jbird5150 Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 My 4-year old kid loves these games--can't get enough of them. So I downloaded the RS demo for him to try out before I bought it ( I bought Racer and had some problems running it on XP until I updated my driver). I noticed the sound wouldn't kick in until three or four seconds after the "exploding rocks" opening scene, so I set it to run on Windows 95 compatibility. Now the sound is fine, but I barely get past the sliding doors (which creep open much slower now that it's on 95) leading to the menu before the thing crashes to my desktop. I know it hollers for DirectX 6, but I have DirectX 8 so it should work fine, right? Anyone have ideas on how to fix this if possible? My little Annikin would be eternally grateful
Dark Sad Shadow Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 well.. try downloading direct x 8.1 maybe can work... i played RS complete version on WinXP and it worked :s:confused:
jbird5150 Posted December 24, 2002 Author Posted December 24, 2002 Actually, I do have DirectX 8.1, yet no dice.... I did try something on advice from another thread--went through the compatability wizard on XP and actually got the menu screen to come up. BUT....it won't let me enter my name (or any name) to get started. I get a mouse icon to click on the "new Player' button, but after that nothing. My "enter" key doesn't work, the mouse icon has vanished..the whole thing is just wacked. Sigh...oh well, if the full version does work on XP like you said, I'll just go get that. Thanks.
Kuuki Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 try upgarding the compatiblity on that to Win98 next WinXP is hardly worth palying games with honestly, But in your case I hardly think its worth it to change OS's if you do go back to Win98 or at least Win2k all becuase they still have DOS WinXP doesnt have it, only a built-in emulator, and emulators are good, but not ever 100% as good as the actual thats why you have the compatibilities there. try also upgrading your Sound card and video drivers if you can.
Dark Sad Shadow Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 or get back to WinME i got it all patched and it works nice Ñ
Rogue15 Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 dude, your kid is going to turn into a serial killer! get him off those games and put him in front of the MTV! ;] don't think rs works on xp but i never tried it on xp. direct x 9 is out try that.
Redwing Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 Four years old? o.O Wow Have you tried the system checker?
Wasslera Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 This is because XP Sucks arse. (Its core program is Explorer, so when explorer goes down, you cant open any files...and its even worse when you virus checker program has a virus! *Kicks programs*Ugh!)
Nitro Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Window's core program has been Exploder since 95... It was just a little less obvious. And Win2k is command prompt emulation as well. And I would never go back to Win98... It's a timebomb. No matter what you do, you're gonna have to format and reinstall every couple of years. Win2K and XP are really the only viable options.
Wacky_Baccy Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Edit: The Peter North wannabe up there ^ beat me... Damn. Posted by Wasslera Its core program is Explorer, so when explorer goes down, you cant open any files... But Opal dear, that's how it is with all versions of Windows after 3.11 XP is very good, but still not as stable as 2000... It's a lot prettier, though @_@ XP Home is evil incarnate, though - Pro is the only way to... To... Not crash?
Nitro Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 *sigh* I wish I had a Mac... I do a lot audio/video editing, and my poor PC just isn't designed for it.
Redwing Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 Originally posted by jbird5150 My 4-year old kid loves these games--can't get enough of them. So I downloaded the RS demo for him to try out before I bought it ( I bought Racer and had some problems running it on XP until I updated my driver). I noticed the sound wouldn't kick in until three or four seconds after the "exploding rocks" opening scene, so I set it to run on Windows 95 compatibility. Now the sound is fine, but I barely get past the sliding doors (which creep open much slower now that it's on 95) leading to the menu before the thing crashes to my desktop. I know it hollers for DirectX 6, but I have DirectX 8 so it should work fine, right? Anyone have ideas on how to fix this if possible? My little Annikin would be eternally grateful I now have XP, and I noticed I have the same sound problem with RS (full version). It doesn't bother me, though, so I left it the way it is Maybe you could try setting it to 98 compatability (or is that possible)? @Opal: Your Mac doesn't just need to work better...it needs to actually function o.O XP Home is evil incarnate Blast
BCanr2d2 Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 Check out the http://www.ntcompatible.com website, to see how to run, or if it does run on a NT based system....
leXX Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 I have demo problems with Splinter Cell! It loads ok but I cant see any text on the menu screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dunno if it's an XP thing or not ( I have pro).
jbird5150 Posted January 10, 2003 Author Posted January 10, 2003 Interesting--I have also had problems with the Splinter Cell demo. I get some kind of error when it tries to run.
jbird5150 Posted February 2, 2003 Author Posted February 2, 2003 UPDATE: Got the full blown version tonight (found it at Wal-Mart for 10 bucks), loaded it up and off we went. Works fine on XP--no problems whatsoever. Needless to say, my boy is ecstatic. Thanks to everyone for their help!
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