New error, never encountered before...

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DavidRosner
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New error, never encountered before...

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I just fired up a new computer (QuadCore 2.4GHz, running XP, will not touch Vista)... installed 8.4, and got this message when starting the game...

after the 2 splash pages

"Directdraw Error -2147467263"

then it shuts down the game... back to the splash pages...


Help!!!

David
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RE: New error, never encountered before...

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ORIGINAL: DavidRosner

I just fired up a new computer (QuadCore 2.4GHz, running XP, will not touch Vista)... installed 8.4, and got this message when starting the game...

after the 2 splash pages

"Directdraw Error -2147467263"

then it shuts down the game... back to the splash pages...


Help!!!

David
try making a shortcut direct from the mech.exe and launching the game from it.
then use compatability mode for win 98


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RE: New error, never encountered before...

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I'm getting this error too - a shortcut straight to mech.exe doesn't help....
 
Any ideas?
 
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Lee
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It could be a video driver issue, but run "dxdiag" and do the tests for directdraw.
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