Another idiotic topic in no way related to the first: 3D errors

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dragonballz:
This has been up my ass for some time now.

Loading my game....somewhere before the scrolling string text it stops loading and I get a black screen with a white box that says something to the effect of "Could not load the Direct3D Object". My game WILL load after this, but it's a total drag because:

1. I have about a 20 minute load time to begin with.
2. If I sit and dink with the mouse and invisibly write my name on the screen for 10 minutes the error message is bypassed, but this means I literally have to babysit my comp for half and hour when I could be folding clothes or peeing or some other task only slightly less mundane.
3. The error pops up again during the "Bugs and Birds" portion of the string text.

It seems like this began happening after downloading the FT patch, but I can't be sure.

Any ideas?

BrokenRobot:
20 minute load time?  I suggest buying a computer that was made in this century.

Honestly, I would back up my neighborhoods and just completely reinstall the game.

rosess:
Sounds like an argument between the game and a screen saver.  Possible solution:  Disable either the screen saver or the game.  Note that the latter, as an additional benefit, resolves all current and as-yet-undiscovered game issues.

dragonballz:
Hee-hee.

My system's not that bad, really. Pentium 4, Nvidia GeForce 7800, 60 GB, hand-built by someone who actually knows what they're doing, unlike myself...I dunno. It's not the newest thing, but it's not a callback from Neanderthal days either. There are peeps on other forums who complain about their hour-long load times, so I honestly didn't think 20 min. was horrible. 

BrokenRobot: Thank you, that is my next plan of attack.

rosess: I will try that, as it is the best solution I have heard so far and something I would have never thought of. The screen-saver part anyway. ;) I'm not quite ready to gut my game. Nobody likes a quitter.  ;D

Solowren:
Twenty minutes!? Good lord. Get some RAM, why don't you? :D

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