Vesto
01-15-2002, 06:47 PM
When I start the game it says I'm running the game for the first time, even though I have run it before. I then have to set my resolution etc. again. Is there anyway around this?
There are a couple of ways this can happen. The first is when you start the Serious Editor, which will reset some of your settings. This has been fixed in the v1.00c patch, which you can download here (http://dl.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?3dactionplanet/serioussam/serioussampatch100c_usa.exe).
The other possibility is that the game is not shutting down properly. Some video drivers can cause the game to silently crash when quitting and therefore not allowing the game to save your settings. You should check several things on you machine:
- have the latest video/motherboard drivers installed
- don't overclock your processor or graphic chip
- set your AGP to 2x
If the problem persists, you may try this. Bring up the console using the F1 key and type the following:
/Quit()
This will exit the game unconditionally and if you're lucky, your settings will be saved. Another cure is to manually update your empty PersistenSymbols.ini file so that it looks like this:
// automatically saved persistent symbols:
extern INDEX sam_bFullScreen=(INDEX)0;
extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)800;
extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)600;
extern INDEX sam_iDisplayDepth=(INDEX)0;
extern INDEX sam_bWideScreen=(INDEX)0;
Change these values to suit your own requirements.
The last thing that can happen is if you have your windows Regional Options setup so that they use a comma (,) instead of the dot (.) to represent the decimal symbol. Your PersistentSymbols.ini file not might be created properly. Try changing the decimal symbol in your regional settings back to dot.
There are a couple of ways this can happen. The first is when you start the Serious Editor, which will reset some of your settings. This has been fixed in the v1.00c patch, which you can download here (http://dl.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?3dactionplanet/serioussam/serioussampatch100c_usa.exe).
The other possibility is that the game is not shutting down properly. Some video drivers can cause the game to silently crash when quitting and therefore not allowing the game to save your settings. You should check several things on you machine:
- have the latest video/motherboard drivers installed
- don't overclock your processor or graphic chip
- set your AGP to 2x
If the problem persists, you may try this. Bring up the console using the F1 key and type the following:
/Quit()
This will exit the game unconditionally and if you're lucky, your settings will be saved. Another cure is to manually update your empty PersistenSymbols.ini file so that it looks like this:
// automatically saved persistent symbols:
extern INDEX sam_bFullScreen=(INDEX)0;
extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)800;
extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)600;
extern INDEX sam_iDisplayDepth=(INDEX)0;
extern INDEX sam_bWideScreen=(INDEX)0;
Change these values to suit your own requirements.
The last thing that can happen is if you have your windows Regional Options setup so that they use a comma (,) instead of the dot (.) to represent the decimal symbol. Your PersistentSymbols.ini file not might be created properly. Try changing the decimal symbol in your regional settings back to dot.