character Tool crashes

[cripp12]

My Character tool keeps crashing when I exit a mesh and enter a new one. It also crashes when I enter a different skin of the same mesh.  Nvidia is the integrated video.  Has anyone fixed this problem. I have downloaded the latest driver but they don't have the best support.

[Symon]

Sounds to me like you are running FF CT on XPsp2?

If so, that's known to be problematical. Nothing can done about it yet. SP2 did many strange things. Sveral FF modders refuse to load SP2 because of this or stick with Win98SE.

[bearded]

i think i have noticed that if all the skins in a directory are 16 bit, ctool crashes a lot less.

what's the best way to revert?  i can't seem to install an older version of winxp.

[Panther_Gunn]

If your computer *came* with SP2 installed (i.e.: a recently new one), then you're hosed.  If it was "updated" with SP2, you may be able to uninstall it (I've only heard about it being possible).  Other than that, you'd have to locate & install a non-SP2 version of Windows (XP, 2000, 98, etc) completely from scratch......not typically for the faint of heart.

[Previsionary]

actually, SP2 can be uninstalled, if updated, via Add/Remove as of now. (see microsoft help page) and there's quite a few more ways to remove it...but I don't know how well they work.

[cripp12]

I uninstalled SP2 and i think the crashes stopped but now some of the meshes are showing with some funky warped lines that dart off the screen.

What the? Any ideas what this is?

[cripp12]

fixed it.  uninstalling SP2 also removed Direct X.  I just installed direct X.  Thanks for the help.