This is strange. I've had no problems playing the game until this week, when I upgraded my video card from a nvidia 64MB 420 (something like that) to an XFX 7600GT. Now, when I try to play GalcivII, I get a black box in the upper left corner of my monitor (about 7/8 of my screen), and I have to exit out from the bottom task bar. The game won't load. Other games (Civ IV, Star Wars KOTOR II, Railroad Tycoon 3) all load and work fine after upgrade of video card.
I ran defrag on my hard drive right after I upgraded to the new card, so I thought that may be the problem. I uninstalled and reinstalled GALCIV II after I first encountered the problem, and still nothing. I didn't try to run the game after video upgrade but before defrag. The other games worked fine after the defrag.
Here is my debug file:
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 7/17/2007, 21:47:25
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: BRYAN_HOME
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension 4550
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Physical Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 289MB used, 959MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7600 GT
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_02E0&SUBSYS_22491682&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes
Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Creative SB Live! Series
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: P16X.sys
Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0124
Driver Date: 8/30/2002 17:29:02
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Sound device 1:
Description: Modem #2 Line Playback (emulated)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 81
Driver Name:
Provider:
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Type: Emulated
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: Could not create the render device using default format. Switching to 16bit
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device.
Debug Message: InitializeDirect3D Failed.
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
Any thoughts?
