Hey, I've been having a very similar problem, with the demo. I changed the details in prefs.ini as you described. But that just means the black square fills the screen lol.
MatthewMcCabe
I'll do that, but I'll paste it here too. Thanks. Debug Message: Version v1.50x3 GalCiv2 Gold Demo last updated on: Mon Mar 12 18:37:34 2007 Debug Message: Can't find TGN or GalCiv2 serial number. Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 11/6/2008, 14:03:50 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: USER-209BDFD86F Operating System: Windows XP
I've certainly got a machine capable of running the demo. And this isn't a common problem - yet googling doesn't seem to throw up someone with the same issue. I tried a reinstall but no joy. Basically I go to run the program and all I get is a large black square in the upper left of the screen.... Thanks for your help.