FATAL ERROR 200

[ATENTOKO2]

Hello to all,

I have a problem. My old PC broke and now I´m trying to run WITP AE in my new one. This has a Windows 10 Intel core i7
7500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX950 with 2GB dedicated VRAM.

I´ve copied all the archives from my old hard disk to the new computer and when I try to lunch the program it pops up
a window that says:

FATAL ERROR 200

and the program terminate.

Can you help me?
Thanks for all

[BillBrown]

You have to install the game one time to set up the registry.

[geofflambert]

And stop lunching programs. You need to go on a diet anyway.

[zakblood]

windows 10 by default also has some thing disabled or not installed either, so to recap, try some of these also before you try for fully 100% backwards compatibility, while this game specific etc it will and does help with older games,

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[Admiral DadMan]

Fatal Error 300 is that game info was not found in Windows registry. So, re-install, then copy over anything you may have modded.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan

Fatal Error 300 is that game info was not found in Windows registry. So, re-install, then copy over anything you may have modded.

The OP mentioned Fatal Error 200, not 300. Does your advice still apply?

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan

Fatal Error 300 is that game info was not found in Windows registry. So, re-install, then copy over anything you may have modded.

The OP mentioned Fatal Error 200, not 300. Does your advice still apply?

Oops. And yes, my advice still applies.

Reference this post from jwilkerson in 2009:

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

ORIGINAL: Perando

Hi,
When I start game during first screen loading (setting sail) game crashes with information "fatal error 200"
This happened after second game/windows installation. (first it was OK)
WitP is running normally.
I'm using Windows 7.
Regards.

Just as in stock (WITP) fatal error XYZ essentially means your installation is invalid and you need to reinstall. If you've never been able to install and run the game - then perhaps there are some operating system security settings that will need to be changed. This was the case with "Vista" anyway. A number of people had installation errors and had to learn how to adjust their OS settings to enable to game to install and run. Most of the development team run on XP so we do not have a lot of experience with other operating systems - but usually other players can come help if needed.

[Rafid]

The game can be copied at will - after it has been installed once on the computer. So after you made the install you can write your (perhaps modded and customized) game folder over it or in any other location on the computer. There is no need to patch up and modify the new install.