Fatal Error: could not initialize video

[unmerged(739)]

ok so I have just finished replacing flags and shields with GUFSM 0.2 mod and I try to start up EU2, but before the last video starts I get this message:

Fatal Error: could not initialize video

EU2 caused an invalid page fault in
module EU2.EXE at 0177:0040c08b.
Registers:
EAX=008a9428 CS=0177 EIP=0040c08b EFLGS=00010287
EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=00b3fca4 EBP=00b3fcd8
ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=012b08d0 FS=7f6f
EDX=00000000 ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
83 3c 91 00 74 4a 8b 45 d4 8b 48 08 8b 55 f0 8b
Stack dump:
00000000 005c246a 008a9428 0059d742 00000000 008aa180 012b0ec0 0059d75b 005c07aa 00000000 00b3fd70 005c37bb 00000000 00b3fce0 005aaef8 00b3fd80

what can I do to bypass this/get rid of the error?

 

[viper37]

without the mod, does it work?

 

[unmerged(739)]

yes

 

[viper37]

you'll get better help here

 

[unmerged(5110)]

i'm almost 100% sure (so like 90%) that ur problem is not with the GUFSM.

To fix ur problem, just rename the avi directory to the old_avi.

I have XP on my computer, and that's when the problem started for me. I just renamed the directory and everything worked fine.

 

[unmerged(739)]

ok that didn't work at all

how would renaming help at all anyways???

and if I try to remove the whole folder then it still doesn't work

 

[unmerged(739)]

also just now I uninstalled the game re-installed, downloaded 1.05 and the Grand Shield Mod V1.00

...and I still get the same thing!!!

 

[unmerged(7398)]

This seems to happen - regardless of whether you've fiddled with the graphics or not - when you try to restart after EU2's botched the Direct X release.

It also screws up the start of most anything else that uses Direct X.

Rebooting should clear it up.

 

[Vulture]

Oi, I get that problem once in a while. Just reboot and all should be fixed

 

[viper37]

Try this to remove DirectX and reinstall DirectX8.0a (available on this site).
http://www.directxbuster.de/index_e.html

If everything is working fine, try to upgrade to DX 8.1.

 

[Mjuice]

Yeah, I get that often too. Rebooting always takes care of it though like VultureGFF said

 

[unmerged(739)]

ok rebooting worked the game is working perfectly...

except the frickin' flags I downloaded aren't there, oh well

 

[unmerged(7398)]

How much ram do you have?

The 24-bit shields and flags take up three times the space as the 8-bit ones; I suppose it could be a factor.