CD arrives!

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Andy,

I have no real video card, I have the built in intel video chip that uses from the 384 megs of RAM that I got (I believe). It's an on board Intel 82845G Graphics Controller with Adapter RAM 64.00 MB. It does say the resolution is 1280x1024x60 hertz, which is what my normal windows settings are. By default the CD installation selected 1600x1280. Perhaps that's the issue?

Of course it is, and that is why we specify a video card with at least 32MB of video RAM in the minimum specs.

That does not mean you cannot play the game with less than the recommended min spec, just that it might not work very well, on integrated graphics cards which have to "steal" RAM from the PC. If that thing is "sharing" RAM, that may be your problem with full screen DirectX. Or the integrated chip may simply not support the larger screen sizes.

By default the CD installation selected 1600x1280. Perhaps that's the issue?

Hmm - I did not realise it had been shipped witht he highest mode as the default - that will choke on say my LCD 1280 screen. (The video card allows you to select 1600 mode in the windows preferences, it is just when you try to apply 1600 mode onto 1280 LCD hardware that the LCD monitor objects rather forcibly to any attempt to drive it at a screen resolution greater than native!!

Probably woud have been best sent out with 1024 as the initial screen size, as a reasonable choice. You cannot drive LCD monitors above their "native" size, and some low-end graphics cards will also possibly have fits.

Cheers
Andy