Hi! Happy to be here but having trouble getting game to run and can't find tech help.

scottedwards2000 · May 6, 2020

Lesni said: ↑

Your specs are not sufficient to run the game efficiently.
However... Try this:
Start the program directly from either the SOTA Icon or Directly from the file on the hard drive.
I would probably download the game directly and place it in the folder: "C:\Program Files\Portalarium\Shroud of the Avatar\" and run from the file "Shroud of the Avatar.exe" directly

When the main screen opens click PLAY
When the window opens click OPTIONS

Change these settings:
Under Video: Quality Level = FASTEST
You did not say what your screen resolution is but try this.
RESOLUTION: 1280 X 1024
(the chosen resolution should be at least 1/2 of what is your normal)
Lower the Level of Detail to no more than 1/2 way slider
UNCHECK ALL of the boxes below the sliders
The most important one is FULL SCREEN. Uncheck it and run in a window.
The others will help if you uncheck them also.

This will make the game run in a small screen window.
You can 'stretch' the screen to be larger but try it small at first to see if it will load.
If it loads then experiment with dragging the edges to a larger window.
If the game loads, then you can play but it will be very slow and laggy but at least you will know that the issue is your specs and not the game.

I use this technique when I travel on a non-spec laptop to be able to check the game.
Good Luck.
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Thanks, Lesni - I turned the setting down all the way and turned off full screen. Still crashing. Going to try another (old) laptop

scottedwards2000 · May 6, 2020

FarmerJack said: ↑

Are you running a desktop?
As long as you do not have a proprietary mother board, you may be able to just upgrade the RAM and get a video card.

Curious why you are still running Windows 7.
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old laptop I'm afraid... :-(

scottedwards2000 · May 6, 2020

Echondas said: ↑

In the meantime before you upgrade - try and Turn off GPU occlusion in the video options - if GDOC is what’s causing your crash.
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unfortunately that didn't help - thanks though

scottedwards2000 · May 6, 2020

The Hendoman said: ↑

you can run sota on setting lowest everything with that card and memory. it's still a great experience. the 50% load thing happens alot at low (?) memory also there is a windows thing that makes an 100% hard drive usage error, but it will eventually load past 50%. there's other t-shooting hints under the (many) 'stuck at 50%' forum posts

THE HENDOMAN
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apparently even with all the settings down to the lowest (although didn't know what to do with the 'highlighting' slider), it still won't run :-( I'll check out some of those other posts... thanks

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