edsbrick Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 helpi have xp on a laptop,with the fixes from westwood.empinguns,or something.i can play emporer ,single player,no option changing.if i try to change settings it just freezes ,as soon as i click,likewise if i click multiplayer.game.exe causes my problem .........but i want to play online,without target lines or shadows etc.appreciate any help,but i am computer dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Just the norto fix or also the latest patch for Dune Emperor ?Have you tried the game before you updated it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 am running avg anti virus,and i haven't played multi-player yet or changed options.but have played same discs on three different pcs ,one of them a laptop{my wifes}no problems,her laptop ryns xp also.ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Have you installed the service pack 1 for win xp ? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 no .should i have ? if so where from?cheers ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Start your Internet Explorer and then click on tools windows update, let the update page scan for updates and select the SP 1 express.Do you have a DSL connection ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 all installed and yes i am dsl /bt broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Does it work now ? if not un-install the game and then re-install it. I hope it works for you now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 thanx ill try it.ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 6, 2003 Author Share Posted December 6, 2003 still no go..........blooming thing,every time.it fools me,every timeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 6, 2003 Author Share Posted December 6, 2003 still no go..........blooming thing,every time.it fools me,every timeedim just a musical prostitute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Which graphics card is in your Laptop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 im afraid i dont know,but with a bit of detective work i think its;sis650-651-m650-740 .when i searched "graphics card" in help..........nothing,so on my display options the above is what is displayed(on).i think. told you i was computer dumb,i have tonight reinstalled everything(including the empigns,and i updated my "sp1")but still no go on the options.i can play single skirmish WITH TARGET LINES,but i wan to play others.help please.desperate ed :'( :'( :P >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 could you attach your directX diag file in your next post ?you can get one by clicking on start - run and type in dxdiag. Run all the grafical test en save it as a text file which you upload in your next posts. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 here it is[attachment deleted by Gobalopper] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Well looking at your dx diag it seems you don't have much ram memory for XP.Also your graphics has only 32Mb which is also low for gaming.Could you perhaps post the dxdiag from your wifes laptop as a comparison ? that would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 i will do that.on the same issue,would it make any difference if i installed from my wifes laptop? by usb linklead.cheers ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 also......i only want to play dune,other than that i just download music.ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Erm .You can try it. When you say Dune do you mean Dune 2000 or Emperor Battle for dune ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 heres the wifes...........ed[attachment deleted by Gobalopper] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 definitely emporer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 And you can play emp online with your wifes laptop ?The only difference I can see is that she has SP1 service pack installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 yea she can play online,i was under the impression ihad sp1 installed.presumably i dont.i used to have a normal pc and we used to play each other online or by lan,neither of them adversly.but now,arrgh.ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsbrick Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 gone on update,downloading sp1 now.ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Erm. Sorry Ed yes you seem to have SP1 installed too.But you have different CD drive makes.Try installing the game using the other CD drive, also always play it using the installation drive.I can't see any other reason why it won't work, but it could be background processers running on your laptop that are using alot of system resources.Try defragmenting your C drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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