I hope that there is some help for my problem with the Combat Mission demo. I have downloaded it twice (at 2+ hours each time) and followed suggestions from Combat Mission creators and still cannot get it to run.
Here is what happens when I try to run the demo: the resolution selection comes up first, always as 800 X 600 which is correct for my computer. After I accept the selection, the opening screen and sound start and then shortly, sound stops and activity appears to end. I have let the machine sit for at least 15 minutes before ctrl+alt+del to unlock screen.
My computer: Dell Dimension 8100, Pentium 4, 1.3 Ghz
Features:
- Windows ME
- 256MB PC800 RDRAM
- 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics card
- SB Live! sound card
Things I have done so far:
1. Upgraded DirectX to version 8.1
2. Upgraded GeForce video driver (Can't remember version number, but it was something like 28.40. This version was issued at the end of February)
3. Asked Dell to confirm that sound and video cards were not sharing IRQ's. (They say they are not sharing)
4. Deleted the previously downloaded demo and re-downloaded a new one.
5. Confirmed that the screen resolution offered by CMB is the same as my present settings (800 X 600.)
6. Made sure that there was no file named “Bynd Ovr Pref” (CMB suggestion)
7. Did my best to make sure that there was as little running in background as possible. This included making a shortcut to the demo .exe file (so I wouldn’t be running it from Windows Explorer), shutting down the virus detector (Norton) and looking through the list on “close program” and shutting down everything except the keyboard, the shortcut list and three other things I couldn’t identify but one of which caused the computer to shut down when I closed it.
Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.