evil twin since SP2

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I have been playing evil twin on XP home since about august 2003. However,
after the SP2 update last year, It keeps crashing when it gets past the
opening FMV before the infamous "start button" screen.

Has anybody else had this problem and solved it, if so, how?

Thanks
 
Hi Stuart,

I haven't had that problem, however have you tried updating your drivers
since the problem first occured?

Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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|I have been playing evil twin on XP home since about august 2003. However,
| after the SP2 update last year, It keeps crashing when it gets past the
| opening FMV before the infamous "start button" screen.
|
| Has anybody else had this problem and solved it, if so, how?
|
| Thanks
 
Also check with the game's publisher. There might be an update or a known
work-a-round for your problem.
 
bject: Did SP2 kill my games ??

My current XPcr8 has had no probs with ANY of my game titles, Then along
came SP2. Now none of my MechWarrior, Bioware D&D titles will not run (splash
screen then BSOD or just plain old splashscreen hangup on Icewind Dale ).
Even my low requirement titles like Aliens vrs Predator gold & MechCommander
are now phutzd. BUT I can play D00M3, (even tho my XPcr8 is a AMD duron
1.2ghz, my framerates are equal to what i got when AvPgold worked lol ) Dawn
of War, BlackHawk Down, Starcraft, & IronStorm. I have listed these titles to
point out the various hardware requirements needed to put to rest the concern
of an impotent cr8, after all, if I can handle D00M3, then I should have ZERO
problems running older titles on this cr8.
So I can only conclude that it is SP2 that phutzd me, but it appears that i
am the only person this happened to, I have yet to hear about this elsewhere.
So I had a g33k re-partition my drive and did the re-install/update/patch
dance, including SP1 & SP2 from a 'slipstream' disc I believe he called it.
During this time I purchased a new dell flatscreen ( I 4get the model# ) So
I get everything back and start to install all my games again. Same titles
dont work/ Same titles do work. This morning I swapped my dell monitor with a
buds 17'' futura (Likom D703X) to rule-out the 'auto-adjusting' that the dell
does as the cause of my games hanging up.
( yes i have tried lowering the rez, no change, but this rez was fine b4 SP2 )
They still dont work.
So I humbly ask the community for any insights that I may have overlooked.
need more info..plz say so I have that Everest chumpy for any stats you may
need 4 my cr8

Thanxz 4 the eye-ball time
 
2B honest, I would say that SP2 caused a lot of older games stop working just
due to compatibility issues. SP1 had problems with a lot of older games
documents in the game publishers reqs sometimes. Look for secrets of the
nautilus. marketted as XP comp but the truth is a different tale. Resident
evil works perfectly on 98 but twice speed on XP, I have a huge list of them.
It also depends on your filing system. most old games don't rec NTFS
therefore either fail to install or run trying to find a hard drive that
shouldn't exist yet. I have a 4g fat32 drive and that makes little difference
with most games. Tomb Raider is another one. that boots but crashes. Most DOS
are useless (the old classics, I love Legacy of Kain, but blood omen and soul
reaver really struggle). XP compatibility wizard (Properties tab) fixes some
problems but does not do enough to compensate.

Hopefully this new OS due out in 2 years may fix this. Example, try running
Secrets of the nautilus if you have it. Try all you might. it will never
work. Direct info from The Adventure Company.
 
In stuartjk <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
2B honest, I would say that SP2 caused a lot of older games stop
working just due to compatibility issues. SP1 had problems with a lot
of older games documents in the game publishers reqs sometimes. Look
for secrets of the nautilus. marketted as XP comp but the truth is a
different tale. Resident evil works perfectly on 98 but twice speed
on XP, I have a huge list of them. It also depends on your filing
system. most old games don't rec NTFS therefore either fail to
install or run trying to find a hard drive that shouldn't exist yet.
I have a 4g fat32 drive and that makes little difference with most
games. Tomb Raider is another one. that boots but crashes. Most DOS
are useless (the old classics, I love Legacy of Kain, but blood omen
and soul reaver really struggle). XP compatibility wizard (Properties
tab) fixes some problems but does not do enough to compensate.

Hopefully this new OS due out in 2 years may fix this. Example, try
running Secrets of the nautilus if you have it. Try all you might. it
will never work. Direct info from The Adventure Company.
Click to expand...

Perhaps this will help:

Run Older Programs on Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

Or this:

Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx&e=9797

Galen
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