Urgently!

[Helaku]

I need help
Is it possible that an ANCIENT,and I do mean ANCIENT game not work on Win XP under tri-core proccessor?
If it IS,how is it possible that the original game runs smoothly,while the expansion fucks up?
I'm talking about Red Alert 2 and Yuris Revenge.
I installed both,and RA2 works 100% on a widescreen display under tri-core proccessor
FUcking YuriR crashes with "Main Executable for YR has encountered an error and needs to close.Pls report this to MC..."bla bla shit
I attached the error report TXT so if you can make any sense out of it,I'd be grateful.

I know this isnt related to JA in any way,but if theres a jan that can help me,I'd be thrilled.


Thanks in advance,
Helaku.

[Turky]

it would involve the game using an "ancient" version of directx and/or opengl... but even then video cards are almost always backwards compatible :s

what video card do you have? that is another relevant piece of information. it might not be necessarily dependent on what OS you're running...

[Magyk]

I run RA2 all the time on WinXP, and Yuri's revenge too.

I don't know what would cause that - so I'll go with a generic "try reinstalling" and "update your graphics card drivers"


If you ever get it working, I'll play you online sometime. I always yews Libya\Russia : Suicide Trucks\Tesla Tanks are ftw.


PS. It isn't that ancient

[Helaku]

You know....when it comes to PC,I never listen...
my dad,a programmer,and a very well experienced person when it comes to PC's crashing,fucking,etc,etc...He has a saying:"When it comes to computers and computers issues,when in doubt,first try the VERY LAST THING that comes onto your mind,and you will have fixed your issue without a sweat.People,including me,of course,never do that at first."

All it took was changing the Main Executable file for Yuri's Revenge to run in COMPATIBILITY mode for Win98/ME

I laughed so hardly,my stomach was hurting while the bloody game was loading

Thanks anyway,I had a good laugh today.

Your's truly,
Helaku.

And Magyk,Iraqian desolators own your ass any day.

P.S. My DX is 9.0c and graphics card is ATI Radeon HD 4350 just as a FYI

[Max Rambone]

Some older games (particularly DOS games) can be screwed up by the speed of newer CPUs because the game was designed for the clocks of a 486 or whatever. An emulator or virual machine of some kind can help these situations.

Glad you got it working.

~archi

[Magyk]

Psh, you wish - a few years back maybe 2005-2006 I was ranked #22 in the world for like 3 months =P

I'll reinstall and play you online though, if you're up for a game.

[GUARD!AN]

C&C along with Halo are two crazes I just never understood =/

Halo especially, all the halo games are shitty shooters...

[Magyk]

C&C along with Halo are two crazes I just never understood =/

Halo especially, all the halo games are shitty shooters...

Don't even get me started on how much I fucking hate Halo and it's legions of mindless retarded FPS fans.

I'm not saying Halo is a BAD game, it's just VERY FUCKING FAR from being ANYWHERE close to as good as people say it is. 6\10 rating at the most, it's the most generic and unoriginal scifi i've ever played and it isn't fun at all.

Stolen from Urb dictionary;

A trilogy of games. Although very good at first glance, all 3 Halo games are basically your run-of-the-mill first person shooters. Nothing is bad, but nothing is good either.

If you want to play a REAL first person shooter, try Half Life, or Counter Strike.

The most over rated game of all time. Not bad, but not the best game of all time like some think it is.
Corey: Halo is the best game ever.
Me: But all you do is shoot aleins.
Corey: But the graphics are good.
Me: So in other words, you are prooving Shigeru Miyamoto right when he said that Americans will buy any game with mediocre gameplay as long as the graphics are good.
Corey: If the graphics are good than everything is good.

As for C&C; i really only like the Red Alert Spin offs (C&C:RA 1,2 and 3) Tiberian Sun, Generals, etc I could care less about.)

[Helaku]

Red Alert 2 and YR are my favs.
RA1,but on PS1
That owned,PS1 did.

[Magyk]

Yeah RA2 is easily my favorite strategy game.
I have RA1 lying around here somewhere too, and I *cough* "Got" RA3, but I didn't like it nearly as much as RA2. (I don't really like strat games with 3d gameplay.