BVE: It starts but . . . .

[pCb]

Please help a semi IT literate person. I have down loaded the basic BVE setup. When I try and get it running it tells me it cannot 'change' to HAL - click Ok and it proceeds, I can select a train etc and sometimes the sim starts but terminates after about 15 seconds with a illegal operation message.

Have I done something wrong or is my PC lacking the resources (p2 with 192 m of ram)

Any help will be greatfully accepted.

[Wulf_9]

RE: It starts but . . . .

Try setting your desktop to 16-bit colour

Saxon Locomotive Works - "The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer"

http://www.zodiac-infosystems.co.uk/rail/bve

[JayZed]

RE: It starts but . . . .


It could be a problem with your 3D graphics drivers. What graphics card are you using? It must be DirectX compatible. I remember a few years ago I tried to run BVE on a system with an old ATI 3D rage, that did not have proper DirectX support, and I had the same problem.

You should try updating the drivers for your card, and if that doesn't help (or none are available) you may need to replace the card with a newer one.

Or, as Wulf said, try changing your display settings. That might help.

-Jay

[R36 9346]

RE: It starts but . . . .

Crank your hardware acceleration all the way up to the max. It helps.

[kayedj]

RE: It starts but . . . .

>I remember a few years ago I tried to run BVE on a system
>with an old ATI 3D rage, that did not have proper DirectX
>support, and I had the same problem.

I've tried to put BVE on my old system (Win98 SE, 16MB RAM, Pentium I 133Mhz) but I get the error message "Could not enable Direct 3D" or words to that effect. does this just nean that I need to install DirectX?

[R36 9346]

RE: It starts but . . . .

It needs DirectX to run.