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Cut Your Ribbon
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Atascadero, CA  |
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 10:14 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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When I go to start it (the expansion) up, everything goes fine, it shows the little Infogrames thingy, then the Cyberlore one, then my screen turns black, and I have to press the little reset button on my comp, 'cause I can't get away from the black screen, and ctrl + alt + del just restarts.
Can anyone help? Thanks.  |
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Steven Of Nine

Joined: 26 Jul 2000 Posts: 1567 Location: Plano, TX, USA  |
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:33 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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Ouch. That's a nasty one. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? That's the only thing I can think of. |
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Cut Your Ribbon
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Atascadero, CA  |
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:45 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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Yeah, tried it already, unfortunately. But thanks
Anyone else? |
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wavefront
Joined: 16 Oct 2001 Posts: 1847 Location: East of the Sun & West of the Moon  |
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 12:00 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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My guess is the MP3 music files are giving your computer fits. I think Spiderman said something about the music files in a long ago post and how to fix it. |
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Spiderman

Joined: 28 Mar 2000 Posts: 3053 Location: Baltimore, MD USA  |
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:17 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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No, that wasn't me. I think Goldy covered MP3 files for XP or something.
I just mentioned the shortcut "-nocdaudio" to keep the music from playing and the game accessing the CD drive all the time.
[ 04. March 2003, 08:18 AM: Message edited by: Spiderman ] |
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Goldy_Bear
Joined: 13 Aug 2000 Posts: 2588 Location: Texas  |
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 10:53 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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He hasn't supplied us with any of his system information. With a black screen I am less likely to suspect MP3 problems and more likely to suspect video driver or directx problems. But, with limited information I don't have anything better to suggest than Steven already has.
[ 04. March 2003, 10:54 AM: Message edited by: Goldy_Bear ] |
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Cut Your Ribbon
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Atascadero, CA  |
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 11:53 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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Heh, sorry. I'm running it on Windows 98SE. I have DirectX 8.0 at the moment. |
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Spiderman

Joined: 28 Mar 2000 Posts: 3053 Location: Baltimore, MD USA  |
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:20 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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With the black screen, how long do you wait until you press Ctl-Alt-Del? |
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Felinius
Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 1:46 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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i'm having the same problem, also runing 98se, with DX 8.0...except i can't ctl-alt-dlt my computer to get it to reboot, and sometimes i get gibberish at the top, looking like slurred graphix |
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Felinius
Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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ok, after two reinstalls, i'm about to give up, i even went so far as to d/l the lastist directx stuff, so i'm on 8.1 now..and still..nothing.... |
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Spiderman

Joined: 28 Mar 2000 Posts: 3053 Location: Baltimore, MD USA  |
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:47 am Post subject: Gold Edition Northern Expansion won't run.. |
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You might either have to upgrade your video drivers or downgrade them... |
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