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sqms said:
hi Don
thanks for the reply. i found i have directX 9b and it seems to be working. i also got a message saying winspmbt
caused an invalid page in module WINVFX8.DLL@ 018:10006410.
i have just reinstalled winspmbt but still get the error
messages.
hope you can help
yours hopefully
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Those errors are internal errors from the WINVFX graphics engine DLL (3rd party).
Usual reasons for these errors include:
1) You do not have DirectX installed
2) You have tried to set the screen to a graphics mode your hardware does not support.
3) Sometimes - trying to run a flat panel monitor at a resolution the graphics card can handle but the LCD monitor cannot.
4) Trying to run a mode above "native" pixel resolution on an LCD monitor
We have eliminated 1, so - what exact graphics size are you trying to set up, and what mode ?. What are your machine specs? - it is nice to know what we are dealing with.
I suggest you use the game options programme to set the game up to say 800 by 600 wide
windowed mode and see what happens. 800 by 600 should be supported by any modern machine. If the game now works then you are probably trying to drive it at some resolution and/or screen mode your graphics hardware cannot handle.
If you have a wide screen LCD monitor then these can have connuptions in full-screen mode if told to drive at any resolution above the
native screen size (e.g. telling a 1280 by
800 LCD monitor to try 1280 by
1024 Microsoft Windows default resolution). Solution - use
windowed mode set at a larger size than the desktop and the window will take the full screen area available, barring the windows task bar, which will remain visible.
See the "Tuning Your Machine" section of the Game Guide for more details. (You may need to set up the map scroll sensitivity to suit your taste for the new mode for example).
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Cheers
Andy