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Brought to you by lawyer. Saturday, Dec. 8th, early afternoon, place as soon as i get ahole of lawyer. Am bringing a laptop this time, meeting will be someplace downtown, maybe North pier. More as I know it. Rune

Lawyer, Make it Saturday the 8th afternoon, and I can meet you. Dick's Last Resort is at Navy Pier and might be a good meeting place. I even have a IBM laptop this time gentle folk from Chicago. Rune

Toran, Matt means NT 4.0 it will not run on. In order to get it to work on Windows NT 4.0, the "patch" would have to come from Microsoft to the Operating System, and since Windows 2000 and Windows XP is out, the chance of that happening is zero and none. CMBO does work with Windows 2000 [NT] as Matt said above and Windows XP you can look at any odf the threads where I answered that. Rune

When it is done, hopefully 1st quarter of 2002. Rune

You can read any of the dozen or more threads that I or others have answered. CMBO does have a problem with XP and NVidia drivers, but people have gotten a work around by using the 15.70 driver and 2X fsaa or by hitting esc once the error pops up. Others have had other fixes that worked. So, if you want to know exactly if that combination works, send me the computer and I will test it for you. Seriously, there is not one standard fix. CMBB is working on my XP machine with 2 different GeForce Cards and a TNT card, but there is still a driver issue. NVidia knows about it, all we can hope is they fix it in the driver sometime. Rune

Again, it depends on the operating system. Windows ME and (* and 95 do NOT have an issue, XP and 2000 has an issue with drivers that quite a few people got a work around on. NVidia knows about the problem, so maybe we will see something from them yet. However either older drivers or hitting esc and comming back in works for a lot of folks, was well as the older drivers. Rune

Rune****e? While I am out defending the world from KV-1s, and IS-2s, and planning to make YOUR future miserable, you insult me? For this, I plan on making a scenario just for you. Of course, you won't be able to play it for months, but I will have the satisfaction of designing it, playing it, and watching your conscript Russian troops die enmass. Yes, this is evil, did yuou expect any less? Lawyer, mind doing some light work for me? Play him in CMBO so we don't have to hear his annoying wail...what...oh...I didn't know that was his singing...what the heck, wipe him out in a battle anyway. Rune <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Seanachai: Good answer! Only, of course, if the question was: Where will a useless little ****e who takes over a month to return a file spend eternity in a Motel 6 in order to expiate his goddamn sins? Now, Panzer Leader, my merry little lad (you'd also look good dressed in crushed velvet and rhinestones, with a severe hairstyle and one pierced nostril and working as a waiter in Naples, Florida—don't make me get medieval on your arse...), when are we going to finish this nasty piece of Rune****e that you began? Be a good lad, and send the turn.<hr></blockquote>

No problem guys...glad to get ya up and running. Rune

Cauldron, If you mean in CMBO, delete the prefs file and it should prompt you when you start a new game. If you mean in XP, right click on the desktop, properties, settings, advanced, adapter, list all modes. From here you can pick the size and the refresh rate. Rune Am at work and doing this from memory, I think I got the menus correct.

What you posted sounds like a version conflict. Are you running 1.12 of the program? The error of a different version indicates you may not be running the latest. Check the version on the main screen at the bottom right when it comes up. I have not had a problem with any scenario on Windows XP, but I am using 1.12. Rune

More information: XP is having problems. When I used powerstrip, I got a more stable game, but I did get corruptions over time. Eric, Delete your prefs file from the CMBO folder, then run it. try a 1024 X 768 resolution at 75 mhz [if you get that option, if not, higest mhz rating you can get] See if that helps. However with so many mods, I don't know if there is much I can do to help. Also, for those who think it is just a BTS problem. Silent Hunter 2 just released has a major problem with XP also. I have been testing like crazy, will let all know when I get closer to a solution. Rune

Good job pritzl! I assume this means you aren't going to send me an 8200? darn. hehehehe Rune

Short answer...NO. It is only a problem with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Rune

Slowmo According to what I found, that is the problem, it doesn"t lock in the resolution. Mvidia and Microsoft admit it is a bug, and I am hoping that is what I find when I test the solution posted. Basically a third party application that locks down the resolution and refresh mhz. Again, I am not sure if this is the solution long term, but hopefully a work around. Will let all know tonight or tomorrow after proper testing. Rune

Partial solution with more testing to come. Look here: http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=002029 I didn't want to re-type it all. Will let all know what I find. Rune

Let's see...it is only happening with Dell computers. So, if someone wants to buy me a Dell 8200, I can research it and report to BTS. Oh yeah, it is only those latest models, my Dell doesn't have a problem. Rune

I have tried the suggestion from SlowMo. It DOES seem to help. I set the desktop to a lower scan rate, and then set CMBO to match it. I get no corruption on the main screen, a little on the units screen, and cannot see the end screen with score. Work around to that is to click on map, then click OK, and yopu see the scores but over the map. So, a partial work around. Armed with this information, I have been doing a search. PC Gamer's latest issue of all places has a hint. It seems there is an NVIDIA/Microsoft bug with screen resolutions. They gave a web site to download a program and lock the resolutions. I will try it tomorrow [or tonight if I have time]. Since it seemed to help, I am wondering if we are hitting this XP bug. Will keep all informed. Rune

i tried that with older drivers, but will try with 22.85 as soon as i get them and report the progress here. Rune

The XP/NVidia driver issue exists in Windows 2000 or Windows XP computers. The card does not seem to be an issue, as some people reported no problem and the same card and settings have problems on another workstation. I can play CMBO on Windows XP, but have to use the esc trick a couple times until the graphics clear. Some people have had good luck by runing 4x fsaa or using the deanco mod. I see much less problem with the deanco mod, since it uses less white text. if you disable hardware rendering and run cmbo in software mode [640 X 480], then XP and Windows 2000 does NOT have a problem. The Dell 3.78 drivers for 2000 supposedly do not have a problem, and the problem was introduced later on. Am running the 22.80 drivers on XP and ME, no problems on ME but the transparent white still exist on XP. Other games are having problems with the NVidia drivers with XP, Mechwarrior 4 or Pools of Radiance for example. I will continue tot est each version of drivers as they come out. Rune

Re-installing CMBO does NOT overwrite your existing directx. If you hit space when the music is playing, does it go to the main screen? If so, then you have to reinstall apple quicktime. accessing the fsaa is easy. On windows XP right click on the desktop, then go to properties. Once there, settings, nvidia additional options and fsaa is there. Rune

If it isn't listed, then either a version difference [which I doubt], or you are loading fromt he CD. When you change the drives and jumpers, you are changing the master/slave I assume? you might be doing somethign where the drive isn't being seen? I have Windows XP on my system and test CMBO and CMBB and have never had this problem. Rune

I have been testing, and the 4X fsaa issue with Windows ME and Windows 98 has been fixed with the release of the 22.50 drivers. Yep, I am running the nvidia card under Windows ME and 4X fsaa with no graphical corruption. No change to the Windows 2000/XP issue yet. Posted here since not everyone reads the technical forum. Rune

Add another game having problems with Windows XP, Pools of Radiance. Turn off the fsaa to fix the really bad graphical bug that comes up. rune

I have been getting emails from people that have Geforce Cards and windows xp and do not have a problem. However, I have NOT detected any kind of pattern between those that work and those that don't. 21.83 drivers on both, default settings on both. I tried here with changing size of agp memory, and other settings. I can get it to work fine in software mode, but with directx calls enabled get the transparency issues. This still points to the drivers. More to come if I find anything. Rune

Make a new folder with a different name and just copy the files to the new folder. it will work, but you still have to have the cd in. Rune