Close Combat crashing with Directx#

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Do you play any other DirectX compatible games? If so, do they have any
problems?

Geoffrey Cohen
Microsoft® MVP - PC Games
Consumer Products Group
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"MOOXE" <mooxe@closecombatseries.net> wrote in message
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> Howdy all...
>
> I play this game called Close Combat 5 and over the past
> year almost everyone that plays has the same problem. The
> game will suddenly crash to desktop at any given moment
> and commonly when the game timer reaches 00:00.
>
> Close Combat uses DirectX DirectPlay to establish a
> TCP/IP connection to another person over the net.
>
> I have not tested this but heres the theory.
>
> Back in the day when CC5 1st came out there was no talk
> about the 00:00 crashing. I think it all started when the
> new DirectX versions started appearing. So whats happening
> now is people playing CC5 are using different versions of
> DirectPlay. Here is my version.
>
> DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider - Registry: OK,
> File: dpnet.dll (5.03.2600.2180) (this is from a
> directx9 install, this is the latest)
>
> Another clue is this....
>
> DirectX uses the cc5.icd file to get the info it needs.
>
> Close Combat 5 (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: CC5.ICD
> (2000.08.0009.0001)
>
> cc5.icd was made for Dx7. This could explain why nobody
> was complaining about crashing back then since Dx7 was the
> latest Dx. Everyone probably had it installed because it
> came on the CD and asks you to install it. Everyone had
> the same version youd think.
>
> Could this be it? People using different DirectX versions?