Crash to desktop on start

[zacharychaos]

Incredible

I was trying to run this on an overclocked 8800 GT Between bouts of Crysis Warhead and Fallout 3 of course

I thought I was SOL until this very forum. Funny how I always play that damn Call to Power every few years.

*grunts* BLOOD SHALL RUN!

[iDestroy]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!

the problem with nVidia drivers and Call To Power has been fixed.
Update your video card drivers to 181.20.
Works perfect for me without any tricks (like backward compatibility mode) so you can run a widescreen resolution if you want.

[iDestroy]

uhhh....

See what the earliest driver version supports your video card and install it.

[Tichothewolf]

Originally posted by iDestroy
yup dude. I uninstalled 169.21 nVidia drivers and installed 91.31 drivers and it works great now. You can't install 90-series drivers because they dont support the 8000-series nVidia cards.

So.. What can I do? nothing?

[iDestroy]

yup dude. I uninstalled 169.21 nVidia drivers and installed 91.31 drivers and it works great now. You can't install 90-series drivers because they dont support the 8000-series nVidia cards.

[iDestroy]

I'm having the exact same problem. The difference from my previous set up (that worked) was I added a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XTreme Music, XP service Pack 3 beta, and nVidia 169.21 drivers. I think the 160-series nVidia drivers are the problem. Im going to try and install 90-series drivers since i know those work for sure.

To fix your problem, try and get the oldest version of nVidia drivers that would support your card.

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Tichothewolf

Oh, did I mention it was a laptop?

Oh, I see.

[Tichothewolf]

Originally posted by Keygen


If the problem with your old PC is just a fried power cord then why don't you buy a new power cord from any store that sells PC parts?

You make it sound so easy but the store I got it from told me I had to contact the manufacturer, whose specialty is refridgerators so the people in the department taking care of the computers really don't are about their jobs it seems.

If I could just jam a random cord into the back, I'd be happy.

Oh, did I mention it was a laptop?

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Tichothewolf

I've never even heard of virtualization until now, and it sounds pretty complicated. My old computer has a fried power cord and the manufacturer is heartless.

If the problem with your old PC is just a fried power cord then why don't you buy a new power cord from any store that sells PC parts?

As for installing and setting up a virtualization software to your machine is pretty straightforward, all you need to do is follow the instructions.

Here are some links to the most popular software of the kind:

VMware
Microsoft Virtual PC
Parallels

[Tichothewolf]

It's not the cd because it runs perfectly on an older setup.. This is a backwards compatibility issue that I'm probably going to have to take to the big scary nvidia forums.

I saw somewhere forceware 84.21 would run it, but I am only able to install versions 150-current

[Keygen]

Any news Tichothewolf?

[Tichothewolf]

I've never even heard of virtualization until now, and it sounds pretty complicated. My old computer has a fried power cord and the manufacturer is heartless.

I'm going to my friend's to try it on her older pc and hope it works.

[Keygen]

Perhaps you should also consider using virtualization software or if you have an older computer somewhere use it.

[Tichothewolf]

I have upgraded my windows media player and rolled back the video drivers but still no luck.

Argh this isn't fair, next I'll try slowing down the cd speed just in case it's skipping over some mistake.

[Tichothewolf]

I saw in another forum 84.21 would work but when I tried to install it the setup program said I had no compatible hardware, I don't know what version the 8 series started with.

Do you think I'm just not able to play with my current video card?