windows 7 64 bit compatibility problem

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:11 pm

okay so ive scanned through a few of the compatibility problems about windows vista not working and that the fix is to set the compatibility to "XP". Well ive tried that and windows98 and all the other available OS's in the compatibility list and none work, this error keeps popping up.....

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ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

Error defining an external function.

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so then i tried the "ignore" tactic commands. Now I can open the game ...briefly..this message pops up and i press ignore twice press control and then hold shift + I. by my count i have to hold it for over 1000 posts of the error before it loads...but it does.... and then crashes.....

if anybody has any advice or tips to make it work that would be great.

I have played this on XP before and it worked fine...

thanks for any help!

KOZ :

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:26 pm

You set it to XP SP2, right? And run as admin?

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:27 pm

yup like i said, i tried every OS in the compatibility menu....and still....

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:25 pm

Did you install in the program files (x86) folder? I'm not sure if this works in 64-bit mode.

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:57 am

yeah..i did.. il try installing it to to the regular directory. thanks

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:06 am

crud i almost thought it would work...but unfortunately it doesn't...maybe its that it doesn't funtion well on 64 bit OSS's...i know it works on 32 bit...you know?

anyhow thanks for the comments so far!

Swamp Fox · Post by **Swamp Fox** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:16 am

It's not that BSF doesn't work on 64-bit versions. Or at least, if it is, then I and many others have somehow managed to escape it for over a year. That said, the error message you pasted is quite familiar, annoyingly. It plagued me for about a 5 to 6-month stretch, although apparently not to the same extent, since in my case a reboot would make it go away for a few weeks.

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:20 am

soooo you're saying that if I reboot .... "a few times" then it might make the dumb error go away for a bit?

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:14 am

I'm running this in Vista 64 without issues, but I have it installed in the (x86) folder. I also have UAC turned off, among other annoying "security" features.

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:45 am

sorry but again...I run windows 7 and it is slightly "different" than vista.

Swamp Fox · Post by **Swamp Fox** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:42 am

KOZ wrote:soooo you're saying that if I reboot .... "a few times" then it might make the dumb error go away for a bit?

Sorry, no. My primary point is that the problem itself isn't related to running under a 64-bit OS. The rambling about my experiences was just a rather roundabout way of saying that the error in question can be bit odd, since in that particular case it appeared and then disappeared without apparent cause.

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:58 am

oh i see, sorry... well im still stumped then... on an off topic its definetly not my computer (I have a phenom X4 9850 OC 2.8 GHZ, 4GB RAM, and a HD 4850 1GB card.)

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:42 pm

Have you tried disabling UAC?

Post by **th15** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:57 pm

It'll give you that error when the game doesn't have access to read/write/run the .dll files that it needs. Usually its some permissions issue. Either that or you plain don't have the dlls there.

KOZ · Post by **KOZ** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:13 am

do you have any tips or guesses as to what dll's I'm missing and links to get them?

thanks