Hello,
I have an HP Pavilion zt3000 notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (32MB) graphics card. When I first installed the game, everything worked fine. I started a game and played it all the way through with no problems at the highest graphical settings. However, after that I was no longer able to start a new game.
What happens is that once the loading screen with the movie playing and Spock talking shows the "Play Game" button, clicking the button closes the movie screen and the whole screen goes black. The only things visible are the date, event messages regarding me entering the game, and the portrait of one of my units that is off screen. For about 5-10 seconds I can move my mouse (I can't interact with anything), but after that even my mouse cursor goes away and my system is locked up. Before I click the "Play Game" button in the movie screen, I can still Alt-Tab out of the game, but after I do click it, Alt-Tab does nothing.
I have tried the latest drivers from HP, as well as the Omega driver version 2.5.97a recommended for my video card here on the forums. Note that the newer Omega and Catalyst drivers don't work on my laptop - the video gets scrambled. Every time I've re-installed the game as well as when I installed the Omega driver, I've been able to start one game successfully. After that, it locks up when I start another.
A curious thing is that when I try to load saved games, it works every time. I've created saved games on the very first turn and have been able to load them no problem. So what's the difference between starting a new game and loading an existing one?
Has anybody else had this happen to them? BTW - I've emailed TAKE 2 and haven't heard anything else from them since their initial request for the DirectX system info file (which I sent to them).
Thanks,
Curt
PS - For reference, I've attached my DxDiag file.
I have an HP Pavilion zt3000 notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (32MB) graphics card. When I first installed the game, everything worked fine. I started a game and played it all the way through with no problems at the highest graphical settings. However, after that I was no longer able to start a new game.
What happens is that once the loading screen with the movie playing and Spock talking shows the "Play Game" button, clicking the button closes the movie screen and the whole screen goes black. The only things visible are the date, event messages regarding me entering the game, and the portrait of one of my units that is off screen. For about 5-10 seconds I can move my mouse (I can't interact with anything), but after that even my mouse cursor goes away and my system is locked up. Before I click the "Play Game" button in the movie screen, I can still Alt-Tab out of the game, but after I do click it, Alt-Tab does nothing.
I have tried the latest drivers from HP, as well as the Omega driver version 2.5.97a recommended for my video card here on the forums. Note that the newer Omega and Catalyst drivers don't work on my laptop - the video gets scrambled. Every time I've re-installed the game as well as when I installed the Omega driver, I've been able to start one game successfully. After that, it locks up when I start another.
A curious thing is that when I try to load saved games, it works every time. I've created saved games on the very first turn and have been able to load them no problem. So what's the difference between starting a new game and loading an existing one?
Has anybody else had this happen to them? BTW - I've emailed TAKE 2 and haven't heard anything else from them since their initial request for the DirectX system info file (which I sent to them).
Thanks,
Curt
PS - For reference, I've attached my DxDiag file.
