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March 8th, 2007
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| Beer Drinking Association
 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longview, Texas
Posts: 200
|  Need help with a game that will not start. I just purchased a game that was on the clearance rack at walmart called Rise of Nations Gold Edition. The install went smooth and no problems. When I click the icon to start the game, nothing happends. I have checked Direct X ver 9c, all drivers are signed and all test completed with no problems. I had the NGO Optimized drivers installed at first. Then I tried the Nvidia drivers ver 93.71. Same thing. So I uninstalled those and installed the first forceware drivers that were made for my card which were the 81.98 drivers and still have the same problem. I read through every text and doc I could find in the game's directory and could not find anything saying that my video card was not supported. I have even tried the compatibility mode in XP but that didn't work. I have tried eveything I can think of to get this game to run but to no avail. Can someone else shoot some clues my way here?  Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 ghz 2 ghz HT 2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM LG Lightscribe DVD/CD write 18x/48x read 16x/48x Windows XP Pro SP 2 & Windows 2000 pro sp4 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 256mb running dual displays Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler K8 Triton GA-K8U-939 Mobo w/ULI M1689 Chipset Xion 600W PSU w/dual 12v rails | ||||||||||||||
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| There can only be One...
 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Troy, AL
Posts: 276
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Hmmm, dunno, it always worked well for me. I love Rise of Nations.  | ||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| Meow means woof in cat.
 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL
Posts: 1,903
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. ... Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game? Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD | ||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| Beer Drinking Association
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longview, Texas
Posts: 200
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Quote:
No I have not. I will try that now.... Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 ghz 2 ghz HT 2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM LG Lightscribe DVD/CD write 18x/48x read 16x/48x Windows XP Pro SP 2 & Windows 2000 pro sp4 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 256mb running dual displays Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler K8 Triton GA-K8U-939 Mobo w/ULI M1689 Chipset Xion 600W PSU w/dual 12v rails | |||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| UberNetwork Dude
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 101
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Also, if you have not already, check for patches from the manufacturer. It is not unusual to find that you have the base and they have come out with 100 mb of patches since to help support newer hardware and OS. Intel P4 2.8 Asus P5GD2 Motherboard Micron PC2-4300U 512 RAM DDR2-SDRAM WDC WD1600JD-22HBB0 150gb NVIDIA GeForce 6500 256mb Microsoft Wireless Adapter MN-710 Sony DVD RW DRU-710A Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II (26xxx) Thermaltake Xaser V | ||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| Beer Drinking Association
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longview, Texas
Posts: 200
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Quote:
The uninstall/reinstall did not work. I tried to look up some patches but found a v1.03 patch. But when I checked the version on the EXE file for the game it was 2.4. But I will dig a little deeper for a patch. Any other ideas? Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 ghz 2 ghz HT 2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM LG Lightscribe DVD/CD write 18x/48x read 16x/48x Windows XP Pro SP 2 & Windows 2000 pro sp4 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 256mb running dual displays Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler K8 Triton GA-K8U-939 Mobo w/ULI M1689 Chipset Xion 600W PSU w/dual 12v rails | |||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| There can only be One...
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Troy, AL
Posts: 276
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. I had this same problem once with Sid Meires Pirates, There was nothing I could do to get it working. Even after all the patches and crap, I tried reinstalling after I had done a whole repartition/reformat and it still did the same thing. Sometimes you just have to accept that console games are the only way to go. (lol, just trying to start a fight I guess) | ||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| Meow means woof in cat.
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL
Posts: 1,903
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Tried running from the .exe itself yet? Check PMs Also - Start a console vs. PC gaming war on a hardware site! GREAT IDEA!! Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD | ||||||||||||||
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| Beer Drinking Association
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longview, Texas
Posts: 200
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Quote:
Yes, I have tried that but got the same "nothing"..lol I found a game advisor on MS's web site for the game as it is made by MS the will hopefuly tell me something. Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 ghz 2 ghz HT 2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM LG Lightscribe DVD/CD write 18x/48x read 16x/48x Windows XP Pro SP 2 & Windows 2000 pro sp4 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 256mb running dual displays Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler K8 Triton GA-K8U-939 Mobo w/ULI M1689 Chipset Xion 600W PSU w/dual 12v rails | |||||||||||||||
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March 8th, 2007
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| Beer Drinking Association
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longview, Texas
Posts: 200
| Re: Need help with a game that will not start. Well the online game advisor said that my system is more than capable of running the game. This is the only thing I could find in the text files on the Geforce cards: NVIDIA GeForce: When using some GeForce drivers, you might experience significantly decreased game performance the first time the game is started after the computer has been restarted. If this occurs, exit the game by pressing ALT+F4, and then restart the game. After restarting once, the game should perform as usual until the next time the computer is restarted. I really want to play this game!!  . Any other ideas? Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 ghz 2 ghz HT 2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM LG Lightscribe DVD/CD write 18x/48x read 16x/48x Windows XP Pro SP 2 & Windows 2000 pro sp4 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 256mb running dual displays Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler K8 Triton GA-K8U-939 Mobo w/ULI M1689 Chipset Xion 600W PSU w/dual 12v rails | ||||||||||||||
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