<t>Turns out that I had to turn on the hardware acceleration in Win2000...and then the game plays. The problem on my system is that Windows can't display anything better than 256K colors with acceleration at that level, and the game requires at least high color. So I end up setting acceleration and ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Ross Moorhouse FUTURE:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>Ok do you have this file in the games root folder SPWaW Vid998.smk file ???<e>[/b]</e></B><HR>[hr]</HR><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

It was not in the root, but it was in SND/Stream - I copied it to the root, but no ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Ross Moorhouse FUTURE:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>Try starting the game from the mech.exe file thats in the game's root folder. This will by pass the video intro.<e>[/b]</e></B><HR>[hr]</HR><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

Just tried that...and the screen goes blank, then ...

<t>All right, color me confused, if not stupid... To start the game I click the SPWAW icon, (doh!) and the title credits and little movie plays. I assume I should be able to wait for the movie to end and get some sort of Game play screen, but once the credits are finished, the title screen is gone ...