help getting star wolves 3 started

[Simbal]

Pretty neat error, i gathered some Solutions:

Try starting the game exe with Admin rights (common problem solver)
or start steam with Admin rights

maybe WIN8 has some problems with the game, you know... the game is a little bit old

you could try to install Microsoft's C++ Redistributable Package

(x86): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=5555

(x64): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=14632

If everything fails, try Compatibility mode, helped at SW1 and hopefully it will do on SW3

Hope it helps