mentat Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 I know that a lot of people have already post things about emperor on XP not working, but has anyone seen an error message ??If I run it, I get the splash screen, bit of CD-ROM activity, then it bombs out saying that "game has encountered an error" and would I like to tell Bill Gates so he can fix it ??I've tried new drivers, directx 9.0a, haven't got Norton, XP Pro Edition...Am I going to be better off going back to ME or 98 or something ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Could you attach your dxdiag ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 2, 2003 Author Share Posted September 2, 2003 Yea, my fault, forgot to attach......but have done now, hurrah !![attachment archived by Gobalopper] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guusr5644 Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 I LOVE YOUR VIDEO CARD!!!! can i have it plz? ::) :-X anyway.. have u tryed the fix westwood provided? it helped my kind of problem, might help yours.. and if not it might be your very advanced video card IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlyPIG Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Try running it in compatability mode for Win95. Right click, properties, compatability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 What I don't get is why it isn't showing your video card memory..Have you updated your VIA chipset drivers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 3, 2003 Author Share Posted September 3, 2003 I've got the 1.09 patch, unless your talking about another patch from WW ?? If so, anyone know where I can get it ?I'm downloading Directx 9.0b to see if that makes any difference, but I'm not holding out for much hope. I've also tried running it in all the compat. modes, but they all come back with the "game has encountered an error" message...errr...what else.... oh yes, VIA drivers, upgraded as far as I can go. Seems whenever I try to install the latest "Hyperon" or whatever drivers, it likes to crash my machine (I've gone through a lot of this with C&C Generals) Video card memory is 128Mb if that makes any difference. I used to have a Kyro II 64Mb card, and i don't remember ever getting it to work with that under XP, but it did work with ME (with same hardware as now apart from graphics) which I would go back to if I could find the fecking CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Directx 9.0b will not solve your issue. Better yet, no one needs it, unless they start producing games that are written for it..Did you also try what GoldEagle suggested ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guusr5644 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 heres the fix: [ftp=ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/emperor/update/EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP]ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/emperor/update/EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP[/ftp]and read the readme! if u wont then dont come back to ask how to use it..EDIT: oh damn.. the link is broken.. ill attach it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Oh that patch, yea, tried that, after using that, I don't get the splash screen anymore, but still get the error (even stranger)....though I have to say I did think that was if you had problems with installing Emperor, but not using it....I try using it again just to make sure I'm not talking rubbish and I'll let you know if I have any success.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guusr5644 Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 when i installed the game without the fix it got to 100% and then crashed to desktop without error messege.. after i put the fix on it installed properly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 try to edit a " +w" after the emperor shortcut.resulting from d:emperoremperor.exe into d:emperoremperor.exe +w.Or change the DMA settings of your Cdrom drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Tried the patch, still nothing...Tried that +w thing as well, still no joy (any other switches I should know about) Not sure what else to try, could it be the video card ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 I doubt it's the video card.Did you upgrade your VIA chipset ? If not, please do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 7, 2003 Author Share Posted September 7, 2003 I've upgraded the VIA Drivers, but still no success..doh !!Has anyone else got it working on XP Pro Edition ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guusr5644 Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 im playing it with xp pro.. after i did the fix.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentat Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 Not to worry guys, gone back to ME (quite a few things didn't work with XP) and is all working fine nowCheers for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 No worries, happy gaming ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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