Re: I-War on XP

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From: Shingen
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:10

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On 24 Jan 2007 13:15:29 -0800, "blipster8" <dcclyde@gmail.com> wrote:

>I recently got a copy of I-War (dx), and am trying to run it on my
>Windows XP PC.  It appears to have installed fine.  However, when I try
>to run it I see the intro movies, then get an error along the lines of
>"I-War Patch has encountered a problem and must close."  I've googled
>this and found a bunch of complicated (and often contradictory)
>instructions.  I can try to figure this out on my own, but it'd be a
>lot easier to just be told the answer, so to speak.  Therefore:
>
>Has anyone here gotten I-War running on XP, which of the shortcuts did
>you end up using to run it, what glide wrapper did you use, how did you
>configure the wrapper, did you have to mess with your virtual memory,
>and (last but not least) are there any questions I forgot to ask /
>other info I should know about?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.

As far as I know, you have to go into DirextX (dxdiag) and disable
directdraw and/or direct3d from your video card. It should work then,
but isn't 100% stable...

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