Game crashes while trying to launch

[Astro501]

I have been trying for some time to get the game to work and i'd like some help. First i'd like to say that i rolled back the version of the game to 1.111 so i can play on XP, second the errors that pop up are: ''The graphics card detected does not have 512MB of video memory.'' and ''The graphics card detected does not support Shader Model 3.0'' i don't think that's true tho so i'm going to post my specs here:

-CPU: Intel Pentium 4 524
-RAM: 1.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 (4-4-4-12)
-Graphics: Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

I know they are really bad but i was thinking if i could get it to start i could install some mods that might help.

 

[AndrewT]

'The graphics card detected does not support Shader Model 3.0'' i don't think that's true

Why do you not think that is true?
https://www.dell.com/community/Desk...ss-Chipset-Family-support-shader/td-p/3878030

 

[Astro501]

Well i was never tech-sawy and i thought it might work. Is there any way to bypass that somehow?

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Disclaimer: i'm not tech support. Just another forum member.

Just responding on the RAM part alone.
I leave responding on the shader 3.0 issue to tech support.

-RAM: 1.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 (4-4-4-12)

IF i see that right, then that's (likely) all RAM you got and that's by far not enough.
You need 500 mb on/for your graphics card and 2 GB as RAM apart from that, even for 1.111.

PS: I recommend a dedicated Graphics card with enough memory (like an old Radeon 5800/6800 or 6500),
a 64 bit Windows (though 1.111 also ran on 32 bit XP) and 4GB RAM extra, at least.