hi everybody maybe someone can help me

days_between · 04-08-2009

thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me.

i am trying to play sid meiers pirates. it installed correctly and i have even get to play it for a few minutes, but after a few minutes the game just "goes away" and takes me back to my desktop. the computer doesn't freeze or anything.

does anyone know what I can do?

thank you
toby

Bli · 04-08-2009

Hi days_between!!
Welcome to the PCHF,
have you tried updating the game to the latest patch?

Sid Meier's Pirates! News

Also, could you please go back to the UserCP section of the forum where you inputed you pc specs, there's a little box that you must turn to yes in order to allow other members to see your computer specifications

days_between · 04-08-2009

yes i updated the latest patch. this might sound stupid but i cant find on my control panel where i click yes to enable my pc specs to be shown lol

also i dont know if this might help but on my windows task manager there is about 25 processes going and i have no idea which ones i need or if i need all of them and only one application.

Bli · 04-08-2009

For the system specs:
Go to your UserCP, from there on the left menu' select "Edit Options", about half way through the page you can see this option:

"System Specs
Would you like to show other members your system specs? Default is (NO)
This will be displayed in your posts via a drop down menu for other members to view. "

The option will be set to NO, change it to YES

For the processes:
It is normal to have several processes running at any one time (you can check this but looking at your processes as soon as you boot your pc). Of course this doesn't mean that all of them are supposed to be there, but if you are not experiencing any problems beside this issue with this one game I wouldn't think that there is a problem there.
This brings me to my next question...
Any other games acting weird?

Since the game is fairly old it might need to run in compatibility mode. Please see if you can locate the system spec option so we can decide weather to give that a go.
There are another few things i'm thinking of but I'd prefer to see your system specs before so we can rule out all of them one at a time

Bli · 04-17-2009

Hello days_between,
do you require any further help?

04-08-2009	#1
days_between New Poster Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Beginner	hi everybody maybe someone can help me thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me. i am trying to play sid meiers pirates. it installed correctly and i have even get to play it for a few minutes, but after a few minutes the game just "goes away" and takes me back to my desktop. the computer doesn't freeze or anything. does anyone know what I can do? thank you toby

04-08-2009	#2
Bli Tech Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 275 PC Experience: Learning never ends	Re: hi everybody maybe someone can help me Hi days_between!! Welcome to the PCHF, have you tried updating the game to the latest patch? Sid Meier's Pirates! News Also, could you please go back to the UserCP section of the forum where you inputed you pc specs, there's a little box that you must turn to yes in order to allow other members to see your computer specifications __________________ .:Rules:. .:Pre-Work:. .:CCleaner:. .:Memtest:. .:SpeedFan:.

04-08-2009	#3
days_between New Poster Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Beginner	Re: hi everybody maybe someone can help me yes i updated the latest patch. this might sound stupid but i cant find on my control panel where i click yes to enable my pc specs to be shown lol also i dont know if this might help but on my windows task manager there is about 25 processes going and i have no idea which ones i need or if i need all of them and only one application.

04-08-2009	#4
Bli Tech Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 275 PC Experience: Learning never ends	Re: hi everybody maybe someone can help me For the system specs: Go to your UserCP, from there on the left menu' select "Edit Options", about half way through the page you can see this option: "System Specs Would you like to show other members your system specs? Default is (NO) This will be displayed in your posts via a drop down menu for other members to view. " The option will be set to NO, change it to YES For the processes: It is normal to have several processes running at any one time (you can check this but looking at your processes as soon as you boot your pc). Of course this doesn't mean that all of them are supposed to be there, but if you are not experiencing any problems beside this issue with this one game I wouldn't think that there is a problem there. This brings me to my next question... Any other games acting weird? Since the game is fairly old it might need to run in compatibility mode. Please see if you can locate the system spec option so we can decide weather to give that a go. There are another few things i'm thinking of but I'd prefer to see your system specs before so we can rule out all of them one at a time __________________ .:Rules:. .:Pre-Work:. .:CCleaner:. .:Memtest:. .:SpeedFan:.

04-17-2009	#5
Bli Tech Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 275 PC Experience: Learning never ends	Re: hi everybody maybe someone can help me Hello days_between, do you require any further help? __________________ .:Rules:. .:Pre-Work:. .:CCleaner:. .:Memtest:. .:SpeedFan:.

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