Nebachadnezza Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 I used to play emperor no problems, and I THINK I've played since I upgraded to a geforce 4 ti 4200. But yesterday I decided to have a game, and emperor gave me an illegal operation when i started it. I reinstalled and now when i run it, my monitor goes black and nothing comes up. The game is running.. i can hear it, and if i alt-tab back out to windows everything's fine. My drivers are the latest, I use windows 98se, I have an AMD 1.2 thunderbird 384 megs ran, geforce 4 ti 4200 and a panasonic floppy drive. driver problem, display problem, emperor problem? help would be appreciated. -Nebachadnezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Could you attach your ddiag with the tests on the sound and display tab run ?Also, check out my site in my signature and see if it can solve your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebachadnezza Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 Thanks for the speedy response. I tried that link in your signature, but the tips didn't help my situation. I would also like to note that my screen doesn't just go black as i previously said. It's as if my monitor goes into low-power mode. The screen goes black, you can hear it power down, and the light begins to flash.I originally attached a screen shot of my dxdiag results.. which i promptly removed after mr.Maha Gobbie pointed out my error. -Nebachadnezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gobalopper Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 By dxdiag file he means the text file you can get by clicking "save all information...". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gobalopper Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Ya the file attachment features of this forum software aren't the greatest unfortunately.Things you might try would be updating the drivers on your video card, 11/18/2002 is your version date so there should be something newer. Also DirectX 9 is out now and might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gobalopper Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 DirectX Files Tab: Several files (ddraw.dll, ddhelp.exe, d3d8.dll, etc.) are beta versions, which are unsupported and could cause problems. You should reinstall DirectX to get the latest version.That seems odd. It says you are using DX9 but says those files are still beta versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Isn't DX9 still Beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Well I have XP and DX9 and don't get those errors. Maybe its still in beta for Windows 98. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 But on the MicroSoft website it says the full version won't be released until Marh 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Are you sure?http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nyarlathotep Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 First thing I would advice is to upgrade your VIA drivers.Second, try to set your desktop resolution to default refresh rate, in stead of optimal.Make sure all background programs are closed. Press ctrl-alt-delete just once. You can close all, except for "Systray" & "Explorer".Make sure all power save settings are turned off (also in the BIOS).Try lowering the hardware acceleration.Try to delete the display adapter and reboot. This way Windows will detect it again and reinstall it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebachadnezza Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Thank you, thank you, thank you. Setting the refresh rate to default was the key. Thanks Nyar and Gobalopper. -Nebachadnezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Are you sure?http://www.microsoft.com/directx/Oh, hehe, no why didn't I see that earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Thank you, thank you, thank you. Setting the refresh rate to default was the key. Thanks Nyar and Gobalopper. -NebachadnezzaYou're welcome. Happy gaming :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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