Formatet HD, HoI now CTD's

[Castellon]

The problem is with the bink player, not with the HOI code.
THe best solution is to disable the Bink player by renameing the AVI folder as you found.

The only thing this does is eliminate the into video. Once you have see it do you really want to see it every time?
If you do you could try starting the game, then Alt-Tab to desktop, and Ctrl-alt-del look for the Bink player loaded in memory, then manually shut the bink player down.

There is also a XP update that address the into video problem, you may want to make sure you have downloaded that and install it.

Hope that helps, we do want you to enjoy the game.

 

[Castellon]

Could be lots of things.
When you reformat and reinstall, all your system settings are reset.

Make sure you update all your drivers.

 

[Castellon]

What is the driver version of your Video card?

 

[Castellon]

Why did you end up reformatting the hard drive?

 

[Castellon]

Well, as I said above, your reinstall reset all your drivers and settings. So now you have slightly different settings, or drivers.
Bink player obviously does not like this new set up like it did the original.

As for future games, shutting Bink off in this game will not effect other games.

 

[Castellon]

No problem, Hopefully Bink player will improve with the next version.