Rome cant be launched

[merlinsan]

Well, now over long time i have chance to play total war- Rome to be exact, but it crashed to desktop so i decided to reinstall it, but oh despair, it get error after 3/4 installing is done, i downloaded some weird like Filemon and was able to download, but when tried to play, computer says that i lack mss32.dll, i fetch it as well. Now i have no errors, NOTHING. after launching Rome that red appears, than it dissapears and program calls it a day.I cant play Barbarorum as wellUsing Windows7 Tried to reset computer and stuff but its still same

[irishron]

Could you ever start a campaign on this computer? What version of the game as in original disc, Gold, Anthology, Steam, other?

[merlinsan]

Gold Edition, and ive played campaigns for about 2-3 years on it- up to year ago when certain parent confiscated my disc

[irishron]

Big problem for you because you can't play without the disc legally unless you buy a copy from Steam. You need to cut a deal with this parent to get the disc back.

And I don't get parents and their children after raising six of my own.

[merlinsan]

well, i was saying that i have disc, but something is wrong with game as i cant activate it further than that small red box that appears straight after launching and before SEGA and Creative Assamble reclams on fullscreen

[irishron]

Did you uninstall it through RTW's uninstaller, delete the TRW folder, and clean the registry before trying to reinstall?

[merlinsan]

where is registry?

[irishron]

If you have uninstalled the game and deleted the RTW folder, use a free version of Ccleaner or a free version of Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. Google will pull up both for a link.

[merlinsan]

now my problem is again that crashing to desktop

[merlinsan]

EB is ccrashing regularly about once per two minutes

[merlinsan]

vanilla is crashing as well ya know

[irishron]

I know nothoing about EB. Post this in their forum.

[irishron]

Was it crashing before installing EB?

[merlinsan]

good question, dont know

[irishron]

Do a fresh reinstall, test vanilla after it's patched, then we'll know.

[merlinsan]

i removed EB, reinstalled Gold, and same results, patching?(yeah im noob)

[irishron]

Gold is patched. My bad.

Any hardware changes between installs? How about software ones?

[merlinsan]

i was mistaken how i described it i guess, game crashes on taskbar, in every minute, and stays open

[irishron]

Post your dxdiag.

[merlinsan]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

System Information------------------
Time of this report: 9/18/2013, 16:54:47
Machine name: MERLIN-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130708-1532)
Language: Estonian (Regional Setting: Estonian)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Studio 1537
BIOS: Ver 1.00 BIOS A03 PARTTBL"
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3066MB RAM
Page File: 2330MB used, 3801MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode


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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.


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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)


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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x95C4)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_95C4&SUBSYS_029F1028&REV_00
Display Memory: 1529 MB
Dedicated Memory: 252 MB
Shared Memory: 1277 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SEC5441
Native Mode: 1280 x 800(p) (59.952Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64
Driver File Version: 8.14.0010.0678 (English)
Driver Version: 8.632.1.2000
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2009 23:20:38, 3105280 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D684-11CF-3E71-9522A1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x95C4
SubSys ID: 0x029F1028
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem17.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTx86.6.0:ati2mtag_M72:8.632.1.2000:pci\ven_1002&dev_95c4
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported

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