Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

HI, AFTER A FEW WONDERFUL DAYS OF PLAYING THE MOD,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A EVIL EVENT TOOK PLACE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE GAME SETS UP ALL THE WAY TOO THE DISPLAY OF THE GAME ITSELF, THEN THE SCREEN GOES BLACK, THEN I GET A POP UP THAT SAYS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DIRECT 3D FAILURE, PLEASE REBOOT, WELL UPON REBOOTING NO JOY, STILL  WONT LOAD PAST THAT POINT AND UNABLE TO PLAY

I don't think this is a problem with fleetops , lokes like a windows problem  

Yep, thats a general fault
which operating system are u using? Under windows 98 sometimes problems with memory handling occur. Try to close all applications before starting armada and check if the problem persists.
Have you installed the newest drivers available for your graphics card and a directx version higher than 8.0?
Look if this error occurs in other games too using directx 8 or higher.

DOCa Cola

aww win 98 memmorey problmes thtas y its so slow too bad no 1 is around to fix those memeory leakedge probs.

maybe you should upgrade to windows xp someday

well armada II without mod plays just fine...............just having problems with the mod.......0/s is 98se.................have considered other o/s but then you have the ramp up time of relearning the ins and out of the system so will stick with this for now.....will just delete the mod until you get the next gen out ,thanks everyone

have updated the diretx too 9.0 but still no joy........................all basic dx checks seem fine..........all applications are always shut down when i play armada.............oh well................was a good idea at the time lol

so :)
when you have no probs with other mods at all than you shouldn't have with this one, maybe try reinstalling, just for interest, do you have an armada cd with preinstalled 1.1 patch?

DOCa COla

have you installed Fleet Operations over an existing armada2 copy, applied any patch after installing beta1.1? The FLeet Operations installer does everything itself, so you do not need to install any armada before.. if you have done try again in a blank folder.. this is a mistake most user do.. just as a hint :)

not all, but when they miss the screen that installing in a existing armada installation is NOT recommended :D
but it could be that sometimes the armada uninstaller fails and setup continues with any warning, that is fixed with the next beta anyway

okay. i was browsing through other tech forums here, and guess what,,,,,,, i seem too be having a problem very much like someones else,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,when i place any other species other than the federation..............it crashes............as long as i play as the federation it works fine......................if i select klingon it chrashes...........or any other................hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hehe, that was only a problem with beta 1.0 and was solved with beta 1.1. simply try to reinstall it.

okay i shall try that..............too comment on other advice...............no was not loaded over a existing armada.......................was loaded as a standalone program.......................by reading the comments on the existing beta version out and i downloaded the most current,,,,that no further patches were needed that this beta contained them.............still do enjoy the game and looking forward to being able to play on line.............keep up the good work all us hard core trek fans are greatful.

hmmmmmm well after two reinstalls and verification of my methods....2nd time......could play borg but not federation or klingon.......after 3rd reinstall can no play fed again but back too no borg or klingon.....sooooo any ideas guys and i guess iam confused if armada 2 plays just fine on my computer why wouldnt fleet ops......doesnt seem too make sense to make a game so sophistacted to the point that only a very small % of people who have higher level pcs can play it.....but then again i dont make em i just play em......anxiously awaiting beta2  

oh yeah and another intesting thing i noticed..........when it starts....it is zooomed in to the station then it crashes if this means anything........

Interesting
pls download Directory Lister from http://freeware.prv.pl/ (http://freeware.prv.pl/) and make a file list of your fleetops folder (after a fresh install in a clean folder) and of your armada 2 cd and attach the two files here

DOCa Cola

hi okay here are the directories as requested  will be awaiting any help that is forthcoming  

hope u hve fun when h fixes it

hehe, i am not sure if i can fix that, that seems more like a odf problem for me (only some races crash and so on), thats optecs job now :)
...or do you want to make me a dxdiag log file pls? :D

DOCa Cola

omg something docacol can't fix

mh, ok let's see what it could be :)
pls download logfile.cfg (http://www.borgcore.de/optec/Logfile.cfg) and put it into your Fleet Operations directory.
Then start the game as normal and play till it crashes (which should be at the very beginning in your case).
Thenn go to your Fleet Operations\Logs directory, where now should be a logfile.
pls send me the log file (or post it here).

ahhhhhhh and where am i suppose to get this file.......hmmmmmm seems my coffee has not kicked in today i get the impression that iam missing something here...... :omg:  :blush:  

it is a link, you can download it :)

well hi iam the resident polar bear and iam here to report a interesting find.....i have discovered that i can play any species.....either as player or ai opponent as long as there are no federation .....i just played for the very time  as a borg,,,,yeahhhhhh and will be doing some further research on the matter lol i have the file downloaded and will be sending in the results as i get crashes....thanks for the help :blink:  

lol

well hi again its me, well well after my 8th reload of fleet ops we have lift off, actually played as all races,,good job men...now any possiciblity of getting this jumpy mouse cursor thingy fixed that makes the game quite hard to play...thanks and see you tomorrow in the tournament

dies the mousecursor flicker? i think there is a option for this in the grafics option menu.. 'asynchronus mouse cursor' or something like this