Why has Fighting Steel suddenly died on me?

lamalobsang · 01-17-10, 05:17 PM

I've been running Fighting Steel (and FSP, and Thunder at Sea) with no problems for nearly a year on an XP system with an ATI HD 4600 card. Now it suddenly doesn't work. I restored all my original drivers (video, sound) and completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game(s), but now nothing happens when I try to run it. Has there been something in a recent Windows update that could have broken it?

Any ideas?? I really like this game, so this is quite a blow!

eddie · 01-17-10, 08:06 PM

As I understand it, FS when running on XP, should be run in windowed mode. Have you tried that?

lamalobsang · 01-17-10, 09:58 PM

Indeed, but the problem is that until recently, the game ran perfectly - and now it won't even open.

Weirder still, at one stage it ran, but without sound. So I relaid the sound driver - and now the game doesn't work at all.

What is all this?????????????????

01-17-10, 05:17 PM	#1
lamalobsang Nub Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why has Fighting Steel suddenly died on me? I've been running Fighting Steel (and FSP, and Thunder at Sea) with no problems for nearly a year on an XP system with an ATI HD 4600 card. Now it suddenly doesn't work. I restored all my original drivers (video, sound) and completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game(s), but now nothing happens when I try to run it. Has there been something in a recent Windows update that could have broken it? Any ideas?? I really like this game, so this is quite a blow!

01-17-10, 08:06 PM	#2
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	As I understand it, FS when running on XP, should be run in windowed mode. Have you tried that?

01-17-10, 09:58 PM	#3
lamalobsang Nub Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Indeed, but the problem is that until recently, the game ran perfectly - and now it won't even open. Weirder still, at one stage it ran, but without sound. So I relaid the sound driver - and now the game doesn't work at all. What is all this?????????????????