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Blarg
12-20-05, 08:03 PM
hello, first post.

My activation code (US Boxed version) seems to be correctly entered, yet I cannot start the game. "Error in entering" message. I used the sticker in the box, checked case, no dashes.

Any thoughts?
CWorth
12-20-05, 09:32 PM
First question is this..

Did you enter only the top set of numbers and letters?

The code sticker in the box looks like this...


xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx<----enter this set only
......................xxxxxx-xxx<----do not enter these numbers(ignore the dots)


This is a mistake many made when entering the code.
Blarg
12-20-05, 09:47 PM
I entered them all.
Blarg
12-20-05, 10:11 PM
That was it: after a long time, the game loaded. I started a canned mission, the first on the list.

in F12, the place where the enemy was supposed to be visible on the horizon has the strangest graphic error: a huge box with a big white ball in it. The box has square edges, the ball is diffused. Persistent.

Must I patch the game to get it to work? Maybe that is my issue.
Marhkimov
12-20-05, 10:17 PM
I know what you did.


You downloaded various environmental mods. Then you mixed and matched them, right?

I'd advise you not to do that unless you seriously know what you are doing. Please consult the mod readme's and learn about incompatibilities.


What did you mix, by the way?



Also, patch your game to 1.4b. That might be the whole problem... ;)
Blarg
12-20-05, 10:57 PM
No, I have a plain out of the box install, no mods or patches or anything.
Marhkimov
12-20-05, 11:09 PM
WEll, then its a driver or graphics card issue... Meaning someone more qualified than me will have to fix your problem.
Soviet_Warlord
12-20-05, 11:24 PM
Patch it to 1.4. If I remember correctly, this was a common issue when the game was first released. I think it got fixed in a patch.
Blarg
12-21-05, 01:22 AM
Do you have any issues with the 1.4 patch?
CptGrayWolf
12-21-05, 02:40 AM
That was it: after a long time, the game loaded. I started a canned mission, the first on the list.

in F12, the place where the enemy was supposed to be visible on the horizon has the strangest graphic error: a huge box with a big white ball in it. The box has square edges, the ball is diffused. Persistent.

Must I patch the game to get it to work? Maybe that is my issue.

This sounds like the infamous white blob/ black sky glitch.
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