Help Fast Plz!!!!

EthixusTheGreat · 02-06-2007, 01:58 AM

Ok.

I play Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II - Rise Of THe Witch King alot
and my friend wants to get it so we can play it with each other(he just has Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II not the ROTWK expansion)

All i know aobut his computer is:
eMachines
Athlon 3200+
1gb RAM DDR400 (512x2 dual channel)
120gb HARDDRIVE
6600gt video card

ANYWAY... his games used to play fine (he playes Counter Strike and Battle For Middle Earth II). Now they dont. (this happened back in summer they stopped working... we dont know what caused it...)

WHAT HAPPENS: he starts the game... the screen that says "Battle For MIddle Earth" comes up in the center of the screen like normal... then when the game would usually go into full-screen a black screen flickers then closes out and a dialog box pops up that says something to the effect:

"make sure newest version of directX is installed and make sure hardware is accelerated"

something about those things...

now
i know he has the newest version of directX is installed because he installed it and we did that like 5 times...

i went to the display options to check the hardware acceleration... it was a full...

what is the problem????? help?
he is hesitant to buying the expansion because he doesn't think it will work...

Edit: THIS IS A FAMILY COMPUTER HE IS USING SO REFORMATTING IS NOT AN OPTION

EthixusTheGreat · 02-06-2007, 04:29 PM

bump

Boomer · 02-06-2007, 05:28 PM

did he try reinstalling the game?

**Archangel** · 02-06-2007, 06:04 PM

have you tried updating the video card drivers?

Forceware 93.71 win Xp

and when you go to Start -> Run and in that box you type dxdiag.. such a screen should appear, does it say no problems found on the 2nd tab?

here is a pic of what i mean (I just made it, and on my pc everything works just fine

)

EthixusTheGreat · 02-06-2007, 07:02 PM

im reinstalling the drivers... brb
and i'll tell u the status on the DX thing.... right now there ARE errors...

EthixusTheGreat · 02-06-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boomer

did he try reinstalling the game?

i doubt thats the problem because all his games have the problem (and he even did reisntall this one)

and i guess once and a while videos have the same problem

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

have you tried updating the video card drivers?

Forceware 93.71 win Xp

and when you go to Start -> Run and in that box you type dxdiag.. such a screen should appear, does it say no problems found on the 2nd tab?

here is a pic of what i mean (I just made it, and on my pc everything works just fine

)

ok
we reinstalled the driver...
and then we did the dxdiag thing u told us to do... this is what we got:

Several files (dimap.dll, diactfrm.dll, gcdef.dll) are old versions, which could cause problems.

is that what you think is wrong?
and what can be done to fix it?

EthixusTheGreat · 02-06-2007, 07:23 PM

btw, i tried the game again

this time it crashed like normal... but i got an error

EthixusTheGreat · 02-07-2007, 05:09 PM

bump... srry if i am being annoying... i just REALLY wanna figure this out... we have been trying for a long time now... and googled like nuts and haven't figured it out... now we are determined to fix this.... & IK there is someone here smart enough to help...

plzzzzzz

**Archangel** · 02-07-2007, 07:25 PM

you really have to download DirectX9.0c, and install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

if your DXdiag say's some files are old or missing,.. somthing is definately not right, just download dx9.0c and install it (i assume his windows is legit, since its an emachines, wich come standard with windows pre-installed, right?

EthixusTheGreat · 02-07-2007, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

you really have to download DirectX9.0c, and install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

if your DXdiag say's some files are old or missing,.. somthing is definately not right, just download dx9.0c and install it (i assume his windows is legit, since its an emachines, wich come standard with windows pre-installed, right?

did that... still the same problems... still the same result on the file check and game still crashes...

and yes his windows is legit for sure

is there a way to download those files and replace them with the newest version?

and can anyone interpret what that game crash means?

02-06-2007, 01:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
EthixusTheGreat New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 23	Help Fast Plz!!!! Ok. I play Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II - Rise Of THe Witch King alot and my friend wants to get it so we can play it with each other(he just has Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II not the ROTWK expansion) All i know aobut his computer is: eMachines Athlon 3200+ 1gb RAM DDR400 (512x2 dual channel) 120gb HARDDRIVE 6600gt video card ANYWAY... his games used to play fine (he playes Counter Strike and Battle For Middle Earth II). Now they dont. (this happened back in summer they stopped working... we dont know what caused it...) WHAT HAPPENS: he starts the game... the screen that says "Battle For MIddle Earth" comes up in the center of the screen like normal... then when the game would usually go into full-screen a black screen flickers then closes out and a dialog box pops up that says something to the effect: "make sure newest version of directX is installed and make sure hardware is accelerated" something about those things... now i know he has the newest version of directX is installed because he installed it and we did that like 5 times... i went to the display options to check the hardware acceleration... it was a full... what is the problem????? help? he is hesitant to buying the expansion because he doesn't think it will work... Edit: THIS IS A FAMILY COMPUTER HE IS USING SO REFORMATTING IS NOT AN OPTION Last edited by EthixusTheGreat; 02-06-2007 at 02:02 AM.

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Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,070	have you tried updating the video card drivers? Forceware 93.71 win Xp and when you go to Start -> Run and in that box you type dxdiag.. such a screen should appear, does it say no problems found on the 2nd tab? here is a pic of what i mean (I just made it, and on my pc everything works just fine ) __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU Last edited by Archangel; 02-06-2007 at 06:07 PM.

02-07-2007, 07:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,070	you really have to download DirectX9.0c, and install it. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx if your DXdiag say's some files are old or missing,.. somthing is definately not right, just download dx9.0c and install it (i assume his windows is legit, since its an emachines, wich come standard with windows pre-installed, right? __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

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02-06-2007, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
EthixusTheGreat New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 23	bump

02-06-2007, 07:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
EthixusTheGreat New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 23	im reinstalling the drivers... brb and i'll tell u the status on the DX thing.... right now there ARE errors...

02-06-2007, 07:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
EthixusTheGreat New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 23	btw, i tried the game again this time it crashed like normal... but i got an error

02-07-2007, 05:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
EthixusTheGreat New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 23	bump... srry if i am being annoying... i just REALLY wanna figure this out... we have been trying for a long time now... and googled like nuts and haven't figured it out... now we are determined to fix this.... & IK there is someone here smart enough to help... plzzzzzz

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