Hello Ian, There are a lot of questions and comments in this message I'd like to address so I have decided to answer as many as I can with a question and answer type format below.
Quote I am running Windows 7 64 bit. I have all versions of the .NET Framework installed from 1.0 through 4.5. End Quote That is entirely not necessary. Windows 7 comes with a fully operational version of the .NET Framework that is 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 compatible. In most cases installing .NET 1.1 will support 1.0 and 1.1 apps and of course you can install 4.5 if you really need that support. However you don't need every single version of the framework from 1.0 to 4.5 installed. Major overkill there. Quote I'm not sure if I have Managed DirectX, though my games use it, but I include the dlls in a a lib folder for that. End Quote Generally when you run the DirectX web installer it will install Managed DirectX along side the standard C/C++ Directx libraries assuming you have a compatible .NET Framework installed which you do. One way to know for sure is in Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET just checking the available libraries will tell you if Managed DirectX is installed and available. Quote Entombed also works for me, does it use Managed DirectX? End Quote No. Entombed is using a newer .NET multimedia library called XNA Framework which was Microsoft's official replacement for Managed DirectX back in 2007. Quote I installed railRacerDemo10. I got it from the BlindAdrenaline.com website within the past month so I expect it is the latest. End Quote It is not. That is Rail Racer 1.0, the original demo, which means it is considerably out of date. The latest stable version is something like version 1.5.3 and 1.0 is obviously many versions behind the latest stable release. Che also has a version 2.0 in the works so that demo is very very old. Quote I didn't see the 1.6 update, where is that? End Quote My bad. I meant 1.5.3 when I said 1.6 in a prior post. Quote If you know how to get a better error out of this I'd love to hear those instructions. End Quote Well, probably the only way to get more detailed information is by opening the memory dump files in Notepad and reading the error messages. That can be tedious, but that will often give more detailed and specific information as to why the game crashed. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
