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by b_pope

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Unable to get DRIVER-you are the wheelman to play.Game installed fine ,but when I try to run ,splash screens come up & after last one, screen goes black for a couple of seconds,then game stops & I'm back at my desktop.Had the demo it ran fine,now using store bought CD.Already been the driver route ,using all the latest for video,sound & monitor drivers. DirectX8 installed.Even saved text from directX & sent to support at INFOGRAMES all they said was get latest drivers,didn't solve the problem.system ;WinME ,PIII 800 ,512megs sdram ,Voodoo3 ,Soundblaster live ,Asus CUV4X with bios version 1009.
Also tried all display resolutions possible ,some with hardware acceleration.Shut down all running programs & active desktop still won't work. Just goes through splash screen then shuts off back to desktop.
Other games work fine ,DUNE ,UNREAL ,HALF LIFE.
Don't want to reformat hard drive at this time ,so any other answers only please.

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by hrhold1

Have you tried this? Within the directory of the game or in the documentation for the game does it give you the ability to manually set the video? And does the game support your video card. If your game supports the card there should be a 'vidcfg.exe' ; 'vidsize.exe' or something similar in the directory to allow you to manually configure the vid card, but remember not all games support all cards.
The demo ran fine because of the 'generic' drivers packaged in them for multi platform systems.

by b_pope

yes it comes with a configuration utility,which lets you set your 3D device,screen resolution & test these settings.since I've tried dozens of drivers(video,sound,monitor)each time using this utility, I've had both passes & failures.with still same problem.
The game does support the video card & OS,thats straight from the manufacturer as well as printed on the CD case.
currently checking for Voodoo drivers at http://www.voodoofiles.com/s/3dfxdrivers
if you happen to know which would be the correct one please reply again or if you have any other possible solutions
thanks

by b_pope

yes it comes with a configuration utility,which lets you set your 3D device,screen resolution & test these settings.since I've tried dozens of drivers(video,sound,monitor)each time using this utility, I've had both passes & failures.with still same problem.
The game does support the video card & OS,thats straight from the manufacturer as well as printed on the CD case.
currently checking for Voodoo drivers at http://www.voodoofiles.com/s/3dfxdrivers
if you happen to know which would be the correct one please reply again or if you have any other possible solutions
thanks

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