Ok so before posting this i took about an hour to read what others have posted. I brought the game out of the box and installed it and because of my old drivers it didn't run. Ok, so no surprise there. I have an HP laptop with an ATi Mobility Raedon 9000igp, the old drivers were from sometime in 04. So i go to hp and get the new drivers, there from 05. Installed them all well and good and the game loaded right up no hassles whatsoever. So i played the game for awhile, eventually saved the game and exited the program. Then when i went back to load my game the blue wall of death struck. So after the restart, i checked the err file and it said that my drivers were from 04 again. This troubled me greatly, so i went back and re-d/led the drivers. That did not work. Every time after the first the game has given me the blue wall. It seems like the drivers took the first time but now the game is just not reading them, or the comp rolled back and now wont take them. I honestly have no idea what is going on though. It truly baffles me that I did play the game for a few hours, and now despite my best efforts i cannot manage to load the game again. Here is my err file, like i said its reading the 04 drivers, even though i have installed the newer 05 versions because the game loaded after the first install.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I really would love to get back to playing this game.
Debug Message: Version v1.2 last updated on: Mon Jun 12 18:04:26 2006
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 7/18/2006, 20:03:06
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: DEREKLAPTOP1
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: Pavilion zv5000 (DZ330U#ABA)
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Physical Memory: 1150MB RAM
Page File: 278MB used, 1850MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: MOBILITY RADEON 9100 IGP AGP (0x5835)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5835&SUBSYS_006B103C&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6436
Driver Date: 5/15/2004 22:29:34
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes
Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4341&SUBSYS_006B103C&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: smwdm.sys
Provider: Analog Devices
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3705
Driver Date: 9/10/2003 18:34:36
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONMASKABLE
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No string tables in E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default/Data/*.str
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Movies\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Movies\techs\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Gfx\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Gfx\Race\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Event Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: * Collectors Edition *
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\*.xml
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Techs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Gfx\Planets\C0*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Anomalies\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Events\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\UPIssues\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Invasions\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\StarTypes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer.
Debug Message: Device lost
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Logos\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Metaverse\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Portraits\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Derek\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\temp\*.sav
Debug Message: Error loading mission 16 from E:\GALCIV2\./Data/English/Campaigns/Dread Lords Campaign.gc2campaign
Debug Message: Error loading mission 16 from E:\GALCIV2\./Data/English/Campaigns/Dread Lords Campaign.gc2campaign
Debug Message: Creating Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: MissionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Campaign_MiniMap_Window
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clearing Turn Event Log
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Loading custom map: ./Data/English/Campaigns\An Unexpected Visitor.gc2map (0 x 200432023)
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 7
Debug Message: CustomRaceWnd: Cannot find OBJID CustomRace_Tab_Homeworld
Debug Message: Setting Game Options
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 20
Debug Message: Altarian Republic: Intellence -> 80
Debug Message: Creating Civs... Done
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Galaxy Create... Done
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 0
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Campaign Game Started: Dread Lords Campaign
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Enabled
