I checked the help pages, but could not find anything relating to this problem.
I get the feeling the problem is with my (windows ME p4 2gighz) computer.. because whenever i try to run any game at all, including games i downloaded, the game freezes before the first scene fully loads. (not including games i already had however.)
I tried lowering my graphic quality to no avail.
The real kicker is that one or two of the many games i downloaded, actually work, (i.e. abstract) but other than that they dont work.
If i start the game in full screen mode the whole computer freezes, but if i start the game in windowed mode only the window freezes, and i can alt cntrl del close it "usually."
The strange thing is, when i first downloaded a couple games, they worked fine...
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
I had this same problem with windows 98 and directX8.1. Try downloading directX 9 from www.microsoft.com/downloads (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) and see if that helps.
thanks, i'll try that, but i'll have to wait till i get my cable internet to download it
hmm i wonder if this is the same problem i have
is it on ANY game or just games with AVI movies in them?
cause with me any game with AVI freezes and won't respond to cntrl alt delete
Pff you don't need cable it's not THAT big.
i must have gone to the wrong place.. i dont like that msn site it doesnt click in my head.
cuz the smallest directx 9 file i found was like 200mb
and my connection only downloads at like 1kbs...
i might have been drunk on milk tho
You probably tried to download the whole SDK. Try this link, it's a 10kb installer which goes on to download something that's about 9mb iirc: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a19bed22-0b25-4e5d-a584-6389d8a3dad0&displaylang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a19bed22-0b25-4e5d-a584-6389d8a3dad0&displaylang=en)
ahhhhh duh..
thats the first place i looked too
i gotta slow down and pay more attention... damn caffiene
thanks