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  1. 52 minutes ago, Einstein said:

    Interesting....

    Have you had any issues with other programs acting strangely on your PC? You might try running a disk check and maybe a memory test and see if anything turns up. These issues sound to me like corrupted files, which a disk or memory error could definitely cause.

    This is the only program I've had act strange. Even Red Alert: A Path Beyond runs fine (though, as I understand, it uses a later version of the Renegade scripts than ECW does). The computer I'm using is a brand-new laptop, so I highly doubt it's that. However, unless ECW uses D3D9, I suspect it may have something to do with it using D3D8. Here's my computer specs for reference:

    • OS: Windows 10 Home v. 1803
    • Dedicated GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Max-Q)
    • Integrated GPU: Intel UHD 630
    • CPU: Intel(R) Core i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • Primary hard drvie: 256 GB SSD
    • Secondary hard drive: 1 TB HDD
    • Audio: Realtek HD Integrated Audio
  2. If it helps, before I had this issue, the game was reporting DirectX errors (see attached log for example), no matter the resolution or graphics settings, accompanied by the infamous black screen. Figuring the game's D3D8.dll file was a wrapper (whether this is true or not, I've no idea) replaced it with, first D3D8to9, then the latest beta version of dgVoodoo2 (which, despite the name, wraps D3D1-8.1). No matter which wrapper I used, it resulted in the issue I reported originally.

    d3derr.log

  3. I recently logged onto the ECW main server, and found I was unable to move from a cube-shaped room containing what appeared to be tutorial instructions. I attempted to press every key on the keyboard I could think of, then random keys, before finally figuring there was something I was missing. I tried repairing the game, which did re-download the "extras" folder, but beyond that, the installation seemed fine.

    I want to get out of this room and actually play the game; how do I do so?

    Game4000 Screenshot 2018.08.18 - 15.58.40.46.png

  4. Coincidence most likely. It is my understanding that the issue here is that the launcher doesn't currently expect the possibility that MSVC 2015 might already be installed, and so when it encounters that condition then it doesn't quite know what to do about it. Hopefully we'll have it fixed soon!

    Furthermore, when I installed Tiberian Sun: Reborn after I resolved the issue with A Path Beyond, I noted it didn't try to install MSVC 2015. Unless Reborn uses MSVC 2015 and just doesn't have it downloaded and installed, I don't think it even uses MSVC 2015.

  5. Using version 0.7.1.0 of the W3D Hub client, I attempted to install Red Alert: A Path Beyond. The installer always fails when trying to install the contents of msvc2015.zip, even after I manually remove the ZIP file to force re-downloading (the monitor icon doesn't bring up anything). I think I may know why the installer always fails at this point: I already have the latest version of MSVC 2015 installed due to doing some hobby-programming with Visual Studio 2015 Community.

     

    Below are my system specs:

     

    OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v. 1511

    CPU: Intel Core i7 4770 @ 3.40GHz

    GPU: GeForce GTX 970 w/4GB memory

    Memory: 24.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 793.1MHz

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