[Johnny_Keys]

Hi, stan - welcome to the fray!

Don't know if I can help, but here goes.

Here are the steps that worked for me, in the correct order. Have you:

1. Performed a "full installation" of the game onto your hard drive.


2. Patched the game to the latest version (version "1.00.42c") using the correct patch - there are three different versions of the patch depending on if your game is version "1.00.42", "1.00.42a" or "1.00.42b" to begin with- see http://www.starshiptitanic.com/game/patches.html

(your version number is shown at the bottom of the splash screen when you run the game, or may be on your game disc)

It's advisable to install the patch BEFORE modifying any other files, as patching afterwards might revert them to the "broken" versions.

3. Problems with the animations are possibly connected with the Cinepak codec ICCVID.DLL - the updated version included with Windows since XP Service pack 2 doesn't work with the game and you have to download the original version 1.10.0.11 (dated 06/11/1995) from the manufacturer's website and save (or copy/paste) it into your Starship Titanic folder (in C:\Program Files...) Here's the link to the file (the dll is inside the zip fileftp://ftp.probo.com/pub/cinepak/cvid32.zip

4. You also need to download a newer version of the "Smartheap Library DLL" SH33W32.DLL and save that into your Starship Titanic folder as well, overwriting or renaming the original version. This step enables the game to start under Windows 7 - as you are getting the game running at all I suspect you have done this already, but just in case you haven't, it can be found here: ftp://ftp.mackichan.com/download/sh33w32.dll

5. Finally, locate "st.exe" in the S.T. folder (or just "st" if your system is hiding file extensions), right-click it, choose "Properties" and on the "Compatibility" tab, tick "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows Vista" and "Run this program as an administrator". (again, it appears you have done this.)

I have attached a screenshot of my S.T. directory - if you are still having difficulties, try sending a screenshot of yours using "Advanced Reply" rather than "Quick Reply" (I didn't know about that either, Bwill - thanks Zwolf for the info on attaching files!). (The "snipping tool" in Windows 7 is great for this.) You will notice I renamed my original SH33W32.DLL by adding .old, but you can ignore this.

I hope this helps you to discover a missed step - assuming you have missed one, of course! My guess is it's probably something to do with patching the game or adding ICCVID.DLL to the folder.

Good luck

Johnny

[coronacolada]

I have done all of the above, double- and triple-checked all file versions, etc. I get the splash screen, then the screen turns black as it's going to load the game, then hits the desktop. No error messages or anything. Just poof. Any thoughts?

[coronacolada]

Nevermind! It was a directX issue--the issue being I didn't have it installed. Nice. Works beautifully. Huzzah.

[Johnny_Keys]

Thanks Coronacolada.

Great - another satisfied customer! Thanks for the DX tip. I think I'm right in saying that even if you have a more recent version of DX installed on your computer in the first place, you still need to tick the checkbox to install DirectX components when installing the game.

You still out there, Stan? Did you get it working eventually?