<t> Advice only for the single player vs. AI...<br/>
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Purchase a South African Army sometime after the game begins... the sooner the better as far as time is concerned. <br/>
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Start reinforcing the Sudanese forces and South African corps/ HQ as resources allow. <br/>
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Deploy ...

<t> Thank you for the reply, Hubert.<br/>
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I actually for the dxdiag report from a somewhat similar 'error' thread for the game in the forum. I ran that last night. It did not note any errors/ problems. I can run it again and post the results if needed. <br/>
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That being said... it ...

<t> Actual text from error box pop-up:<br/>
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'Error- (draw_map_to_buffer_dc): no more memory'<br/>
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Not sure what's going on here.<br/>
Have updated the drivers on my video card.<br/>
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I have the game patched up to 1.05<br/>
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The error has happened multiple times ...

Awsome! Thanks everyone. I'll see you on the AE forums once the game arrives and I'm completely overwhelmed with questions.

I PM'd jomni, hopefully he can shed some light. As soon as I hear back I can make a decision on AE. Thanks again!

<t> I think Madgamer's experience kind of sums up my hopes. On one hand, sometimes I'm easily discouraged by noobie mistakes in new games. I'm kind of a introspective perfectionist and it hampers me a bit in gaming and other parts of life. But over the past year or two when I have purchased a new ...

<t> Joe, this is what I'm working with...<br/>
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Video Subsystem <br/>
Mobile Intel GL960 Express chipset with integrated 3D graphics, <br/>
featuring Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 with up to 358 MB of Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 (8 MB of dedicated system memory ...

<t> Joe, you are correct.&nbsp; It's a laptop and indeed I did mean 1gig not meg.&nbsp; I know the video card is bad.&nbsp; I guess I might have to wait on this game... I was holding out some sort of home that since the graphics didn't seem too intense that I could manage by.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe not ...

<t> Thanks gents for all the comments and the warm welcome.<br/>
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Regarding my computer, my processor is 1.73GHz and 1 meg RAM.&nbsp; Video card is certainly lacking as it is integrated.<br/>
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It appears, from my elementary view, that the learning curvew with WitP:AE is ...

<t> Greetings to all. <br/>
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I have been lurking around in the forums reading up on the various offerings from Matrix.<br/>
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Currently, the game that peaks my interest the most is War in the Pacific: Admirals Edition.<br/>
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I am a fan of the turn-by-turn hex war games and still ...