Anoyd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Hi there,Been running Dune quite happily on my PC (Athlon 1.4, 256mb RAM, Geforce 4 MX under WinXP SP1) and my mate saw me playing it. The very next day he phoned me cos he was having problems - he'd bought it ;D. So i went to his house and he's running and almost identical configuration to mine, the differences being he has a Athlon XP 2400+, and a Riva TNT 2 M64. He doesn't use Norton and we used a clean install of windows when we built his PC a short while ago. I've read most of these this forum but haven't found anything, but anyway - the problem:The game loads, displays the intro, gives you the main menu, allows you to start a campaign, skirmish, tutorial etc, loads the selected game, allows you to start playing and then exits to the desktop after a random amount of time :'(. I've got all the updates for windows, and directx 9b. dxdiag checks out fine and so i turn to you. Anyone had the same problems? Let me know,CheersGraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Have you patched Emperor Battle for Dune ?Mayby this topic at Westwood could help if you havn't tried it already.I presume there are no programms running in the background ? If this has been the first time you installed EBfD on his computer try to reinstall it. [ pay attention to the serial number not being typed in incorrectly by mistake ]Does it crash to your desktop no matter which opton you choose, internet, campaign or skirmish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Could you attach your dxdiag ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoyd Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 I've tried all the patches and nothings running in the background.I'll be at his house later this week and i'll attach the dxdiag,Cheers for your helpGraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Sounds like your graphics card doesn't like the game ! try switching off shadows in the options/graphics tab.Also open taskmanager and close any antivirus apps that maybe running.Hope this helpsA.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Me again !another solution to this problem is what I had to do,I had to flash my Bios(don't worry u can't be arrested for it) at least I don't think u can ?Well anyway if your Bios is a couple of years old, it may not have Fastwrite enabled.I had the very same problem on XP Pro with an AMD K7 1.3 Ghz P.c.After I updated my Bios,the game worked !A.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoyd Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys, the problem has been resolved, though not in the way you would expect.When I returned to his house later in the week, he had sold his PC :OWhile this means no more problems, it also means he is at my house playing on my PC all the time >:(Thanks again for your help,Anoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 When I returned to his house later in the week, he had sold his PC :OThat's a harsh way to resolve a problem with a game :OThat would mean he bought his pc only for EBFD ?? ...wow..amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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