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January 1st, 2004, 11:40 PM
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Re: Game won\'t start
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"grow up"? Windows is up from Mac OS-X or Linux and especially Solaris?
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January 1st, 2004, 11:44 PM
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Re: Game won\'t start
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"grow up"? Windows is up from Mac OS-X or Linux and especially Solaris?
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Making reliably running system on Mac OS-X or Linux or Solaris is for kids. Doing the same on Windows XP is the job for real men
Heehee. Yes Windows does make it harder. But Ive actually not had any problems with WinXP. Im even able to play old Favorites like Master of Magic right along with the newest such as Temple of Elemental Evil. Im so glad I shifted off of WinME
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January 1st, 2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: Game won\'t start
[ January 02, 2004, 16:40: Message edited by: Raven 1701 ]
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January 2nd, 2004, 12:40 AM
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Re: Game won\'t start
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I don't have anything running but the games I try and play. If you don't have any suggestions on how to makke the game run please stay off this thread. I don't care about how people love or hate other os's.
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Have you bothered to check the list of processes you have running before you're claiming you are not running anything but the games? You'll find quite a bunch of processes running which you're not aware of. Most of them are useless for you (if you just play games), some may be harmful and only few are really needed. The problem is to find which ones are which. Good plan is to shutdown all of them and then reenable only those you know why you need. You can find more detailed information on MS website and XP support Groups. This is not very simple job, that's why comments that it takes plenty of efforts and knowledge to make XP run well. |
January 2nd, 2004, 12:48 AM
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Re: Game won\'t start
A techie might need to know exact driver Versions. 'latest' is unclear in case of products which have multiple driver families, e.g. nVidia-based video cards allow both the 'reference' drivers from nVidia and brand-specific drivers.
For some combinations, the latest drivers might not be the best... I recall that with _Shogun: Total War_, for instance, it was very hit-or-miss which nVidia reference drivers worked.
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January 2nd, 2004, 12:53 AM
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Re: Game won\'t start
The problem is not with DOM2, but with your machine.
Which driver Versions are you using?
Did you run dxdiag?
Would you care to save the info it generates and post it here?
At first, try running DOM with the -w command line switch - this should start it in windowed mode.
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January 2nd, 2004, 12:57 AM
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Re: Game won\'t start
[ January 02, 2004, 16:40: Message edited by: Raven 1701 ]
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