Big hug to mammawlin, luv you too
Savage: I can't describe my problem any better then I already did.
But I will try to do it anyway
The middle screen stays black when I should see the town.
All other screens seem to work fine (e.g. I can open them and actually change things like sound, gamma and so on).
Even the closing of the other screens goes ok, it's just that the image stays behind.... it's not really there cause I can't click it, it's a ghost image.
If I could do a refresh on it, it would probably go away I think.
But that still would leave me staring at a black screen.
Nothing is there either...it's not like the town is simply not visible it is really not there.
How do I know that? The game DOES run on my gf compu (same setup as me except she has a TnT2 Ultra videocard) and if I copy the mouselocation that I do on her screen it won't let me go inside the Inn for example.
(if you startup for the first time the Inn is to the top right of the middle screen, or thereabouts)
fyi, this is my setup: P3 450, 128MB ram (100MHz), Gainward Cardexpert Geforce 2 MX, 48x CD-Rom, 20GB Maxtor harddrive 5400 rpm, several GB of free space left on it, MSI mainbord (don't know the specific type but it's not important to this problem)
I did a full install and have tried it with and and without the patch.
After trying MANY MANY different things like: a load of drivers in combination with numerous versions of directx, even the 6 versions - trying to run in software mode or lower resolutions in every possible driver/directx combination - shutting down hardware acceleration in windows all together - short of NOT installing my video card at all and running in 16 colors I think there is nothing I can do on my end anymore....I have tried it all.
The only solution can come from the guys who made the game. The problem seems to be Geforce 2 MX specific as it can run on any other Nvidia card out there (albeit in software mode and often with lots of other troubles which shouldn't happen also, but hey, at least it's possible to play)
It's like Sazerac said: we need a TECHNICAL patch.
This weekend I'm going to send an email to Activision and Heuristic park about it. Not that I am expecting a real reply ofcourse
Well, at least not on short notice. Who knows, maybe they are already aware of the tech problems of W&W (they must be I think) and are working on a patch already.
But either way, at least I will feel that I've done all I can do about it.
Snoekie. (who must go now and do the dishes and get the laundry out to dry...all so I can use my gf compu and play W&W) I'm pathetic I know