Hi :)

please excuse my newbie post, but I couldn't find similar topic on the forum and I'm kinda stuck in that situation.

Here's the problem :

Everytime (tested 4 times so far) I (re)install DA:DG :

1) The first time I launch the game there is no "lag", no stuttering, no audio glitches, everything is working perfectly, I can load and save games without any problem.
=> This is heaven.

2) The second time I launch the game, it's having a 1 sec freeze every 10 seconds, audio glitch, then after 2 or 3 minutes it crashes (with some numbers and game's code displayed for a few ms), even if I don't do anything in the game.

3) All the next time I launch the game (without uninstalling-reinstalling it), it's either freezing on the intro video, on loading, on the campaign/mission launching, -or- it's crashing after having serious graphical glitches (the colors are all messed up ; and/or the screen is 100% black except where I'm passing my cursor, like if I was removing the black fog) and it's constantly lagging.
=> This is hell.

nb : I haven't witnessed a memory leak bug in the Task Manager, I don't what that bug is about.

I'm on a notebook, a Dell XPS M1530 :
- Windows Vista SP2 x86 (32 bits)
- nVidia Geforce 8600M GT 256 Mo
- 2 Gb of RAM
- single (C:) HDD

The Windows Vista UAC is disabled.

There is only one account (administrator) on that computer.

I ran the game "as administrator" (the right click option) to be sure it wasn't the problem.

I tried all graphic mode : Overlay, Surface (default), Direct3D, OpenGL, DDraw. None of them worked (the glitches/bugs were slightly different though).

I tried redownloading the game installer. No effect.

I just made a clean install of my computer (due to recent NTFS table crash), so there's no tons of programs clogging up the system.

I disabled the antivirus (Eset Nod32) right after the first installation (and kept it off for the next 3 installations). No effect

I tried 2 different drivers for my graphic card : the one on the Dell dvd (2008 something) and the most recent one from nVidia. No effect.

I'm running out of idea, and I don't think I'll keep reinstalling it and transferring my saves everytime I want to launch it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I would like to try the Jagged Alliance series ;)

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edit : (removed useless addendum)

I reinstalled it again, after redownload + reboot + drivers reinstallation + no antivirus + run as administrator, I could launch it three time without the previously mentionned problem, I hope it will last !

ps : how are you supposed to accomplish the last mission of the tutorial campaign ?

It says something like "Secure the intel - if they see you they'll destroy it", they give me 6 silencers, 2 berettas and an uzi (the silencers can't fit a m14 :( ) but :

- the access to the house is heavily guarded (you can't kill 3 to 4 guards in one turn ! And once a guard shot his non-silenced pistol, game over),

- camouflage is useless : you can't move through the jungle and even crouching & sneaking, which cost 2x AP per movement and 2 AP at stop, don't change anything, they spot you 10 squares away.

Am I supposed to swim around the island or build a wooden raft with the crates ? ^^