GTA: Vice city game loading freeze

[Roger Crawford]

When I start GTA: Vice City, it works just fine up until I try to start my new game. At almost 50% loaded, the pink bar freezes, my hard drive light stops blinking rapidly, and insted blinks once about every six seconds.

No error messages or anything, only a severe slow-down. And the loading bar does not progress past that freezing point, even after being left overnight.

 

I was having this same problem with GTA 3, except it stopped at about 95% done. So, I'm guessing it's something wrong with my computer, not the game. What I can't figure out is what.

 

My specs are

 

OS: Microsoft Windows 200 Professional

Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5500 with fully updated drivers (6.14.0010.7801 English) and 256.0 MB of memory.

DirectX version 9.0c

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 1.70 GHz, ~1.7GHz

Memory: 512MB RAM (Will be 1GB RAM when my new memory chips arrive)

Running the game(s) at 1024 x 768 in 32 Bit color.

 

I've tried Re-Installing GTA 3, but it still froze. Since GTA: VC is doing the same thing, I'm sure it's not missing files or something from the game.

Also, these are store-bought games.

Not pirated.

No mods.

No patches.

These are both fresh out of the box games.

Edited September 10, 2005 by Roger Crawford

[GEO_Chris]

have you got any mods installed? ive found this happens when ive got mods installed

[Roger Crawford]

I've tried Re-Installing GTA 3, but it still froze. Since GTA: VC is doing the same thing, I'm sure it's not missing files or something from the game.

Also, these are store-bought games.

Not pirated.

No mods.

No patches.

These are both fresh out of the box games.

No mods or anything. Both games fresh out of the boxes. It will play on my sister's computer, but not mine. They're almost identical, and I tried switching video cards, but it still won't run for me.

[Roger Crawford]

Problem fixed after enabling compatibility mode and setting the game to Win98 mode. Thanks for the help.