BReilley

Hello - just confirmed compatibility mode needs to be enabled, and the game runs just fine. Thank you all again! - Ben

Thanks for the pointers! I disabled the Director's Cut option and that didn't change things, so I then disabled shadows and enabled the Compatibility Mode for VAs. The game now runs just fine. Later tonight I will figure out which option is causing the problem. Thank you all again, it's nice to be able to enjoy the game - Ben

Hi all - I just bought the game last night and eagerly installed it, only to find out there were two patches to download. I downloaded and ran both, then ran the game. Well, the launcher comes up with an error when I run it. "Application crashed: access violation reading from address 0x00000004! SystemInit search path: C:\games\UFO Aftermath atiPPHSN at line ??? addr: 0x6914e8a6 StackWalk: 6" I've searched this board and the official board, but can't seem to find anyone else with the same problem. Ever hopeful, I ran the actual game and had no problems until I began the tutorial mission and moved Malcolm around. He announced that he'd spotted an enemy, the game hung, and spat me back to Windows with a generic error-caught box. Just to be sure that this is the correct trigger, I began another game without the tutorial missoon, and soon found myself searching out a transgenant. When the characters spotted an enemy, again the game crashed, and again I was back in Windows. My CPU is an AMD XP2200. Vidcard is an ATI Radeon 7500(until the RMA'd 9800 gets back) RAM is 1GB. Soundcard is a Hercules Gamesurround XL. Mainboard is an ECS K7S5A. Monitor is a 17" ViewSonic good for 75Hz(IIRC) at 1024x768. OS is Windows XP Pro, all service packs and updates installed as of today. Video drivers are current as of today, sound and mainboard driver sets current as of three weeks ago. The game's version is English, 1.3. Has anyone else had/overcome this problem? Thanks for any and all input! - Ben Reilley