I bought this game and man was i in a hurry to get homee and try it! did a full install , that went in good , tried to start the game .... it started, went to create characters in the inn and the game will lock up....press the space bar and i go back to windows. this is very disturbing to say the least. my computer ... 533 amd k6 20gb hard 64 mg ram ...seems to work fine with any other game BG,BG2,Sims,diablo1+2,age of empires etc. i have the newest direct 7 program...... what gives?????? help!!!!! anyone please.
sacamron@telusplanet.net OR snidley_whiplash@netbroadcaster.com

Sounds like a driver problem. What's your card's manufacturer?

I'd run the game in Software Mode first; that may solve the problem. If not, go to your card's manufacturer's web site and download the latest drivers.

Software Mode works just fine for the game. You miss out on some of the lighting effects, but in general, the game is brighter in Software Mode anyway.

Hope this helps! Let us know if you need more assistance.

-Sazerac

thanks SAZ... but im not much of a computer (0) buff, what do you mean by software mode?

Okay...when you're in the Town screen, click on the little computer icon on the lower left corner of the screen. This pulls up the Options window. Click on the "Graphics" button. On the "Mode" drop-down list box, select "Software"...make sure you're not in D3D mode. Sometimes that's a problem.

If it's already at software mode, come back and let us know. We'll try to figure out something else.

-Sazerac

Welcome to the board, snidley!!!

Have you gotten the game to run yet??


Wyv

Hi all, I havent got the game to work yet, BUT TODAY IS A NEW DAY ! I can tell its going to work. Im sso glad I joined here ,all of you are so friendly and I really appr. the time and effort you all take to answer questions from complete strangers....off i go to try to make it work

thanx all..... scott

WELCOME to IronWorks, and the W&W forum !!

Ask around, everyone here is great ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/hihi.gif They've cheered me on, and helped me out ! gotta love em!

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Guess what.. it is in software mode...darn .... any more sugg?, stick of dyno?, chainsaw?, baseball bat maby? lol

Okay...we're most likely talking a driver problem here.

What is your card's manufacturer? Find out what that is, and then check their website on the internet and see if they have some updated drivers. Download those and install them, and then restart your computer and see if it works.

Also: what OS are you running? Windows 98? Windows Me? Windows 2000? Systems other than 98 sometimes give problems, and there are workarounds for those.

-Sazerac

Thanks Saz,im running win98 ,im not sure on the card,iwas told that the video card was part of the mother board amd k6 3d now. this is my first computer and im just learning , you must get tired of being bothered by dummies like me lol

scott

Maybe if we can track down the adapter that Windows thinks is there. Try this sequence:

Start Button|Settings|Control Panel|Display
Click on the Settings tab
Click on the Advanced button
Click on the Adapter tab

It should look something like this:

http://www.volberding.com/images/display.jpg

and let us know what the results are.

Rick

man. trident
chip. trident 8400
dac. trident built in
memory. 8mb
features. direct draw 1.00
software verssion. 4.0
then there is another line with current files that looks like yours.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOR TIME AND EFFORT it means alot.
scott

That appears to be an older video chipset. Here's a link to the Trident chip maker tech support/downloads page:
TridentMicro

You might also check with the manufacturer of your motherboard since some MB makers modified the behavior of the integrated graphics chips. You can see who the maker is during the BIOS bootup on the black screen.

Other thoughts:
Ensure that you're not running other memory-hungry programs in the background (active anti-virus, etc.); try installing to another location (after doing a scandisk and disk defrag); and check out Saz's Help Desk too.

Rick

thanks Rick ill give it a try

new driver.... still no use ....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

On friday im going to have my computer completly dumped,ill attempt to start all over again. if this does not work it will be bye bye mr.amd k6 , hello mr.athalon thunderbird. mr k6 will be leaving via dynomite...hmmm anyone need a boat anchor?... let me know ..... Scott