Game problems reports and questions

[Blood.Omen]

Originally Posted by Blood.Omen

Hi guys!

XIII crashes during the startup phase (about 3/4 of progress bar full).

When set to LOW, 1024x768 @ 60Hz I get this error:
AppName: engine.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: nvoglnt.dll
ModVer: 6.14.11.7474 Offset: 002491bb
Immidiate crash.

When set to HIGH, 1024x768 @ 85Hz, I get this error:
"Context Activation Failed: C0060007"
I can see the menu, but nothing is clickable, only ALT-F4 quits.

Also when first running the game, it was set to 150Hz after "autodedect"!!! which obviously disabled my Monitor with "unsupported signal"!

My system:
Monitor: 19" CRT Nokia Multigraph 446XPro (85Hz, pretty good, runs every other game!)
Mainboard: ASUS P5B
RAM: 2GB DDR2 800Mhz
CPU: Core2Duo E6600 @2,4 GHz
GFX: ASUS Geforce 7900GT ; Forceware 174.74 XP 32Bit WHQL
Windows XP SP2
Direct X 9.0c

Hi ladies and lords!

I'm happy to report my problems solved now, and I can finally start a campaign.

The crash during startup was because of Nvidia drivers.
My GeForce 7900GT probably was incompatible to the 174.74 drivers.
Had to downgrade to 169.21.

I encountered a new problem though: My 19" CRT Monitor supports only up to 107Hz, and the screen got blank with "unsupported signal" message.
The game unfortunately chose a too high Frequency, even though I selected 85 in config...
I fixed this with a tool called "REFORCE" (RefreshForce V1.10).
The tool allowed to delete all unsupported Frequency settings from the display driver.

Maybe this info is helpful to somebody.

cheers, and godspeed! - Blood.Omen