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New error, never encountered before...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:03 am
by DavidRosner
I just fired up a new computer (QuadCore 2.4GHz, running XP, will not touch Vista)... installed 8.4, and got this message when starting the game...

after the 2 splash pages

"Directdraw Error -2147467263"

then it shuts down the game... back to the splash pages...


Help!!!

David

RE: New error, never encountered before...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:36 pm
by Alby
ORIGINAL: DavidRosner

I just fired up a new computer (QuadCore 2.4GHz, running XP, will not touch Vista)... installed 8.4, and got this message when starting the game...

after the 2 splash pages

"Directdraw Error -2147467263"

then it shuts down the game... back to the splash pages...


Help!!!

David
try making a shortcut direct from the mech.exe and launching the game from it.
then use compatability mode for win 98


RE: New error, never encountered before...

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:21 pm
by Leea25
I'm getting this error too - a shortcut straight to mech.exe doesn't help....
 
Any ideas?
 
Thanks,
Lee

RE: New error, never encountered before...

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:31 pm
by KG Erwin
It could be a video driver issue, but run "dxdiag" and do the tests for directdraw.