OT: Swat 4 issue

[maccarulez1]

right m8. i had the same problem. if you have mcafee firwall active, it will be in the background, and u cant see it. even ctrl+alt+del doesnt work.

I had to do a hard reset then just disable your mcafee firewall, and then it should be ok

[GreyFox28]

I actually have Norton Internet Security 2005, but I will try what you said tonight and see if it works. But I'm still confused as to why a firewall would conflict with a game when you aren't even connected to the internet...And do you really have to disable yours EVERY time you want to play? Thanks again.

[DarkLeftos]

Something I don't understand with VU. Although the game is fully listed under their website, the "Support" tab cannot be selected. I mean, how cannot it be selected? They provide support selectively for some games?

EDIT: I got indirectly to their support pages, through the Sierra website. Hope it helps:

http://support2.vugames.com/vug/search.aspx

[Talus]

Originally Posted by GreyFox28

I actually have Norton Internet Security 2005, but I will try what you said tonight and see if it works. But I'm still confused as to why a firewall would conflict with a game when you aren't even connected to the internet...And do you really have to disable yours EVERY time you want to play? Thanks again.

It's because the first time the game loads it tests and sees if you're connected and when that happens, your software firewall has to ask you questions about settings up a rule.

Whenever I install a new game, before I play it, I always assign the game's .exe file firewall permissions. Before I started doing that, I had all sorts of problems like this.

[GreyFox28]

Ok, Thanks guys. Yeah, I got it working by disabling the firewall. I seriously hope that VU releases a massive patch for this game pretty quickly, as I have been on the swat 4 forums and everyone is complaining about how many bugs and errors there are with this game. But somehow I doubt that that will happen anytime soon...

[coffin filler]

Originally Posted by GreyFox28

Ok, Thanks guys. Yeah, I got it working by disabling the firewall. I seriously hope that VU releases a massive patch for this game pretty quickly, as I have been on the swat 4 forums and everyone is complaining about how many bugs and errors there are with this game. But somehow I doubt that that will happen anytime soon...

Whilst there are a few bugs its not nearly that bad IMO. The worst i have experienced so far are graphical textures splitting (meaning when standing near a door wondering if anyone is on the other side there gun may be visable through the door taking away the tension, This dosent always happen though. As for the Forums yes there are lots of ppl bitching but dose this not happen with all games no matter how good ? Take HL2 same thing. I agree theres room 4 improvement but its in a better state (bug wise) than many other new releases.