Hi,
Bit of a long-shot this one, but I'll ask anyway...
I have a Mac Mini server 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 8Mb RAM.
I have been using Parallels 7 to emulate Windows XP.
Recently I have been play Command & Conquer Generals on the machine with no problems.
The other evening, as I was playing, I was interrupted. When I returned the Mac had gone to sleep.
On waking the Mac I was faced with a blank screen, although the music from the game was still playing.
No amount of mouse moving or button mashing would give me any display so in the end I had to reset the Mac.
All restarted ok. However, when I ran Parallels and clicked on the C&C icon, after the initial loading screen, I was faced with a Windows error message stating the game was unable to run due to not having DirectX 8.1 installed or because the video card was not suitable.
I restarted both Parallels and then the Mac. Same result.
I have now uninstalled and reinstalled the game. Same result.
I have also updated DirectX too. Same result.
The odd thing is C&C Zero Hour (which, I assume uses the same game engine) works fine.
Any ideas on how I can get this game to work, as it worked faultlessly for months before.
Many thanks in advance,
Hussman
Bit of a long-shot this one, but I'll ask anyway...
I have a Mac Mini server 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 8Mb RAM.
I have been using Parallels 7 to emulate Windows XP.
Recently I have been play Command & Conquer Generals on the machine with no problems.
The other evening, as I was playing, I was interrupted. When I returned the Mac had gone to sleep.
On waking the Mac I was faced with a blank screen, although the music from the game was still playing.
No amount of mouse moving or button mashing would give me any display so in the end I had to reset the Mac.
All restarted ok. However, when I ran Parallels and clicked on the C&C icon, after the initial loading screen, I was faced with a Windows error message stating the game was unable to run due to not having DirectX 8.1 installed or because the video card was not suitable.
I restarted both Parallels and then the Mac. Same result.
I have now uninstalled and reinstalled the game. Same result.
I have also updated DirectX too. Same result.
The odd thing is C&C Zero Hour (which, I assume uses the same game engine) works fine.
Any ideas on how I can get this game to work, as it worked faultlessly for months before.
Many thanks in advance,
Hussman
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