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Can´t get this to run

[Sensenschmied]

Hello,

I have some problems getting this to run, maybe you can help me. 

See this picture
http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=doagom.jpg
What I´ve tried:
If I click on setup, it crashes and says Setup.exe stopped working.
If I extract the contents in a folder and put d3drm.dll in the prg_eng folder and try to start it with eng_rel.exe it says the installation is broken.
I´m running Vista 64bit.

What am I supposed to do?
Thanks

[olly]

Hi and Welcome, it's a Great Time to join our community ->

http://forum.dark-omen.org/introduction/great-time-to-join-t696.0.html

As for your Dark Omen installation error, read our Help Guide

http://forum.dark-omen.org/help-section/ultimate-dark-omen-xpvistawin7-game-fixes-t111.0.html

and maybe try right clicking on Setup.exe and selecting to Run as Administrator, otherwise u may have a broken download. Please let us know if this works, since alot of players successfully run Vista/Win7 64 bit with Dark Omen.

[Sensenschmied]

Thanks for the advice. Yes, it was a broken download  : Tried 2 sources but it seems they both had the same content, only in different packaging. I´d also like to point out that I bought this game fair & square when it was new

Anyways: I have another problem. I installed it and it seems to run fine, with one exception: The videos only have sound, but the screen stays black.
I experienced this with another old game I played again recently- Z from the bitmap brothers. But it is impossible that this game uses the same video codec as Z for that used .jv which was exclusive to the game Z.
What could this be? :/ I don´t experience this in modern games or with any video files.
My DO Folder has ~270 MB, the image ~750.
I did install the intro fix.

€: Your rolleyes smile is broken  

€²: Well I´ve found a program which can play the files. So now I have to try and listen to the video being played, then alt + tab and figure out to which file that corresponds, since the names don´t hint at the order. Lol... oh well, it´s better than nothing but ideas are still welcome.  

[olly]

Glad we made progress and if the Intro Crash fix hasn't worked then you need to check your registry->

) Download  The Intro Crash Fix for both Vista and XP and run it.
    http://en.dark-omen.org/downloads/view-details/5.-miscellaneous/intro-crash-fix.html
   
    However, for Vista 64,  the regedit settings need to be in
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen\1.0\Options\Options]
    and not in
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen\1.0\Options\Options
    "Selected"="1"
    "SoftwareSelected"="228"
    where  the Fix tries to place them. Manually create New String Data "Selected"="1" and"SoftwareSelected"="228"
    if they are missing from your Options Folder (perhaps due to Admin Permission and may be in Virtual Store).
HKEY_USERS\<User SID>_Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen
HKEY_USERS\<UserSID>_Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen


Please let us know if this helps.

[Sensenschmied]

Thanks but that was already as it should be. When you download the intro fix you can choose between a regular and a 64 version
It doesn´t crash either, it´s just that the vids show no picture. But it doesn´t matter, all I have to do is alt+tab and view them externally. Everything else works fine.

Thanks for your help
I shall enjoy the campaign and then come back to all the great mods here