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- Sep 7, 2003
Hey guys, this one is stumping me. It's always happened when I've played GTA: SA, and I can't figure out what it is that's wrong.
Software:
GTA: San Andreas (latest version via Steam)
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64Bit SP1 (Fully updated)
(Have tried a variety of compatibility options, nothing seems to make a difference)
Problem: It's only when LOADING either a building that u enter, or a cut scene, etc... where it usually slowly fades into the game. It doesn't do it every time, and there doesn't seem to be a time that it does it more often than not.
If it hasn't happened in a while, there are times that it'll do it everytime I try even loading a game, and it'll never go from the loading screen to the game, just stick at 100% loaded playing the cool music. This got me to install it a long time ago, like a year ago. Now I've found that deleting the settings file (gta_sa.set) in the My Docuements, which gets rid of all your settings, will fix the problem, just reset everything to where it was, then you can play again. But it's super annoying, and really gets in the way of completing missions.
No BSOD, or any kind of errors at all, the game just goes to 0% CPU usage, and stays there no matter what. Have to Alt-Tab and terminate the task. While playing the game, there's no problems, it'll run till the rapture just fine. One thing I have noticed is rarely, like when flying through lots of clouds or fog, the frame rate will get very low, and the CPU usage is actually down to like 3% (the game can take up to 13% usage or so), or even down to like 1%, studdering quite a bit... then ounce out of the clouds or dust, it's fine. So I wonder if those clouds / dust is the same type of effect that the fading in after loading a game, or fading in after entering a building is. And that transition effect is what stops the program.
I've reinstalled... upgraded VCards... Latest drivers... compatibility modes, Running on only 1 core.... Nothing helps. I notice too that the game never really goes above 250MB of RAM, I know it's an old game, but it seems low.
The game is not modded, never was.
Thanks!
Software:
GTA: San Andreas (latest version via Steam)
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64Bit SP1 (Fully updated)
(Have tried a variety of compatibility options, nothing seems to make a difference)
Problem: It's only when LOADING either a building that u enter, or a cut scene, etc... where it usually slowly fades into the game. It doesn't do it every time, and there doesn't seem to be a time that it does it more often than not.
If it hasn't happened in a while, there are times that it'll do it everytime I try even loading a game, and it'll never go from the loading screen to the game, just stick at 100% loaded playing the cool music. This got me to install it a long time ago, like a year ago. Now I've found that deleting the settings file (gta_sa.set) in the My Docuements, which gets rid of all your settings, will fix the problem, just reset everything to where it was, then you can play again. But it's super annoying, and really gets in the way of completing missions.
No BSOD, or any kind of errors at all, the game just goes to 0% CPU usage, and stays there no matter what. Have to Alt-Tab and terminate the task. While playing the game, there's no problems, it'll run till the rapture just fine. One thing I have noticed is rarely, like when flying through lots of clouds or fog, the frame rate will get very low, and the CPU usage is actually down to like 3% (the game can take up to 13% usage or so), or even down to like 1%, studdering quite a bit... then ounce out of the clouds or dust, it's fine. So I wonder if those clouds / dust is the same type of effect that the fading in after loading a game, or fading in after entering a building is. And that transition effect is what stops the program.
I've reinstalled... upgraded VCards... Latest drivers... compatibility modes, Running on only 1 core.... Nothing helps. I notice too that the game never really goes above 250MB of RAM, I know it's an old game, but it seems low.
The game is not modded, never was.
Thanks!