Warhammer Dark Omen Forum

Hey there :)

Yesterday I have seen on my extern harddisk some savegames from Dark Omen.
I thought yay cool let´s play some Dark Omen!
So I installed the game on my new Laptop.
Win 7 64 bit ultimate.
Then I started the game and the "can´t  find this d3drm.dll" bugs arrived. Ok start google and Have found this nice pages with alle the fixes for vista and xp.
Downloaded this ddl and the game starts but then u know wahts coming...
yes right this fuckin intro crash. Visit this page again.



yay and now I dont know what to do because i have 64 bit system so can anyone say me what to do?
I know that i must go in the "regedit" but then? can anyone maybe take some screenshots and show me how it must look.

also downlaoded this  both fixes dont work either.

ah and sry for my bad english i m from germany but i try my best that u can understand me ^^

hope u can help me :)


EDIT:
Also tried the windows 7 compatibility mode with win 85/ win 89/ME win and xp service pack 3. do not work ^^

It's strange that everybody has problems with running Dark Omen under Win7/Vista. I installed it under Win7, got the d3drm.dll, started DO and it worked.

If you don't run Dark Omen with Administrator rights (that means no "Benutzerkontensteuerung"-Window appears (UAC Warning) it will use the VirtualStore Registry Path because Dark Omen writes in a protected Registry part.
So you have to navigate to the following path (the SID is different for you(!)): look at the statusbar

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Selected must be 1 and Software Selected must be 228

If you run Dark Omen with Admin Rights (Clicked "Yes" during the Benutzerkonstensteuerung-Window (UAC)) you have to use the following registry path:

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Note: This values are only available if you execute Dark Omen at least one time with Admin rights.

If you installed the Vista Fix it should always prompt you for admin rights on startup.

thank u very much :)

it works...

but i was my bad ..
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ElectronicArts\DarkOmen\1.0\Options\Options]

forget the second "options"

stupid... -.-

next problem I have the alt+tab bug
but thats not very bad  essentialy I can play :)

thx again

Hi, have u tried this, although Win7 64bit will probably be different again
 
http://forum.dark-omen.org/help-section/ultimate-dark-omen-xpvista-game-fixes-t111.0.html (http://forum.dark-omen.org/help-section/ultimate-dark-omen-xpvista-game-fixes-t111.0.html)

"For Alt Tab in Vista/Windows 7, try this Fix.

It will also force Admin Mode (UAC Warning) if you're trying to run EngRel.exe or tshoot.exe to prevent problems with the UAC (and the IntroCrashFix). If you disabled UAC this change will have no effect"

http://en.dark-omen.org/downloads/view-details/5.-miscellaneous/vista-/-windows-7-crash-fix.html (http://en.dark-omen.org/downloads/view-details/5.-miscellaneous/vista-/-windows-7-crash-fix.html) 

:)

yes tried it.
Don´t work. but hey can play and that is important ;)

thx u =)

Win 7 Dark Omen Reg Options Settings

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rl3ea3 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/rl3ea3)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen\1.0\Options\Options]
"Selected"="1"
"HardwareSelected"="380"
"SoftwareSelected"="356"
"MMXSelected"="160"
"ToolTips"="1"
"MusicVolume"="474"
"SFXVolume"="783"
"SoftwareSoundQuality"="2"
"SoftwareParticleQuality"="2"
"MMXSoundQuality"="2"
"MMXParticaleQuality"="1"
"HardwareSoundQuality"="2"
"HardwareParticleQuality"="2"
"InformationNum"="0"

:)

Does not work for me: menu music plays but screen gets stuck
Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit, Finnish language
Processor: AMD Turion II
Monitor: LCD 1920x1080

To top that off, game gets similarly stuck with my dektop PC with WinXP on it. I had no such problems with desktop when it still had 19" CRT (desktop resolution: 1600x1200) connected. Is monitor problem here?

[edit]
I run game from image file run with DAEMON Tools Lite. Image file is from original game CD which I own.

It sounds more like Alt Tab problem/solution, sorry if u already tried this.

:)

Now I have. Screen is and stays blank through intro videos and after those. Menu music plays. Alt-tabbing brings other windows and programs on screen at resolution of the game menu.

Ok thnx for info, maybe the patch didn't apply properly (usually works fine) if so please manually amend your Registry

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rl3ea3 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/rl3ea3)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen\1.0\Options\Options]
"Selected"="1"
"HardwareSelected"="380"
"SoftwareSelected"="356"
"MMXSelected"="160"
"ToolTips"="1"
"MusicVolume"="474"
"SFXVolume"="783"
"SoftwareSoundQuality"="2"
"SoftwareParticleQuality"="2"
"MMXSoundQuality"="2"
"MMXParticaleQuality"="1"
"HardwareSoundQuality"="2"
"HardwareParticleQuality"="2"
"InformationNum"="0"

and let us know how you get on and are you installing as Adminstrator (right click on setup and select Run as Administrator) that Ghabry mentions earlier in this post.

http://forum.dark-omen.org/help-section/win-7-ultimate-64-bit-problem-t640.0.html;msg6031#msg6031 (http://forum.dark-omen.org/help-section/win-7-ultimate-64-bit-problem-t640.0.html;msg6031#msg6031)

:)

Uninstalled game and installed again as instructed. Installed the updates and checked the registry. Still no go :(

Is this typo?

I attached another registry file. Please import it and check if this fixes your problems (and start Dark Omen directly, without "Run as Admin" option).

Some explanation:
The registry file will write to the Virtual Store path of the registry. Dark Omen uses HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to store data but this location is only writable for Administrators. This was not a problem up to XP but then Microsoft added the User Account Control to Vista. In order to not break all old programs Microsoft added a feature called Virtual Store. So all writes get redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore. If the program is now reading the normal path, Windows will check first if their are VirtualStore keys and will return their values instead (that means that all changes to the Dark Omen registry data under HKLM are ignored, if the game was started once without admin rights because then VirtualStore keys will exist (and this prevents our crashfix reg-files from working)).

No change :(
But thanks for trying. I'll play game with my desktop computer with XP on it. Problem is I need plug peripheral devices (like speakers and mouse) back and forth between desktop and laptop.

[edit]
It seems turning graphics to CPU will cause same problems with my XP desktop as has been described with Win7 laptop. I had to uninstall and reinstall game to get it back to working 3d. Also I had to stow my laserprinter to closet in order to make room for 19" CRT on the table becouse game graphics flicker on LCD monitor.

So I have done everything in this thread and now not only does DO not get past the intro, but I don't have sound in DO or anything else??? Please help and explain like I'm 5.

1) Right Click Setup.exe and Run As Administrator

(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5661/darkomenguide1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/darkomenguide1.jpg/)

2) Select Maximum Installation

(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8933/darkomenguide2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/darkomenguide2.jpg/)

3) Say Yes to Direct X 5 install

(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8060/darkomenguide6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/darkomenguide6.jpg/)

4) Browse to your C:\Program Files (x86)\Dark Omen\PRG_ENG folder and Right Click on EngRel.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility Mode and select Change for All Users and Select to Run in Windows XP Sp3 mode and also to run as Administrator and Apply

5) After Game has installed - DO NOT start game until you have downloaded and copied d3drm.dll into Dark Omen\PRG_ENG folder and downloaded and installed the Intro Reg Crash fix from

http://en.dark-omen.org/dark-omen-and-windows-vista.html (http://en.dark-omen.org/dark-omen-and-windows-vista.html)


(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9615/darkomenguide9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/darkomenguide9.jpg/)

6) Double Click on EngRel.exe to start the game and Press Esc to Skip the Intro and go straight to Options and ensure CPU mode is selected and No to Coloured Cursors and then Test in Game.

(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1534/options2.jpg) (http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=options2.jpg)

Thanks got it working now!