joblue Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I will preface thsi by saying that my machine is up to date, and I have installed many many pieces of software in my time So, I download all 1.867,870 Gb of glory, install it on my machine...and....well, nothing. When I click on the desktop icon, nothing happens. When I try and run thr mission editor, I get a "wrong game version" error. When I try to run the config utility I get an error about a missing rts.dll file that cant be loaded. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBR Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=66;t=000039 Maybe his solution will help you. CBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblue Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 I tried his suggestion, which entailed turning of the firewall, to no avail So the game still wont start, and my error message when i try and run the editor is bizarre. "This application will not work with a current version of this game Theatre of War" I had the demo installed, but installed it long before I installed my new purchase. i have never had install issues with BF or any games really, as i sort of do this for a living. joblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 That sure does sound like the e-license thing is causing trouble. There are detailed instructions in the tech forum on the ways you could solve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblue Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 But I dont even get to the point where I enter/activate my license... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 And that's because elicense is prevented from working properly. I've seen this complaint before, it can be solved. Not running Vista, by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzzleFlash Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi, I have exactly the same problem as joblue, with the same message. - I never installed the demo, I waited for the full game. - Running on Dual Opteron 285, Windows XP Pro, 8800 GTX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zu Pferd Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi there: It sounds like the problem I'm having too. I did get the eLicense window and entered my license code and it was accepted...however having done that when I tried to get the game to START I got a new pointer a crash to black screen back to deskstop under a different setting (unable to detect setting parameters)and back to my default setting deskstop screen 1024x768 (recommended by ToW)..the Editor howeverlaunches...!! so it can't be a eLicense problem or can it? While looking through other fellain out there who seem to have problems gettting the game to go I noticed I don't have any eLicense folder !!?? can't unistall or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 What are your system specs? I have seen this issues before when the video card was not powerful enough to run the game. It needs to support Shaders 2.0. If you have an ATI based card, that means it needs to be a Radeon 9600 or higher, for nVidia, it needs to be a GeFroce 4600 or higher. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steiner65 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I have Nvidia GeForce 6600. Not so good but good enough to launch the game. Or am I wrong? Well the game won't launch at all and I have not any error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCOIC Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 GeForce 7300 LE, same problem Double click icon, hourglass then nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zu Pferd Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi Madmatt specs Microsoft Win XP Home vers. 2002(original, not a clone) Service Pack2 Intel® Pentium®4 CPU 2.66Ghz 1.00GB ram ATI video card Radeon9600 128MB which I refreshed and upgraded. I'm downloading the demo and I'll see if I can get it to work. I downloaded the program from the e-mail from Battlefront and download came without any problems, same with the eLicense...The game does not start even after tweeking down all graphics in the ToW Configuration. One thing is odd.... I don't have a folder in 'Control Panel'for the eLicence which I saw somewhere in this forum... the ToW Editor works..... lots of fun !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zu Pferd Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi Madmatt... finished downloading Demo... when I click to run it I get error message Files corrupted, please obtain a new copy of the program...does not say why (background programs running Security Service from Telus a local telephone company here in Alberta Canada) ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zu Pferd Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi Madmatt.. 1st download came from Strategy Informer I'm downloading from Worthplaying now... If this game plays as good as it looks I'm giving up .....what else...ah drinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zu Pferd Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Update: to Madmatt....2nd download worked good with no problems set game configuration to 1024x768 low res for everything..no shadows I shut down all running programs including antivirus firewall ect and.....game crashes back to deskstop!! According to ToW I have min spec on my computer. Standing by I believe the same will happen with the CD which will arrive in Canada in 3 weeks according to Battlefront...I will keep coming to the forum to keep looking for a solution. I know you guys are working hard on this problem and I appreciate it thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzzleFlash Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Just to say that the fix provided in the "Wrong version" editor error & main game doesn't launch? sticky thread worked for me. I had no problem licensing afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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