Graal Crash!

Geno · #1 12-02-2009, 03:05 AM

okay so i got windows 7 ultimate on my netbook now. and i had a few troubles with graal before graphics wise but now that i'm on 7 its a whole new ballgame.

anyways so i have no problem downloading the client. when i double click the client to run it. my screen goes black then my computer crashes and restarts.....

please help i havent logged on in forever and i wanna playyyyyyy

Matt · #2 12-02-2009, 03:18 AM

Even though it sounds like you already did in the past, try changing the compatibility. Right click the icon >properties > compatibility.

Geno · #3 12-02-2009, 04:14 AM

hmmm! have not done this....it is on windows XP service pack 3. what would be the best for me to set it to? there is no windows 7 option

TSAdmin · #4 12-02-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Geno

hmmm! have not done this....it is on windows XP service pack 3. what would be the best for me to set it to? there is no windows 7 option

I run mine with compatibility set to "Windows Vista", and depending on where you have your Graal folder located (If it's in the Program Files section) "Run as Administrator" so it can write files to the system folder.

Unkownsoldier · #5 12-04-2009, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TSAdmin

I run mine with compatibility set to "Windows Vista", and depending on where you have your Graal folder located (If it's in the Program Files section) "Run as Administrator" so it can write files to the system folder.

I don't have the windows vista option? How could I obtain this.

Riot · #6 12-04-2009, 05:06 AM

You get Windows 7?

Liberated · #7 12-04-2009, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Riot

You get Windows 7?

yeah. you can like, buy it. you know

Matt · #8 12-04-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Unkownsoldier

I don't have the windows vista option? How could I obtain this.

What OS do you have?

James · #9 12-04-2009, 09:14 AM

use geno whirl!

TSAdmin · #10 12-04-2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Unkownsoldier

I don't have the windows vista option? How could I obtain this.

If you're already running Windows Vista, XP, or a non-Windows operating system, you won't have the option to run in compatibility mode with Windows Vista. You must be running Windows 7, just as the thread starter is, and make this selection:

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The option to run as Administrator is not necessary unless (as I mentioned) your Graal folder is located in one of the system folders. Such folders would be Program Files, Windows (Though, you shouldn't save any personal files in this folder anyway!), etc and I think also "Saved Games" which is where mine is and I found it being turned off didn't write a lot of files such as EXEs if you're downloading the Level Editor, GraalShop, etc packages.

Directed toward you specifically though Unkownsoldier, if you're having trouble with some features on Graal, for both Windows Vista and 7, check this thread:
http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...hp?t=134256166

Geno · #11 12-05-2009, 03:08 AM

it isnt working. but you are talking about the graal folder. it is the setup that freezes not the client. so when i try to install it, it reboots my comp automatically before a graal folder can even be created

nothin is working!

fowlplay4 · #12 12-05-2009, 03:21 AM

I have troubles with the installer on 7 too but it actually spits out the Graal client so here ya go. See attached for client.

Instructions:

1. Create a Graal folder
2. Extract the Client to the Graal folder
3. Run Graal
4. Install Graphics, Sound, and other packages at Login / Server Select.

Graal will create the necessary folders when you start it up.

Edit: or just rename the GraalSetup.exe like Riot said.

Riot · #13 12-05-2009, 04:19 AM

I'm pretty sure you can just rename GraalSetup.exe to Graal.exe and run it without "installing" it.

Loriel · #14 12-05-2009, 04:38 AM

look at this point maybe you should invest into a new computer

Geno · #15 12-05-2009, 07:09 AM

you are right. my new netbook with 7 is obsolete because it does not run graal. shucks!

i give up.

Loriel · #16 12-05-2009, 09:24 PM

If a random non-kernel-driver program manages to make Windows 7 crash and burn, you have bigger problems than Graal.

LoneAngelIbesu · #17 12-05-2009, 11:19 PM

Why would you want to run Graal, or any other game for that matter, on a netbook? Times might have changed, but aren't netbooks supposed to be an addition to desktops/laptops, not a replacement of them? I always thought they were essentially word processors with internet browsers attached. Have they evolved enough to be a viable replacement?

And I've never heard of Windows 7 Ultimate being used on a netbook. Maybe you should think about downgrading to Windows 7 Starter, which was specifically designed to work on netbooks.

Deas_Voice · #18 12-06-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Why would you want to run Graal, or any other game for that matter, on a netbook? Times might have changed, but aren't netbooks supposed to be an addition to desktops/laptops, not a replacement of them? I always thought they were essentially word processors with internet browsers attached. Have they evolved enough to be a viable replacement?

And I've never heard of Windows 7 Ultimate being used on a netbook. Maybe you should think about downgrading to Windows 7 Starter, which was specifically designed to work on netbooks.

you'd be suppriced what a netbook can do.
i seen and heard of Netbooks having Windows 7, unsure what version of it thu.

TSAdmin · #19 12-06-2009, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

you'd be suppriced what a netbook can do.
i seen and heard of Netbooks having Windows 7, unsure what version of it thu.

I have also seen and heard of Netbooks with Windows 7, but LoneAngelIbesu is absolutely correct. I've never even considered having anything other than Starter Edition working on a netbook. Home Edition, Business Edition and Ultimate are bound to have problems on a Netbook because they're not made to support every aspect of it. Functionality of certain things such as programs are thrown out the window.

Loriel · #20 12-06-2009, 04:19 AM

Man, I bet any given netbook is more powerful than the computers most people were playing Graal on a decade ago.

LoneAngelIbesu · #21 12-06-2009, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Loriel

Man, I bet any given netbook is more powerful than the computers most people were playing Graal on a decade ago.

Then again, Graal could actually work without a hitch on computers a decade ago.

Oh, wait. That was probably your point.

Skyld · #22 12-06-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TSAdmin

Home Edition, Business Edition and Ultimate are bound to have problems on a Netbook because they're not made to support every aspect of it. Functionality of certain things such as programs are thrown out the window.

It is not really a case of Starter Edition "supporting every aspect of it", since netbooks are normal computers. The only things that set them apart from a normal laptop are their smaller profile and lower spec (usually to improve power consumption). Modern netbooks with those newer Atom processors and nVidia ION chips are considerably better at drawing hardware-accelerated graphics than they used to be.

BlueMelon · #23 12-07-2009, 10:16 PM

Right click the graal setup and click troubleshoot at the top.

Geno · #24 12-16-2009, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Loriel

If a random non-kernel-driver program manages to make Windows 7 crash and burn, you have bigger problems than Graal.

like your stupid non-helpful comments in this thread? ahhh you are right again!

cyan3 · #25 12-16-2009, 03:08 AM

Netbooks are simply not meant for gaming of any kind. My netbook can't render images within games only being able to see polygons and the lag is so immense I have to kill the processes. Also my netbook has a 1 Ghz processor and 1GB of ram and It can barely handle Windows XP let alone Windows 7. Because of it's low spec It was only useful to me after I installed a Linux version designed for netbooks which allows me to use firefox to view websites and OpenOffice for word processing without any performance issues, and ye Graal even works on it

Loriel · #26 12-16-2009, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Geno

like your stupid non-helpful comments in this thread? ahhh you are right again!

Look it is pretty obvious you did not put any goddamn effort at all into this ****ty thread so I am just responding in kind.

Dante396 · #27 12-19-2009, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cyan3

Netbooks are simply not meant for gaming of any kind. My netbook can't render images within games only being able to see polygons and the lag is so immense I have to kill the processes. Also my netbook has a 1 Ghz processor and 1GB of ram and It can barely handle Windows XP let alone Windows 7. Because of it's low spec It was only useful to me after I installed a Linux version designed for netbooks which allows me to use firefox to view websites and OpenOffice for word processing without any performance issues, and ye Graal even works on it

I can run 2 clients without lagging on my netbook =o