High Seas Problem - Pirates of the Caribbean Online Fansite & Forums

Matthias_129 · #1 01-20-2008, 12:11 AM

I seem to be unable to visit the High Seas. Every time I do, I get the generic Windows XP "This program needs to close. Sucks to be you." message. I've done it on an ideal server, I've done it on a quiet server, I've done with my graphics high, I've done it with my graphics low. I've tried it launching my own ship, and tried getting on someone else's. Two times, randomly, I got a message in game saying that my connection was suddenly broken, before crashing to the desktop. But when I tried to reproduce the same results, it didn't happen. So I'm going to try reinstalling, but is there any way to keep the places I've downloaded, or at least be able to grab them ahead of time instead of waiting in game? And I guess this probably isn't a bug or glitch, but I didn't see a tech support board. I'll try to hold off having to redownload everything until I find out if there's something else I can do, or if that's my only option. Thanks much for the help, and sorry if this is in the wrong spot.

***Chris*** · #2 01-20-2008, 02:04 AM

hmm do u run vista?

quill_fire · #3 01-20-2008, 02:27 AM

I hate crashing to the desktop...happens to me when I cannon. Guess that's why I'm only a lvl 5 cannon...heh.

Matthias_129 · #4 01-20-2008, 04:47 AM

No, I'm just running XP. Though one thing I notices, I was hanging around YouTube earlier today, and tried looking up some POTCO vids on there, and I noticed that the mouse cursor looked different on their screen than mine did. So I'm thinking that maybe something got lost in translation when the game installed. Also, something else I remembered, the two times I got the broken server connection in the game before dropping to the desktop, outside of the the notification window, I could see part of the screen, showing the High Seas. The island names were present, and so were the ships, but there was no water. Though the water was fine the time I was able to sail for about 30 seconds. So, I don't know.

I'm just going to try reinstalling, especially if there's a way to download the areas ahead of time. I appreciate the help by the way.

Update: Ok, it seems I can sail more often now, I finally got to visit Devil's Anvil and Tortuga, went sailing from Tortuga, made it about 40 seconds and ended up crashing again. And I had my graphics set to high and everything, cuz I had just been messing around at Port Royal, decided to try to sail instead of just logging out, and it worked haha. So I still don't really know why I'm having troubles sailing. Also, I can't get any other kinds of ships =/ I saved up 1k gold to buy either a Galleon or Frigate (couldn't remember how much they cost) and I have to pay for even the other basic ships. Bleh, guess I'll end up paying sooner than I thought.

Flip Evans · #5 01-21-2008, 04:16 PM

I think I have the exact same problem, I have an XP and whenever I sail for awhile and start shooting at ships it crashes Frankly I have no clue what to do

Maximvs · #6 02-04-2008, 02:58 PM

Hate to say it - but it is a compatible Vid Card issue. I had the same issue (a) couldn't board at all without crashing when I select a ship or (b) be finally on the ship but about 20-40 seconds later crash.

My ATI 2600 HD Pro 512MB Card will not let me sail - my crappy on-board Intel 945 Video lets me sail and play (though, due to its LOW memory I crash with the cannon bug / sailing bug - but at least I can play).

Put in a call three months agao - and several time since (about once every two weeks I put the good card back in and se4e if they fixed it - nope).

Thats all the info I have for now. I did find a document on ATI cards having this 'type' of issue with other games and will be experimenting with it again shortly - and if I find anything goood I'll post but not counting on it... I think a NVidia card is in my near future...

G. Arthine · #7 02-04-2008, 10:17 PM

I just began having the same problem. I cannot enter the high seas. I've been playing the game for a month without any problems. Yesterday I had to re-install the game because I got an error immediatly after signing in and now I get an error when trying to launch my ship. i noticied that my ship timer is counting down and i don't know why. Perhpas it things I am on the ship for some reason? IDK but I cant sail and thats the best part of the game

balintsan · #8 02-21-2008, 06:31 PM

I had iMac with Ati HD 2600 Pro 256MB, and I have same problem on Windows Xp, when I go sailling the program is crashing. Under Mac OSX 'everything ok

' i have only texture problems.

Johnny Bull · #9 02-22-2008, 07:17 PM

I had to back down to the 8.432 ATI display drivers. The 2 newest ATI drivers wouldn't let me sail either. Im running an ATI X1950 Pro video card and XP. You can get these drivers on ATI's website. These drivers will only work on ATI video cards! Check the drivers release notes for your cards compatibility with the 8.432 drivers.

Good Luck,
Johnny

***Chris*** · #10 02-22-2008, 07:36 PM

yea like 90% of crashes are due to vid cards sadly

Johnny Bull · #11 02-22-2008, 09:20 PM

I think its more of a driver issue. It may help if you give at least this info:

1. Operating System (ex. Vista, XP, Mac...)
2. CPU Speed and Type (ex. 2.4 Ghz Intel Dual Core...)
3. Memory (ex. 1.0 Ghz or 512 Mhz...)
4. Video Graphics Type/Driver (ex. Radeon ATI X1950XT/8.432, Nvidia 7900GT/174.16...)
5. Sound Card (ex. Soundblaster Audigy 2...)
6. Computer Model (ex. Dell, HP, Custom Built...)

This may help us make sure we are comparing apples to apples, pardon the pun. This can be then be passed on to POTCO, ATI, Nvidia... for a fix.

balintsan · #12 02-22-2008, 09:23 PM

I have Ati card too and same problem. On windows you can try change 'api' paramter from 'default' to 'pandadx9' in game_options.txt in POTCO game directory. I think OpenGL support of Ati cards to buggy, but on my computer directx woking well. See instructions here : http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...20202#poststop

frankie bonestrangler · #13 02-23-2008, 03:47 AM

That's okay. It happens to me all the time. But my dad's laptop is really fast, so when I play pirates on his, it never crashes. If you have DELL then I don't know why, because I have DELL. But it's a laptop.

jasumint2t · #14 02-25-2008, 07:23 AM

I was having exactly this same problem. I have an ATI RADEON 2600 HD Pro (PCI-E). Changing the one word in the text file as mentioned above solved my problem, although it created some slightly unsightly displays (water looks like there's lines beneath the surface) at least the game is playable.

Vendros · #15 04-27-2008, 06:59 PM

I know everyone is probably SICK of hearing about problems on the High Seas, but I have one too. I have tried every idea listed on this thread, including changing the game txt files, but when I do that, all I get is flashing colors, no pictures. Might be because I have DirectX 10. I also tried changing it to 10 instead of 9...I get the same result as if I hadn't changed at all: Once I get on the High Seas (if I make it at all) the game freezes. I run Windows Vista Home Edition with AMD Turion 64 x2 and ATI Mobility Radeon x1200 series graphics card. Now my graphics card isn't on the supported list, but it also isn't on the not supported list. I run as admin, i have it in Windows XP compatability mode, etc, etc. Any suggestions so I can play this game?!?!?!?!