30-01-1067

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Technical Problem

I have a technical problem that I need your help with please.

The problem is with the patch 1.03B. I have the Spanish version of the game.

I tried with Windows XP and Windows 98 and the problem was the same

AMD Athlon 2000

RAM: 512

Free HDD space: About 15GB

Video (brand, model, driver, memory): AOpen GeFOrce MX440; 64MB

Sound (brand, model, driver): Realtek AC97

DirectX Version: 9.02

Other:

I read the stickies but I still have the following problem:
When I start a game with the patch 1.03B installed, it looks to go perfectly but as soon as it reachs this date: 30-01-1067 (different date if I start another scenario but always in the end of a month) the computer crashes. In the case of Windows 98 it just freezes and in Windows Xp it shows a blue screen but in both the computer must to be reboot. I have tried with old and new drivers for both systems and I always get the same result. I do not have this problem with the CD version of the game: 1.02

Thank You Very Much

 

[Castellon]

Okay let's try some standard things.
1) Rename the AVI folder to AVI_back
2) Set the color depth to 16BIT
3) Turn off everything in the background like E-mail/ICQ/Messenger, Virus protection and everything in the system tray beside the clock.

If that does not help then:
Please run a DirectX Diagnostic:
Start menu –Run - then type Dxdiag, then select each tab across the top of the window, and run the tests on each tab. Then select “Save All Information” button in the lower right of the window. This will bring up a dialog box to allow you to select a name for the file where the information will be saved. You can save it right on the desktop as this will make it easy to find. Then copy the contents of that file from the start to the heading that says “DirectX components” then paste what you have copied into a post in this thread.

 

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Just two lines for help you your help in trying to solve the problem I had with the 1.03B patch.
After reinstalling Windows and using the DirectX version 8, the game runs perfectly with the patch.
Nothing else and thank you again for your time.

 

[Castellon]

Your welcome.