beavisbeatle Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 I just recently dusted off my copy of XWA to give 'er another go! Unfortunately, in the intervening year I purchased a new computer (sweet), but it came with XP. I cannot seem to get XWA to run on my new machine. Has anyone had any luck getting XWA to run on an XP machine. If anyone has any advice, please help, I am starting to pull my hair out!!!! Thanks!
General_Trageto Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 I've heard things like that before.... hmm, But I can't really tell you much. I have XP Home and Pro and it runs smoothly on both of them...
Admiral Odin Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 Fine I'll do it. Wrong Forum. Try adjusting your resolutions (I had problems until I did that)
Jabba The Hunt Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 I've actually just realised something that might work, Windows XP has a 'compatiblity mode' which it uses to work with older apps, dont know exactly where it is, but have a look through the control panel you should find it, check the box and try running the game then.
Kylilin Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 Start jabbing your hard drive with a popsicle stick smeared with grape jelly, that usually does the trick for me.
beavisbeatle Posted March 4, 2003 Author Posted March 4, 2003 Have tried compatibility option, have not tried resolution solution, and I'm pretty sure I haven't tried the popsicle sticks although I think I'll leave that one to last. :sbdance
Admiral Odin Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 Compatiblity didn't work for me when I tried it. Jabba: Compatibility can be found by right clicking on icons and then selecting the compatibility tab. If all else fales a blow torch will make it work.
Commander 598 Posted March 5, 2003 Posted March 5, 2003 Originally posted by Admiral Fine I'll do it. Wrong Forum. No, no, no. With feeling like this: WRONG FORUM!!!!
beavisbeatle Posted March 5, 2003 Author Posted March 5, 2003 Resolution Solution didn't work. Thanks to all anyway.
Gold leader Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 What's exactly the problem? Won't the program start? Or do the missions fail to load? Or did you follow Admiral's advice?
beavisbeatle Posted March 6, 2003 Author Posted March 6, 2003 Program begins to load and then flickers back to desktop. XP seems to be the problem, but it could be a combination of XP and Directx. It seems others have encountered this problem, but no definite solution. I could try bending my cd, but then I'd have to bend the drive too, right??
Gold leader Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 Originally posted by beavisbeatle but it could be a combination of XP and Directx. Did you install the DirectX version that came with XWA? Then get DirectX 9 immediately. If you kept your version of DirectX, still consider an upgrade of both DirecX and your vid card drivers. It might work.
beavisbeatle Posted March 7, 2003 Author Posted March 7, 2003 Thanks Gold Leader, I did get the latest vid drivers, but I didn't think about trying DirectX 9 (Currently at 8).
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