Downloaded - installed - falls over on start up?

[JoeDodgy]

Hi,

Just dowloaded and installed the latest version - 8.20

Upon attempting to start the game I get a message 'spwaw.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being generated.'

What do I do now? Needless to say it won't work when I try again either!

Mitch.

[Major Destruction]

Point your shortcut to mech.exe
It should start the game but will bypass the startup screens and credit screen.

[JoeDodgy]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Have done as you suggest (changed the desktop shortcut to point to mech.exe)

Now when I double click on the short cut I get a black screen for around 3 seconds, then it returns to the desktop.

Anything else I can try/information I can provide?

[wheeltapper]

Hi Joe

I had a considerable thread on this problem in the SPWAW forum some time ago.

As I said then I have had problems running SPWAW from v4 onwards under windows98SE/2000pro and now XP Pro SP2. What is it about Matrix Games? Everything but everything including a large collection of war games from various other companies runs without problem on my setup.

Just llike you when I try to run the game normally (from mech.exe) the screen blanks out for a second or so and then reverts to the desktop. In the end I ran task manager in XP. It showed the games as running. I then double-clicked the entry in task manager and SPWAW was up and running. The same technique works for Battles in Normandy and Korsun SSG games) Give it a try. Don't ask me what the problem is - must be a video card one.