The new demo doesn't work.

[Jean Lafitte]

The old one ran fine. Does anybody have an idea why the new one just crashes during launch?

[Hubert Cater]

Not really sure why that would be happening, this is the first I've heard of this. Try a few things, completely remove the old demo files, install the new demo and if it still doesn't work, send me the 'exception trace.log' that is created once it crashes, this might help me narrow it down for you.

Hubert

[allor]

I have the same problem with the new demo
Here is what was in the log file: This happens as soon as the app is started.

SC.EXE: system execution failed.
Following is the set of recorded exceptions:

--------------------------------------------------
Class / Object Routine Nature of exception Effect
--------------------------------------------------
GAME_APPLICATION root's creation 0x80040154 Class not regist:
<01510034> Developer exception. Exit
--------------------------------------------------GAME_APPLICATION root's creation
<01510034> Routine failure. Exit

[Hubert Cater]

OK I'm going to you an email.

Hubert

[Hubert Cater]

So far it looks like a problem with how I am accessing DirectX on some systems. For now a workaround is to use the backward compatiblity mode by setting the line 'directx = 1' back to 'directx = 0' in the SC.ini file. The SC.ini file can be found in your installation directory for the demo.

Hubert

[Hubert Cater]

OK looks like this has been tracked down with a little help from 'Stimey'. If you also have encountered this problem and would like to run with the 'directx = 1' option then try running the following line from Start -> Run:

regsvr32 dx7vb.dll

This should resolve the issue.
Hubert