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jAkUp
05-10-03, 11:58 AM
well looks like mondays the day for gta vice... im hopefully gonna be picking it up that day:D i'll let you know how all goes...
digitalwanderer
05-10-03, 12:04 PM
Yup, at the rate my download is going I'll be lucky to have it by Monday. :rolleyes: ;)
nin_fragile14
05-10-03, 12:07 PM
Man, I completely forgot it was so soon. Sweet. :D
DaveW
05-10-03, 02:17 PM
What happened to the rumor it was going to be PS2 exclusive?
digitalwanderer
05-10-03, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by DaveW
What happened to the rumor it was going to be PS2 exclusive?

My best guess would that you can file that one under "wrong" or "disproved" :p
jAkUp
05-10-03, 04:57 PM
Originally posted by DaveW
What happened to the rumor it was going to be PS2 exclusive?

a ps2 exclusive only applies to consoles.... a pc is a different story. gta3 was a ps2 exclusive as well.
volt
05-10-03, 09:51 PM
Don't make me lock this thread up. Game is not out yet.
The Baron
05-10-03, 10:02 PM
The B will be buying it. Then The B will be buying Enter the Matrix. Then the B will be buying PlanetSide.

There goes all my summer money. ;)
digitalwanderer
05-10-03, 10:14 PM
I'm definately going to be laying down the plastic on this one as soon as I can get to the store! (I'm also picking up Bloodrayne too, you GOTTA buy the good games!!!)
saturnotaku
05-11-03, 09:10 AM
The preorder slip has been burning in my wallet since last month. I can't wait to get my hands on it. :D
volt
05-11-03, 10:14 AM
I went to CompUSA yesterday. They had the boxes with T-shirt for 10 bucks, although I didn't ask how much is the pre-order.
vampireuk
05-12-03, 07:59 AM
Happened to me with some products before *cough*red dwarf dvds got them over a week before they were released:D

Vice City is something I'm getting for sure, I played it a bit on the PS2 and found it to be better than GTA3
jAkUp
05-12-03, 07:31 PM
well bad news:( im sick as a dog today and i definetely dont feel like driving out to the nearest eb:( i hate being ****ing sick!!!! maybe if i feel better tommorrow i'll go pick it up.:afro:
digitalwanderer
05-12-03, 08:01 PM
Don't feel too bad, I can't get out to me local PC store today or tomorrow.

Fortunately me brohan is in town and is going to be making a run to the local Circuit City menyana... ;)
Ramshambo2001
05-13-03, 06:50 PM
Well bought it a couple hours ago, runs a ton better then the last one, been trying to beat this R/C helicopter level for an hour now, NO MOUSE LOOK GRRR. WANNA KILL THE GUY who thought of using the wsad and num-pad to control this PIECE OF #&$@!!
:rant:

*vented*

back to it.....
saturnotaku
05-13-03, 07:28 PM
Got the call from EB, went out, picked it up, installed it. Graphically gorgeous for the most part. Except there are parts where the car and players models are absolutely messed up. They look like they're sporting artifacts similar to when you overclock your video card's RAM too much. I'm going to try using the 43.51 drivers to see if that helps, but unfortunately I can't log on to Take 2 Games' web site to see if there's any information about this problem and/or a patch.

If the older drivers (I'm using 44.03 right now) don't fix this problem, I'm gonna be sorely pissed off. :mad:
saturnotaku
05-13-03, 07:45 PM
Well, 43.51 drivers didn't help anything. Here's a screenshot depicting the problem.

And Take 2s site is still inaccessible. I'm gonna give it a day or two and if I can't find out anything...well, I have no idea what I'll do. :rw:
volt
05-13-03, 08:12 PM
Same problem here. "Distance" setting also isn't working properly.
saturnotaku
05-13-03, 08:15 PM
OK, good, at least I'm not the only one. I fired off an e-mail to support@take2baltimore.com

I attached the DxDiag.txt and MSinfo.txt (instructions on how to get these are at Take 2s web site) as well as the screenshot I posted here. I suggest anyone having the same problem to do the same. Let's send these guys a wakeup call and get them to fix this ASAP.
digitalwanderer
05-13-03, 08:27 PM
Do you have AA or AF enabled? If so, try disabling it.
volt
05-13-03, 08:29 PM
Ahh, XP compatibility problem maybe? I set it to Win98 and it works great now!
saturnotaku
05-13-03, 09:54 PM
Digi - AA and AF were disabled, still the same problem.

Originally posted by volt
I set it to Win98 and it works great now!

Interesting, I'll have to try this myself later. Thanks for the tip! :)
saturnotaku
05-13-03, 10:32 PM
When I try to load a game or start a new one in 98 compatibility mode, the game will crash with an error in aclayers.dll.

I hope to at least get some kind of acknowledgement from Take 2 on this issue. But until then...

:fu:
digitalwanderer
05-13-03, 11:40 PM
Originally posted by saturnotaku
When I try to load a game or start a new one in 98 compatibility mode, the game will crash with an error in aclayers.dll.

I hope to at least get some kind of acknowledgement from Take 2 on this issue. But until then...

:fu:

What kind of soundcard and what version of directX are you running?
jAkUp
05-13-03, 11:50 PM
i had the same problem... i read up in the gta3 vice city forums and it seems everyone is having this problem who have fx cards... but there is a fix. i hate using older drivers, but download the latest drivers from nvidias' site... 43.35 i believe... set the quality to application... after that everything should work fine. i had the same problem as you, and now it works great:)