006 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 So as I still got an 8 years old pc, I decided to instal ghost recon once again. I read many topics in other websites, hope that I'll get some help here. First it did not allowed me to install it, so I followed the instructions in this topic: http://www.ghostrecon.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5564 . Finally managed to install it with Island Thunder, but when I try to start it, I get this error: "ghost recon.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" And that's it, have no idea what to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Were you able to play the game before installing Island Thunder? Sometimes it can be caused by the intro videos of the game. If you have an options.xml in: Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon go to this line: <ShowIntro>TRUE</ShowIntro> and change TRUE to FALSE. Sometimes there will be no options.xml because it is only written on successful launch the first time the game is played. In this case download: My options.xml link (goes in Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon) and see if that allows the game to start. Here's another stickied link on: Uninstalling/Re-installing GR link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) Wow, thanks for the fast , sorry for the late answer. Yes, I had Ghost Recon with Desert Siege and Thunder Island installed all together. EDIT: Just tried what you suggested, downloaded and placed the options.xml, nothing worked, it's in FALSE, still receive the same error when I start the game. Edited April 9, 2012 by 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 do you have an IKE log we can go on? in your game directory there should be two files we might need, IKEcrash.log and IKE.log if you could post what is in both that would help allot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) nm not payin attention Edited April 14, 2012 by twcrash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 http://data.hu/get/4985826/IkeIkeCrash.rar Scroll down, and click on the grey "Lassú letöltés" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) it's telling me that Options .xml could not be read and is using defaults would you mind MANUALLY setting the <showintro>FALSE</ShowIntro> rather than using the downloaded version? (sorry Wombat ) The game is setting the options back to default which means ShowIntro is Reverted back to TRUE rather than FALSE Edited April 14, 2012 by Zeealex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Reinstalled Ghost Recon, and originally got no options.xml, so placed wombat's options.xml, and set <showintro>FALSE</ShowIntro> manually, stil got the same problem. Years ago I was able to play this game with no problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) 006, About the latest install of Ghost Recon: -Is the expansion pack Desert Siege installed along with the Island Thunder expansion? -What patches have been applied? -Is this a download version for example from Steam. If not Is it being installed with a Gold Pack containing all the expansions. Or three separate discs; one for GR, Desert Siege, and Island Thunder? Regards Edited April 15, 2012 by wombat50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 It was installed with DS and TI, got the error. Same when it was installed with only TI, and again the same when it was installed with TI and 1.3 + 1.4 patch. It's in 3 discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hi, sry to see the problems. The log files do not help much. what are your system specs? Can we confirm that you did in the following order: Installed ghost recon Installed desert seige Installed island thunder Installed patch 1.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Did it the following way: GR, IT, 1.4 My PC(I'll edit it): 1.8 Ghz 1.5 Gb RAM 128 Mb Video Card (ati 94??) Windows Xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RileyFletcher_01 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 So did we ever get a look at his crash log? If not, go to your Ghost Recon directory, open the Ike.txt and Ike.log.txt files and paste their contents up here. Maybe the issue is something to do with just IT installed and not DS? I've never tried that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yep, crash logs were posted several posts up. Looks like you are missing desert siege. This contains patch 1.3 content. If you do not have this, then you must install patch 1.3 before patch 1.4. Looks like you will need to do a clean uninstall, and start again. Pls let us know it is the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Just installed Gr again with DS and IT in this order, worked well, but had to switch my antivirus off (avast!) to be able to play it, as it didn't let me to. Then installed the 1.4 patch, and got the same error. Any way to make avast tolerate the game, or do I have to do something else in the installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmm, you can install this game to a thumb drive and do not even need the registry files. Disc in drive, plug usb stick in, and play. I have no idea about avast, never used it. Have you tried unplugging the internet cable, disabling avast and trying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Is it possible the 1.4 patch used is corrupt. Where was the 1.4 downloaded from? I understand that you have three discs. One for the original game, one for DS and one for IT. They all have their own jewel case and are not contained in one jewel case. I ask because I'm not sure if all Gold Editions like mine contain only 2 discs. My Gold Edition had 2 discs and contained all the patches. The only thing I would have done differently was to check the version number in the lower right hand corner of the games main menu to make sure it was version 1.3 before installing the 1.4 patch. Edited April 17, 2012 by wombat50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 If I switch the antivirus off, then it works, but it might be dangerous, who knows what program might activate itself just waiting for it. 1.4 patch was downloaded from here, I think it's safe, but the game runs only without it (and with antivirus off). Installing to usb...well if it worked years ago, I think it should work now in my pc as well, and it does if I switch off the antivirus, only need to solve that one somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RileyFletcher_01 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Surely you can add Ghost Recon as a trusted program or disable blocking for it in the Options of your antivirus program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
006 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Okay, thanks to you guys I managed to install it correctly in this order: GR, DS and IT. No patches or anything, and avast is no longer blocking it. The only problem left is that I played the game in the morning, and when I quit, and tryed to switch off the pc, I got blue screen. Tryed to restart it twice, only the third worked, always got blue screen. Thank you guys once again, hope it happened only once, if not...then I'll post again Till that... :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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