Can't start game in Win7

[ThaDoews]

Hey.

I just got win7 ultimate 64-bit for my laptop. This night i wanted to play TTD, but it won't start for me. I have tried several installations and checked several pages to solve my problem.
Now i am at the same point as this guy, but i don't have that error message:
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=46466

And there it stays. Doing nothing, says nothing. I have deleted "TTDLOADW.OVL", but it neither solves the problem.

I haven't tried the "nightlies" you guys talks about, cuz i don't know what to download? :S

The WIN32 files or the source files? :S

Help?

[wallyweb]

Hey.

I just got win7 ultimate 64-bit for my laptop. This night i wanted to play TTD, but it won't start for me. I have tried several installations and checked several pages to solve my problem.
Now i am at the same point as this guy, but i don't have that error message:
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=46466

Which error message are you getting?

And there it stays. Doing nothing, says nothing. I have deleted "TTDLOADW.OVL", but it neither solves the problem.

Make sure that you have compatibility mode set to "Windows XP (SP3)"
Make sure that you have dplay.dll in your folder.
Make sure that win2k is on in your ttdpatch.cfg file.

I haven't tried the "nightlies" you guys talks about, cuz i don't know what to download? :S

The WIN32 files or the source files? :S

Help?

Determine whether you are using the TTD DOS version or the TTD Windows version.
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-dos.zip for TTD DOS
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-win32.zip for TTD Windows.

[ThaDoews]

Which error message are you getting?

I'm at the point where that guy is. See the black box on his picture.

Make sure that you have dplay.dll in your folder.
Make sure that win2k is on in your ttdpatch.cfg file.

It seems that i don't have dplay.dll or dplayx.dll either. Where to get those?
I have win2k turned on.

Determine whether you are using the TTD DOS version or the TTD Windows version.
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-dos.zip for TTD DOS
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-win32.zip for TTD Windows.

I've checked some of the "nightlies" and i saw that there is 3(?) different things to download: Source, DOS, WIN32.
I use the WIN32. But there is 3-4 with nearly the same name?! :S

[petert]

It seems that i don't have dplay.dll or dplayx.dll either. Where to get those?

Check out this FAQ on that: http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... play_dll_i_

[ThaDoews]

Check out this FAQ on that: http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... lay_dll_i_

Thx Petert! But it doesn't say where to get the files? ;S

[SHADOW-XIII]

have you searched your computer for dplay.dll and dplayx.dll ? If you have them then go and copy those to game directory where ttdpatchw.exe is
if you do not have then googling it returns link to http://www.dll-files.com page which can help you get what you need

[wallyweb]

Which error message are you getting?

I'm at the point where that guy is. See the black box on his picture.

Make sure that you have dplay.dll in your folder.
Make sure that win2k is on in your ttdpatch.cfg file.

It seems that i don't have dplay.dll or dplayx.dll either. Where to get those?
I have win2k turned on.

dplayx.dll should have come with your Windows 7 installation. Search your computer as suggested by SHADOW-XIII.
Also, make sure you have compatibility mode set to "Windows XP (SP3)"

Determine whether you are using the TTD DOS version or the TTD Windows version.
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-dos.zip for TTD DOS
Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-win32.zip for TTD Windows.

I've checked some of the "nightlies" and i saw that there is 3(?) different things to download: Source, DOS, WIN32.
I use the WIN32. But there is 3-4 with nearly the same name?! :S

Use TTDPatch-nightly-r[xxxx]-win32.zip

[ThaDoews]

Thx Wallyweb and Shadow-XIII It helped!

Now i can see the start sequence (before entering the menu) and then it crashes.
Whats the tricks for that?

What are those nightly really for?

[wallyweb]

Thx Wallyweb and Shadow-XIII It helped!

Good.

Now i can see the start sequence (before entering the menu) and then it crashes.
Whats the tricks for that?

Is there an error message?

What are those nightly really for?

They are the same as the patch you are currently using but with further enhancements to add to game play. Compare your ttdpatch.cfg from the patch you are currently using to the ttdpatch.cfg for a nightly and the differences are quite apparent.

[ThaDoews]

No i don't get any error msgs. It just crashes.
I have music and everything works fine until the start sequence is over.

They are the same as the patch you are currently using but with further enhancements to add to game play. Compare your ttdpatch.cfg from the patch you are currently using to the ttdpatch.cfg for a nightly and the differences are quite apparent.

Thx. I'm not sure that i need that now

[WWTBAM]

do you have a crash***.txt in your TTD dir? If so please post it here.

[ThaDoews]

I don't have any crashlogs... Do i need a file/program so it makes that?

Today i managed to get to the menu. But after 0,5-1 sec it crash.

Can the program really run in win7 64-bit?
I can get other 8-16 bit programs to work.

[WWTBAM]

TTDPatch should generate the crashlog. Are you playing in full screen? If so try playing in windowed mode.

[ThaDoews]

It crashes on both i saw a guide to create crashlogs in here and ill do that later

[struthers]

i have the exact same problem as this and have got to the same point as 'ThaDoews'

It flickers on the opening screen and then when it gets to the menu it crashes and i also do not have a crashlog

[WWTBAM]

If you aren't getting a crashlog, try http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... ingCrashes

[Lakie]

On Windows Vista and 7, you need to set the program compatibility setting to "Windows XP" on "ttdpatchw.exe".
Otherwise it will randomly hang / crash, I don't understand why it happens though.

~ Lakie