Game hangs on launch

[TwoShedsJackson]

Having just installed the game (using Windows XP) - when I try to launch it either via the menu or just using the .exe, it hangs on a black screen - no videos, no nothing. It does this in full screen or windowed mode.

this was a problem on War in the Pacific as I recall, which was fixed by renaming the video directory to videoold so it skipped them, but the videos this time are in the Eagle Day directory, so can't do that.

I use VLC player for avis, when i try to play them in the player it says 'IV50 codec is not supported. There is no way for you to fix this' (!). I switched the default player for avis to Window Media Player and then WMP Classic both of which play them standalone, but when I try launching the game again I get the black screen and hang.

Any workaround or solution for this problem?

[Baron von Beer]

Try cut and pasting them into the matrix games directory (or anywhere, outside of the game directory, or delete if you don't wish to keep a backup even)? I did this just so I didn't have to hit escape every time.

There were 3 files, the largest of the 3 was, I believe, the one that plays when launching the game. Don't recall if it was in the root EDTBTR, or the DAT folder.

[TwoShedsJackson]

Thanks for the very quick reply That did the trick, I had tried moving the two in the directory that the exe is in alright, but I hadn't noticed the third one, which is in the DAT/video folder, moving all three out got it to launch.

Again, much obliged

ORIGINAL: Baron von Beer

Try cut and pasting them into the matrix games directory (or anywhere, outside of the game directory, or delete if you don't wish to keep a backup even)? I did this just so I didn't have to hit escape every time.

There were 3 files, the largest of the 3 was, I believe, the one that plays when launching the game. Don't recall if it was in the root EDTBTR, or the DAT folder.