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Old April 2nd, 2002, 03:53 AM

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Default Re: Range Check Error

Sylvius,

I don't think the problem is ME, or at least not entirely. I've got an ME Dell desktop that runs SE IV (v. 1.49, haven't tried Gold yet) and Wizardry 8 flawlessly. I've also got a Dell laptop (also with ME) that issues RCE's on SE IV in exactly the manner you describe (select a ship, and goodnight). Several others in this forum have reported similar problems.

As near as we can figure, there's a program running in background on newer Dell machines that causes this crash. The work-around seems to be to wait about 30 minutes after boot-up to start SE IV. Then it seems to work, although I don't think anybody knows why. You didn't say whether your ME machine was a Dell, but even if it isn't the work-around may be worth a try. Hope this helps.

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Originally posted by Sylvius:
Hey guys.

My Range Check Error was actually taking place during my turn. I'd try to select a ship for orders and I'd get the error. This happened in every game I attempted after the first.

So I installed on a Win 98 system instead and the problem never arose.

I hate WinME. I haven't had a single game run properly on that thing (having tried such titles as SE4, Ultima 9, Shogun Total War, and Wizardry 8).

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