Anybody here have this problem with Master of Orion 2?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-14 01:29am

I have XP and when I play moo2 for the first time after installing, it runs great. But after that, when I do certain things, like finalize a design for a ship or receive a diplomatic message, the comp freezes. It's done this multiple times.

Anyone else here with XP and moo2 care to give me some input on what could be going wrong here?

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-03-14 01:35am

I have XP, and I have MoO2, but I've never run them at the same time

. Anyways, that's XP for you. Did you check the stupid "Run in Win95 mode" or whatever in its properties?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-14 01:40am

JediNeophyte wrote:I have XP, and I have MoO2, but I've never run them at the same time . Anyways, that's XP for you. Did you check the stupid "Run in Win95 mode" or whatever in its properties?

I believe I have. And no, it didn't fix the problem, though tomorrow I'll try again.

I wanna go annihilate the Antarans with a fleet of Doom Stars armed with Stellar Converters+death rays but my comp won't let me!!!!!

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-03-14 02:23am

Make sure you download the patch.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-14 02:32am

jegs2 wrote:Make sure you download the patch.

I did and my entire playing time was with that patch installed (v1.31, I think).

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-03-14 02:37am

Shinova wrote:
jegs2 wrote:Make sure you download the patch.
I did and my entire playing time was with that patch installed (v1.31, I think).

Hmm, don't know what to say then. I use MOO2 with that patch, on Win Xp, and I've no problems. Could be your machine...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-14 02:40am

jegs2 wrote:Hmm, don't know what to say then. I use MOO2 with that patch, on Win Xp, and I've no problems. Could be your machine...

In that case,

*shoots glares of uber-death at pc*

Bartman · Post by **Bartman** » 2003-03-14 11:05am

I have run MoO2 for over a year (200+ hours) on XP without a single glitch. Are you running from the CD or copying the files and doing an install from the hard drive? I have found it to be more stable to eliminate the CD from the equation.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-03-14 11:22am

Bartman wrote:I have run MoO2 for over a year (200+ hours) on XP without a single glitch. Are you running from the CD or copying the files and doing an install from the hard drive? I have found it to be more stable to eliminate the CD from the equation.

That's an interesting way to do it. I might have to do a reinstall as the game reads the disk from my DVD, and the spin up time will cause it to lock up and crash. Thanx for the tip.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-03-14 01:09pm

Bartman wrote:I have run MoO2 for over a year (200+ hours) on XP without a single glitch. Are you running from the CD or copying the files and doing an install from the hard drive? I have found it to be more stable to eliminate the CD from the equation.

Good point. I play only from the hard drive.