3DFA crashes on all computers - HELP!

[LucDC]

I have been working with 3DFA version 3.3 some time on my Windows 2000 home computer. It was the only computer on which I could use the program: on all others (at work) that I tried it, it crashed as soon as I entered some 3D text.

I have recently re-installed Windows 2000 (and 3DFA) on my home computer, and now 3DFA crashes on this one as well. I also installed the latest version 4 beta, but it does not make any difference: if I add a 3D Text element, 3DFA crashes from the moment that I type the first character of the text.

I have this same problem with 3DFA on all computers that I tried it on, no matter what computer model or OS-version that was used (Win98, Win2000, WinME): I simply cannot get it to work with 3D text. Does anyone have similar experiences, or know what could be causing these crashes?

[carnwath]

Run Task Manager on win2k and switch to observe Performance

What do you see for Memory Usage History

I find that with 3dfa I get a progressive incremental usage of memory as I run within the development system (not when the .swf runs standalone) which eventually crashes 3dfa with a memory exception error.

Then I get the allocated memory freed up when I close the 3dfa designer.

How much free ram is shown available when you run?

[LucDC]

No, memory is not the problem: +/- 200MB in use before starting 3DFA, +/- 220MB while running (and crashing) 3DFA. I have 640MB RAM in my computer.

3DFA always says it creates an error log when it crashes, but I cannot find it. Where do I have to look for it?

[DmanPfeif]

i have win98 and for some reason, each time i try to export, the program crashes. But i'm pretty sure it has something to do with my memory. I don't know if I want to admit it...... I only have 56mb or RAM.
I know I need more, I'm getting some more RAM today because they have a good deal on it at Best Buy!
If it could be anything else, please respond.