Need help installing on new comp

**Ludens** · 03-11-2006, 17:35

Hello,

New member Rascal just posted this question in the Entrance Hall:

Originally Posted by Rascal

Shogun wont run at all. I reinstalled it, swept for StarForce, patched it and changed compatability mode to Windows 95 and 98 but nothing. When I double click on the desktop icon to start the game the 1st screen comes up of the logo so it looks like its going to load. Then it crashes back to desktop and gives me an error report to send to Microsoft every time. Im at a total loss. Here is the thread I followed to try and fix this issue

(Link)

**Rascal** · 03-20-2006, 03:56

Hey guys just posting here to try and find some more info. I'm having a very similar problem as the original thread here and I did everything that everyone posted to try. I cant get Shogun to work yet. Shogun wont run at all. I reinstalled it, swept for StarForce, patched it and changed compatability mode to Windows 95 and 98 but nothing. I tried it without changing compatibility and that wont work either. When I double click on the desktop icon to start the game the 1st screen comes up of the logo so it looks like its going to load. Then it crashes back to desktop and gives me an error report to send to Microsoft every time. Im at a total loss. I need any help i can get. Thanks in advance for any leads you guys can throw my way.

**R'as al Ghul** · 03-21-2006, 11:42

Originally Posted by Rascal

When I double click on the desktop icon to start the game the 1st screen comes up of the logo so it looks like its going to load. Then it crashes back to desktop and gives me an error report to send to Microsoft every time.

What kind of error?
Could you post a screenshot or write it down?

**Rascal** · 03-22-2006, 18:21

Here is the file the error report is including. Dont know how to take a screen shot of the error report but its huge, way to long to type.

C:DOCUME~1\Rascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\eb16_appcompat.txt

Also, I ran something called System Comparison from the Shogun files and it says:

System Comparison

Device Requirment Your System
CPU Family 80586 Class 0
CPU Speed 233 1992
RAM 32 767
CD-ROM Speed 4x Not Detected
3Dfx(tm)support Not Required No
Glide (tm) Not Installed
Chipset Not Installed
MMX (tm) Yes Yes

Now I have no idea what this is about. My CD-ROM is 16x or 20x, dont remember. What is CPU Family? I have about 85gigs left on my hard drive. I have no clue what so ever. LEt me know if you need more info. Thanks again...

**R'as al Ghul** · 03-23-2006, 09:47

Originally Posted by Rascal

Here is the file the error report is including. Dont know how to take a screen shot of the error report but its huge, way to long to type.

C:DOCUME~1\Rascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\eb16_appcompat.txt

It would be interesting to know the content of that text file.
Please post it.

Originally Posted by Rascal

Also, I ran something called System Comparison from the Shogun files and it says:
[...]
Now I have no idea what this is about. My CD-ROM is 16x or 20x, dont remember. What is CPU Family? I have about 85gigs left on my hard drive. I have no clue what so ever. LEt me know if you need more info. Thanks again...

Don't worry. The tool from EA that you're using is build for win95 machines.
It doesn't have a clue what to make of your XP system. the diagnosis is completely worth- and meaningless. Your hardware should be fine.

**Rascal** · 03-23-2006, 14:36

Thanks for all the help so far R'as.

Ok, that file was gone in the temp folder so I ran Shogun again to get a new error report and this is the file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="SHOGUN.ICD" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="clcd16.dll" SIZE="6784" CHECKSUM="0xECFDD7A5" MODULE_TYPE="WIN16" S16BIT_DESCRIPTION="CLCD16.exe" S16BIT_MODULE_NAME="CLCD16" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="clcd32.dll" SIZE="30208" CHECKSUM="0xE166416A" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:10:14" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:10:14" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="clokspl.exe" SIZE="177152" CHECKSUM="0xB4903A10" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:09:49" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:09:49" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="dplayerx.dll" SIZE="136704" CHECKSUM="0xB34F375F" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:16:24" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:16:24" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="drvmgt.dll" SIZE="34304" CHECKSUM="0x4A83E51C" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:23:37" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:23:37" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="IP.exe" SIZE="832000" CHECKSUM="0xE1151566" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.5.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.5.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1,6, 0, 0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="InfoPro (System Information & Benchmark Program)" COMPANY_NAME="EASTern DiGiTAL Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="InfoPro®" FILE_VERSION="2.1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="IP.EXE" INTERNAL_NAME="IP" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1996-1997 by EASTern DiGiTAL Inc." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x10005" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.5.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.5.0.0" LINK_DATE="12/19/1997 21:11:56" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/19/1997 21:11:56" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mcp.dll" SIZE="67584" CHECKSUM="0xE419F8E1" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.6.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.6.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.6.0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="" COMPANY_NAME="" PRODUCT_NAME="" FILE_VERSION="1.0.6.0" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="" INTERNAL_NAME="" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.6.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.6.0" LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Shogun Total War_eReg.exe" SIZE="618496" CHECKSUM="0x19AA7553" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="2, 0, 0, 0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="EReg MFC Application" COMPANY_NAME="" PRODUCT_NAME="EReg Application" FILE_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="EReg.EXE" INTERNAL_NAME="EReg" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1999" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" LINK_DATE="05/04/2000 18:31:51" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/04/2000 18:31:51" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Shogun Total War_uninst.exe" SIZE="65536" CHECKSUM="0xF337A16" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 15:37:31" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 15:37:31" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Shogun.exe" SIZE="341279" CHECKSUM="0xFE5B5B1D" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Shog_CPP" COMPANY_NAME="Creative Assembly" PRODUCT_NAME="Creative Assembly Shog_CPP" FILE_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="Shog_CPP.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="Shog_CPP" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1998" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:18:11" UPTO_LINK_DATE="05/03/2000 11:18:11" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United Kingdom) [0x809]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="SHOGUN.ICD" SIZE="4579373" CHECKSUM="0xBF8A3695" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Shog_CPP" COMPANY_NAME="Creative Assembly" PRODUCT_NAME="Creative Assembly Shog_CPP" FILE_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="Shog_CPP.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="Shog_CPP" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1998" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.1" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.1" LINK_DATE="09/26/2000 08:43:40" UPTO_LINK_DATE="09/26/2000 08:43:40" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United Kingdom) [0x809]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Uninstall.exe" SIZE="24576" CHECKSUM="0xF9D98674" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="04/05/2000 16:40:20" UPTO_LINK_DATE="04/05/2000 16:40:20" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="weachatr.dll" SIZE="105472" CHECKSUM="0x7F16C507" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="03/30/2000 14:22:49" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/30/2000 14:22:49" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="weanewsr.dll" SIZE="63488" CHECKSUM="0x99217D5D" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="02/18/2000 10:45:24" UPTO_LINK_DATE="02/18/2000 10:45:24" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="wearasr.dll" SIZE="62976" CHECKSUM="0x2DD56D18" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="01/21/2000 11:25:45" UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/21/2000 11:25:45" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="983552" CHECKSUM="0x4CE79457" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xFF848" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

Now at the top it says version xml 1.0, dont know if that is Shogun version or what. I have run the path several times for Shogun but not doing anything. Dunno if i patched it incorrectly or what.

**Omi-San** · 02-14-2009, 19:11

I can hopefully help to resolve the flicker menu issue.
The flickering is generally caused by hardware acceleration available on recent video card.

To solve the issue right-click on the windows background:
- select "Properties" to show the dialogue box "Display Properties."
- select "Settings" tab and then click on "Advanced" button; this bring up another dialogue box.
- select "Troubleshoot" tab and slide the slider next to "Hardware acceleration" to None.

Hopefully this piece of advice will resolve the woes which beset me when I recently purchase
Shogun Total War - Gold Edition.

gannbatte-ne (good luck),

Omi-san.

**Just A Girl** · 03-23-2006, 23:43

Right i dont know if i understand the problem 100% But it sounds like a file accosiation problem...

It sounds like..
The Game starts..
Tries to play opening vid...
and goes POOF.
Back at desktop.

If thats right. I would start by making sure Windows media player is default player for file types STW uses.

Also.
If you have a Webcam stuck to your pc. "logitech expeshialy" Dissconnect it. and then try again.

**Rascal** · 03-28-2006, 01:31

Thats exactly whats happening. I made sure WMP was default for all associated files, reinstalled it, patched it, swept for StarForce, unplugged every USB connection I had, restarted and the new error report had a lot of stuff about Checksum or something like that. I can post the report on here but its long and I dont want to keep filling up the page with huge posts unless you want me to post it. Still trying everything I can. Throw me any kind of theory you have and I will try it (except a reformat). Thanks again everyone