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Snorge · 02-04-2008, 06:34 PM

I have the following problem. I have installed the game, and I'm running it through Steam, but that doesn't matter since I have the same problem with TrackMania Nations not through Steam. When I press play, the game starts up and I get to the opening screen with choices "Play, Configure, Help, Update, Exit." I hit Play but then it sits on a black screen with "Please Wait..." in the bottom right hand corner. I watched the CPU % go from small to 100% CPU as soon as it got to the Please Wait screen. Please help, I've not yet found an answer for this after searching as many forums as possible. On the forum for the game there are many many people with this same problem who have not found a solution. I had to select the option to run the game in windowed mode to see this, but it's the same in fullscreen. It freezes then I have to restart the computer because Ctrl+Alt+Del, or Alt+F4 doesn't do anything. I have uninstalled/reinstalled many times and never gotten to play yet. I have tried changing many many times of the settings under Configure, but nothing good happens, same result every time. Here's some specs of my system, I don't know if this is correct or if I have all you need.

System Specs
CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz
Mainboard: Dell Dimension 8250
Memory: 512 MB
Hard Drive: 120 GB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Sound: Creative SB Live!
CD Rom: Samnsung DVD-ROM
Printer: HP Photosmart 7900
OS: Windows XP

I think I have basically ruled out firewalls, since I started my computer with no firewalls or antivirus or spyware or anything running, and even tried going offline. Also I upgraded my NVIDIA drivers to the newest recommended one following their site. Before upgrading those drivers I upgraded DirectX on the microsoft site. Can someone please help me out here?

TrackMania Nations is available Free here for download in case you want to see what I'm working with.
https://www.trackmanianations.com/indexUk.php

02-04-2008, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Snorge Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 10 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	TrackMania United Freezes at "Please Wait" I have the following problem. I have installed the game, and I'm running it through Steam, but that doesn't matter since I have the same problem with TrackMania Nations not through Steam. When I press play, the game starts up and I get to the opening screen with choices "Play, Configure, Help, Update, Exit." I hit Play but then it sits on a black screen with "Please Wait..." in the bottom right hand corner. I watched the CPU % go from small to 100% CPU as soon as it got to the Please Wait screen. Please help, I've not yet found an answer for this after searching as many forums as possible. On the forum for the game there are many many people with this same problem who have not found a solution. I had to select the option to run the game in windowed mode to see this, but it's the same in fullscreen. It freezes then I have to restart the computer because Ctrl+Alt+Del, or Alt+F4 doesn't do anything. I have uninstalled/reinstalled many times and never gotten to play yet. I have tried changing many many times of the settings under Configure, but nothing good happens, same result every time. Here's some specs of my system, I don't know if this is correct or if I have all you need. System Specs CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz Mainboard: Dell Dimension 8250 Memory: 512 MB Hard Drive: 120 GB Video: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 Sound: Creative SB Live! CD Rom: Samnsung DVD-ROM Printer: HP Photosmart 7900 OS: Windows XP I think I have basically ruled out firewalls, since I started my computer with no firewalls or antivirus or spyware or anything running, and even tried going offline. Also I upgraded my NVIDIA drivers to the newest recommended one following their site. Before upgrading those drivers I upgraded DirectX on the microsoft site. Can someone please help me out here? TrackMania Nations is available Free here for download in case you want to see what I'm working with. https://www.trackmanianations.com/indexUk.php Last edited by Snorge : 02-04-2008 at 06:51 PM.