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PC always shut down while playing / texture format DXTC is not supportet

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Hello,

at first i downloaded EE2 Gold Edition because i have lost the instalation Code of my cd. Everything was ok. Than i downloaded the 1.5.5 patch and when i open EE2 and play for a while my pc always shuts down. I have to Make a hard turn off because nothing works. When i started the game again i get this message:

FATAL PROBLEM
--> a require texture format (DXTC) is not supported by your display adapter.

i have googled dxtc and downloaded something from NVIDIA. The message doesn't came again but my pc further is shutting down while I'm playing.
Please somebody help. The patch is really cool and I want to play it.
Thanks

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PS: great work with the patch and the lobby :D
Thank you, I didn't know someone else is playing this old game and love it like me
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Hi. What system do you use, and what's your graphics card?
DXTC error is not Unofficial Patch related, so I don't think that was the problem.

I would recommend you to make some more tests: Install a clean installation of EE2, make a copy of this folder and then Install Unofficial Patch 1.5. Then test a little on the unpatched version of EE2 if you get the same problem.

I hardly doubt it's related to Unofficial Patch 1.5, because I have never received such report. The patch also doesn't modify game engine, so only some of new models/textures are added, and that shouldn't be the problem.
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Hi, thanks for the quick answer.
I use Windows 10 and the card is "NVIDIA GeForce 920MB with 2 GB Dedicated VRAM". What do you mean with clean edition? Not the gold edition?
Thanks

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Now I remember why I downloaded the gold edition. I have the ultimate edition two times on CD. On both cds I have problems with installation, it hang up while updating some components
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I meant "clean" without Unofficial Patch, to test how game behaves without it (if still crashes or not).
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Ah oh ok. Everything was ok, I played it a view months before I downloaded the patch.
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Yes, but maybe something is broken now? I'm asking because I have never seen somebody reporting this problem, and I doubt it could be related to the patch.
You can try to disable UP1.5 units, buildings and models in game. To do this in the game launcher click on the "Change IP.15 Settings" button, then switch option "Unlock the new..." to "No". Test how it works without new units.
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Ok i try to change it.
Do you have a link were I can download ee2? I've uninstalled it now and the website were I downloaded it doesn't exist anymore
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Thanks for the answers, I downloaded it again and install the patch. I tried to change some settings and since I downloaded it at New my laptop shut down one time. However it works the most of the time and maybe a friend of mine can help me. I also think it's a mistake of my laptop and not of the patch.
Tank you very much for the patch it's really great and I love it.
I like to build maps for skirmishes, do you guys share maps with each other?

Thanks, greetings from Hamburg
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Thanks for the information.
Most of maps created by the community are already included in Unofficial Patch 1.5 installer.
If you have your own maps and you would like to share them, you can post them in this subforum: viewforum.php?f=54

I hope your laptop will be okay, and that you'll be able to play without shut-downs. Maybe cleaning the laptop from dust would help, to prevent overheating during game.
You could also check in the windows event log if there are any information what cause this problem.

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