MY GAME WON'T WORK! PLEASE HELP ME! - It won't even load!

[jamesdriscoll]

I've just purchased Cricket 2002, I got home and installed the game only to find that it wouldn't even load. I get the white box come up which says Cricket 2002 but it stays there for a while and then disappears. That's it. Nothing else happens! Please help me. I really want to get this game working.

Thanks alot,

James.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Having talked to a few people and looked at a few things it seems that it might have something to do with a 3D card/Graphics card. I might not have a 3D Accelarator. Does anyone know how I can find if I have one? If not, how much do they cost? Any suggestions would be really helpful right now.

 

[jonah]

James,
I'm sure if you do a search of this forum using 'graphic card' as the key words you'll find a thread on this subject somewhere.
I think Atul and Ritwick know quite a bit about this.
All I can say is don't buy a Hercules Kyro II 64 mb card, as my game pauses continually (although I've got used to it now). Tried new drivers, different detail settings etc etc, but still the same. I read somewhere that EA games don't support Kyro chipsets .
Good luck!

 

[Atul]

Like the other post I made.
Fusst of all ....... INSTALL DIRECT X MAN ...... :P

It would be there (somewhere) on the C2k2 cd itself.

it seems that it might have something to do with a 3D card/Graphics card.

Well...umm..all playable games today have something to do with 3d card!

I might not have a 3D Accelarator

Chances are, if you have purchased/upgraded inside of ..say.. 1 year, ur system will probably have a 'basic' 3d accelerator.
Check it yourself. Go to Start > Run. Type dxdiag and press <enter>
DirectX Dignostic Tool opens (if you've installed it properly).
Go to display tab run <test direct draw> and <test direct 3d>. Display tab will have all info on your card.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Thanks for your suggestions Atul. I tried the Diagnostics test and it all worked fine, but for DirectX 7. It said that the tests for DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 had been skipped because the display driver did not support them properly. I read one of the help files that comes with the game it said Cricket 2002 does not support the drivers for my card or something like that. I tried downloading new drivers but it said that the links were down. What can I do now?



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[Atul]

Not exactly understood what you mean here.

Do one thing, run dxdiag (as you know now). On the system tab (the main one which opens when dxdiag is run) you will see 'Operating System', 'Processor' , 'Memory' and 'DirectX Version'. Make a note and post them here.
Similarly on the Display tab you will see 'Name' , 'Manufacturer', 'Chip Type', 'DAC Type', 'Approx Total Memory'. Post this as well.

Meanwhile try this, My Computer > Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced > Performance ----> See that Hardware Acceleration is set to full. If it's not set it to full, restart the computer and try DxDiag.


Btw have you installed DirectX 9. There is actually no need to do so. DirectX 8.1 will do fine. Remember, it's verrrrrry hard to remove DirectX from your system. Even the so called DirectX uninstallers don't work really well and to remove Dx well enough, formatting is the only solution.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222)
Processor: AMD Athlon? Processor, MMX, 3DNow,~900MHz
Memory:128MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 (4.09.0000.0900)

Name: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP for Windows 98
Manufacturer: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
Chip Type: n/a
DAC Type: n/a
Approx. Total Memory: 15.0 MB

When testing the Direct3D after testing it for Direct3D 7 it said:

The test to use hardware accelerated Direct3D 8 was skipped because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer.

It said the same for Direct 3D 9.

I had already checked the accelarted hardware and it was already on full.

 

[Atul]

No doubt!
3DFx is dead and no new drivers are released for it now. Still the card may not really be termed as 'useless' for c2k2. I'd say it was not exactly right to install DirectX 9 ... why did you install it for anyways. I don't really know of a game just now that uses Dx9 (maybe Im wrong).
Try this now, search for 'DirectX 9 Uninstaller' on www.google.com, and use some third party software to remove DirectX 9. Then try to install DirectX 8.0 and try the game.
I dont think you'd need a newer vid card for playing c2k2, so dont lose heart and keep trying. You may also search for some third party drivers for your vid card (ie not made by 3dfx) at google.
Actually you can take either of the two approaches in attempting to resolve this: new driver / directx9 uninstaller.
Let me know if you need any help installing drivers.
Best of luck!


PS: Dont waste time trying out the floppy-cd thing. It is a [iost_uid0] prima facie[/iost_uid0] driver + directx = incompatible , issue.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Ok, thanks Atul. I'll try those and see what happens. I tried it before with DirectX 8 and it didn't work so I downloaded DirectX 9. I suppose I best try and get rid of it now. I searched for new drivers before but the links were down. I guess I'll just have to look for 3rd party ones. Anyway, thanks for that Atul and I'll tell you if I have any problems installing the drivers.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

I've tried uninstalling DirectX 9 but the uninstaller didn't work. There was a parameter error writing to the file or something like that. I'm going to look for new drivers now but if I can't find any what then? A new video card?

 

[jamesdriscoll]

I've downloaded a driver set and it says that I need 3Dfx tools before I install it. I downloaded these from Kazaa but they just wouldn't install. Do I have to keep looking for these tools? Will it then work?

 

[Atul]

Kazaa....duh... did you try from the numerous freindly websites for these drivers? www.voodoofiles.com for instance.



Ahhh... thats life with PC... maybe some day I'll tell ya what I went through, trying to run my brand new Asus TNT2 ... long time back ...........

PS: Handle any video bios flash rom update files (you may encounter them) very carefully, they are dynamite!

 

[jamesdriscoll]

I tried the voodoofiles.com and I found a driver set thing, I installed it, and it's messed up my computer. It's started coming up with stuff like it's not compatable and the colours and graphics on my computer are now a load of crap! At the moment I'm trying to download the original drivers I had before just to get the graphics working properly. I'm currently downloading on some really slow server from Taiwan, there weren't any others but it's nearly finished now. I really wish I hadn't tried to install those drivers now. What's your suggestions now?

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Phew....I managed to fix it. I downloaded the drivers I had before, even if it did take a while. I'm back to where I was before now, or so it seems anyway. Atul, finding these drivers is causing a few problems, if I can't find a suitable driver how much would it cost to buy a new video card powerful enough for modern games?

 

[Atul]

1. You may not have removed the old drivers correctly. Proper way is Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced > Adapter > Change ... change to Standard VGA Adapter. Then uninstall any old driver if possible from Add Remove Programs. Restart the computer.
2. Download the correct drivers for your card. Identify your ard properly first. Look into system/card user manual ... notice graphoics card name when you just power on the computer.
3. Even a single .inf file may have driver for more than one hardware sub-type. When provided with the list of drivers, choose carefully.
4. For hardware prices checkout www.froogle.com. Search for GeForce2/3/4.