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Offline HwoThumb

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I CANNOT get this game installed
« on: May 27, 2013, 02:46:22 PM »
I have been trying for literally over an hour to install the game on Windows 7. When I put it in my CD drive my computer crashed, when I restarted I ran the launcher. The setup got 2% installed and then stopped completely. I killed it, tried to run the launcher again, my computer crashed. I restarted, ran the setup, it crashed. I restarted ran the setup again, it crashed. I restarted, changed the compatibility mode to run as an administrator, and I crashed. I restarted, ran the launcher, and it got 50% done and stopped completely. I killed it, tried to launcher again, but it said the game was already installed. So I clicked remove and it started installing it from the start again. This time it got to 31% before crashing. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, please help!

Edit: Got it working but when I run it all the menu buttons are fuzzy. Any help with this?
« Last Edit: May 27, 2013, 03:10:12 PM by HwoThumb »

Offline cephalopod

Re: I CANNOT get this game installed
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2013, 03:16:52 PM »
For the fuzzy buttons I think that's fixed with the 'Nvidia fix' on the Downloads page - https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=11

If not, try the 1.2 patch.
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Offline Venko

Re: I CANNOT get this game installed
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2013, 04:46:39 PM »
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;sa=downfile&id=4
Nope.
It would be better if you download the game from this link (this is a clean stock version of the game, patched to latest) ^
Just uninstall first the instaled version, clean the registry and unrar this ^ to any folder.
You will avoid a lots of later problems that way (like unlocking the hidden components and fixed buttons).
RA2 is not registry demanding game, no need to install, you can have multiple copies at a same time, you can delete it, you can unrar it only and so.
Also, the crashes sounds like you have problems/viruses with your OS.

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Re: I CANNOT get this game installed
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 12:58:36 PM »
For the fuzzy buttons I think that's fixed with the 'Nvidia fix' on the Downloads page - https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=11

If not, try the 1.2 patch.
Just a small correction to the above. The Nvidia fix is for any version of RA2 that is less than 1.3. The 1.3 patcch is the official nvidia fix and comes with many other features and fixes.

Offline HwoThumb

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Re: I CANNOT get this game installed
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2013, 06:58:52 AM »
Thanks! Got the game installed and the crashes fixed and the latest patch! (The crashes were because I'm lazy and used to steam so I didn't get why the game was taking so long to install. Turns out *Gasp* Just because you can't see the numbers going up doesn't mean the computer isn't doing anything. So now I feel a bit silly.