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ecca   03-21-2007 at 11:14:20 AM

just installed game, tried to run but got :

application error failed to initalise 0xc0000096

what do i do - can't run game

e6600
4 gb ram
x800 vid crd

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Morton   03-21-2007 at 11:40:02 AM
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Do you have Windows Vista?
If you have Windows XP, do you have any of the Service Packs?

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ecca   03-21-2007 at 11:43:51 AM
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running xp SP2

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Morton   03-21-2007 at 12:09:08 PM
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Ok, it seems Don Reba and the others will help you on the game's official forum. :lol:
By the way, I've heard that the game needs the latest DirectX 9.0c installed (February 2007 version).
I found some info on that type of error: "0XC0000096 is a Win32 error code thrown as a result of a CPU interupt - while trying to execute a privileged instruction in user mode." I found that on some forum for programmers and I am not sure what that means.

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elperra   03-22-2007 at 12:08:46 AM
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I have x800 card with a amd 2x 3800. 1 gig of ram and it works ok.
Nice game by the way.

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yas   03-22-2007 at 08:25:06 AM
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do you have latest drivers? Perhaps change the place where you installed the game and reinstall it.

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ecca   03-22-2007 at 09:19:23 AM
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after restarting pc today, hey it worked, weird

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krisz   03-22-2007 at 11:25:30 AM
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Nice spelling in the title :lol:



sorry couldn't resist

How is the game anyways i am thinking of picking this one up. The reviews seem to be promising so far.

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Morton   03-22-2007 at 05:04:11 PM
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I have S.T.A.L.K.E.R too now. What's really funny is that many people are experiencing problems with the game trying to run it on modern video cards and newest video card drivers, while I can run the game and use all of the in-game visual settings with absolutely no problems or glitches with ATI catalyst drivers from year 2004 or 2005! I can even setup Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering and texture quality not only from the game, but right from the settings in the drivers and the changes work in the game. I use Catalyst version 04.5 (8.01-040421a-015419C) because I've noticed over time that it's the best version for my Radeon 9700 in both old and modern games.

By the way, the official minimum requirements are slightly misleading. It says you need Windows XP SP2, while in reality it's enough if you have just SP1. Service Pack 2 most likely increases the game's speed with dual core CPUs, though.

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krisz   03-22-2007 at 06:18:57 PM
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I have S.T.A.L.K.E.R too now. What's really funny is that many people are experiencing problems with the game trying to run it on modern video cards and newest video card drivers, while I can run the game and use all of the in-game visual settings with absolutely no problems or glitches with ATI catalyst drivers from year 2004 or 2005!



Well if you look at the fact how long this game is in development that should be no surprise at all. I do not think too many people have problems with the newest hardware. The game is kind of a resource hog is what i have heard from many different sources. I will probably pick it up and give it a try.

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amddiesel   03-22-2007 at 07:02:03 PM
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when are they going to have some dedicated servers running it online? Got on last nite and it was a lag fest from everyone running their "own server"

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