escape from butcher bay problems

RIZZEE · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:13

recently baught the old game but now ive run into problems, the game wont start up until several tries, it freezes up on start and now ive lost all my saves for some reason, can anyone help please?
im using windows 7 x64

m4cc45 · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:19

I don't have that to test unfortunately - I know the new one works fine (Dark Athena - which includes a new version Escape from Butcher Bay)

Have you tried compatibility mode on it?

M.

RIZZEE · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:24

yeah, ive tried XP and vista, still nothing

m4cc45 · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:34

Erm... running out of ideas - fully patched it?

RIZZEE · 28 Jul 2009 at 23:24

dont think there are any
thanks though

hohum · 28 Jul 2009 at 23:29

There is indeed a patch, and you need it to get the game to work with any modern graphics driver (due to the unpatched game mis-detecting newer versions of OpenGL as being too old).

m4cc45 · 29 Jul 2009 at 07:16

http://www.gamershell.com/download_9603.shtml

Worth a go I think.

M.

RIZZEE · 29 Jul 2009 at 12:18

m4cc45 said:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_9603.shtml

Worth a go I think.

M.

tried that, still having problems
always ends up crashing for some reason :mad:

m4cc45 · 29 Jul 2009 at 15:24

Can't think of much else other than reinstalling and hoping it was an installation error. If not then the last resort is to buy Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena as that comes with it and I know that will work.

M.

Sem · 29 Jul 2009 at 17:21

maybe its something to do with copy protection

try a nocd crack or something

HangTime · 29 Jul 2009 at 19:23

I vaguely remember there being some kind of bug depending on what PS/SM version you choose in the graphics options, you could try turning that down.