hammer crashes


dirt_bag
01-25-2004, 01:22 PM
when i click the select tool in the 3d window hammer
causes my pc to crash

my specs are:
Micro ATX VA Mainboard
Celron 1000 cpu
128mb sdram
SIS 305 32mb graphics card [new today running latest drivers]
running win98

any help would be great
tnx dirt

Eagle
01-25-2004, 01:22 PM
i used to run hammer in win 98, it crashed on me too. Then i got XP and it never has

dirt_bag
01-26-2004, 08:34 AM
does hammer need opengl or d3d ???

cos i just found out my grafics card doent support
them :(

tnx dirt

Craftos
01-26-2004, 08:46 AM
It needs OpenGL, you may have trouble with such old SiS card, driver support isn't too good.

CptMuppet
01-30-2004, 04:20 AM
Try removing any sprites or models in your Hammer folder;
that reduces the amount of stuff it has to load.

Also try lowering the undo levels, and stuff like that in the options.

dirt_bag
01-31-2004, 08:56 AM
i took the card out its too old an crappy for wat i want so ill be
getting a new one as soon as i get a new job

thanks for all ya help

dirt

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