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Daedalus
04 Aug 06, 14:13
My brother downloaded the demo and tried to load it. Well it would not load and the demo locked up his computer.

I tried to load it for him as he is not a big computer freek like me , and I had the same thing happen. I had to do a restore.

Now it runs on my machines and then only thing I can find that may be doing this is he has a Wide Screen monitor.
20inch I think it is.
If any one has any ideas on this let me know as he loves this type of game and will buy it if I can get it working for him in demo mode.
But other than the wide screen monitor his system is about as a normal setup as one can get. Help Please. :)
Lempereur1
04 Aug 06, 14:41
Make sure his screen resolution is set to at least 1024x768
Daedalus
04 Aug 06, 15:49
Make sure his screen resolution is set to at least 1024x768

Ok, thanks.
You do mean set the Res to 1024x768 before we try to install the demo?
I will try this when he gets home tonight and see if we can get another buyer.
Thanks for the help
Lempereur1
04 Aug 06, 16:14
Yes, set his resolution to 1024x768 before you run the demo.
James Sterrett
09 Aug 06, 09:07
Make sure his screen resolution is set to at least 1024x768

The installer also locks up on my computer (unpacks, then hangs - I waited around 10 minutes, it did nothing....)

My resolution is set above 1024x768; I'm running Win XP64, which may be the issue.

(Edit to spell "above" correctly. :) )
Daedalus
09 Aug 06, 09:28
The installer also locks up on my computer (unpacks, then hangs - I waited around 10 minutes, it did nothing....)

My resolution is set abot 1024x768; I'm running Win XP64, which may be the issue.

The 1024x768 setting was for a Wide Screen monitor that we where working with. This may not apply to you.
The Wide screen monitors use a wierd driver that caused a probem . But when you drop back to a normal setting it works.

But setting to 1024x768 will not hurt in setting up. But the Win 64 may be a issue, as I have not seen anyone using this with the game.
Lempereur1
09 Aug 06, 09:43
James :

If the installer locks up, most likely you have one of your 16 Bit system files corrupted.
Here is the FAQ link...
http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/html/faq/dgrjw_game_faq.html
James Sterrett
09 Aug 06, 10:25
Ah... that suggests that the explanation is:

The Distant Guns installer is (or part of it is) a 16-bit program.

Windows XP64 will not run 16-bit programs (any of them, period).

Therefore, the installer cannot execute on WinXP64.