nuts cand run hw help please

[DLROWEMOH2]

Hey I have reinstalled hw and it goes fine until after two movies then crashes to desktop i looked at the mtsl and it said i needed to change the command line to </disableavi> i think and it said it was in properties but i still can find any thing that says comand line
help would be great thanks :rage:

[ÜberJumper]

Please post a full system spec (format in MTL).

[DLROWEMOH2]

heres a quick one as im short on time ill try a full spec later
im running
win xp pro on a p3
449 MHz
96 MB RAM
that help?

[ÜberJumper]

Right click on the Homeworld shortcut, go to properties, then Compatibility, and select Windows NT 4.0 SP5. Let us know if that works or not.

[DLROWEMOH2]

yeah tryed that and it lets the game run but as i said it goes throught the 2 movies then crashes to desktop

[ÜberJumper]

Post more of your system specs please... like your video card for example.

Try the /sw command line switch and see if that gets you into the game.

[DLROWEMOH2]

i think its a NVIDIA RIVA TNT
where is this command line thing

[Mac_Bug]

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4731

Add the following

/disableAVI

[DLROWEMOH2]

ok now when i run the game the screen blinks black a couple of times then goes to my desktop nd all the icons are large then the screen blinks black a few more times and returns to desktop with regular icons
there is NO error message
what say you now?

[Mac_Bug]

try the /sw command in conjunction with compatibility mode

[DLROWEMOH2]

nope unless what compatibility mode? im on Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 5)
my target window says: C:Sierra\Homeworld\homeworld.exe /disableAVI /sw

[Mac_Bug]

Okay, when the movies play, do they have sound?

Can you play every other game?

Updated drivers?

[DLROWEMOH2]

yes there is sound
i can play warcraft3 but i can't play my hegemonia demo(it seems to be the same crash)
where would i update the drivers?

[Mac_Bug]

well first thing first visit windowsupdate

grab the latest drivers from nvidia.com

see if that helps at all

PS in case you're wondering Uber is in Italy LtIceCreamDan is on honeymoon

[DLROWEMOH2]

k did the windows update
i think i got the drivers from nvidia but i didn't know what ones i needed
still no go

[Mac_Bug]

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_30.82

Get that

Try /nofastfe for switch too

[Mac_Bug]

K... try downloading this... http://www.3ddownloads.com/?file_id=105530

It's the HW Video Tweaker...

Now... this program needs an entry for your video card in the devstats.dat file to work properly. So, open devstats.dat in notepad, and scroll down to the last line. Open HWVideotweaker.exe then hit the device info button. Note the string it gives you. Go back to the devstats.dat file, and replace the first number in that file (4D592BF4) with the string you wrote down. Now, after the last number (000000C0), put a single space, then write the name of your vid card in there. Save the file.

[DLROWEMOH2]

ok installed the new driver=no effect(although nvidia does run a top class web site)
umm where is the devstats.dat file
*nope never mind i foundeded it)
but how do i write the name of mt vid card (do caps matter) hmmmm

[Mac_Bug]

write nVidia Riva TNT

[DLROWEMOH2]

ok my sierra folder has two devstats one opend under windows information the the other opens uder unknown application
hmmm

[Mac_Bug]

Do them both

[DLROWEMOH2]

still nothing

[Mac_Bug]

have you tried reinstalling? Have you updated to SP1?

[DLROWEMOH2]

sp1? yeah let me try reinstalling

[Mac_Bug]

If you are willing to take the risk, you can install DirectX 9 beta 3

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=directx+9+beta+download&meta=

This expires by Christmas but by then there'll be another revision or even a final available for download.