Topic: New Game Won't Run ... (Read 16042 times)

Brian · « **on:** November 05, 2003, 10:25:06 pm »

I have just purchased SFC 3 and when I install it and try and run the game it keeps telling me I have not installed Directx 8.1. But, I have installed it. I am running Windows XP 2002, what am I doing wrong ??

Pestalence · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:46:01 pm »

You need to get the SFC 3 Direct X 9 fix or the SFC 3 Beta Patch.. the Beta patch is most recommended, plus it contains many game fixes... do not use both of these together.. it will corrupt game..

please feel free to read more at my web site at :

http://www.nightsoftware.com/effhq/sfc32.html

patches on site...

thanks

Towelie · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:58:43 pm »

We need a stick thread on this. I swear this comes up about twice a week. Either that or post a note about it somewhere so they'll se it on the way in.

Brian · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:06:48 pm »

Thanks gentlmen, I appreciate the responce. I used to play SFC 2 ages ago and am trying to get re-introduced to the game. Where can I go to get a list of site links and all the great mods I am sure are out there ...

Thx again

Brian

Space is cold ... hopfully the beer is to

Praxis · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2003, 08:41:27 am »

Chris Jones' TNG Mega Mod
Chris Jones' TNG Mega Mod (Remember Chris Jones from SFC2?) is one of the three big ones out there. There's also the TNZ mod and the Dominion Wars mod, not sure the addy though. Chris Jones' mod gives you some batch files on the desktop that you can use to enable and disable the mod.

Also GFL is working on a large, extremely balanced mod, but it's for GFL members only.

feargusf · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2003, 06:40:02 pm »

Address for TNZ Is SghnDubh's BattleClinic A top-notch site for SFC3 tactics, and ship loadouts.

Address for Dominion Wars is Dominion Wars homepage

Hope these help.

rmahannah · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2003, 09:36:40 am »

Quote:

Address for TNZ Is SghnDubh's BattleClinic A top-notch site for SFC3 tactics, and ship loadouts.

Address for Dominion Wars is Dominion Wars homepage

Hope these help.

TNZ is not available for download anymore. There were internal issues...

May be if someone has put it on CD, you can get it that way. It is a great MOD!!

PhantomW3 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:12:14 pm »

I have installed the direct x fix, I have also uninstalled the game and installed again, and put on the beta patch, but my game still won't work. If I do single player campaign I can get into the game, but everything looks...wierd. You can hear dialogue going on (it's the 1st mission of the klingon campaign), but you can't tell whats going on because the graphics aren't right. If you do a quick skirmish my computer just plain crashes and reboots itself. Any idea what on Earth is going on?

feargusf · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2003, 05:04:39 pm »

I hate to say this...but you'll have to unistall the thing again, and delete the file that it was in. The reason for this is that installing both the DirectX 9 fix and the Beta Patch causes instability in the game. Just reinstall and apply one or the other (my personal choice is the Beta Patch). You might want to also set your Display Settings to 1024x768 and 16-bit color mode once you're done. If it doesn't work then, I'm out of advice. Someone else here might have more answers, though.

Good Luck,
feargusf

RockoWillis · « **Reply #9 on:** December 14, 2003, 10:54:18 am »

I am having problems with SFC3... I have installed and patched this game from a fresh cd install and I cannot playany version of it.... not tutorial, or skirmish or single player campaign or Dyna... (it times out and freezes at 29 seconds for the direct play test) when I try to play campaign, no mater what race I play, I get an odd CTD... I even deleted the game and removed the left over folders....

This is what it says after the CTD...

Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02B98309

EAX=00000000 EBX=000003F7 ECX=08F5C0C4 EDX=014ABFC0 ESI=00000400
EDI=014A80A0 EBP=000003FA ESP=0012FBE8 EIP=02B98309 FLG=00010202
CS=001B DS=0023 SS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000

001B:02B98309 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll

What does this mean?? I did get to play the Klingon Campain the first time I installed it but when I got to the Second Unity Mission (the one where you confront your brother) and started to move into the target hex this all happened... I haven't a clue why it worked the first time and not on the subsequint installs.... Help anyone?

Rocko

Toten · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2003, 11:21:50 am »

I recently had a similar problem with SFC3. Turns out I have installed DirectX 9.0b and it caused conflicts with the drivers for my NVIDIA GeForce graphics card. I had to go to get a later driver that was updated on Dec 9 to fix the problem. Without this fix the game WONT even recognize I have DirectX installed and the game would crash immediately.

Hope this may help someone.

RockoWillis · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2003, 04:54:24 pm »

Yeah I got the game fixed and now it plays well... but now I think I have finnaly found that my DSL service provider is blocking the three ports that this game needs to play.

Rocko

Undermoose · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:06:29 am »

Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02D682F7

EAX=00000000 EBX=000003FC ECX=039950D8 EDX=0149BFF0 ESI=00000400
EDI=01498080 EBP=000003FA ESP=0012FBE8 EIP=02D682F7 FLG=00090206
CS=001B DS=0023 SS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000

001B:02D682F7 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll

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Many people have been getting the Exception Error in the directx dll... and crashing to desktop....

Many things are tried, including using 16 bit desktop, new drivers, pulling hair, yada yada yada... GREAT GAME once it gets running by the way. Well I found something that worked better than anything as a fix for me. I now play it with Logitech's ITouch Running, 32 Bit desktop mode, every service on my system running.... hmm in fact.. YAY a totally Normal BOOT! in Windows XP.

On the Program Icon to start SCF3, click properties.
Go to Compatibility.
Choose DISABLE VISUAL THEMES.
Click Apply

WALLA! Happy Gaming! No more messing with any settings for me.. Runs Great ! Hope this helps!

DonKarnage · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2004, 10:18:07 am »

i got all the ship and mod pack from the lost eras of war for scf/op, i can send you the list pics of all the ship and you just have to tell me what ship you want and i will send it, but i can't send it to hotmail cause its too big.

donkarnage@videotron.ca

Wordstdy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2004, 01:51:05 am »

I went through tthe same sordid ordeal..........and it worked for me too! Thanks fellows!

[FES]Wordstdy[LJG]

mikey2k3 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 16, 2004, 01:14:32 pm »

well this is generally a new one for me i have tried everything but it don't wanna work!
After all the useless startup videos you get n the storyline zzzzzzz i get this error:

Unable to load 'TAL3DEngine' component
GetLastError() Reported: One o fthe library files needed to run this application cannot be found

Paths attempted:
..\..\Components\TAL3DEngine\
..\..\Components\TextureManager\
.\Components\

Ensure proper pathing or try rebuilding this module or it's constituents.
An exception will be thrown

Now i have reinstalled the game got all of the latest drivers for windows98 and i can personally garuntee the file IS where it should be!

SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!

Pestalence · « **Reply #16 on:** April 16, 2004, 01:43:42 pm »

Sounds like you need to reinstall Direct X 9.0b.. if you have it already.. you may want to go to the MSDN Direct X SDK downloads and get the Direct X 9.0b Redistributable listed there.. it will force overlay Direct X 9.0b and correct Direct X problems...

also..

make sure that if you are using v500 Beta, do not use the SFC 3 Direct X 9 fix file, the Borg Mini campaign, and the nemisis Add On.. thos files will corrupt SFC 3 if applied before of after the v500 game patch..

also, if you are using a Mod.. you need to have v500 installed first then install the mod...

finally, right click on the shortcut and select properties, click the compatibility tab, and make sure Disable Visual Themes is checked...

also as I was saying about Direct X 9.0b.. if you installed a game that has a Direct X version prior to DX 9.0b.. and you allow Direct X 8 or 7 to install.. it will corrupt Direct X 9.0b.. Direct X 9.0b is not compatible with Direct X 8.1 or earlier versions.

check window's update for current updates and get them all.. then if Direct X does not show up there for updating.. go to the MSDN site...

hope that this helps.

mikey2k3 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2004, 06:39:48 pm »

i tried that but then i get faced with this nasty little piece machinery

Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.00 Build 435
SFC3.EXE caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module D3D8.DLL at 0167:09C7AC25, D3D8GetSWInfo()+95557 byte(s)

EAX=5108C822 EBX=01070480 ECX=00000000 EDX=0127DDD8 ESI=0127DF58
EDI=01070480 EBP=0127DF44 ESP=0127DDCC EIP=09C7AC25 FLG=00010206
CS=0167 DS=016F SS=016F ES=016F FS=8AF7 GS=0000

0167:09C7AC25 (0x01070480 0x0127DF58 0x00000000 0x00000000) D3D8.DLL, D3D8GetSWInfo()+95557 byte(s)
0167:09B76AB8 (0x00000400 0x00000300 0x00000000 0x00000000) TAL3DENGINER.DLL
0167:09B765F6 (0x0127E4A8 0x09F94240 0x0282B20C 0x0040168C) TAL3DENGINER.DLL
0167:09B76730 (0x09F94240 0x00000E20 0x00400000 0x0127E400) TAL3DENGINER.DLL
0167:004013A4 (0x009796A0 0x0127E484 0x03716E85 0x009796A0) SFC3.EXE
0167:00405392 (0x009796A0 0x03716E85 0x009796A0 0x00000000) SFC3.EXE
0167:00406E45 (0x009796A0 0x00407241 0x037169C2 0x00639805) SFC3.EXE
0167:004073AE (0x00400000 0x818B2177 0x0000000A 0x00000000) SFC3.EXE
0167:0063A2F3 (0x00000000 0x8189D3A8 0x01170000 0x33636653) SFC3.EXE
0167:BFF8B560 (0x818BD1B8 0x00000008 0x8189D3A8 0x00000000) KERNEL32.DLL, IsDBCSLeadByte()+1512 byte(s)
0167:BFF8B412 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) KERNEL32.DLL, IsDBCSLeadByte()+1178 byte(s)
0167:BFF89DD5 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) KERNEL32.DLL, MakeCriticalSectionGlobal()+3542 byte(s)

nuttin seens to be goin right wit this game maybe i should just give up

mikey2k3 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2004, 08:47:12 am »

i am running windows 98 so when i right click on the shortcut on the desktop to the game i dont get a compatability tab so i cant check or uncheck the disable visual themes. This could possibly be the underlyin problem!

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