Emperor Won't Start Period!

[molotov567]

hey every one, i just installed emperor on my new computer and it was running fine until i made the "Model" folder and put the rules.txt in it. Now when i run it the splash screen pops up and then the program gives me a common page fault error. I tried removing the folder but it still won't start up. please help!!!!

[gryphon]

what happends if you remove the rules.txt ?

[Apollyon]

Reinstall the game. What is the error precisely? Try downloading or extracting a clean copy of the rules file and playing the game with those.

[molotov567]

allright, i started emperor and it worked this time but now when i loaded the last fight for harkonnen it concluded the loading process and it crashed to windows.

[gryphon]

have you sofar tried any of the 2 options mentioned above ?

[ When reinstalling you might need to delete the Emperor directory on your locol disk before you install it again. ]

[molotov567]

I reinstalled it and the graphics were nasty so i upped the settings all the way, now whenever i start it:

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Game

X This program has preformed an illegal operation and will be shut down.  CLOSE

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor                                                                    DETAILS

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------GAME caused an invalid page fault in

module GAME.EXE at 0177:004070b1.

Registers:

EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=004070b1 EFLGS=00010246

EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=00dbfc38 EBP=bff92d08

ECX=00000041 DS=017f ESI=0259cc30 FS=4f1f

EDX=025e4200 ES=017f EDI=00000000 GS=0000

Bytes at CS:EIP:

8b 08 ff 51 4c 8b 86 2c 01 00 00 8b 8e 3c 01 00

Stack dump:

00000000 0259cc30 02854010 00818718 00000001 00417664 00000002 00000000 0259cc30 00dbfca4 005c2e3b ffffffff 004d4f1c 00000828 00000002 00000400

[Atomic Mitten]

Re-install the game.

Also your graphics card drivers.

[molotov567]

then what? ???

[Atomic Mitten]

Then try it again !

Attach your dxdiag text report to your reply, Do you have Norton installed ?

[molotov567]

no norton, heres the report; all my tests pass fine  :-[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

[molotov567]

soooo...ummmm...anything? :-

[Atomic Mitten]

You said all the tests ran fine ?

        Registry: OK

    DDraw Status: Enabled

      D3D Status: Enabled

      AGP Status: Enabled

DDraw Test Result: Not run

D3D7 Test Result: Not run

D3D8 Test Result: Not run

D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[molotov567]

i just went to "save all" and then left, did the tests on a previous session a few minutes back.

[molotov567]

thats no prob:

geforce4 ti4600 128MB

48x speed cd drive

120gb hdd

2.4ghz celeron

well ventelated case

sound blaster 

dx 9.0B

[Nyarlathotep]

Check the computer specs required to run Generals on the back of the game box, from Generals.

Aren't we talking about EBFD here (like stated in the first post :))

If we are talking about EBFD, what happens in you lower the settings ? Espcially shadows, make sure that's disabled.

[molotov567]

there is still something wrong though, my computer meets the settings 2 times over but it dosent run it right in high. well... :O

[Nyarlathotep]

there is still something wrong though, my computer meets the settings 2 times over but it dosent run it right in high. well... :O

Are you able to get to the main menu screen ? Also, try to give the drivers from www.omegacorner.com a try.

Do you ahve any programs running in the background when you try to play ?

[Atomic Mitten]

Especially anti-virus programs.

[molotov567]

i have no background progs running at all :-...and btw, i can get to the main menu sometimes the other times im starting the game and it just quits. :'(

[Nyarlathotep]

Have you tried the drivers I linked ?