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Kevin Blake
1 posts since 1 January 2000
Fri, 24/03/2006 - 08:09
Empire Earth: Graphics problem

I loaded the game by putting the disc into the CD-Rom, and it plays perfectly the intro movie and everything. No skipping or anything. I click single player, Campaign, Greek, and Early Healladic people or whatever. Then the intro dialogue plays for the level. I then click the green check mark to start the level, and the screen goes black. error says
AppName: empire earth.exe
AppVer: 0.0.0.0
ModName: low-level engine.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0
Offset: 0004f280
I checked my Graphics card, and I have a
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
-Radeon 9800 Pro AGP (I think I need to have 4 MB of memory)
-I have a total appox. memory of 128.0 MB
I'm just wondering if this is too powerful, and if it is how do I fix this problem? Please help me, this is my favourite game.
-Lavargian-

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Paul Guy
491 posts since 1 January 2000
Tue, 28/03/2006 - 10:41
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

Assuming you've got the latest video drivers and DirectX running then I would try turning off the hardware acceleration (Display Properties - Settings - Advanced - Troubleshoot) and see if that does the trick.

Chris Burrage
3092 posts since 1 January 2000
Tue, 28/03/2006 - 11:40
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

EE will run on just about anything. What OS are you using? Make sure you have the latest version of DirectX (9.0c is the one you want). Start - Run - type dxdiag. Say no to the question re file versions. While in there, run the 3D tests, and ensure that everything in the Display section is enabled and running correctly. Enable anything which is disabled. Download the latest drivers for the video card. How now?
Chris B

Kevin Blake
1 posts since 1 January 2000
Thu, 30/03/2006 - 17:46
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

I am using Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Version
I do have DirectX 9.0c, and I ran all the tests, and also all the Display items are enabled and working properly. I haven't tried the game yet, because I was wondering where I go to download the latest drivers for my graphics card, and I was wondering if it was free too?

Chris Burrage
3092 posts since 1 January 2000
Fri, 31/03/2006 - 08:51
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

Drivers are here and free - copy this into your browser, it is one line -
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledg...
Chris B

john gardner
1 posts since 19 January 2008
Sun, 20/01/2008 - 16:47
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

My scren is white when I load game of empire earth 3. I am using winxp sp2 with an atr radeon 9250 agp 128 mb video card

Chris Burrage
3092 posts since 1 January 2000
Mon, 21/01/2008 - 14:07
Re: Empire Earth: Graphics problem

John. Resist the temptation to add to an old question, even if the subject is similar to your issue, as no-one but previous respondents will see your question. In this case however, you prompted some further research. It seems that this game is optimized for nVidia, so using a radeon will be more difficult than you might expect. There may be patches to resolve your issue, you will have to scout the matter via Google etc.
Chris B

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