MartinL
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Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue or what to try next?
During installation of the patch it complained about a file missing, I went forward with the installation (I'm an optimist).
The game started ok, I was able to start a quick battle, but in the main screen I see the message: The following data files are missing. Please contact customer service. fortress italy v220.brz.
I have attached a screen capture of the message.
Thanks!
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For anybody else perplexed by the lack of "Red Thunder" + "v2.13" in https://www.battlefront.com/patches: "CMRT Engine 4" is the right link: it does show v213 as the patch number.
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Good news! Problem is solved.
Under Display Properties -> Settings -> Advanced there is a "Troubleshoot" tab. Hardware acceleration wasn't set to Full and I seem to recall that might have been done because of mouse issues with the previous serial mouse.
Set it to full h/w acceleration, restart the system and CMAK now works like a charm. I still get the redness if I ctrl-esc out and come back, but that is a minor issue.
Thanks a million for your help! Out of the exercise I got my drivers updated.
Cheers!
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Thank you for the suggestions.
Indeed, I have DirectX 9.0c.
My ATI Rage 128 has the latest driver.
I updated the VIA Hyperion driver.
I updated the BIOS to 1013.
No other mouse drivers were found in add/remove programs.
This is a Microsoft mouse and I simply used what Windows XP provided. Before I wrote my post, I had looked for an updated mouse driver and Microsoft suggested Intellipoint; I installed it and didn't get any improvements so I removed it again.
Can anybody explain why:
- from the main CMAK window (with mouse stuck)
- ctrl-esc out to Windows
- click the CMAK icon to go back in CMAK
Result: Mouse is ok and display is somewhat more red (not as nice) but still useable.
I appreciate any help that can be offered but, since I have a workaround, I will accept a surrender for this one.
Cheers!
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Problem: When starting up CMAK and CMBB, mouse is stuck in the middle of the screen. A second erratic mouse appears at the bottom of the screen, it is not always visible but by juggling around enough I can usually get it to open over the "EXIT" button so that I can leave.
Interesting workaround: If I ctrl-esc out to the main Windows page and then click back into CMAK, then the mouse works correctly. (so I have a workaround to my problem, thus it is not critical at this point, simply quite annoying). Note I haven't confirmed the above behaviour with CMBB.
I believe the problem is related to replacing a serial mouse to a wheel optical mouse using PS/2. Swithching to using USB didn't help and I failed to succeed going back to the serial mouse to confirm. Note that I hadn't used CMAK or CMBB for a few months (mea culpa) after replacing the mouse so that it why I am not 100% confident it is related to the mouse replacement.
Other info: Removing the .prefs file and restarting sometimes result in the mouse functioning correctly right up to starting up a scenario. When I alt-a out of the scenario, the erratic mouse behaviour occurs again.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Martin
System information:
SiSoftware Sandra
Processor
Model : AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Speed : 1.66GHz
Model Number : 2000 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2406 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)
Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1006
System : System Manufacturer System Name
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V8X-X
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Chipset 1
Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc VT8377 Apollo KT400/A/600 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : ViewSonic P810
Adapter : Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro
Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Human Interface : Logitech WingMan RumblePad (HID)
Human Interface : Logitech WingMan RumblePad USB
MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Standard Game Port
Device : SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86/IA32) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Network Services
Adapter : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
MOUSE INFORMATION:
SiSoftware Sandra
Device Information
Model : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Number of Buttons : 3
Wheel : Yes
Port : PS/2 or USB
Device Settings
User Prefers Mouse : Yes
Button Configuration : Right-hand
Cursor Shadow : No
Pointer Trails : No
Sonar Enabled : No
Vanish Enabled : Yes
Pointer Tracking Speed : 1
X/Y Threshold : 6 / 10
Double Click Speed : 410 ms
MouseKeys Accessibility Feature
Engaged : No
DirectX Information:
SiSoftware Sandra
Driver Information
File Name : display
Library Version : 5.03.2600.2180
Device
Model : Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro
WHQL Level : 1
Total/Free Memory : 32MB / 30.3MB, 95%
Total/Free Video Memory : 32MB / 30.3MB, 95%
Total/Free Texture Memory : 32MB / 30.3MB, 95%
Maximum Z-Buffer Depth : 32-bit
Maximum Visible Overlays : 1
Min/Max Overlay Stretch : 0.0 / 16.0
Min/Max Live Video Stretch : 0.0 / 16.0
Min/Max Hardware Codec Stretch : 0.0 / 16.0
Max/Current Video Ports : 1 / 0
Interface
Supports DirectDraw v7 (DX7) : Yes
Current Refresh Rate : 60Hz
General Capabilities
Has 3D Hardware Acceleration : Yes
Supports Alpha Blending : No
<a lot of other information removed because this was getting too long...>
CMFI v2.20 patch is now available
in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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Thank you @user1000, that got rid of the warning and, I assume, the problem!
I would have thought that the patch .exe file would have taken care of that, oh well.
Cheers!