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Old 18 November 2002, 08:50 AM
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Just got a geforce 4 128

GTA3 is not runnin text ie menus and writen text in the game

any ideas are welcome - boo hoo hoo

then again XP won't be on very long - what a piece of sh1te
Old 18 November 2002, 10:31 AM
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Run msconfig
Click on advanced tab,hide microsoft items and disable all other items
Restart pc & you will be ok, though everything else won't load ie firewall etc......
Old 18 November 2002, 12:54 PM
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There is a bug in one of the files .....

D3d8.dll

see http://www.magenheimer.com/gta3help/optim.htm

or for how to do it without downloading the service pack

http://www.ausgeek.org/html/modules/...php?storyid=19

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Old 18 November 2002, 01:13 PM
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BaldyMan,

I had the exact same problem running the exact same hardware and the exact same sofware (OS).

All I did was un-installed GTA3 and re-installed it again and it appeared to fix the bug.

Darren
Old 19 November 2002, 02:54 PM
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tried re-install - gonna try the rest later on cheers ppl
Old 19 November 2002, 03:32 PM
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The text thing is a known error on XP, and there should be a part of the readme file about it.
Old 19 November 2002, 05:50 PM
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The known error is the D3D8.DLL
Old 20 November 2002, 11:34 AM
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Theres a XP patch for it isnt there? check the Rockstar website.
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what you sarcy get? oh you posted some links already, ok *fetches coat
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