Reviewer needs HELP!!

[unmerged(23484)]

Ok, this is wierd; I start up the game, I access the main menu of Vicky. BUT (there always is one, isnt there?) , when I've selected a campaign and are about to start the game, it all goes to schize-land. I get a BSOD for approx 10sec and then it kicks me back to windows (XP) without any sort of explanation.

AND : my Dx9 works just fine for all other games (and they are a lot; I co-review games for a belgian game-site).

I am running on a : Athlon XP 1800+, GF3 128 mb, 512 mb DDR RAM, Soundblaster Live! 5.1 and Windows XP pro ed, sp 1.

 

[Derek Pullem]

Ok, this is wierd; I start up the game, I access the main menu of Vicky. BUT (there always is one, isnt there?) , when I've selected a campaign and are about to start the game, it all goes to schize-land. I get a BSOD for approx 10sec and then it kicks me back to windows (XP) without any sort of explanation.

AND : my Dx9 works just fine for all other games (and they are a lot; I co-review games for a belgian game-site).

I am running on a : Athlon XP 1800+, GF3 128 mb, 512 mb DDR RAM, Soundblaster Live! 5.1 and Windows XP pro ed, sp 1.

From the Self Help Guide

"1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and select binkplayer.exe then click end process.
2. If binkplayer doesn't appear, rename the AVI folder under your VICTORIA directory to AVI_Backup (or any other name)
3. Disable your joystick/gameport. Go to "Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Sound Video and Game controllers". There will be a mention for your game port (i.e. "Monster Sound II Game Port), select it and click on properties. Check the box called "Disable in this hardware profile". Restart your computer and try again.
4. Disable your sound card


16. Try to lower the sound accelaration in Control Panel, Multimedia (or Sounds&Multimedia), Audio, Advanced (on Sound Playback), Performance, Hardware accelaration set to "none" (or to the second step to the left). If the sound is "bumby", reduce the quality to "good". Make sure the correct device is selected if you have more than one and check the box "Use only preferred devices".

 

[Castellon]

Also set your color depth to 16BIT.