[USS Alexander]

I hate my dad.he's been fooling around again i know it and now everytime i start fs2 it crashes without any error messages i reinstald it 4 times but without luck:mad: i need fs:mad:so time to format my drive.............again

[kode]

thanks for letting me know...

[USS Alexander]

Well is there anyone who ever expirienced the same problem............it starts and then crashes back to the desktop without any error messages and when i start it agai i get a error, and i have no clue whats causing it??

I don't wanna format my drive again or i'l smash the dam thing broken.

[Ulundel]

Let me guess. you're using Windows ME right?

[USS Alexander]

Nope win 98....but the problem has been fixt (forgot to update directx to 8.1

[Knight Templar]

you musta felt pretty dumb after you figured that one out....

[USS Alexander]

yeah....

[diamondgeezer]

Out of interest... what version of DX does 98 come with?

[Stealth]

not sure... good question though... anyone?

[Razor]

Probably DX 3 or 4.

[01010]

Originally posted by Stealth
not sure... good question though... anyone?

I'm gonna go with 6.

Hang on.

I got my version of win98 during the 98 world cup final, had a voodoo1 card then soo,, possibly 5.

Actually yeah, directx5

[Fury]

Originally posted by Razor
Probably DX 3 or 4.

My guess is DX2 or 3.
And there's no DX4 at all.

[USS Alexander]

DX 6

[vadar_1]

update/restore all multimedia drivers... including sound, video, DirX etc, ensure this is not a global problem by checking out similar games.

Edit: one more thing, i found that since i put a big scratch in disk 2, the game wouldn't install the Tango VPs right, so i just didn't select them in the installation process, then manually copied them. Corrupt VPs will usually cause crashes.

[diamondgeezer]

OK. And FS2 requires DX3 for the basic stuff, and DX6 for D3D, Force Feedback, and Direct Sound.

So unless I'm missing something fundamental here, why would Alexander need to install DX 8.1 to get it working?

[Vertigo1]

Because some drivers require it.

btw, a good way to prevent this is to get yourself a copy of Win2k, and create a guest account for your dad, and make yourself the administrator.

[diamondgeezer]

Ah. Live and learn.

But if you're going to do that, you might as well grab a copy of XP home and make yerself an admin on that

[Sesquipedalian]

Originally posted by Mr. Fury

And there's no DX4 at all.

What, Microsoft can't count?  Maybe that's why all their code is buggy.