Recent content by shawn1959

Hah! Yes, maybe I am taking the weenie’s way out. In my defense, I’ll offer a couple thoughts: A) Based on the other “whatever it was” game, I suspect that the system updates I applied during the 6-month period had everything to do with being able to successfully launch and play that game. My...

Thanks Sylcai, Yes, Directx 11 is installed: I’d hoped that retro-installing 7a and 9c might somehow magically relieve my problem. It was worth a shot, no? You’re right, though. So I uninstalled, and reinstalled nVidia’s latest driver for x64 200 series; v260.99. I also reapplied the latest...

Thanks for the tip, xxxKya, Cowgod’s tutorial was among my first stops when I began searching for answers. I came to these boards after following his (her?) instructions. Clearly there’s something peculiar about my system hardware, software and its hidden or obscure settings that are mucking...

I’m sorry to report that I cannot fully recreate the earlier frame-rate success from a couple nights ago. Toggling between various nVidia control panel, setup.exe, compatibility modes and in-game settings had a positive cumulative effect but the slate was wiped clean with each reboot. Once...

No, no offence taken. It seems that I posted too hastily last night. . . joyous relief can do that. After going through last night’s motions, I spent some time reacquainting myself with Land 1’s temple, scrolls, signpost and so on, and then shut the PC down for the night. Unfortunately the...

Many thanks, Sylcai, I’m happy to report that I can now successfully launch and play Black & White. There was an additional issue after installing in Safe mode, however – absolutely terrible frame rates. Black & White is now running correctly but the chain of events that “fixed” the situation...

Safe mode. . .of course! It’s a bit late for me to have another go tonight, but I like the way you think. Thanks!

Despite following several tips that helped others, I’m still stumped. Runblack stops responding at launch. There is no error message, just a black screen with a movable cursor. - I’m on a Win 7 Administrator account. - In addition to the default directory, I’ve tried installing to C:\Games and...