Help: can't get past install with I76

Wonder if any of you good people can help me with this. I just got a copy of I76 from a bargin bin ($6 woo!) but can't get it to install. I checked the Activision site and didnt' find anything helpful. I tried the basics of setting desktop low res and 256 colors but no joy. When ever I run setup.exe, I get the following error: _INS0432 caused a divide error in module GETINFO.DLL at 0167:00f810e6. Registers: EAX=fa56d100 CS=0167 EIP=00f810e6 EFLGS=00010a47 EBX=005d0000 SS=016f ESP=006df78c EBP=006dfc74 ECX=000f4240 DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=1bdf EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: f7 f6 2b d2 f7 f1 83 f8 37 7e 0c 83 f8 41 7f 07 Stack dump: 81963cd9 00428a18 00000000 81963cd9 005d0000 016f0552 00000000 fffffffc 006df9fc 43001736 004ea540 00000004 0000000e 00000000 81963cd9 004f4f00 Any help gratefully received. --Tim Elhajj

Ah ha. I sorted it out. It's a buggy POS but once you get it going it's kind of fun. ;) "Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote > Wonder if any of you good people can help me with this. I just got a copyof [snip]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:53:49 -0800, "Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Ah ha. I sorted it out. It's a buggy POS but once you get it going it's kind >of fun. ;) It IS fun :) Be sure to download the patch from www.activision.com. It's a big patch though. Andre

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>"Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote > >> Wonder if any of you good people can help me with this. I just got a copy >of >[snip] > >

Andre, do you get a GPF which says somethign about a divide error when you launch I76.exe? I've patched this thing with the latest 3d patch and it still gives me this error about 75% when I launch the file. If I just keep clicking OK, then clicking on I76.exe again it eventually works. Damn thing is like trying to start my lawn mower! Takes an extra 3-5 minutes sometimes to get going, but then it's a heck of a lot of fun. That and the copy protection were giving me fits. I found a crack for the copy protection, so now I get no funky music, which is a shame because I wasn't tried of the music just yet. Anyhow--lots of fun. Just wish it were a bit more cooperative. "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:53:49 -0800, "Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Ah ha. I sorted it out. It's a buggy POS but once you get it going it'skind

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> >of fun. ;) > > It IS fun :) Be sure to download the patch from www.activision.com. > It's a big patch though. > > Andre > > >"Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > >> Wonder if any of you good people can help me with this. I just got a

copy > >of > >[snip] > > > > >

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:09:07 -0800, "Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Andre, do you get a GPF which says somethign about a divide error when you >launch I76.exe? I've patched this thing with the latest 3d patch and it >still gives me this error about 75% when I launch the file. If I just keep >clicking OK, then clicking on I76.exe again it eventually works. Damn thing >is like trying to start my lawn mower! Takes an extra 3-5 minutes sometimes >to get going, but then it's a heck of a lot of fun. That and the copy >protection were giving me fits. I found a crack for the copy protection, so >now I get no funky music, which is a shame because I wasn't tried of the >music just yet. Anyhow--lots of fun. Just wish it were a bit more >cooperative.

No, I don't have that problem. I do have 2 other problems though. First, I also have the I76 Nitro Pack (extra missions). This Nitro Pack cd also contains the patch for I76. But when I have installed I76, the Nitro Pack still greys out the 'update I76' option. I mailed Activision about this at the time, but they didn't know a solution. It wasn't a big problem, since the downloaded update worked just fine, it was just weird that the update from the Nitro Pack cd didn't work. Second, I bought a V3 a couple of months ago, and now textures in I76 are all corrupted. With my V2 I didn't have these problems. Why are you needing a cd crack? I still love the funky music from I76 :) Oh, and if you haven't noticed allready, avoid I82 at all costs. For me I82 was the disappointment of the century... Andre

"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > Second, I bought a V3 a couple of months ago, and now textures in I76 > are all corrupted. With my V2 I didn't have these problems. Humm, s' odd. I have a V3 2000 and the textures look fine. > Why are you needing a cd crack? I still love the funky music from I76 > :) I have more than one cd rom drive and it just completely hates that. I can get it to work without the crack but it involves going through a bunch of time consuming steps for each start up. :( > Oh, and if you haven't noticed allready, avoid I82 at all costs. > For me I82 was the disappointment of the century... Thanks, I heard. But I will look around for the Nitro add-on. --Tim > Andre