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Anyway, thought I had things as I wanted them, and desperate to crank up the
res and detail levels, I installed GTA3. Installation went fine, game loads
without problems, but all menu text is now a solid block of colour. I
managed to load an imported game which then froze at the loading screen.

Anyone got any solutions, please?

Thanks in advance,

Rick.

Have you tried running it in Compatibility mode ?

Right click on the icon you use to start GTA3 with, , choose
"properties", that should get you a a window with 3 "tabs", one of which
says "compatibility", other than that and the usual suggestion of trying
various drivers for your vid card, I really don't have anything useful
to add, like I said, mine worked right away, so I really don't think
it's a WinXP issue

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

The Knowledge Base article (Q306676) cited above may be reviewed at
http://support.microsoft.com .

First, however, new computers arriving with Windows XP already installed,
you may and may not have the latest graphic or sound drivers installed.
Check each manufacturer's individual web site (not the computer company's
web site) for the latest drivers.  If they fix the problem you're fine, if
not you can use an XP feature of "Roll Back Driver" in Device Manager.

Also, if you're running a Creative Labs sound card, check the hardware
acceleration in Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Speaker
settings/Advanced button/Performance tab where you may decrease the
acceleration by moving the slider to the left a couple notches.  Do one
thing at a time and test, until you reach a solution.

GTA3 will run straight as installed, and you do not need Compatibility Mode
for it.
--
Chris H.

New computers typically do not ship with the latest drivers due to WHQL
testing requirements and submissions (I used to do that for a living).  The
first thing you should try is to get the latest drivers. If you have a
Nvidia card then get the 26.32 drivers from their website
(http://www.nvidia.com/ ) and see if that resolves the issue. I suspect they
will, because those drivers fixed a lot of issues in a lot of different
games.

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Rob Berryhill

Thanks, Rob, but I already had 28.32 installed. I've since updated to 29.42
(WHQL approved) with no improvement. I've also right-clicked gta3.exe and
set compatibility mode to W98 and disabled visual themes. Still no joy.

Any more suggestions, anyone? This is driving me up the wall...!

Cheers again,

Rick.

Thanks all, and I will try not to be such a dullard in future...

Rick.