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COMMANDER TOM · 05-28-07, 09:20 AM

First of all, THANKS for the speedy replies !

ChristopherT - I'll try to relay my experience:

During the install, everything seems to go smoothly. Sound and video seems to go well and the installation completes successfully. I'm running a Sound Blaster Live! audio card and am in the process of upgrading the graphics, but am presently running an nVidia TNT2 Model 64 AGP card with 32MB of on-board memory (but the computer has 512MB of RAM).

When I double-click SH.exe, the screen goes full dark then the desktop comes back up with a small DOS window session present, saying "FINISHING SH". The screen contains an error message "EO12: VESA DRIVER NOT PRESENT (USE /V OPTION)"

I've tried various different "fixes" NUMEROUS TIMES and have made negative progress ! I even tried the sticky posted here for "running SH 1 on XP" with the folder creating, file notepad editing, etc., to no avail.

There is no sound when the screen goes dead either.

I'm going to visit the nVidia website next and try to find out about the availability of this VESA driver - may be all I need ? Don't know why I didn't think of that right away. OR, should I be running a much better video card ?

If that doesn't work, I'm pretty much stumped for now. I'll wait for replies, before I give up tho......

Should I go with one of the later versions of the game ? I've heard several problems with them and SH 1 is supposed to be a gem.

THANKS again for your help !!

There are NO ships, only submarines and TARGETS !

05-28-07, 09:20 AM	#2
COMMANDER TOM Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Somewhere under the surface Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First of all, *THANKS* for the speedy replies ! ChristopherT - I'll try to relay my experience: During the install, everything seems to go smoothly. Sound and video seems to go well and the installation completes successfully. I'm running a Sound Blaster Live! audio card and am in the process of upgrading the graphics, but am presently running an nVidia TNT2 Model 64 AGP card with 32MB of on-board memory (but the computer has 512MB of RAM). When I double-click SH.exe, the screen goes full dark then the desktop comes back up with a small DOS window session present, saying "FINISHING SH". The screen contains an error message "EO12: VESA DRIVER NOT PRESENT (USE /V OPTION)" I've tried various different "fixes" NUMEROUS TIMES and have made negative progress ! I even tried the sticky posted here for "running SH 1 on XP" with the folder creating, file notepad editing, etc., to no avail. There is no sound when the screen goes dead either. I'm going to visit the nVidia website next and try to find out about the availability of this VESA driver - may be all I need ? Don't know why I didn't think of that right away. OR, should I be running a much better video card ? If that doesn't work, I'm pretty much stumped for now. I'll wait for replies, before I give up tho...... Should I go with one of the later versions of the game ? I've heard several problems with them and SH 1 is supposed to be a gem. THANKS again for your help !! There are NO ships, only submarines and TARGETS ! Last edited by COMMANDER TOM; 05-28-07 at 10:17 AM.