Problem with Homeworld: Cataclysm

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2005-09-02 10:05pm

For some reason, whenever I try to play this game, whenever it goes past the Sierra and Relic intros, it just crashes and reverts to the desktop. Has anyone else encountered this problem trying to install the game on a newer computer?

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2005-09-02 11:17pm

There's a patch that you need to download. I had the exact same problem with my copy. Try googling for it and if that doesn't work, I'll see if I can't dig it up myself.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2005-09-02 11:36pm

I've found a couple different patches. Any idea which one I need?

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2005-09-03 12:37am

you should actually patch every game you install. It takes care of problems like games crashing while your in the middle of a battle.

Yes I did have the same problem with my copy of HWC.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2005-09-03 12:48am

Are you running Win XP? If so, that's the problem. You just need to change the compatability

Right click on you HW:C icon and click on properties. Go to the tab that says compatability. Click on the box that says "Run this program in compatabilty mode for:". On the pull down menu just under that Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).

Edit: On second reading of your symptoms, this probably isn't the problem. If it was, it would at least let you on to the menu. Do the patch idea.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2005-09-03 07:27am

Temjin wrote:Are you running Win XP? If so, that's the problem. You just need to change the compatability

Right click on you HW:C icon and click on properties. Go to the tab that says compatability. Click on the box that says "Run this program in compatabilty mode for:". On the pull down menu just under that Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).

That Might be the problem, It had it set in compatibility mode for Windows 95. I'll give it a shot

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2005-09-03 12:38pm

Darksider wrote:
Temjin wrote:Are you running Win XP? If so, that's the problem. You just need to change the compatability

Right click on you HW:C icon and click on properties. Go to the tab that says compatability. Click on the box that says "Run this program in compatabilty mode for:". On the pull down menu just under that Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).

That Might be the problem, It had it set in compatibility mode for Windows 95. I'll give it a shot

98 or NT4S5 would be better, though patch first and patch often, though at this point the only patches available will be online.

Manus Celer Dei · Post by **Manus Celer Dei** » 2005-09-03 04:49pm

I was having problems like this when my sound card was being awkward. Is yours working fine?