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ZombieBunny
Village Dweller
Joined: 12 Jan 2002
Posts: 3
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I installed Gothic and when I click on the .exe, I get this message:
The GOTHIC.EXE file is linked to missing export
>DDRAW.DLL:DirectDrawCreateEx.
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>And
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>C:Program FilesPirahna-BitesGothicsystemgothic.exe A device attached
>to the system is not functioning.
I have downloaded the patch and I still get the same error.
System specs: 128 RAM, 733 Mhz, directx 8...I do have a graphics card - can't tell you what it is..whatever came with the system. Not sure what else you need to know
I would really like to get this game running since I uh, paid for it and everything :|
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Sun Jan 13, 2002 2:43 am |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
This looks like a driver problem.
I guess at least the drivers for your graphics card are too old, maybe the soundcard too.
Can you estimate how old the windows on your system is ( =how old the drivers are) ?
Here´s how to find out what devices you have:
From the desktop choose Start->Run and then enter msinfo32 for the program name. Then look for display in the components section and the soundcard in the multimedia section.
If you can´t identify them 100% you can post all the names. It will only be a few.
When I know your specs I´ll try to point you to some newer drivers. |
Sun Jan 13, 2002 7:17 pm |
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ZombieBunny
Village Dweller
Joined: 12 Jan 2002
Posts: 3
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Display Info:
Driver: vga.drv 4/23/1999 10:22 AM Size: 52080
viagart.vxd 1/20/2000 9:03 AM Size: 13341
dvideo.dll 12/13/1995 5:22 AM Size: 25600
s3vid.dll 7/19/2000 4:22 AM Size: 61440
s3hav.dll 7/19/2000 4:21 AM Size: 57344
s3vdd8nb.vxd 7/19/2000 4:26 AM Size: 127769
s3_8nb.dll 7/19/2000 4:26 AM Size: 610304
s3_8nb.drv 7/19/2000 4:25 AM Size: 238560
Soundcard Info:
Key: msacm.imaadpcm
Description: IMA ADPCM CODEC
Group: acm
Driver: imaadp32.acm
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 18944 bytes
Key: msacm.msadpcm
Description: ADPCM CODEC
Group: acm
Driver: msadp32.acm
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 17920 bytes
Key: msacm.msgsm610
Description: GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
Group: acm
Driver: msgsm32.acm
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 25088 bytes
Key: msacm.msg711
Description: CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC
Group: acm
Driver: msg711.acm
Version: 4.0.0.950
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 10240 bytes
Key: msacm.trspch
Description: TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC
Group: acm
Driver: tssoft32.acm
Version: 1.1.1.5
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 8704 bytes
Key: msacm.iac2
Description: Indeo(R) audio software
Group: acm
Driver: C:WINDOWSSYSTEMIAC25_32.AX
Version: 2.0.5.50
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 198656 bytes
Key: msacm.l3acm
Description: Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec
Group: acm
Driver: l3codecx.acm
Version: 1.9.0.401
Date: 11/23/99 14:42
Size: 135168 bytes
Key: msacm.msaudio1
Description: Windows Media Audio
Group: acm
Driver: msaud32.acm
Version: 7.0.0.1954
Date: 3/2/01 19:46
Size: 282896 bytes
Key: wdmaud.drv<0001>
Description: Crystal WDM Audio Codec
Group: wave
Driver: wdmaud.drv
Status: Active:1
Version: 4.10.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 11776 bytes
Key: wdmaud.drv<0001>
Description: Crystal WDM Audio Codec
Group: midi
Driver: wdmaud.drv
Status: Active:1
Version: 4.10.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 11776 bytes
Key: cdaudio
Description: CD Audio Device (Media Control)
Group: mci
Driver: mcicda.drv
Status: Disabled:0
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 12992 bytes
Key: sequencer
Description: MIDI Sequencer Device (Media Control)
Group: mci
Driver: mciseq.drv
Status: Disabled:0
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 18736 bytes
Key: waveaudio
Description: Wave Audio Device (Media Control)
Group: mci
Driver: mciwave.drv
Status: Disabled:0
Version: 4.3.0.1998
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 22016 bytes
Key: msacm.lhacm
Group: msacm
Driver: lhacm.acm
Version: 4.4.0.3396
Date: 10/20/00 12:00
Size: 33040 bytes
Key: msacm.msg723
Group: msacm
Driver: msg723.acm
Version: 4.4.0.3345
Date: 4/23/99 22:22
Size: 107792 bytes
Key: msacm.sl_anet
Group: msacm
Driver: sl_anet.acm
Version: 3.2.0.0
Date: 3/2/01 19:46
Size: 86016 bytes
Key: msacm.voxacm160
Group: msacm
Driver: vct3216.acm
Version: 1.6.0.17
Date: 3/2/01 19:46
Size: 82944 bytes
I have no idea if this is exactly what you're looking for...
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Mon Jan 14, 2002 12:21 pm |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
Your videocard drivers are really very very old...
You have some sort of S3 device.
Try download new drivers.
If problem will not be solved, you should also download soundcard drivers (yours are also very old).
_________________
There two truths out there: God is almighty and Gothic is good Game ).
[ This Message was edited by: Danicek on 2002-01-14 15:54 ] |
Mon Jan 14, 2002 12:30 pm |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
Readme says:
supported video card:
S3 Savage 4 (performance problems)
S3 S2 (Savage 2000) (performance problems).
I was not able to find download place for downloading s3 video drivers.
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Mon Jan 14, 2002 12:36 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
Damn, a S3 graphics card. This is bad news.
Drivers for all the integrated S3 chipsets can be found on ViaArena.com, but it´s still necessary to identify the exact chipset.
ZombieBunny, you could right-click on the desktop and go to the display properties. Somewhere in the advanced properties is a section where the name of the graphics card is listed.
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Mon Jan 14, 2002 9:02 pm |
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ZombieBunny
Village Dweller
Joined: 12 Jan 2002
Posts: 3
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I went to that website and my chipset is ProSavage PM 133. I've looked on the list and don't see that one. These are the ones they list:
Pro Savage VGA integrated with the following Northbridges:
VT8604 (on PL133)
VT8605 (on ProSavage PL133T)
VT8364 (on KL133)
VT8364A (on KL133A)
VT8365 (on ProSavage KM133)
VT8365A (on ProSavage KM133A)
So, I don't know which one to download. I did download the latest 4 in 1 drivers.
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Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:57 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
PM133:
-VT8605 North Bridge Controller and the VT8231 South Bridge Controller
-VIA Apollo Pro133A technology with the powerful Savage4™ 3D and Savage2000™2D graphics core
To find the driver click on the S3 logo on the driver page, download the small utility to identify your chipset and visit the site mentioned there. You´ll find all flavours of drivers for the PM133, the latest are less than 4 weeks old. |
Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:26 am |
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