halo combat evolved

[razor_303]

ive had this game for a while, but since yesterday i started playing and it
shows the disco lights from the sims 2, which i was playing right before. i
tried restarting the laptop and even completely shutting it down and leaving
it like that for a few minutes, but nothing has worked. this has never
happened before, anyone know why this is happening? and i did properly get
out of the sims 2 before playing halo

thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I have not played Sims 2 so I do not know what you are seeing.
Post back with more specifics and someone may be able to help.

System Restore may be a good option.

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

ive had this game for a while, but since yesterday i started playing and
it shows the disco lights from the sims 2, which i was playing right
before. i tried restarting the laptop and even completely shutting it down
and leaving it like that for a few minutes, but nothing has worked. this
has never happened before, anyone know why this is happening? and i did
properly get out of the sims 2 before playing halo

thanks

Wow, that's really weird, some of the texture memory used in Sims 2 may be
carrying over to Halo? That doesn't really compute. I think we need a better
description of the disco lights. Is this one of the Sims 2 objects or are
these "Disco Lights" something that doesn't look like it belongs in the
game.

I tried to play a couple games on my notebook with a x1200 video card, and a
lot of textures were missing, so you get the weird rainbow effect. Looks
like you're standing between 2 mirrors, everything repeats and just looks
bad.

You might try rebooting, or let us know what computer you're doing this on
(make/model). I know you've posted here before, but I can't recall what you
had.

-A.

 

[razor_303]

Yes the disco lights are just an object for well lighting up a place. My
character was at a bowling alley that had the disco lights where he could
dance with other sims and so on. and then when i quit the game and started
playing halo, I started a new game and as soon as would turn on the
flashlight i would see the disco lights rotating like if they are in the
Sims 2. when i would turn off the flashlight (in halo) the disco lights
would go away, but then after a while the lights would come back on and stay
on and they wont let me see where im shooting at.

My Specs are

Toshiba Satellite A205-S4587
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 @1.73 GHz
2 GB of RAM
Mobile Intel 945GM/GU Express Family Chipset w/ Intel GMA 950

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

Yes the disco lights are just an object for well lighting up a place. My
character was at a bowling alley that had the disco lights where he could
dance with other sims and so on. and then when i quit the game and started
playing halo, I started a new game and as soon as would turn on the
flashlight i would see the disco lights rotating like if they are in the
Sims 2. when i would turn off the flashlight (in halo) the disco lights
would go away, but then after a while the lights would come back on and
stay on and they wont let me see where im shooting at.

My Specs are

Toshiba Satellite A205-S4587
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 @1.73 GHz
2 GB of RAM
Mobile Intel 945GM/GU Express Family Chipset w/ Intel GMA 950

Yeah, either the Sims 2 or Halo isn't handling texture memory correctly, or
it's leaving some data in ram and not clearing it out correctly (I'm no
coder, can't tell you exactly), only thing I could suggest is rebooting
before trying Halo.

Weird stuff. Might be a setting in your system BIOS to use more or less RAM
in your system for the video card. You might try increasing this number just
a bit, see if that helps.

-A.

 

[razor_303]

what about unistalling the sims 2 and reinstalling it? because ive tried
rebooting and it didnt work, and i ive checked the graphics settings, and
there is no option to change how much memory to use for graphics and such
its just a fixed 224 mb

 

[Any]

One thing to keep in mind when rebooting. If you're having a persistent
issue, don't just reboot. Shut down, pull the power plug or shut off your
power supply by pulling the plug if it doesn't have a switch or turning off
your UPS if you have one. With a laptop, when you shut down, unplug it and
pop the battery for a few seconds. Junk stays in the swap files sometimes
and causes problems.

 

[Any]

Arrrgh, more accurately I should say, junk ALWAYS stays in the swap file
unless it's set to clear upon shutdown. A larger issue is that ATX based
systems always keep power to the hardware even when off. Junk stays in
memory and sometimes creates issues. This shouldn't happen, but it does.
Swap file may be an issue in this as well. I can just say that I learned
long ago with current ATX systems that you can chase a stupid ass problem
for no reason when a complete cold shutdown will aleviate the issue.
Whenever I tech support a customer over the phone, a complete cold shutdown
is the very first thing I do. It's kept me from barking up the wrong tree
many times.

 

[razor_303]

thanks i will try popping out the battery

Arrrgh, more accurately I should say, junk ALWAYS stays in the swap file
unless it's set to clear upon shutdown. A larger issue is that ATX based
systems always keep power to the hardware even when off. Junk stays in
memory and sometimes creates issues. This shouldn't happen, but it does.
Swap file may be an issue in this as well. I can just say that I learned
long ago with current ATX systems that you can chase a stupid ass problem
for no reason when a complete cold shutdown will aleviate the issue.
Whenever I tech support a customer over the phone, a complete cold
shutdown is the very first thing I do. It's kept me from barking up the
wrong tree many times.