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Here's the patch. It is intended for the Windows 7/nVidia crashing problem. However, it could help with other video cards if you're crashing during rendering - it's worth a shot anyway. It doesn't change the version number of the game, doesn't change recorded games, multiplayer, etc. It just fixeds that one crash.

http://www.lspn.net/downloads/Links2k3_nvidia_win7.exe

Mark

does it change the linkslauncher or linksmmiii (edit: properties) details so we can see if someone has properly applied the patch?

note: i'm running win 7 x64 with an ati hd4650. i rarely, if ever, crash, so excuse me if i sit this trial out. however, if you come up with something to fix the opaque/translucent shadow thing, lemme know. (8

Hmmm....that would have been a good idea

I don't think there's anyway to distinguish. The only file that changed was LinksMMIII.exe

Filesize: 5132KB 5.01MB 5255168 bytes
Date: Wed March 24 2010 11:47:52AM

Mark

lstouradmin wrote:The only file that changed was LinksMMIII.exe

Filesize: 5132KB 5.01MB 5255168 bytes
Date: Wed March 24 2010 11:47:52AM

that'll do it. thanks! (8

terrell wrote: however, if you come up with something to fix the opaque/translucent shadow thing, lemme know. (8

I need some enlightening, T. What's the problem with the opaque/translucent shadow thing? I'd kinda like to know if I have an issue.

with windows 7 x64 and an ati hd4650 (not sure about windows 7 x32 and/or an nvidia graphics card), if you goto golfer settings|golfer shadow, you can't choose a translucent shadow. you can only choose the opaque shadow. not a big thing, but aesthetically, i liked the translucent shadow better.

edit: and honestly, i don't even notice the opaque shadow anymore.

That's what I thought I remembered. Is this new to W7? I don't think I've seen it with my Nvidia cards, but I've not stepped up to W7 yet either.

it's definitely a windows 7 thing, but i'm not sure whether it's an ati/nvidia thing.

opaque shadow is an ati thing. It happens both in xp and 7. It's been that way for years.

Michael Jensen wrote:opaque shadow is an ati thing. It happens both in xp and 7. It's been that way for years.

Sorry Michael but I think terrell is right. I have an ATI card with XP and I use translucent shadows, have just experimented and I can also use opaque shadows.

To be fair and more accurate, I should have said that translucent/opaque shadows can be set with my current & previous, ( both very old), ATI cards & XP. I am unsure about other ATI cards or Windows 7.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3551&p=27885&hilit=translucent#p27885
It appears that the problem's been around longer than W7. Posted June of 2008.

Yeah, opaque shadow predates win 7 and only happens with newer ati cards

Here's the final patch with the water fix.

http://www.lspn.net/downloads/Links2k3_ ... _FINAL.exe

I also made a small change to the display setting screen so it will show more and larger resolutions. There was a problem in Links with video cards with a large amount of memory. It was incorrectly getting the video memory size so Links didn't think you had enough video memory for the larger size resolutions. I found out one other thing. It only grabs the first 16 screen modes including 640x480 which would leave out a few of the very large modes. So I set the minimum screen size to 800x600 now.

Mark

I have a small question Mark,

I am using an ATI 4670 hd card, I do have occasional crashes, with links reporting memory allocation error, or other type of memory error (looking for 1 byte,....).

Will this fix be also good if using an ATI, could it help general memory errors with Links ?

Thanks

Robert