i'm a complete moron when it comes to this computer ****, but i installed 1.3, and then wanted to go back. so i unistalled the game, deleted the game directory, and then reinstalled, patched with 1.2 (or whatever i was previously using), and then cracked.
if anyone knows any better please shoot me down before somebody smokes their system.
speaking of rolling back:
i am pretty new to the high performance computer world, but i recently bought a system (xp2100+, 512 3200DDR, 80GB WD, and an ATI Radeon 8500 LE. about a week ago, i made the assumption that updating drivers was something you should do to stay current and up to date (why else would they call it that?).
i surfed over to the ATI website, and it steered me in the direction of the Catalyst 3.0 driver, and DirectX 9. after installing i immediately noticed a difference: choppy graphics, occasional horizontal line "flashes", and the much loved program crash (it just flashes off and then where once was a german in my crosshairs is now my desktop.. no error message either).
I have since unistalled 3.0, and have gone back to Catalyst 2.5. But i am unsure whether or not i can go back to DirectX 8.1 (or whatever i had previously). i am using Windows2000 if that helps anyone who may want to give me some direction. i have been told by a friend that i need to reinstall windows, but i would like to avoid that if possible. if **** really hits the fan, i have an image of my C drive on a special partitian, but again, only as a last resort.
thanks in advance.
richard306