Device Manager lists my sound card as an HDA XPLOSION 7.1Dexter111 said:-Dragmire- said:Fatal Error!(this is the name of the window that opens after the program starts - finishes loading(visuals/audio load fine for loading screen) - and crashes)
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Exception: Integer Divide by Zero (code 0xc0000094) at address 02785BF7 in thread FC4
Module: CMGxSrv.dll
Logical Address: 0001:00004BF7
Product: PlantsVsZombies
Version: 1.2.0.1096
Time Loaded: 00:00:06
Fullscreen: No
Primary ThreadId: FC4
Times Played: 0
Build Num: 0
Build Date:
Never could figure out the problem, the only significant difference between the system that worked and the system that didn't was the 32 vs 64 bit OS.
Seems to be related to the Soundcard you are using, e.g. "CMGxSrv.dll" is a ASUS Xonar specific library, people seem to have (had) trouble with it regarding other games like Bioshock or Fallout 3 etc. too.
Either try updating your drivers [http://support.asus.com/download/ModelList.aspx?SLanguage=en&keyword=xonar&type=1] or if you really want to play do what this guy recommends:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357247&page=4
Let me guess, you have an Asus Xonar? I had a similar problem (see my post above) and it was cause of my Xonar DX. I took out my Xonar DX and switched to the onboard sound and the game worked fine.
Also, if you google CmGxSrv.DLL, all the posts are related to the Xonar.
Thanks for the help anyway. $6 isn't too much to enjoy dungeon keeper again on gogWorgen said:well as I said, windows 9x games are hard to get working on modern systems compatibility helps but for the most part the only way to run them is with a win 9x system or hoping someone like gog actually pokes tho the code to make them work-Dragmire- said:I have an EVGA GTX260 with updated drivers, didn't work with my old GTX8800 either.Worgen said:-Dragmire- said:It's been a while but I recall it loading but a persistent bug made it unplayable. I don't know how to describe it other that random colored pixel syndrome, like an old nes game when you forgot to blow the dust from the cartridge.Worgen said:have you tried playing it in compatibility mode? vista should be able to do dungeon keeper in windows 200 compatibility mode, just right click the icon for the executable and select properties, there should be a compatibility tab-Dragmire- said:yeah, unfortunately I got the Gold Edition(EA Classics) win 95-2000 only.Worgen said:well if its for dos then you can dl dosbox and play it, but if its win 95 then your kinda stuck needing the gog version since win 95 doesnt like new os's at all-Dragmire- said:thanks for the info, I'll definitely get it. It just sucks having to buy it again even though I own the cd version, it's like paying for a patch.Worgen said:BOOOM I bring you gifts
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dungeon_keeper
gog just got dungeon keeper and if its on gog then its been remastered to work on modern operating systems
there isnt really a game that I cant play on my pc... I guess toon struck since it was an early win 95 game and its hard to get those to work on a modern os, unfortinatly dosbox doesn't make those work, I keep hoping gog will get it
Dungeon Keeper 2 fares slightly better(can start and kind of work) but has major audio and video bugs that may or may not lead to a BSoD. So I've stopped trying to play it.
ahh, that sounds like a driver incompatibility or even a bad vid card (altho if thats the only game it does it in then its probably not a bad card, unless it gets worse) well I guess that gog is your best option altho the version they have is the dos one I think so there would be some slight differences from the one you have
My sound card is a HDA XPLOSION 7.1 with updated drivers
new drivers might not be compatible but the old ones crashed randomly so I can't bring them back.
I don't get how being American affects anything...Grinderbilly said:HAHA, I can play any and all PC games, I'm American. DNF aside and the Aussies and Euros are sorting out that turd.
yeah, Im damn tempted to get it also, I used to really enjoy it-Dragmire- said:Thanks for the help anyway. $6 isn't too much to enjoy dungeon keeper again on gogWorgen said:well as I said, windows 9x games are hard to get working on modern systems compatibility helps but for the most part the only way to run them is with a win 9x system or hoping someone like gog actually pokes tho the code to make them work-Dragmire- said:I have an EVGA GTX260 with updated drivers, didn't work with my old GTX8800 either.Worgen said:-Dragmire- said:It's been a while but I recall it loading but a persistent bug made it unplayable. I don't know how to describe it other that random colored pixel syndrome, like an old nes game when you forgot to blow the dust from the cartridge.Worgen said:have you tried playing it in compatibility mode? vista should be able to do dungeon keeper in windows 200 compatibility mode, just right click the icon for the executable and select properties, there should be a compatibility tab-Dragmire- said:yeah, unfortunately I got the Gold Edition(EA Classics) win 95-2000 only.Worgen said:well if its for dos then you can dl dosbox and play it, but if its win 95 then your kinda stuck needing the gog version since win 95 doesnt like new os's at all-Dragmire- said:thanks for the info, I'll definitely get it. It just sucks having to buy it again even though I own the cd version, it's like paying for a patch.Worgen said:BOOOM I bring you gifts
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dungeon_keeper
gog just got dungeon keeper and if its on gog then its been remastered to work on modern operating systems
there isnt really a game that I cant play on my pc... I guess toon struck since it was an early win 95 game and its hard to get those to work on a modern os, unfortinatly dosbox doesn't make those work, I keep hoping gog will get it
Dungeon Keeper 2 fares slightly better(can start and kind of work) but has major audio and video bugs that may or may not lead to a BSoD. So I've stopped trying to play it.
ahh, that sounds like a driver incompatibility or even a bad vid card (altho if thats the only game it does it in then its probably not a bad card, unless it gets worse) well I guess that gog is your best option altho the version they have is the dos one I think so there would be some slight differences from the one you have
My sound card is a HDA XPLOSION 7.1 with updated drivers
new drivers might not be compatible but the old ones crashed randomly so I can't bring them back.
Thanks for the help.SirDerick said:http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/the spud said:I'm sort of a noob when it comes to pc gaming, so i'll need you guy's help, and this seems as relevant a time as any. Will my dell latitude d620, running with windows XP, be able to run starcraft, halflife, and deus ex (the originals)? I know it can run amnesia, if that helps.
I use that site whenever I'm curious as to whether i need an upgrade or not.
On a side note; if you're running a laptop there's a good chance that all your hardware's been under-clocked to prevent overheating, given that they can't fit a heat sink in them.
have you tried DOSbox?-Dragmire- said:As Technology advances, games we were once/still fond of cannot remain with us.
What games did you love that will no longer play on your newer systems?
For me: The Dungeon Keeper Series, no compatibility mode will work on my 64bit Vista system
*STILL can't play Plants vs Zombies either....
I am literally shocked, this worked perfectly! Thank you.Dexter111 said:It definitely sounds like a sounds card problem, try "disabling" it with rightclick from your Device Manager and see if the game launches that way, you will have no sound but will probably see if it is the device causing it, can always "Enable" it again.Dexter111 said:It definitely sounds like a sounds card problem, try "disabling" it with rightclick from your Device Manager and see if the game launches that way, you will have no sound but will probably see if it is the device causing it, can always "Enable" it again.-Dragmire- said:Device Manager lists my sound card as an HDA XPLOSION 7.1
I do know my motherboard is Asus though.
Regarding Dungeon Keeper 1 (if you don't want to buy it on GoG), it is a bit more complicated (you will need the Microsoft's ACT [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971]), fortunately here is a YouTube video explaining step by step what to do to get it to start:
You didn't say what your problems were with the games so I'll have to take a guess I got Neverhood here so I installed it and tried, only issue I see on Win7 x64 is Colors are garbled. There's an easy fix for that here: http://www.mediafire.com/?z3lljjnzmijProarcher said:There are two games I miss dearly that sadly, no longer work because of the new OS these days.
1. "The Neverhood" (a fun, beautiful, clever and hilarious claymation point and click adventure game)
and 2. "Populous: The Beginning" (my favourite RTS of all time. One half god game, the other RTS - with revolutionary graphics and terrain manipulation for it's time (1998). It's actually a large part of the inspiration for the upcoming 'From Dust' game in development.
Game works fine after thatThis fix is a bit of a workaround. The Team 17 game Worms Armageddon has the EXACT same issue on newer systems (Vista/Win7) with distorted colors and the like. It has something to do with the OS "stealing" the color pallet from the game. I'm not quite sure about all the technicalities, but either way a very cleaver person developed this launcher to use in conjunction with WA to fix the issue. On a whim I decided to see if it would work with the Neverhood, one of my all-time favorite games, and amazingly it did. So to keep this game alive, please pass this around to all the Neverhood die-hard followers. I take absolutely no credit for the creation of the launcher, if you created this launcher all of us thank you very much. So follow the directions below to get The Neverhood to work on newer Windows OSes:
1) Extract "WAVistaWin7.exe" to the Neverhood installation directory.
2) Rename "nhc.exe" to "wa.exe" (The WA launcher looks for the Worms executable by default)
3) Right-Click on your new "wa.exe" and go to properties.
4) Click on the compatibility tab.
5) Make sure its running in Windows 95 compatibilty mode.
6) Check the "Run in 256 colors" box.
7) Press okay and close out the properties dialog.
8) Now all you need to do is run the "WAVistaWin7.exe" launcher instead of the original "nhc.exe" and all should be well!
Hope this solves everyone's problems =)
Regarding Populous 3 I found this (translated from German):
1. Install complete version of Populous 3
2. Apply official Patch 1.01
Download: http://webgnom.com/populous-3-the-beginning-patch-1-01
3. Apply unofficial Patch 1.03
Download: http://webgnom.com/populous-3-the-beginning-patch-1-03
Game should work now.
There also seems to be a Tool called "popres", with which you can change the resolution from the basic 640x480 or 800x600: http://webgnom.com/populous-3-the-beginning-aufloesung-aendern-tool