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Can't start the game, please help!

Sindaria Grainger
Registered User
Join date: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 8
06-14-2006 22:40
I just installed Second Life, and I can't get it to work! :(

Whenever I launch the game, I get the little box that says "Detecting Hardware..." and such, and then it looks like it launches but it never fills in the full screen. I get the bar across the top with the minimize and the red X buttons, and I can see like an island and some water that looks like part of a menu screen, but only a strip of it along the left side of the screen. It stops loading at that point and never goes any farther.

I'm running the most recent drivers for my video card, which is an ATI x1600. I'm running Windows XP Pro with all the most recent updates. I don't know what is wrong, someone please help! :(
Dartavia Vesperia
Gorean
Join date: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 150
06-15-2006 16:02
is this the first time you've tried to log in world, or is this since update.

try to uninstall ... clear cashe ... restart PC and reinstall -- might just be a bad install

turn off any protection programs while installing to make sure you get a nice clean one :)

good luck!
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