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Warcraft III does not start up after the intro ?... (Win 98)
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A Devrager
2004-12-09 08:16:29 UTC
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I installed "Warcarft III - reign of Chaos", but when I click on the program
icon, I get the intro and after that the screen just shows the normal Win98
desktop ....
Does anybody have an idea what goes wrong ?
Thanks on forehand for all help.
Badmoeser
2004-12-09 14:02:12 UTC
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try this;

go to your w3 folder and rename the moviefolder like "!movie" or something
like that.

hope that will help
Post by A Devrager
I installed "Warcarft III - reign of Chaos", but when I click on the program
icon, I get the intro and after that the screen just shows the normal Win98
desktop ....
Does anybody have an idea what goes wrong ?
Thanks on forehand for all help.
A Devrager
2004-12-10 14:54:31 UTC
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thanks for your kind help.
I tried to rename the moie file, but it didn't help.

As a matter of fact : I get following error message
I wonder if I can overcome this in anyway ???


quote
============================================================================
==
Warcraft III (build 4448)

Exe: C:\PROGRAM FILES\WARCRAFT III\WAR3.EXE
Time: Dec 10, 2004 3:48:25.720 PM
User: desktop
Computer: DESKTOP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

This application has encountered a critical error:

FATAL ERROR!

Program: C:\PROGRAM FILES\WARCRAFT III\WAR3.EXE
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0187:0306A6A8

The instruction at '0x0306A6A8' referenced memory at '0x0306A6A8'.
The memory could not be 'read'.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

----------------------------------------
Stack Trace (Using DBGHELP.DLL)
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Post by Badmoeser
try this;
go to your w3 folder and rename the moviefolder like "!movie" or something
like that.
hope that will help
Post by A Devrager
I installed "Warcarft III - reign of Chaos", but when I click on the
program
Post by A Devrager
icon, I get the intro and after that the screen just shows the normal
Win98
Post by A Devrager
desktop ....
Does anybody have an idea what goes wrong ?
Thanks on forehand for all help.
Ashen Shugar
2004-12-10 18:20:21 UTC
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I think it was "A Devrager" <devrager(remove anti spam)@skynet.be>
that wrote something like...
Post by A Devrager
thanks for your kind help.
I tried to rename the moie file, but it didn't help.
As a matter of fact : I get following error message
I wonder if I can overcome this in anyway ???
What version of DirectX are you running? If you're playing on Win98
you may have too old a version, though I would have thought the
install of W3 would have picked that up. What video card do you have
and are it's drivers up to date? I actually had similar trouble with
Might And Magic 9 on my newer computer with it looking like it was
starting but then having it drop back to the desktop. In that case it
seemed almost like it couldn't handle the newer direct x version as
the install program always said I didn't have it installed. The game
worked fine on my older system though.

Another possibility I guess could be a corrupt install. If your hard
drive has bad segments and War3 got installed on them, it can do weird
things. An uninstall, thorough scan disk and a re-install *might*
help, but it's a bit of a long shot.

Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
A Devrager
2004-12-10 21:28:16 UTC
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thanks for yr reaction
i have Nvidia Geforce 4 MX4000
Could you remind me where I can check which version of directx I have ?
Operating system is win 98
Thanks again
Post by Ashen Shugar
that wrote something like...
Post by A Devrager
thanks for your kind help.
I tried to rename the moie file, but it didn't help.
As a matter of fact : I get following error message
I wonder if I can overcome this in anyway ???
What version of DirectX are you running? If you're playing on Win98
you may have too old a version, though I would have thought the
install of W3 would have picked that up. What video card do you have
and are it's drivers up to date? I actually had similar trouble with
Might And Magic 9 on my newer computer with it looking like it was
starting but then having it drop back to the desktop. In that case it
seemed almost like it couldn't handle the newer direct x version as
the install program always said I didn't have it installed. The game
worked fine on my older system though.
Another possibility I guess could be a corrupt install. If your hard
drive has bad segments and War3 got installed on them, it can do weird
things. An uninstall, thorough scan disk and a re-install *might*
help, but it's a bit of a long shot.
Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
Ashen Shugar
2004-12-12 12:00:05 UTC
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I think it was "A Devrager" <devrager(remove anti spam)@skynet.be>
that wrote something like...
Post by A Devrager
thanks for yr reaction
i have Nvidia Geforce 4 MX4000
Could you remind me where I can check which version of directx I have ?
Operating system is win 98
Thanks again
Start Menu - run - dxdiag

That should let you find out what version of Dx you're running. I
actually found out once that the problem I was having was because
hardware acceleration had been disabled for some reason, and enabling
it in dxdiag fixed my problem.

Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
A Devrager
2004-12-19 10:30:20 UTC
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thks for yr reply and sorry for my late reaction.
have been running dxdiag and evrything looks normal.
Thks once more
Post by Ashen Shugar
that wrote something like...
Post by A Devrager
thanks for yr reaction
i have Nvidia Geforce 4 MX4000
Could you remind me where I can check which version of directx I have ?
Operating system is win 98
Thanks again
Start Menu - run - dxdiag
That should let you find out what version of Dx you're running. I
actually found out once that the problem I was having was because
hardware acceleration had been disabled for some reason, and enabling
it in dxdiag fixed my problem.
Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
Geoff
2004-12-12 02:36:23 UTC
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Post by A Devrager
thanks for your kind help.
I tried to rename the moie file, but it didn't help.
As a matter of fact : I get following error message
I wonder if I can overcome this in anyway ???
FATAL ERROR!
Program: C:\PROGRAM FILES\WARCRAFT III\WAR3.EXE
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0187:0306A6A8
The instruction at '0x0306A6A8' referenced memory at '0x0306A6A8'.
The memory could not be 'read'.
your computer needs fixing, try reinstall windows, reinstall wc3, if still
broke, fix your hardware (if you can't, get someone who can)
reinstall fresh, that doesn't mean install over the top of current install
A Devrager
2004-12-19 10:28:34 UTC
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thks for yr reply and sorry for my late reaction
What is WC3 ????

I will of course not reinstall windows because a game is not working and if
all the other software is working fine.
Thks once more
Post by Geoff
Post by A Devrager
thanks for your kind help.
I tried to rename the moie file, but it didn't help.
As a matter of fact : I get following error message
I wonder if I can overcome this in anyway ???
FATAL ERROR!
Program: C:\PROGRAM FILES\WARCRAFT III\WAR3.EXE
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0187:0306A6A8
The instruction at '0x0306A6A8' referenced memory at '0x0306A6A8'.
The memory could not be 'read'.
your computer needs fixing, try reinstall windows, reinstall wc3, if still
broke, fix your hardware (if you can't, get someone who can)
reinstall fresh, that doesn't mean install over the top of current install
Luc The Perverse
2004-12-19 22:45:31 UTC
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Post by A Devrager
thks for yr reply and sorry for my late reaction
What is WC3 ????
WC3 is Warcraft 3
Post by A Devrager
I will of course not reinstall windows because a game is not working and if
all the other software is working fine.
Thks once more
It is either hardware (IE CDRom drive) or software (IE Windows or War III
installation) You shouldn't hesitate to reinstall windows. It is a good
thing in general to do to your system to maintain system health. Just make
sure you have a firewall application on disk, so you can run it before
connecting to the internet.

-LTP

:)

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