Help with Mafia?

Wlad

Wlad

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Has anyone played or tried playing this game recently? I got the copy I ordered today, but I can't get the damn game to work :mad: I don't know what's wrong, I can go into the game but as soon as I click on new game or intro it just crashes to the desktop. Downloaded the latest patch and it didn't solve anything. This really sucks as I was looking forward to revisit Lost Heaven tonight. Am running XP service pack 2 (I think).
 
Weird. I have SP2 and no problems. In fact I've played it on more than 5 different systems and all worked fine. Have you tried adjusting the setup settings.
 
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Yeah, messed about with all the settings, no luck. The patch actually made it a bit worse (in a sense): before patching it just hanged at the loading screen now it just crashes to windows.
 
Hmm I was thinking perhaps a video codec problem but if it was hanging at the loading screen then it can't be that. However the patch might have fixed the original problem and now the codec is causing trouble. Look for it on the interwebs.

Also when the game crashes you sure you're not just getting dumped to the desktop but the game is still running. Check your Windows task manager to see if the game is still running in the background.
 
No it's not not running in the background, just closes and goes back to plain old windows :p I read about the codec problem, but according to what I've read a symptom of the codec problem is that the intro and logo video files won't play with media player. However, on my PC all three these video clips play perfectly so I don't think it's that.
 
Damn that sucks. Have you tried deselecting all the various graphics options in setup. T&L, Multi pass rendering, W Buffer, Triple buffering everything. Run the absolute bare minimum.
 
Yeah, it sucks donkey balls. Was really looking forward to playing this tonight :(

Just tried that as well, still the same thing. I don't understand it, the game boots up but as soon as I try to play or anything it just crashes.
 
Well then there's only one thing left to do. Chuck the pc in the bin and get another one. Unacceptable that it can't run the best game ever released ;)
 
Yeah my PC does suck and it is WAY over the hill, which is why I can't understand that it doesn't wanna run this game. I want to finish it again before no 2 comes out :mad:

Mafia is brilliant, but it ain't the best game ever released. That title belongs to The Witcher :p
 
LOL. Let's agree do disagree otherwise this could become a long argument :p

Already tried the crack as well, nothing. I'm giving up for now, will try again another day.
 
Yeah time to lose the PC /me thinks. Good excuse for an upgrade.

I'm upgrading soon too. Perhaps you could buy my PC Mafia's guaranteed to work :D
 
LOL, I wish I could afford an upgrade/new PC. I was planning on saving up and buying a new PC soon, but then the bank told me I have to start paying my student loan back from the end of this month - R950 per month :eek: So any plans of a future upgrade now depend on me getting a christmas bonus and saving a bit to buy a new PC in time for the release of The Witcher 2.
 
I'm upgrading for Mafia 2. Must play it in all it's glory. I normally upgrade every 3 years anyway so it's about time to do it.
 
I'll at least be able to play Mafia II on my PS3, although The Witcher 2 might still come to consoles as well. Even it does I'll still play it on the (new) PC though.
 
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Trying to play the rerelease super hits vesion.
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Sorry, trying to play. I had a similar experience with my one, except I crashed to dekstop during a certain level, not at the startup. I installed the latest video drivers and uninstalled/reinstalled/patched it about three or four times before it actually worked. Something dodge about the bink video codecs on these copies I'm telling you.
 
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