Guys,
This question has probably been raised numerous times before, and may I appologise if I bore some of you, but I'm going mental here.
I have just picked up the game after a couple of years away from it. I have loaded the Full version (plus the patch v9.6) onto my PC, but I cannot get the game to load. I have read some strings on the 'autorun' icon not working and have tried all other '.exe' start points with no luck.
I have also tried to install a 'noCD' patch too see if it was that. It wasn't!
I have also tried both v8.1 and v9.0 DirectX. Bummed out there too.
HEEEELLLLLLLLLP (please).
What patches should be installed and in what order to get the base game running?
Symptoms are as follows:
Click on the icon to initiate loading
'SafeDisk' screen appears and I can hear the CD spinning up.
SafeDisk screen goes and my monitor goes blank (as if to allow the Title sequence to start).
CD stops and the Desktop re-appears. No error messages, no GP4 tag on the bottom of the screen. Nothing!
PC it 2.4Ghz P4 with 64Mb grafix, 256Mb ram, SB 5.1 running XP Home etc etc etc
Had no problems with anything b4.