Strategic Command refuses to start after 1.02

[Alarmer]

Hello there this kinda error pops up after installing 1.02 patch. Before that everything worked ok.

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

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Class / Object Routine Nature of exception Effect
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GAME_APPLICATION root's creation 0x80040154 Class not regist:
<00F80048> Developer exception. Exit
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GAME_APPLICATION root's creation
<00F80048> Routine failure. Exit
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Iam using Windows XP and radeon 8500 with catalyst 2.1 drivers.

switching the sound interrupt wont help either so guess its a video thingy.

[Hubert Cater]

This is a similar problem reported with the demo, can you send me an email at support@furysoftware.com, I think I might know what it is, but I'll need to ask you a few questions first.

Hubert

[Alarmer]

Ill send the same thing to the support.

But if you have something to ask fire away smile.gif

[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 of the game.

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