unwound Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 i just bought the game and it wont start at alli install then when i click on the icon, it initialize cd then stops and does nothing, the computer doesnt freeze, it just stops running the gameamd xp 1700+, 256 ddr ram , geforce 2 , win xp sp1 home editiondx 9, nvidia 42,68 ( tried many others ) i tried 1.0, 1.07 and 1.09 and the game still does not work
dread910 Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 This Problem Not Huge it worng to alot of ppl.your pc ..... change it....you need to buy new PC.maybe new 3dcard nvida not so helpful for these ganes.... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Timenn Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 Well, you system specs are fine. So don't waste time to that spammer.Try running DxDiag. Go to you start menu - runthen type DxDiag. Now you will get a dialog. Somewhere there is an option to save the info you get. Save that to a file and attach the file in a post here.So people here can have a better look at your problem
Nyarlathotep Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 Apart from what Timenn said, try to copy the setup folder to you harddrive. Leave the cd in the drive and run the setup from your harddrive.
Timenn Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 Hmmm, when you started Emperor. And nothing showed up.Try pressing ctrl+al+delete.Then look at the processes, and see if you can find something like Dune.exe
unwound Posted February 16, 2003 Author Posted February 16, 2003 when i start and look at the tasks it starts a program:game.exe, then another thing ~ef7194.tmp and then both close automatically and nothing hapenns after[attachment archived by Gobalopper]
number6 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 I am confused about this part of your dxdiag output:---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce2 Integrated GPU DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_01A0&SUBSYS_00A80E11&REV_B1 Display Memory: 32.0 MB Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: NEC MultiSync C400 Monitor Max Res: 1024,768 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0001.4268 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher)Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 2/10/2003 18:40:00, 3030542 bytesThe driver version is 42.68? I thought the latest detonator driver for XP was 41.09. See for yourself:http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.aspI would not even use the 41.09 version, I would use the 40.72 version from this link:http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_archive
unwound Posted February 17, 2003 Author Posted February 17, 2003 it didnt work with 32.xx then i upgraded to 40.71, then .72 then 41.09 then to this leaked one which gives very good performance in everythingi uninstalled before changing driver so this is probably not the problemi deleted norton 2003 and the game still didnt work but it started the game.exe without automatically closing it but it just hang there and didnt respond
number6 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 When you were trying the different driver versions did you also have DirectX 9 installed or did you install DirectX 9 in between the Nvidia driver changes? Could you provide me with the make and model of your motherboard?
unwound Posted February 17, 2003 Author Posted February 17, 2003 i think that i have an nforcei have gforce integrated gpu so...i dont know i bought this computer at futureshopcompaq6010cathe game once worked about 6 months ago( from a friend)now i bought it cause it was cheap and it does not work anymoreim back with old driver(the ones i had when i bought my cpu) but still does not workback with norton 2002 ( what i had 6 months ago )the only difference is dx9 which im going to try to uninstall in the coming days but i will have to do some research cause i have no clue how to i e-mailed westwood tech support about 3 days ago and still no reply, piece of shit company, never buying from them again
number6 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 To be quite honest I have not tried to play emperor since I went to DirectX 9. I will have to try it and see if I have any problems with that game. I don't think you can uninstall a Direct X version once you have upgraded. Direct X is a vital part of the OS and is always running when you boot up your system. I have seen programs that have you boot up your system in safe mode and they delete and replace files. Not a very elegant or safe process in my opinion.
number6 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 I tried Emperor and it works fine for me with DirectX 9 and the 40.72 drivers. Maybe you should go back to the 40.72 drivers and see if that helps.
number6 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 You may also want to try compatability mode since you are running Windows XP. I did not see anyone mention trying that yet for your problem.
lowzeewee Posted February 18, 2003 Posted February 18, 2003 when i start and look at the tasks it starts a program:game.exe, then another thing ~ef7194.tmp and then both close automatically and nothing hapenns afterStar Wars JK II Jedi Outcast (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: jk2mp.exe (<File Missing>) ;D it appears that the Exefile is missing
Nyarlathotep Posted February 18, 2003 Posted February 18, 2003 when i start and look at the tasks it starts a program:game.exe, then another thing ~ef7194.tmp and then both close automatically and nothing hapenns aftergame.exe is used to start EBFD and the ~ef7194.tmp is actually EBFD running.
Chris Longpre Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 Just a quick note: Emperor does not officially support Win XP. Back when it came out, Win XP was still kinda of new, and no testing was done under XP.That said, I believe Nyar et al. have had some success getting it to run happily under XP ..--Chrisp.s. And of course DX 9 was not out back then, so perhaps there are some issues there .. although Microsoft is usally pretty good about backwards compatibilty. (However, some drivers are not so friendly..i.e. don't use the DX9 drivers yet) .. my 2 cents
Nyarlathotep Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 try to copy the setup folder to you harddrive. Leave the cd in the drive and run the setup from your harddrive.Btw, unwound have you tried the above ?Another thing that might help is the following:ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/emperor/update/EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP
unwound Posted February 19, 2003 Author Posted February 19, 2003 i tried everything that was suggested and nothing works i guess ill just try to sell the game to someone at school or back at EB it sucks cause i was really looking forward to this game and my comps has specs way higher then the required ones
number6 Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I checked into your motherboard and it is indeed an nforce chipset. The motherboard manufacturer is MSI and the model is MS-6553. I can't find anything that points to the motherboard at this point, but I will look into it when I get a little more free time. As Chris pointed out the game was not designed for Win XP, but I would not give up just yet. I thought some more about compatability mode and remembered a post by Gob, our fearless webmaster, and he made an excellent reference in this thread:http://www.dune2k.com/forum/?board=4;action=display;threadid=8137He posted a link to this article:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,428538,00.aspWhen you get a chance read that article and see if any of the info in there gives you some ideas in what you can do with compatability mode. It's features like this that may yet convert me to XP.
magicrat4590 Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 I had the same prob with Homeworld 2.all i had to do to fix it was temporarily shut down my virus scan
erjin999 Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 God Dam ! I was about to reply with any help I could before looking at the dates. This is one seriously old thread, no ? Why is it being dug up ? :O
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