Stuck on Loading Screen

[cdbeck]

Hi, I hust bought the DR version of UV and I am having a serious problem. I try to load the tutorial, under 1028 res and the the game gets stuck on the Loading Screen. The red bar gets all the way to the end, then the music plays, but the loading screen stays up. If I alt-tab back and forth I finally will get a garbled view. Hitting the quit button, I can then reload the scenario and the loading screen quits, but this time all of the numbers at the bottom of the screen (for supply and such) are completely garbled, and the mini-map is absolutely black.
I run a 3.4 ghz Intel Pentium 4 processor, with a 128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I am using the ATI Radeon 5.1 Drivers.

Can anyone help? [&:]

[Veer]

Try updating the drivers. I have a similar setup, with no problems. Update Direct X also while you're at it.

Secondly, try waiting a bit. I too have noticed that the red bar goes all the way to the end and the 'in game' music starts to play but the loading screen stays up. After a few seconds though (usually 30s) the game map shows up. Try waiting 2-3 minutes and see what happens.

[cdbeck]

[8|]

Thanks Veer... it was, in fact, that I wasn't waiting long enough for the game to load. I guess I'm just not patient enough, or I have played games so long that any little blip seems to be a game-crashing bug. Heck, I remember the pre-Windows days when I needed a special setup just to get Ultima VII to run!

Son_of_Montfort