DrTarte Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 got a nostalgia trip when i first saw that this game was in open beta and would love to try it out, but i have no idea which mirrors or things from that Download menu are needed to play the game. i tried downloading the first item on the list and then the first one with a US flag on it, and it installed the game and everything but didn't end up working, i tried the same thing again on my brother's gaming pc which had the recommended requirements to run Renegade X but i didn't work either .-. any help would be greatly appreciated, maybe just a rundown of what things you guys did to be able to play this game, as in what items on the list you downloaded and what you did while the game was installing etc. thank you for any help regarding my issue, i am really looking forward to flying around in an Orca for the first time ever in an fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WombRaider Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 you have to use a torrent client like vuze then open the file your download, that will download the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 .-. I got vuse, but still dont know which 'mirror' to download. I have no idea what mirrors are in this context, and dont know which ones to download. Should i just download the first one on the list that is marked as a Recommended Mirror or pick one based on the country flag it has? It currently says Open Beta 2 and The Pirate Bay mirror is the top one on the list, would that be the only thing i need to download to play this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 More or less, im wondering if i need to download just one 'mirror' or a few of them in order to play the game, would also appreciate an explication on what exactly all these mirrors are and what they mean. i saw this game and immediately wanted to start playing it, but i am clueless how to get it running, the list on the Download screen of the renegade x website makes little sense to me .-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFJake Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 A mirror is just an alternate link. All of them give you the same thing: One file (an .exe) that will install the entire game. After that, you run the game through its shortcut, which will be on the Desktop or in the Start menu. If it didn't work, you'll have to be more specific as to what actually happens in order to get any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Mmk, got it downloading through vuse from the Renegade X Official Mirror (US Washington) hoping that will work, and if not i'll post what happens. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOVEREIGN_ Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 A mirror is just an alternate link. All of them give you the same thing: One file (an .exe) that will install the entire game.After that, you run the game through its shortcut, which will be on the Desktop or in the Start menu. If it didn't work, you'll have to be more specific as to what actually happens in order to get any help. not entirely correct, because he already stated that he tried to download via pirate bay, which requires torrent and will not download the .exe in the way the http-servers do. i could imagine this caused him trouble if he never heard of mirrors for downloading files. it would be better to exclude the torrent-download, because not everyone knows what to do and its not directly obvious either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Was confused about the mirrors and such, saw by a previous post to try the torrent Vuse, so i went to the Renegade X download site using Vuse, and decided to download one of the US mirrors, the US Washington one towards the top of the list. Got that downloading at the moment so i hope it works. But yeah, having never heard of mirrors or torrents before, this has all been a bit confusing .-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Should be about 2 hours to finish the download, then a couple minutes to install it i suppose. Hope it works this time been a fan of the C&C games since i was a kid, so this seems well worth it to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB0NG Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Should be about 2 hours to finish the download, then a couple minutes to install it i suppose. Hope it works this time been a fan of the C&C games since i was a kid, so this seems well worth it to play. Download speed is completely dependant on client and server bandwidth. If you have decent bandwidth and there enough seeds, it could take a matter of minutes. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thank you for all the help, downloading it from vuse made it work this time. Payed it for the past 4 hours streight .-. So yeah, its pretty good just need to make a note to never enter a marathon server ever agian, those things last forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Welp the game stopped working on my brother's pc now whenever i try to start it up the screen goes black and has a popup saying that 'built with UDK has stopped working' ah well, was fun while it lasted. I downloaded it on my pc, and it works fine up until i try to open the start menu, then it says that it has run out of video memory, so i suppose i'll need a better graphics card or that i will need to free up some hard drive space in order to get it working. Not sure why it stopped working on my brothers beefy computer, but for mine its understandable since i have a tiny graphics card that can hardly run Starbound properly. Is there a way to lower the graphics settings of the game without having to open the game menu? Like through the game files instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtycopgangsta Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 not entirely correct, because he already stated that he tried to download via pirate bay, which requires torrent and will not download the .exe in the way the http-servers do. i could imagine this caused him trouble if he never heard of mirrors for downloading files. it would be better to exclude the torrent-download, because not everyone knows what to do and its not directly obvious either The type of downloaded files has nothing to do with http or p2p connection. You can download an .exe through http or p2p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Tried uninstalling and redownloading the game a few times .-. Nothing seems to be working. Started by going through My Computer and deleting everything relating to renegade X, then re downloading the game and re installing it. I just keep getting a message saying 'built with UDK has stopped working' whenever i try to open the game menu, i dont even set to see the intro scene with it showing that it is on the Unreal engine and Proudly Presented by Totem Arts. So yeah that was a fun four hours while it lasted, guess i cant play it anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twig123 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The Crash on Startup, Ran out of Video Memory, and Black Screen on Start issues all have fixes that are listed here: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=72023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Darn, nothing on the list of fixes for Windows Vista. Go the Ran Out Of Video Memory issue when i try to play. Seems like my pc lacks the strength to load the maps in the game, i can get to the start menu just fine, just cant actually play, runs out of video memory while loading the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afevis Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 PC specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 .-. A completely stock windows vista, just with a really old, small graphics card that i stuck into it, the card was a hand-me-down from my brother, nothing too great. Radeon3800 or somthing card. Was thinking that there would be a way for me to increase the amount of actual ram that my computer would use, since the vista is locked to 2gb of ram, did some reaserch and found that you can change that through the command prompts, typed in bcdedit /set increaseuserva 3072 to see if it would work. Not sure if it did much of anything though. So i just uninstalled and re downloaded the game to see if that would fix it, because in the main menu of my game it said it was the Beta 1 version, so deleting that one and getting the newer one might fix it. Idk. Its almost done installing so i'll see if it works. If not then i guess i'll just have to get myself an actual gaming rig, rather than using the dinosaur of a computer that i got right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTarte Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Well, it actually worked! Albiet on the lowest graphics settings, but it runs smoothly. Cool, i can finally get back to playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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