Lego Star Wars I assistance?

[Dark Wanderer]

First of all, I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, but it seems like the best place to put it- my question doesn't actually have anything to do with the Star Wars aspect of the game.

I have been considering buying LSWI: I quite liked LSWII and LEGO Indiana Jones, and they seem to do a pretty good job on their games. However, I've heard about the graphics card "Pixel Shader v. 1.1" error and so poked around for solutions, then downloaded the demo to see if it would work. At first, I got the error claiming that I required Pixel Shader 1.1- but I was prepared for that, at least. I used the solution (A program known as 3DAnalyzer or 3DAnalyze) and the error disappeared- however, the demo simply fails to work now. I got it to run, but then it just displays a black screen for ten seconds, then an "Auto Adjust in Progress" message comes up for two seconds, then the screen turns white for another two seconds and reverts back to my normal desktop. I'm running Windows XP on a mid-2006 Dell, and it seems to meet all the other requirements, so I have no idea what's happening. Does anyone know what could be going on, or what I could do to fix it? I really don't want to have to spend $50 on a new graphics card to play a $20 game. Thanks, and sorry again if this is in the wrong forum.

I would be quite happy if anyone could shed some light on this dilemma.

[DarthSion]

This should be in media.

Your problem is its a dell, and I'm guessing like all dell it doesn't have a real graphics card it just uses shared memory, I'm pretty sure you will need to get a new graphics card to play it, possibly check for any updates to dell, but the thing with dell its not easy to update its hardware.

Or get it on ps3 or 360.

Edited April 4, 2009 by DarthSion

[Dark Wanderer]

I'm not sure if it's hardware-related: I can play Lego Indy at full graphics just fine on this with no problems whatsoever.

[Shadows]

At first, I got the error claiming that I required Pixel Shader 1.1- but I was prepared for that, at least. I used the solution (A program known as 3DAnalyzer or 3DAnalyze) and the error disappeared- however, the demo simply fails to work now. I got it to run, but then it just displays a black screen for ten seconds, then an "Auto Adjust in Progress" message comes up for two seconds, then the screen turns white for another two seconds and reverts back to my normal desktop.

It will never run properly without the appropriate graphics card, guaranteed. When the demo came out, I was also missing Pixel Shader 1.1 support and tried that program with no success at all.

What system did you play LSW2 and IJ on? If it was a console, you'd be better off just buying LSW: The Complete Saga for it instead of trying the PC equivalent, it really is a console game at heart.

[Dark Wanderer]

Both LSWII and IJ were on this computer, the same one. Most consoles are a bit too expensive for my tastes- if it comes down to a 10188 Death Star or a Wii or such, I'd go for the Death Star.

Did you ever try the actual game, or just give up with the demo? It seems to me that it works on so many other people's computers that it might be just some bug in the demo itself.

And just to clarify- the Pixel Shader error message no longer appears, it's just like the game fails to start properly.

Thanks.

[prateek]

ask around if anyone has the game instead of buying it so even if it doesnt work, you dont lose money

[The Who]

I have the game and quite like it. It's got a lot of challenges, which can become annoying sometimes, but it is still really fun.

[Dark Wanderer]

ask around if anyone has the game instead of buying it so even if it doesnt work, you dont lose money

Unfortunately, that hasn't worked for me- anyone I know near me has either never heard of it or does not have it. I'm beginning to think that just trying to find a completed saved game somewhere so I can use the Use Old Save feature in LSWII and at least play its characters may be the only option.

[ILikePi]

Isn't LSW: The Complete Saga only for Nintendo DS? If it wasn't, I would already have it on the computer.

[Dark Wanderer]

Isn't LSW: The Complete Saga only for Nintendo DS? If it wasn't, I would already have it on the computer.

The Complete Saga isn't for PCs; however, it's not just the DS. Hence the reason I wish to see if LSW: The Video Game works, as I don't have any true 'game systems'.