problem playing BROKEN SWORD

[sycko]

hi guys,
my bro is having problems playing the new Broken Sword - The Angel of Death game!
he says that when hes installed the game he gets this error mesage when instalation is complete ( The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access) any idea? ive never had this b4
il try n get u his system specs in a bit
thanx!!!

his specs are
amd athlon 64 proccessor 3000+
doesnt know what board but socket 754
nvidia geforce 2 mx/mx 400
80gb h/d
2gb ram
xp home

mmm now ive seen his stats im wondering if his graphics card isnt up to it???

[sycko]

cant beleive no reply! 1st time
these boards are failing me

[gamerman0203]

hmmm....pretty out-dated system.

Is it running XP? The system reqs for the game REQUIRE XP and no other OS will work.

Video card issues: Requires 128MB shader model 1.1 and DirectX 9. Your card has only up to 64MB and does not support Shader model of any version and only supports up to DirectX7.

I'm willing to bet your video card is killing it.

[sycko]

yeh thanx gamerman0203
he has windows xp on there!
i think it is the graphics card im going round tonight to c if that the case!!
il let u know if i sort it

[sycko]

yep the gmaes fine it works now ive installed a new graphics card!
thanx for the help guys!!

[gamerman0203]

sweet! Glad it works good! What card did you install if you don't mind me asking?

[sycko]

it was an old card i had knocking around!
a radeon 9550 256

[Special_Edition]

Hi guys,

I am having an identical problem with this game but am pretty sure that my hardware is up to the job. Support seems to be thin on the ground on the official site and was wondering if anyone had any ideas.

My Specs:
XP Pro
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Running @ 2.8Ghz)
DFI LanParty NF4 UT Expert
2GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT (XFX)
465.77GB (Stripe)
DirectX 9.0c

Although I have overclocked the system I have had no stability issues regarding any other software. All drivers fully updated, fully defragged etc...

The game never gets past the intro and I have tried various graphical settings within the game.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

[Tiber Septim]

Hi, from what i've read this game is so buggy you could still say it is in alpha stages.
About 90% of all forums concerning this game are filled with nothing but threads about bugs and compatability issues.
This is one particular thread that might be of help, it seems that it has something to do with drivers but not having the latest ones, try rolling back your drivers to an older version (not recommended but if you really want to play it...) and see if that works, if not then i would just get the latest drivers again and wait to see if the developers release some sort of patch to deal with all the problems.
Although they apparently never released any patches for the previous BS games so you may be waiting a long time... a very long time.

[Fr4665]

try the 84.21 nvidia drivers ...

[Special_Edition]

Thanks for the info...

I think I may be taking it back for a refund :(

[Special_Edition]

After reading the posts in your link, Tiber Septim, I found a thread with a solution that appears to work for me (touch wood).

Here

The solution for me was to disable DEP: My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Settings -> Data Execution Prevention -> Turn on DEPfor essential Windows programs and services only.

And also to disable FSAA in game.

I hope this can be of some use to anyone else in this situation.

[Tiber Septim]

Thanks for the info Special_Edition, i hope this can help other people but it seems like there is a diferent problem for everybody that uses it...perhaps a bit more time spent bug testing would've been a good idea.

Happy Gaming!