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WillowIX · 08-12-2003, 08:46 AM

Oh you can't even install it. You haven't got a ghost lying around do you? That would probably take care of it.

Check the drivers and downgrade them to test a little. My favorite is the 41.09 (since it has better dx8 support than 30.xx).

Hmm I'm not suer if there was a special DX7 for windows 2000. If you used a installer from a game it could be that you are using a dx version for windows 9x. Try downloading the DX 8.1 for windows 2000, there is a special one. I never had any problems with that version.

But Radek, your line of reasoning about the chests hold true the other way around as well. If nothing in the interface or the system has changed, why shouldn't you be able to open the chests? But the mapping can, and probably do change in the game. All that's necessary is one tiny map of a small piece of a stonewall that isn't compatible. The question is; what is it that the mapping isn't compatible with? But I was able to open chests in the entire Serran. Strange...

Edit: NOTE that according to Microsoft, directx 7.0a is NOT compatible with Windows 2000! So when installing DX from the W&W installer you get an incompatible version of DirectX.

[ 08-12-2003, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: WillowIX ]

08-12-2003, 08:46 AM	#29
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 4,628	Oh you can't even install it. You haven't got a ghost lying around do you? That would probably take care of it. Check the drivers and downgrade them to test a little. My favorite is the 41.09 (since it has better dx8 support than 30.xx). Hmm I'm not suer if there was a special DX7 for windows 2000. If you used a installer from a game it could be that you are using a dx version for windows 9x. Try downloading the DX 8.1 for windows 2000, there is a special one. I never had any problems with that version. But Radek, your line of reasoning about the chests hold true the other way around as well. If nothing in the interface or the system has changed, why shouldn't you be able to open the chests? But the mapping can, and probably do change in the game. All that's necessary is one tiny map of a small piece of a stonewall that isn't compatible. The question is; what is it that the mapping isn't compatible with? But I was able to open chests in the entire Serran. Strange... *Edit: NOTE that according to Microsoft, directx 7.0a is NOT* compatible with Windows 2000! So when installing DX from the W&W installer you get an incompatible version of DirectX.** [ 08-12-2003, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: WillowIX ]