Dale, thank you for your post. I'm embarassed to report the result - in my defense, I inherited this computer from a family member and didn't think to check the specs. But this PC has only 128MB of RAM. I've ordered a RAM upgrade - after I install it, I'll give it another go and report the results back here. Jay
--- In [email protected], Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jay, > > >Dale, thanks. The game I'm trying to get going is Twilight Struggle. > >I tried to load the gamebox file in CBDesign, but I got the same > >error message ("The parameter is incorrect"). I downloaded the > >gamebox from the Twilight Struggle Consimworld Forum. > >Lee, I've changed the folder name to myLastName-opponentLastName, to > >no effect. Thanks for the pointer on saving. I'm not able to open a > >file in CBPlay to make any moves in yet. > >I'm able to get open this Twilight Struggle gamefile on my wife's > >PC, so that suggests the problem is with my PC somehow and not in > >the gamefile... > >I just reinstalled WinXP and SP2, re-writing the partition in the > >process. Still get the error. > > Since you completely wiped and reinstalled the entire OS this leaves only > one other thing: Memory. How much memory does your system have? The TS > gamebox I use takes about 60MB of RAM. That's not huge but if your system > only had 256MB (or less) and a small paging file you might get an issue > loading the gamebox file. > > The error you're getting is being generated by MSOft's MFC file load code > when it has a problem "deserailizing" the file data. (I know the message > could be improved! :) .) > > Prior to lauching the program do a Ctrl-Alt-Delete to get the Window's Task > Manager program. Select the "Performance" tab and post the numbers you find > at the bottom of the pane in the mailing list. This may yield some clues. > > Dale >
