the same old problem of emperor..

[guusr5644]

quess what guys.. i have my new computer with windows xp pro and emperor does not work.. its that problem that the intro shows up, but then hes gone and nothing happend.. what is the problem? (plz help me, i miss action in emperor)

[Ice_Cube]

When you run it do you have any background programs running or anti-virus software? (especially nortons)? If so, disable all the prgrams you dont need and then re-install emperor and patch it before you load it up for the first time.

[Nyarlathotep]

Attach a dxdiag to your reply.

1) Make sure that all drivers are updated

2) Have you tried compatibility mode ?

[DukeLeto]

I have a similar problem the first ttime I play Emperor after restarting. If I just try again, it works fine. (But then again, I have XP home)

[guusr5644]

nyar, i cant attach the dxdiag coz simply it is my sister computer over here..

[SurlyPIG]

I had this problem before I got all the service updates. Try running windows updates to get all the service packs.

Also, I had a whole wealth of problems that were solved by one thing: compatability mode. Try running Emperor in Windows 95 compatability mode. (Win95 is Emp's 'mother' OS)

To run Emperor in compatability mode:

right click on your Emperor shortcut (can be in Start Menu or on Desktop but you'll have to do it twice if you want it on both)

click on properties

click on the compatability tab

in the "Compatability mode" area select the box that says "Run this program in compatability mode for" and select Windows 95 from the drop-down menu.

[Gobalopper]

You could also try re-installing. After I got service pack 1 Emperor would crash after the intro credits but re-installing seems to have fixed it.

[guusr5644]

thx guys ill try to do this :)

[guusr5644]

ok, right now i have xp pro with service pack 1 v.2002 i tried the compatability mode of all the chices there and nothing helps :( but ill try to reinstall it.. btw gob, did you first uninstalled emperor or did you just reinstall it?

[guusr5644]

ok, i reinstalled it and nothing happens. but i forgot to mention that every time when i install it, when it get to 100% it crashes to desktop. and i managed to get the dxdiag over here, here it is.[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

[number6]

I would suggest retrograding your current video driver settings back to version 40.72. You have version 43.45 which was released in March of this year. The 40.72 driver is the last certified driver to work with Windows. Since Emperor is an old game it makes sense to stay with the latest certified driver. Here is the link for the 40.72 driver:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_40.72

Make sure you select the XP driver which is the one on the right part of the screen.

[guusr5644]

guys, i am very happy to say that emperor now works on my new computer. all thx to this:

OK friends, here's what you've been waiting for!...

After completely disabling NAV 2003 (by disabling auto-protect, email scanning, script blocking and automatic LiveUpdate) and stopping related processes from loading at XP's startup, I was able to coax Emperor to load long enough so that Windows could generate a log of the error. I've attached that log file if anyone feels like ciphering through it to find out what is causing the problem (I was unable to do that).

In the meanwhile, while browsing Westwood's FTP looking for maps, I found and downloaded EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP. This update fixed some compatibility issues between Emperor and certain makes of CD/DVD/CDR drives [the readme says]. Along with the readme, I also found a SETUP.EXE and EMPEROR.EXE within the zip file. Then I said to myself: what the heck, nothing else has fixed the problem ... why don't I try replacing my EMPEROR.EXE with the one in EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP and guess what ... EMPEROR: BATTLE FOR DUNE LOADED PERFECTLY!!!

My next step was to enable all of NAV 2003 services and try Emperor, and again, Emperor loaded successfully.

I have a feeling that this fixed EMPEROR.EXE is probably closely related to a NoCD fix, but Emperor still asked for the Atreides Disc when starting my Atreides campaign, so it's not quite a NoCD fix. I assume that the reason why some of you who did get Emperor to work with NAV 2003 are probably running the game with a NoCD/fixed EXE.

Anyway, if you're having problems with Emperor: Battle for Dune and Norton AntiVirus 2003, just replace your EMPEROR.EXE with the one found in EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP and, hopefully, everything will be fine :)

You can get EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP off Westwood's FTP:

ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/emperor/update/EMPENGINSTFIX10.ZIP

Enjoy everyone and thanks for all your help ;)

[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

thx to this file i managed to get emperor to work again! so i dont need ur help anymore.. (btw, when i will have internet i will play emperor again!)

[number6]

Good to here you fixed the problem. I forgot all about that install fix from westwood.