Demo Problem

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

Game Version & Patch (incl. publisher): Hoi2 demo

OS & build/SP: Windows XP sp1

Computer, CPU & speed: Hp pavilion intel celeron processor 700 mhz

RAM: 190 mb

Free HDD space: 22 gb

Video (brand, model, driver, memory): Nvidia tnt2 model 64 32.0 mb nv4_dsp.dll driver

Sound (brand, model, driver):

DirectX Version: 9.0b

Other: when I try to open the hoi 2 playable demo the screen turns black and nothing happens. I had this same problem when I downloaded the Supreme Ruler 2010 demo. The tech people determined that it was something wrong with the nvidia driver and created a workaround for it and the demo then worked perfectly

 

[Castellon]

What was the "work around"?

 

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What was the "work around"?

I cant find the actual work around but i found a section on it in the SR2010 readme


The 71.89 nVidia driver version contains a bug that may cause significant graphic display problems in the game; at the time of this release there was no later driver available, but once a more recent driver is released it should resolve this nVidia issue. Until then, we have a workaround available as a game option. Given the fact that it may be hard to see menus due to this bug, the workaround is also available as a registry update – double click on the file ‘nVidiaFix.reg’ in the \Regsitry directory of the game install. If you have any difficulty with this, send an email to support@bgforums.com for assistance.

 

[Castellon]

Have you the latest drivers installed?

 

[unmerged(54545)]

Have you the latest drivers installed?

yes i do have the latest drivers. I also found that the fix was something that was changed in the registry

 

[Castellon]

Rename the AVI folder to AVI_back

 

[unmerged(54545)]

where is the AVI folder?

 

[Castellon]

Shouldbe a subfolder in the HOI2 folder, whereever you installed the demo to.

 

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Shouldbe a subfolder in the HOI2 folder, whereever you installed the demo to.

all I see in the hoi2 folder is Ai Config Db GFx map music scenarios sfx config history hoi2 demo savedebug settings

 

[Castellon]

Perhaps th eintro movies are not included in the Demo version.
Set the color depth to 16 Bit.
Also you could take a look at that registry entry to see if there are any graphic instructions and make a note of how they were telling the card to setup to run the game.