Myth 2 won't run

[General Pepper]

So, Ive had Myth 2 before on this computer... (Running XP) But I did a system wipe and had to reinstall it. No matter what I do whenever the game starts up i hear the opening music and then the game just crashes. This is in every version PRE 1.6. If I patch it to 1.6 then when I open the exe it just sits there for a bit and then nothing happens. Task manager shows myth 2 is being run buy only at like 2000kbs of RAM and I can't access it.

Same deal with the demo. Any help?

at 1.5

2009-02-19 14:53:33
Myth II Build 261 running under Modern Windows 5.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
Found 0 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
Found 1 to use
Using GDI for Input
Mouse appears to have 8 buttons and 3 axes.
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
Loading Patch Files...
Patch 1.2
Patch MariusNet
Patch 1.3
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.4 Interface
Patch 1.5
Loading Patch Files Succeeded

with 1.6

01.19.109 15:37:35 Myth II running under WinNT ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
Found 0 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
Found 1 to use
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM


In this case it just never even really starts up though, so I don't know if the problems are even being recorded.

I thought that it could be the whole 'cant find the cutscene' thing but then it would say
'Warning: Unable to find cutscene 'prologue.smk'.' But it doesn't... So

Anyone give me a hand here?

[Myrd]

When you install 1.6 - you have option of selecting the classic build or the modern build. Try re-installing 1.6 and selecting a different one there.

[Pyro]

Maybe some of the files you have are corrupt. Is the Myth2 CD really scratched up? I'm on XP and I run the Windows modern version just fine.

[General Pepper]

so this still doesn't work. I obtained a fresh .iso file, tried running it from small install, tried doing a large install, nothing same problems. It either crashes entirely or just never starts to beg in with. Ive run this game on this computer before- the only difference being that i am now in windows xp as opposed to vista. It might be a driver issue? I don't have any other drivers for this graphics card this is all that there are... I cant think of any other reason though. Anyone else have any ideas? I'm a lettin' my team down in the winter series!

[Myrd]

Did you try the Classic build option when updating to 1.6? If not, you can re-run the 1.6 installer and try it.

[General Pepper]

yeah i have tried both window and non window mode- both act exactly the same unfortunatly.

Is there any more information I could give you guys to help me out? I've been playing this for a decade, and I'd really hate to stop due to a problem like this

-Pepper

[Pyro]

I guess check the size of the tags and patch plugins in bytes to compare like in that other thread that someone is having issues with myth as well.