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UkGord
14-01-2005, 18:50
Heyup everybody

just saw this on Gamershell and first impressions were good

however im having trouble getting the program to start.....i get a range of errors that seem to go round in a loop for every time i try and start the game [ double click the actofwar.exe ]

when i do this, i get an error box with some French in by the looks of things and sometimes a microsoft error box asking if i want to send them some info, and sometimes it runs it as a process in the taskmanager and there will be 3 actofwar.exe processes doing nothing

anyone have any ideas

my compy runs everything ive ever wanted it to, and this is quite strange...ive tried the compatability settings.....also are there supposed to be zip'ed files in the act of war demo directory?

im running windows xp Sp2
A64 3200+
6800GT
1Gb Kingston HyperX
STCAB
14-01-2005, 18:52
Have you tried Re-starting your PC, or re-install the demo?

Or both?;)

EDIT: Yes, there are supposed to be Zip files there. I have no idea why.
UkGord
14-01-2005, 18:52
have done, restarted and installed demo to two locations on different hard drives....
STCAB
14-01-2005, 18:57
Hmm... well, I'm out of ideas. But it MAY have something to do with where you downloaded it.
(Though.. I highly doubt it.)

Personally I downloaded it from the Act Of War page.
UkGord
14-01-2005, 19:08
this was my immediate conclusion too, i got it from gamershell

i know of others getting it from gamershell so shall see if they have the same problem
Mcnil
14-01-2005, 20:28
I get black screen then the computer restarts. no errors nothing just restart
system p4 2.4, 1028 ram ati 9800 pro. sb audigy 2

Tested the same file on my other computer
p4 2.0 256 ram geforce 4200 works sblive
but hey i want to test it on my good computer
KingsRevenge
14-01-2005, 20:30
I hope you get it fixed, it could be a Sp2 issue possibly...?
Auxarius
14-01-2005, 20:31
P4 3,2/1gb/GF4/sB live!/WXP PRO SP2 and works here. Not SP2 fault then. Maybe gfx card drivers?
UkGord
14-01-2005, 21:03
Originally posted by Auxarius
P4 3,2/1gb/GF4/sB live!/WXP PRO SP2 and works here. Not SP2 fault then. Maybe gfx card drivers?

would be my next port of call
Mcnil
14-01-2005, 21:19
I have now tested with dna, omega and catalyst drivers all the same result. comp restarts.

getting this error now TResources.getinfo:cant load user.exe

TBios.Getinfo: violation d'accès à làdresse 004044e7 dans le module actoofwar.exe lecture de làdresse 000FE061


What is this nvidia only or what Nvidiacorp on the dll files
cg.dll
cgd3d9.dll
cgd3d9d.dll
UkGord
15-01-2005, 14:35
i got that too

violation d'accès à làdresse 004044e7 dans le module actoofwar.exe lecture de làdresse 000FE061

rarg...not even my language
phoenixstar
15-01-2005, 16:24
Originally posted by UkGord
i got that too

violation d'accès à làdresse 004044e7 dans le module actoofwar.exe lecture de làdresse 000FE061

rarg...not even my language

Let me try and remember my high school French, I believe it's saying access violation of address in 004044e7 in the module actofwar.exe, but I'm guessing you guys may have figured that out.
UkGord
15-01-2005, 17:43
yeh, ive seen access violations in english, so i had a pretty good idea, usually have to fix em by formatting and trying again.....but i cant do that
PqLear
15-01-2005, 19:35
Please make sure you have installed Windows Media Format 9 Runtime Series before launching the game; double-click "wmfdist.exe" in the root folder of the game.
UkGord
15-01-2005, 20:04
Please make sure you have installed Windows Media Format 9 Runtime Series before launching the game; double-click "wmfdist.exe" in the root folder of the game.

I read the readme. Always the first thing i do when a game doesnt work as the people who make it should have some idea.

It didnt make any difference im afraid. :frownblue
Mcnil
15-01-2005, 21:50
Originally posted by PqLear
Please make sure you have installed Windows Media Format 9 Runtime Series before launching the game; double-click "wmfdist.exe" in the root folder of the game.

First thing i did no luck there.
Mcnil
18-01-2005, 00:04
Yes it works
with latest ati catalyst 5.1 out today
KingsRevenge
18-01-2005, 03:26
I'm hoping that once omega comes out with new drivers based off this new catalyst set it will coreect my texture issues.
UkGord
18-01-2005, 13:03
i managed to get it to work on my other harddrive...its quite nice, but i have loads of other things to spend money on first