Topic: Can't campaign based on error message

[JELrod1]

Good evening, I'm hoping you guys can help me.  I just bought ST and I can play skirmish games but whenever I try and play a campaign I get the error message below.  The skirmishes are fine and I can do them all day long but on the campaigns I can get my orders and such but as soon as I try and start the mission I get booted to the desktop and get this message.

****
Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02B38309

EAX=00000000  EBX=000003D9  ECX=01F4E04C  EDX=0149BFC0  ESI=00000400
EDI=01498280  EBP=000003FA  ESP=0012FBE8  EIP=02B38309  FLG=00010202
CS=001B   DS=0023  SS=0023  ES=0023   FS=003B  GS=0000

001B:02B38309 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll
****

Any help is appreciated.

P4 2.6 GHZ
Radeon 9700 PRO 128 Meg
512 DDR 1033 Ram

I have added the DX9 patch and I am running DX(.

JOhn  

[Pestalence]

First, uninstall game

delete the SFC 3 folder off your system

reinstall SFC 3

Patch with Beta Patch from Activision's web site.. do not use the SFC 3 Direct X 9 Patch with Beta Patch as this will create game errors

check your video drivers, you may have to upgrade/ downgrade your drivers.. however if game is running correctly in single player mode, then that's not a problem...

what type of connection to the web do you have.. Dial-up, Cable, DSL? if Cable or DSL, what kind of modem do you have? If your DSL/Cable modem has both Ethernet/USB connection, disconnect the Ethernet connection and use USB connection.. this is due to those type of modems having built in routers on the ethernet connection, but not on the USB connection...

if you are on a home network, set your machine up as the DMZ machine and enable ports according to the Networking.rtf file included on the game CD (Browse CD and check different directories)

hope that this information helps you connect

 

[Cleaven]

Quote:
if you are on a home network, set your machine up as the DMZ machine and enable ports according to the Networking.rtf file included on the game CD

Do one or the other. It is pretty pointless forwarding the ports through the firewall to your PC, and then putting your PC outside the firewall so that the packets don't get to your PC. If your firewall works properly, forward the ports. Otherwise use the DMZ functionality.  

[JELrod1]

Thanks so far but I guess I wasn't clear in my original post.  I'm not trying to play multi player.  I anm play single player skirmishes but not the single player campaign.  It's the single player campaign that is giving me the error.

I'm uninstalling now and will reinstall and only use the Beta patch.  I was using the DX9 fix already and getting the message so maybe the BETA patch without the DX9 fix will help.

Thanks: John  

[JELrod1]

OK I tried a fresh install with the BETA patch installed and no luck.  It gave me teh following error message again.

***
Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02B38303

EAX=00000000  EBX=000003DE  ECX=01E9D480  EDX=0149BFD0  ESI=00000400
EDI=01498240  EBP=000003FA  ESP=0012FBE8  EIP=02B38303  FLG=00010206
CS=001B   DS=0023  SS=0023  ES=0023   FS=003B  GS=0000

001B:02B38303 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll
***

I updated my drivers this past weekend and they are the most recent.  Man I really want to play this game and other thoughts?

John  

[Cleaven]

I have no real idea, but in the earlier games there were problems with the intro movie player and the campaign map screen. Most people disable the movies anyway, so you may want to try it.

Go to the C:\Program Files\Activision\Sfc3\Assets\Cinema directory
and rename the Intro, Activision, Taldren & Paramount.bik files (to .bak or something).


 

[JELrod1]

Good evening, I'm hoping you guys can help me.  I just bought ST and I can play skirmish games but whenever I try and play a campaign I get the error message below.  The skirmishes are fine and I can do them all day long but on the campaigns I can get my orders and such but as soon as I try and start the mission I get booted to the desktop and get this message.

****
Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02B38309

EAX=00000000  EBX=000003D9  ECX=01F4E04C  EDX=0149BFC0  ESI=00000400
EDI=01498280  EBP=000003FA  ESP=0012FBE8  EIP=02B38309  FLG=00010202
CS=001B   DS=0023  SS=0023  ES=0023   FS=003B  GS=0000

001B:02B38309 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll
****

Any help is appreciated.

P4 2.6 GHZ
Radeon 9700 PRO 128 Meg
512 DDR 1033 Ram

I have added the DX9 patch and I am running DX(.

JOhn  

[Pestalence]

First, uninstall game

delete the SFC 3 folder off your system

reinstall SFC 3

Patch with Beta Patch from Activision's web site.. do not use the SFC 3 Direct X 9 Patch with Beta Patch as this will create game errors

check your video drivers, you may have to upgrade/ downgrade your drivers.. however if game is running correctly in single player mode, then that's not a problem...

what type of connection to the web do you have.. Dial-up, Cable, DSL? if Cable or DSL, what kind of modem do you have? If your DSL/Cable modem has both Ethernet/USB connection, disconnect the Ethernet connection and use USB connection.. this is due to those type of modems having built in routers on the ethernet connection, but not on the USB connection...

if you are on a home network, set your machine up as the DMZ machine and enable ports according to the Networking.rtf file included on the game CD (Browse CD and check different directories)

hope that this information helps you connect

 

[Cleaven]

Quote:
if you are on a home network, set your machine up as the DMZ machine and enable ports according to the Networking.rtf file included on the game CD

Do one or the other. It is pretty pointless forwarding the ports through the firewall to your PC, and then putting your PC outside the firewall so that the packets don't get to your PC. If your firewall works properly, forward the ports. Otherwise use the DMZ functionality.  

[JELrod1]

Thanks so far but I guess I wasn't clear in my original post.  I'm not trying to play multi player.  I anm play single player skirmishes but not the single player campaign.  It's the single player campaign that is giving me the error.

I'm uninstalling now and will reinstall and only use the Beta patch.  I was using the DX9 fix already and getting the message so maybe the BETA patch without the DX9 fix will help.

Thanks: John  

[JELrod1]

OK I tried a fresh install with the BETA patch installed and no luck.  It gave me teh following error message again.

***
Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module d3d8.dll at 001B:02B38303

EAX=00000000  EBX=000003DE  ECX=01E9D480  EDX=0149BFD0  ESI=00000400
EDI=01498240  EBP=000003FA  ESP=0012FBE8  EIP=02B38303  FLG=00010206
CS=001B   DS=0023  SS=0023  ES=0023   FS=003B  GS=0000

001B:02B38303 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d8.dll
***

I updated my drivers this past weekend and they are the most recent.  Man I really want to play this game and other thoughts?

John  

[Cleaven]

I have no real idea, but in the earlier games there were problems with the intro movie player and the campaign map screen. Most people disable the movies anyway, so you may want to try it.

Go to the C:\Program Files\Activision\Sfc3\Assets\Cinema directory
and rename the Intro, Activision, Taldren & Paramount.bik files (to .bak or something).