Manhuntkotor Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Vice city wont run. It acts like it is loading with the disk spininng by the mouse icon, then does absolutley nothing. what should i do? i meet all requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Have you already installed the game? Or is that what you are trying to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhuntkotor Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 I intstalled it and put the play cd in but then it does what i said in previous post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYJets19 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 You have to click on the GTA: Vice City icon or shortcut in order to start the game. There is no menu that comes up for Vice City, because the computer (or at least mine) reads it as an audio disk. Try clicking the icon, but if you already havent, then your out of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2wis Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 I have the exact same problem! (GTA VC for pc) The game used to run perfectly, and then just stopped completely!!!!! Which is why im here cos im after a fix too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2wis Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 OKAY I KNOW THE FIX!!!!! BROWSE TO THE FOLDER THAT CONTAINS UR SAVE FILES.. DELETE ANY .SET FILES, DON'E DELETE THE .B FILES AS THEY ARE UR SAVE FILES!!!!!!! PM ME IF U CAN'T FIND THE FOLDER WITH THE SAVES AND .SETS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djembino Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I have the same problem. Vice city (PC) has started perfectly for about 2 months, but now it won't load at all. All that happens is the spinning disc appears. I have tried turning off autoplay and I have tried deleting the .SET files but none of it has worked! Does anyone have any ideas about something else I can try? It's really frustrating isn't it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samutz Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 There's a way to run it without the cd that might work. But it's against rules to discuss it, so don't ask how to do it or where to get what you need to do it. Just try to figure it out from what I just said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. sun Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Me too! I've got exactly the same problem, nothing seems to work. When starting i only get the spinning disc and it doesn't do anything anymore. the disc won't disappear until i restart the computer. Reïnstalling the game doesn't work either, the game has worked perfectly for over a year, and now suddenly only the stupid spinning disc. Please help me and others with the same problem. p.s. sorry for my english, I'm from Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSageX Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I'm having the same problem (again). I had installed the game about a week ago and it had come up with the spinning disk and had not loaded. When I reinstalled the game, it ended up working. Now, though, it's suddenly having the same problem and comes up with the spinning disk yet again and will not load. What is wrong?!? I don't want to have to reinstall it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedom Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Iam also having this problem, never had it before. if i find fix i'll post it here for ya's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=sleepy=- Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hey folks, I had the same problem, did a google search to try and solve the problem but didn't find anything. So, I was playing about, trying to work out what had changed to stop Vice City running. i did all the usual stuff, uninstall, reinstall, uninstall, restart, reinstall ... nothing worked, I even updated my graphics card drivers, still nothing. So, I start playing about with random things, and noticed something I didn't recognise in my processes (Ctrl-alt-delete), the thing was called FireDaemon.exe ... so I did a google search on that to see what it was, apparently it's a program that allows programs to be opened as services, could be something to do with a firewall, or could be a trojan used to monitor what you do on your machine ... im not sure which, but I don't have a firewall ... so I went into the Control panel, into Administration tools, and into Services (windows 2000), stopped the firedaemon process, and disabled it ... restarted the machine, and presto ... Vice City works again So, I suggest you check your processes, look for FireDaemon or if that's not present see if there's anything in there you don't recognise, then do a search on google to see if you can find out what it is, if you don't need it, disable it. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgActioN Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Same problem... anybody found a fix yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwalker83 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) Pm me and I'll try to help you. Edited February 23, 2005 by nightwalker83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamus28 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hi, This is driving me nuts. I have the exact same problem anyone managed to fix it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadedPockets Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) [deleted] Edited November 27, 2021 by LoadedPockets Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForteZeppelinX Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hi, im having the same problem, except that my CD is cracked... BUT...I bought it cracked from the computer store, and it worked until like 3 weeks later (when it was too late to return). And the stupid crap, it had to be the PLAY disc that got cracked... but, the part that is cracked is the inside (the part that doesn't really hold the data [i think] ), so my question is: is it my cracked disc, or is it a factory problem (since i've heard numerous complains about this same problem) Personally, I think it's that some of the disc work for longer than others.. I know that that sounds rather stupid, but it's the best I could come up with.. You bought a CD that came cracked and didn't bother to return it immediately? That sounds sort of odd... If it was cracked from the get-go, why didn't you exchange it? Either that or the way you explained it sounded like it was cracked from the beginning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htsb8 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 There is something mistaken of VC,I think. reinstall OS,maybe fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balor Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Did not have that proplem whit Vice City but whit gt3. and my comp is clean if stuff lol. and no spot on the cd. its a dvd rw that i have. i have the same proplem whit another cd. what did is that i go back to the store and ask them what it can be and they say its prop the dvd driver but alot of other cd works so iam not sure it can be that. But still it can be. So i asked for another cd and put in and it works. So my answer is try another cd to se if it works. Should always go back to the store and ask them or search google about the dvd drive to see if its a common proplem whit it. other then that i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htsb8 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 (excuse for my poor english,and some grammar mistake.) i play the GTA:VC from my friend,so i have no cd. my some friends have the same problems,me too. i reinstall OS(XP SP2),Rah!i could play it again. i told my friends ,reinstall OS(not VC),they did,most of them are ok but some of them have problems all the same. so i doubt vc bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadedPockets Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 (edited) [deleted] Edited November 27, 2021 by LoadedPockets Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvegetto5000 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 I have the biggest problem out of all of you.Why?Because someone did this to my computer its not somethings that I did.I was playing MTA VC deathmatch and some a**hole was hacking,kicking people from the server and he wasnt an admin.So I tell him I'm gonna ban his a** I send an email to the admins.Heor she started talking like a psycho calling me child.So I try to play Vice City and after the intro movie,it gets to the title screen(the one before the main menu)and does nothing.Normally it takes about 45 secs of watching this screen before you see the main menu and can start your game.But it just stayed there.So I knew something was wrong when I couldnt even play in single player.My computer would crash and the only thing I could do to close vice city was to logoff.But when I did everything was huge the resolution was screwewd so I restarted and it looked fine but Vice City still didn't work.I reinstalled and theres no difference.At first it would sometimes work and I could play,but when I do almost anything(such as driving a car,even slowly!)it would freeze.Normally it would freeze for a few seconds and return to normal but instead it stayed that way.Now I cant even get past the title screen!I looked for Firedameon and I cant find it!Even worse,anywhere I reinstall vice city,the only thing that will show up is the direct x folder!Im screwed and need your help!That jacka** on MTA was hacking to mess with peoples games so I don't doubt that he did something to my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 @ person above me: Damn. That really sucks. My advice, do an Ad-aware scan, a Spybot scan, a virus scan, and don't use MTA anymore. That's the safest option, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvegetto5000 Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Its working now,but I had to lower resolution and draw distance to try to stop it from freezing.It still has a few problems here and then but at least it works.I deleted the .set file in vice city user files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oreo321321 Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 i WAS in the same position I figured it out Download this patch, and it will run great http://www.megagames.com/news/show.cgi?&id...tion=downloads& your welcome! this is the first time ive ever came back to help someone after figuring it out.........I give myself a pat on the back.............*wow im retareded* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizz Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 ive had it too... try to reinstall the game completely... remove ALL your vc files... make a .zip for your saved games for keep them if you dont wanna loose em. DELETE everything from Vice City.. then reinstall and it should be working.. worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadedPockets Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) [deleted] Edited November 27, 2021 by LoadedPockets Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwalker83 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) Sorry for being off-topic sort-of, but I noticed someone say that they re-installed "SP2", but I already have it. So, I was wondering if it'll make a difference if I install it again? And, if I do, is it like the same thing as reformatting my computer (Will everything be erased?). Thanks. The answer two both questions is no. Are you still having the same problem I helped you with last time? Edited March 25, 2005 by nightwalker83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadedPockets Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) [deleted] Edited November 27, 2021 by LoadedPockets Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oreo321321 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 didnt you tards read my post?!?!?!?! DOWNLOAD THE 1.1 PATCH AND IT WILL ALL BE FIXED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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