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Offline Saurdaukar

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AHII will not launch
« on: August 20, 2004, 09:19:02 PM »
Howdy all (Skuzzy).

Situation:  Downloaded and installed AH2 twice with same result.

Double click shortcut, setup launches (resolution, etc).  White screen... back to desktop.

Successive tries result in white launch window and then CTD.

Tried both with and without Waffle's sound pack - no difference.

Vitals:

P4 2.0Ghz
768 MB RAM
Ati 9600 128MB (ati2dvag.dll driver ("Cat 3.4" I think?)) Most recent driver, AFAIK.
DX 9.0B
No antivirus software running

The system Im runing is a canibalized Dell... so Ive got a Turble Beach Santa Cruz sound card... driver - as far as I can tell - is "sc_4193"

Any ideas?  Had no problem running AHII during the first couple phases.

Ill keep this updated as I try new ****.

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AHII will not launch
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2004, 09:33:13 PM »
Update:  Just updated to DX 9.0C... no change.

Update:  Did all your recommended "tips and hints" Skuzz-meister; no change.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2004, 10:13:13 PM by Saurdaukar »

Offline nn76240

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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2004, 02:53:58 AM »
I have the same problems. My hard drive failed and need to re format and install a fresh os. after i install os and update. and install video card drivers and update. install ah2 patch 9 and start game pick 128 bit textures 1024x768 screen and pre load in systm mem. and keep at unlimited fps. click ok and im back at desktop. try to run game again and get a white screen and then back to desktop. Tryied restarting computer and still white screen and back to desktop. So I deleted vidconfig8 and tried again with out preload. Same problem. I need help. Acers high contint in my blood is getting low. starting to get faint.

Any help would be great (Skuzzy).

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2004, 05:59:38 AM »
Have you made sure to check your firewall and grant access to AHII?

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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2004, 08:39:32 AM »
Delete the contents of the cache folder in AH2 directory.

It's kind of a pain because you'll get the long pre load bar as it replaces all the graphics but it might help you out.

I had to do this right after the patch to get things running right.

Hope it works for you too.
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2004, 10:29:55 AM »
Its not a firewall problem - nothing been changed on the connection or the computer and I used to play the game without issue.

Just deleted the contents of the cache folder ("Version") with no improvement.

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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2004, 10:31:06 AM »
Same exact problem as him ^^

Cache folder didn't help either :( Thanks for the suggestion though

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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2004, 11:33:41 AM »
Bad shortcut maybe?

Delete the desktop shortcut, open the AH2 folder and create a new one to the aceshigh.exe file and drag it to desktop.

It's worth a shot.
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2004, 02:10:34 PM »
No change.

The contents of the short cut read as follows:

Target:  "C:\Program Files\HTC\Aces High II\aceshigh.exe"


Start in:  "C:\PROGRA~1\HTC\ACESHI~1"

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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2004, 04:00:02 PM »
haveing exact same truble   ( some times i wonder if this game is worth the truble)

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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2004, 04:02:45 PM »
ok first i doent run a firewall when i play i shut it down. Secound I cant even get to the image chach screen i can slect my video setting after i first install then when i click ok it goes back to desktop. Have tried deleting video8.cfg no help. Tried deleting all things in cach folder (only think there was verison.???) still no help. Had no problem playing the game in version 8. sinbce patch 9 came out no go with game.

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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2004, 04:24:29 PM »
the only thing i did today was run windows update (sp2) i wonder if that the truble

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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2004, 05:38:05 PM »
Could be.

Any you other guys that are having troubles run WinXP with the new sp2 update?

So far the only thing I see is that you all have in common is ATI vid cards.
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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2004, 06:14:28 PM »
I decided to try Aces High, downloaded it, tried to run it and had exact same problem. My vid card is a Radeon 9200. Guess this is the problem, oh well, lots of other online games to play.

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« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2004, 07:50:30 PM »
I run a 9200se and windows me doent think this problem has anything to do with an os.