Getting past the loading screen -- possible solution

[Andrew Stern]

If Facade doesn't seem to get past the loading screen, or past the
initial fade up at the front door, the technique described below may
allow Facade to work. This solution was discovered by a few players
recently, and it worked for them.

What could be happening is that your videocard settings for
antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are set such that they are
incompatible with Façade's unusual rendering style. A solution that
may allow Façade to run is to set these features to "application
controlled". (We believe the "application controlled" setting will
still allow these features to be active when you play other games, it
just gives each application the option to use them or not.)

To try this, open the Control Panel called "Display", go to the
"Settings" tab, click "Advanced", and then search for a dialog that may
be called something like "Performance & Quality Settings", to find the
settings for "Antialiasing" and possibly "Anisotropic Filtering", if
your videocard supports that. Change these settings to "application
controlled", and close the control panel. Then try running Façade
again.

This help can be found at
http://www.interactivestory.net/help/#antialiasing

[f_montpelier]

I am using an Intel 82845G graphics controller and although there is an
option regarding anistropic filtering, there is no obvious way to
change anti-aliasing settings. It seems that others are having this
problem as well.

[claudio b.]

It didn't solve my problem..
try again.. please!
I'd like to play..

[delata]

f_montpelier wrote:
> I am using an Intel 82845G graphics controller and although there is an
> option regarding anistropic filtering, there is no obvious way to
> change anti-aliasing settings. It seems that others are having this
> problem as well.

Yeah, I'm having this problem too. Anybody have a solution? I'd
really like to play this game.