Topic: Anybody still here... ?

[Victoria]

Yea.. Been almost 2 years since I played this game. I need to be trained again.. *sigh*  That is... If I could even install the game. SFC 2 desn't seem to work on Win XP. I haven't tried OP though...  

[Sirgod]

Let me know If you need a copy of OP , That's pretty much where everyone is playing these days, as far as D2.

Stephen

 

[*EZKILL*]

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Yea.. Been almost 2 years since I played this game. I need to be trained again.. *sigh*  That is... If I could even install the game. SFC 2 desn't seem to work on Win XP. I haven't tried OP though...  

My SFC II works fine on my new XP rig....

[DH123]

Do I count as an old timer or am I just old?  

[Victoria]

It installs, but tells me my Direct X version is not correct, and gives that ' Direct Draw Failed ' message.  I have the newest version, 9.1 or something, but no go.
 

[TOCXOBearslayer]

Have you used "dxdiag" to test the direct draw?

It may not be a SFC related problem.

If you don't know how... go to: START>RUN

Type in "dxdiag"  and press OK

Click over to the 'Display' tab and check the 'direct draw' and 'direct 3d'.

Have you changed video cards lately?

I recently went from a GeForce2 to a 9600XT card and found out thru trial and error that I needed to delete the old GeForce drivers or they would interfere with the video processing.

Hope this helps.

[Victoria]

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Do I count as an old timer or am I just old?

lol.. Well you are only as old as you feel. I am 31 going on 25 myself.

With regards to the game, I don't remember your name, but that means nothing. I am pretty sure I was before your time. I was an SFC addict from it's demo days until it's demise when Mplayer went down. I played for a very short while on GSA afterwards, but it wasn't the same without the leauge, and all the people...

BearSlayer...

I have tested all my drivers for compatability with DX. They all pass. Perhaps it is my video card. I did get a new one. But even before I got the new card, I could never get SFC 2 to work on XP. My video card now is the Radeon 9600 SE. One time I did try going back to Dx 8.0, and then the game worked, but then none of my newer games worked. So I just assumed that since it was an older game, it just wasn't designed for XP.  

[TOCXOBearslayer]

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BearSlayer...

I have tested all my drivers for compatability with DX. They all pass. Perhaps it is my video card. I did get a new one. But even before I got the new card, I could never get SFC 2 to work on XP. My video card now is the Radeon 9600 SE. One time I did try going back to Dx 8.0, and then the game worked, but then none of my newer games worked. So I just assumed that since it was an older game, it just wasn't designed for XP.    

Well, it is not an XP incompatibility problem.  Many of us are using XP (reluctantly  )  

What are your system specs?

[TOCXOBearslayer]

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Do I count as an old timer or am I just old?  

Just old, you cranky bastidge!!  

[Age]

   Is it all Patch up I have Direct X 9.OA or B I'll have to check.I have XP aswell and mine is working fine.It must not be all patch up and use the 2552 patch for OP and Check Pestalences site for the STC.EAW patch the latest or ask him.Do not download any of the patches from Interplay site I put 2552 over top of 2501G and it was showing that my phaser 1 were optional Ws,Amd was a fighter and missle rack G was an F.I needed to completly do new reinstall the game and delete the game folder and repatch it up with the 2552 patch.I just wanted to tell you my little story with Interplay patchs.I hope this help.  

[TOCXOBearslayer]

LOL... actually, I meant system specs....

Processor, RAM, hard drive space, that stuff.

And are we talking EaW or OP?

Last patch for EaW was 2036.  OP is 2552.


 

[Sirgod]

One thing you might try, and that's to install from the CD itself in explorer, rather then from the auto startup.

Just Navigate to your CD rom drive, and look for the setup icon.

Oh and I know you asked somewhere, But FFXI is Final Fantasy Online, It's the Online version of FF.

Stephen

[Reptor7]

I just got a new rig, and thus went from WinME to XP. Going from 750mhz to 2.5 ghz made a huge difference!

Then OP would crash upon startup at first, but bypassing the movie by launching off of StarFleetOP did the trick. Everything is working so far.  

I remember those KWP days. Hi Victoria!

http://embark.to/paint
 

[Victoria]

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One thing you might try, and that's to install from the CD itself in explorer, rather then from the auto startup. Just navigate to your CD rom drive, and look for the setup icon.

O..M..G...  That worked !!!  The game works now !!

*hugs Stephen*

Now I just need to know what patches to install. Can someone link me ?

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I remember those KWP days. Hi Victoria!

Reptor !! My goodness.. How the heck are ya ??
/salute
 

[FireSoul]

EAW or OP? Which game?

[Age]

    The Lastest Patch are for EAW 2036 and for OP 2552 if you go into Taldrens annoucments you will find 2552 in there David Farrell posted it.I would go to Pestalences site EFF for the 2036 I'd check with him on this though.The best way I know how to get a hold of him is by PMing but then agian is never to far behind me.I hope this helps our first female Klingon  named Victoria ummm?  
 Sorry FireSoul.

[Scipio_66]

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O..M..G...  That worked !!!  The game works now !!

*hugs Stephen*
 

Good!  now get onto RDSL!  The Klinks could use a little new....... old......... newold....... ummm..... the Klinks could use some more blood!

-S'Cipio  

[Sirgod]

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O..M..G...  That worked !!!  The game works now !!

*hugs Stephen*
 

Good!  now get onto RDSL!  The Klinks could use a little new....... old......... newold....... ummm..... the Klinks could use some more blood!

-S'Cipio  

LOL, anytime. Glad to help.

Stephen

[Age]

    Pestalences site is under his sig.and you can't miss it.  

[Victoria]

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I hope this helps our first female Klingon named Victoria ummm?

Yes thank all of you for your assistance. Actually, very few people ever knew this, but Victoria is not my name in RL. Victoria was just a named that I liked, and it stuck, so I was Vicky to all the SFC people. My name in RL is Janetsy.

Pronounced :   Ja-net-see

Is that better ? More Klingon-esque ?  

I'll patch in the next day or so, and look foward to seeing you guys on the battlefield once again.

I do believe I will need to be trained agian. I played a quick battle and the AI beat me. So .. yea.. That pretty much says where I'm at skill wise. This old dog needs to learn some new tricks. When given a BPV, and a race, I used to know right off what ship to expect to fight, and what ship to take to best counter. I don't remember any of that stuff.

Also I need to read up on weapons. Damage, speeds, ranges.... All the stuff I have forgotten. I'm hoping once I start playing again, it will all come back to me.