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Clacton0

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Hi this is my first post here. I have just got this game but would like to know if it Would run OK on my laptop? Ive read other post but none of these mention the specs I have which are

1.6GHz, 533 FSB, 2MB L2 cache -- Pentium M 730
15.4 Inch WXGA Crystalbrite TFT LCD
ATI X700 Mobility Radeon with 64MB VRAM
80GB HDD 4200RPM
CD Car-Stereo type loader that writes DVDs and CDs
512MB DD2 -- Dual-channel supported
802.11b/g wireless Lan
XP Home Edition

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...0GB+COMBO+15.4

Also Ive have a AMD 2600 MHZ PC with 1GB of 333 MHZ ram and an 128 MB ATI 9800 Pro card would this game be OK on there to?
 
Just tried this on here and it would not even start up. So I am going to see if I can instill this on the PC.
 
Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware
Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP
Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
Hard Disk Space: 1.7 GB Free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Hardware T&L support ( GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

Recommended Hardware
Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1.7 GB Free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel & vertex shaders)
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

On Board graphics chips (IGPs) are not supported, unless its the latest Intel 945 series.

make sure you Patch to V1.52

If still issues, please post your Dxdiag
(Start - click - choose run - type dxdiag - hit enter - wait amin - select 'save all information' - and post here using the 'go advanced' button below

Regards
Zy
 
The game runs on my PC ok. But I have not got a clue what to do on the game. Its a massive instruction book to read through.
 

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Great you up & running :)

Suggest you visit the Discussion Forum. It takes a while to get into it for the first time, especially if you not played Strategy games before. So keep expectations on the level, you need to play a few games, get slaughtered a few times - dont get wound up over the AI getting at you etc - then it will settle, make sense and you are away.

Post on the Discussion forum for game help, say you are just starting etc. Patience, lots of, is needed initially

Run the tutorial game, its a very simplistic one, but gives the basics

EDIT: Make sure you loaded Patch V1.52 - its a must have

Good Luck :)

Regards
Zy
 
The Patch is a must have - even if still problems, keep it loaded, else you will just mask whatever the real issue is

Regards
Zy
 
what dose this mean

Caught Unhandled exception creating xml parser object current xml file is:
 
That is an error that was prevalent with V1 & V1.09

You need Patch V1,52

If you have loaded it, and still get that post again please

Regards
Zy
 
Clacton0 said:
what dose this mean

Caught Unhandled exception creating xml parser object current xml file is:
Click to expand...

Ive instilled the patch game still wont start. If I keep getting these problems I am going to send the game back to play.com :(
 
Clacton0 said:
Hi this is my first post here. I have just got this game but would like to know if it Would run OK on my laptop? Ive read other post but none of these mention the specs I have which are

1.6GHz, 533 FSB, 2MB L2 cache -- Pentium M 730
15.4 Inch WXGA Crystalbrite TFT LCD
ATI X700 Mobility Radeon with 64MB VRAM
80GB HDD 4200RPM
CD Car-Stereo type loader that writes DVDs and CDs
512MB DD2 -- Dual-channel supported
802.11b/g wireless Lan
XP Home Edition

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...0GB+COMBO+15.4

Also Ive have a AMD 2600 MHZ PC with 1GB of 333 MHZ ram and an 128 MB ATI 9800 Pro card would this game be OK on there to?
Click to expand...

Ive put the patch on the pc. It says please insert correct DVD ROM now. But the game is in the DVD Drive.
 
Just to let you know Ive got the game running on my laptop ok now. I updated the XML parser object and it works fine now. I have not played on a big map yet though so dont know if it will slow down. I might go and try to update the XML parser object on my pc.
 
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