"no disc inserted"

[unmerged(6070)]

I bought EU2 yesterday. I live in Spain so I got it by mail, original copy from Strategy First.
Installed it and everything seemed OK, but soon the problems started: first of all I realised it was quite slower than EU1, then after maybe 1/2 hour of playing, the game shut down (I can remember EU1 doing this too, before the updates).
OK, I got the US update, although I don't know exactly if my copy is US or UK. Let's go again, no problem at all, it even seemed to get a bit faster, but... Now I can't play at all! When I try to run the game I get a message going "no disc inserted".
First of all let me say that the disc IS inserted of course, and I have tried to run other games, no problem at all. I have uninstalled everything, installed it again, no way. What can I do?

 

[viper37]

Originally posted by mikelats
What can I do?

Maybe posting your config?

Without more details about your hardware, I can't help you

There's a sticky "please read" on top of the forum, it contains suggestions and a list of what I need.

 

[unmerged(6070)]

First of all, the message mentioned above doesn't appear now (I don't know why), but I have a lot of problems with game sounds. Anyway I have read of many bugs in 1.03, should I upgrade to 1.04 I think...

Game version: US (Strategy First), 1.03
OS: Windows XP pro
CPU: AMD Duron 700 mhz
RAM: 256 mb
Free HDD space: 30 gb
Video: Riva TNT 2
Audio: SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
CD-ROM: Atapi CD-ROM 40x

Hope this helps...

 

[viper37]

check the running problems thread about the sound, there is a fix (if it's what I think it is).

Otherwise, just post me your problem

Since the original problem is now solved, no need to search for it

 

[Lambert Simnel]

I had the same no disc inserted message. My CD-ROM is not drive D: so the computer does not find the disc when looking there. However I can run the game by clicking on the icon for my CD-ROM instead of the EU2.exe icon.

 

[unmerged(6070)]

Here we go again...

The same message again, 'no disc inserted'

Thanks Lambert but:

• My CD-ROM is D:
• Clicking on CD icon I get the splash screen, and when I click on 'play' I get the error message
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  Any more ideas?

 

[viper37]

1. update to patch 1.04, if you can
2. rename the AVI folder (You're using XP and that can cause problems)
3. Update all your drivers, especially your motherboards drivers; they have new versions for XP and you should get them, it might just solve your problem.
4. Update your BIOS.