry, HL2 and it's spin offs. I tried installing the Gold Edition on my pc, no problem during install. Game install s fine. When I go to run the game, I click the icon, the cd-rom spins the disk up, I get a bit of HD drive activity, then nothing. The game does not run.

Things I have done:

- uninstalled/reinstalled the game, cleaning the registry and folders out each time followed by multiple reboots.

- tried installing every patch in combination. Seems that the Gold Edition has all patches up to 1.4.

- created a vid card driver profile

- I even installed the Dx8 drivers, again. I'm current to all Dx9.

- followed the sticky here for reinstalling the game. No luck.

My pc is current. I'm running the 93.71 vid drivers. All other drivers are current.

Any ideas ? I have even tried just installing the Ghost Recon disk by itself and patching to 1.4. Still no go. Enjoyed the GR1, would like to reinstall it if possible.

Edited November 12, 2006 by Sailindawg

[Cpl Ledanek]

OGR1/DS/IT installed separately and in order, you'll have no problem.

But from the Gold Edition, its seems to dislike any nVidia cards higher than 6600 128MB. If you want I can give you my extra 6600 for your EVGA 7950 GX2. I'll throw in my push mower too.

I'll PM the right ppl for you....

[Sailindawg]

OGR1/DS/IT installed separately and in order, you'll have no problem.

But from the Gold Edition, its seems to dislike any nVidia cards higher than 6600 128MB. If you want I can give you my extra 6600 for your EVGA 7950 GX2. I'll throw in my push mower too.

I'll PM the right ppl for you....

LOL.......I was playing it on a 6800GT on my NF3 board and really liking it. I got GR late, like a few months before GRAW came out, but I really enjoyed the SP missions in GR. I wanted to go back and play some MP on GR because I really like the [GR] Coop Maps in GRAW. Figured that the GR ought to play real well on my current system, however, I can't get past the splash screen. I'm really beginning to believe that it's a vid card driver issue.

Thanks !

[Cpl Ledanek]

before you send me your 7950 try installing 1.4 patch.

If still not working, send your card to me, and you can have my 6600

also there is a way to bypass the splash screen in the option menu. I believe you uncheck the intro movie.

[NoQuarter]

A look at the ForceWare Release 90 Notes would suggest that it's backward compatible so maybe not the vid drivers.

I'm sure you tried this but you mentioned clicking the GR icon... have you tried to run the game from the disk (Autorun screen) itself, or switching the disk to another (DVD/combo) drive?

Ghost Recon Gold Edition is patched to v1.4.0.0

[Sailindawg]

A look at the ForceWare Release 90 Notes would suggest that it's backward compatible so maybe not the vid drivers.

I'm sure you tried this but you mentioned clicking the GR icon... have you tried to run the game from the disk (Autorun screen) itself, or switching the disk to another (DVD/combo) drive?

Ghost Recon Gold Edition is patched to v1.4.0.0

Yep, my Gold Edition seems to be patched to the 1.4 version. At least that's what the README file states. I've switched to both DVD ROMs that I have, tried starting the game with the Desktop in 16 bit mode, then 8 bit mode. What I don't get is that I had this running on my NF3 machine with a 6800GT. Ran nice at 16x12, 4xAA, 8xAF. Then I rebuilt to the Nf4 board and a 7900GT that traded for the 7950 GX2. I just tried to install GR1 since I rebuilt. I can fire up the IGOR.exe map editor, but not the game. It acts like there's an incompatibility with the 93.71 driver. Heck, I was bumming out because VISTA is not going to support Direct 3D Sound, EAX and most of the audio codecs most games use. Heck, I upgrade my vid card and cpu to the latest and greatest and I can't get a 3 year old game to run !!!! Shucks, at least GRAW runs like butter at 1368x768, all settings maxed.

Is there like an .cfg file that I can hack to get the game to start at a different resolution ?? Ther are no similarities with GRAW. I tried to find a video configuration file, but couldn't find anything related. It exists, but I'm not familiar with the file structure of this game.

I'm open to any ideas.

[GreyHaired]

There's a Nvidia driver, specifically for the 8800 series.

You tried that? check the release notes though for different issues in games.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_97.02.html

[Sailindawg]

There's a Nvidia driver, specifically for the 8800 series.

You tried that? check the release notes though for different issues in games.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_97.02.html

My vid card is a 7950 GX2. I could mod the driver .inf file so that the 97.02 drivers would run with my GX2, but the 93.71's are a better driver for the GX2. The 97.02 were made for the 8800's only.

[GreyHaired]

Oops, my bad. Sorry.

I'm not familiar with the 7950 GX2 cards but remember having read something about "enabling/disabling" SLI in the driver set-up?

I'll try to find the link about that and see if it can shed some light.

The game should run like a charm with your rig so it must be a small thing that gives this big problem.

Edit: In reply to your post in another thread: I run the game on a dual core Opteron processor and I'm sure many others around here play the game on dual core cpus as well. I think it's a driver issue and you may wanna run ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com (freeware) to make sure any leftovers are removed from the registry. And Driver cleanerPro http://www.drivercleaner.net/ before that.

[Sailindawg]

Edit: In reply to your post in another thread: I run the game on a dual core Opteron processor and I'm sure many others around here play the game on dual core cpus as well. I think it's a driver issue and you may wanna run ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com (freeware) to make sure any leftovers are removed from the registry. And Driver cleanerPro http://www.drivercleaner.net/ before that.

Glad to hear that you are running the game on an Opty. Brings me back to my initial thought that I'm having a vid card driver issue. I half-heartedly tried to run my card in single card mode, but that did not help at all. The game still went to the splash screen, then quit. It seems that the game is not building an options.xml file to get the game started.

Regarding driver installs, I always use Driver Cleaner Pro (in Safe Mode) to clean out old drivers before installing new ones. I also install the new driver in safe mode as well. I may go back to the 91.47 driver just to see of [GR] will fire up. I'll try running my vid card in single card again. I do like the IQ of the 93.71's over the 91.47's.

Thanks much.

[Cpl Ledanek]

how about posting those ike logs generated when you get an error.

maybe that would help.

path is something like this:

C:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon

then look for "ike error"

hope you get it fix

[musician]

Well, it appears I started a new thread just in vain. I'm also running a 7950 but the GT version on my computer and using the same drivers (93.71). I also have this issue so it sure must be driver related, because I have also tried these newer drivers on my 6600GT w/ the same result, i.e. crash to windows.

Somebody said to upload the ike.log file, and I guess I might as well do it, as I think it may relate to the same problem.

Here's its content on my machine.

***** User's system configuration *****

CPU: GenuineIntel 3010 MHz Pentium 4

RAM: 1024 MB

O/S: Microsoft Windows 2000 5.1 Service Pack 2 build 2600

Ghost Recon (RELEASE) version = 1.4.0.0(0)

RSDisplayMgr::CreateGameWindow: Creating a 1280x1024 window at 0,0 on monitor LG FLATRON L1980U(Digital) attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

RSDisplayMgr::CreateGameWindow: Game running on primary display LG FLATRON L1980U(Digital) attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

HAL (hw vp): NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT R5G6B5

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file ike_fx_fire_type2.tga

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file ike_fx_fire_type2.rsb

Unable to find ike_fx_fire_type2.tga anywhere.

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file lighthalo_effect3.rsb

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file lighthalo_effect3.rsb

Unable to find lighthalo_effect3.rsb anywhere.

RSSoundMgrPC: Selecting sound device 1-WaMi Rack 192 1,2

driver is WmLXwdm.sys

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file arrow.rsb

RSFILEDATA: FindFile could not find file arrow.rsb

Unable to find arrow.rsb anywhere.

This is the text the crash generated in C:\Documents and Settings\(my user name)\Local Settings\Temp

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

<DATABASE>

<EXE NAME="GhostRecon.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="dbghelp.dll" SIZE="163088" CHECKSUM="0x97B4ECDF" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.0.2195.2104" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.0.2195.2104" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.00.2195.2104" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT Image Helper" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows ® 2000 Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.00.2195.2104" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="IMAGEHLP.DLL" INTERNAL_NAME="IMAGEHLP.DLL" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x2824C" LINKER_VERSION="0x50000" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.0.2195.2104" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.0.2195.2104" LINK_DATE="05/04/2001 21:34:31" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/04/2001 21:34:31" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="drvmgt.dll" SIZE="35840" CHECKSUM="0xC0479D01" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="01/11/2002 15:01:41" UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/11/2002 15:01:41" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="eax.dll" SIZE="98304" CHECKSUM="0xF9CD61A" BIN_FILE_VERSION="2.6.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="2.6.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="2.06" FILE_DESCRIPTION="eax" COMPANY_NAME="Creative Technology Ltd" PRODUCT_NAME="Creative Technology Ltd eax" FILE_VERSION="2.06" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="eax.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="eax" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1999" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="2.6.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="2.6.0.0" LINK_DATE="02/22/2001 21:58:27" UPTO_LINK_DATE="02/22/2001 21:58:27" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="GhostRecon.exe" SIZE="6402084" CHECKSUM="0x3E46B77B" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/08/2031 15:51:01" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/08/2031 15:51:01" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="igor.exe" SIZE="6037569" CHECKSUM="0xE6E61FD4" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Ghost Recon Game Editor" COMPANY_NAME="Red Storm Entertainment" PRODUCT_NAME="Ghost Recon Game Editor" FILE_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="Igor.EXE" INTERNAL_NAME="Igor" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 2001" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" LINK_DATE="09/13/2002 18:49:48" UPTO_LINK_DATE="09/13/2002 18:49:48" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="ScriptEd.dll" SIZE="499782" CHECKSUM="0xA4711575" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="ScriptEd DLL" COMPANY_NAME="" PRODUCT_NAME="ScriptEd Dynamic Link Library" FILE_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="ScriptEd.DLL" INTERNAL_NAME="ScriptEd" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1999" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" LINK_DATE="10/25/2001 18:18:46" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/25/2001 18:18:46" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Mods\Mp2\Mission\Uninstal.exe" SIZE="75846" CHECKSUM="0x41A236B5" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="12/16/2003 14:15:18" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/16/2003 14:15:18" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Mods\Origmiss\Mission\Uninstal.exe" SIZE="81871" CHECKSUM="0x85175831" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="12/17/2004 08:55:53" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/17/2004 08:55:53" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Mods\TaGmp4\Uninstal.exe" SIZE="90477" CHECKSUM="0x85175831" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/25/2004 11:11:15" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/25/2004 11:11:15" />

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="ubicom\Setup.exe" SIZE="168448" CHECKSUM="0x48764ADF" BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.31.100.1190" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.31.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="6, 31" FILE_DESCRIPTION="InstallShield ® Setup Launcher" COMPANY_NAME="InstallShield Software Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="InstallShield ®" FILE_VERSION="6, 31, 100, 1190" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="Setup.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="Setup" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1990-2001 InstallShield Software Corporation" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.31.100.1190" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.31.0.0" LINK_DATE="09/05/2001 10:03:12" UPTO_LINK_DATE="09/05/2001 10:03:12" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

</EXE>

<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="984064" CHECKSUM="0xF12E1D4A" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.060704-2349)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xF724D" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:55:00" UPTO_LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:55:00" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />

</EXE>

</DATABASE>

[Sailindawg]

Well, I figured my problem out. I need to reinstall WinXP. When I upgraded to my 4400 X2 cpu, I had been running a San Diego 3700 cpu. Now most forum advice says that you should reinstall XP when going to a dual core cpu. I did not. I just put the X2 in, cleared CMOS, set my BIOS and booted to Windows. Once in Windows, I did all the right things for the X2. I installed the AMD drivers, the MS hotfix and installed the AMD Optimizer. All my Dx9 games ran great. I had only run the 3700 for about 3 months before the X2, I thought that my XP install was fine. Not until I tried to install [GR]. [GR] will not start and neither will ANY Dx8 game. I installed every Dx8 game I had and they all acted the same. Splash screen, then nothing. Not only did I upgrade the cpu, but also my vid card. Went from a 7900 Gt to the GX2. Too many hard ware changes I think.

I basically grabbed a spare hard drive, unplugged my current HD's and installed XP, drivers, etc....Now came the big test !!!! Install [GR]. [GR] installed and ......PLAYED! Problem solved. I need to reinstall my operating system. Regarding the ike.log files, I found those and the game cannot create the 3D environment. Some where, some how I think a few files got crunched. The only thing now is that buggy UBI malware for going into mp games. I tired to get into one server, version unknown, that locked up the pc. I rebooted and now UBI gives a message that I can't reach the game lobby because their server is down ?? Whelp another day for that one. Bottom line is I need to reinstall XP. Go figure. All Dx9 games run very well. So I guess this is resolved.

Regarding the gentleman that posted about the 93.71 driver, I switched back to the 91.47's. More stable driver for me. In my reinstall on the spare HD, Iused the 91.47 drivers. When I do a formal reinstall of my main HD, I'll go stil use the 91.47's.

Thanks all.

Edited November 19, 2006 by Sailindawg