White Screen of Death

[Diva]

I read over the FaQ section, and a couple of pages of this and didn\'t see my problem, so here goes:

I downloaded the game and changed the compatibility to Windows 98/me (I\'m running XP).

Pentium III - 2.5ghz
ProSavage S3 DDR
DX 9.0b
250mb RAM

Now, when I load the game (and get to the screen with the 3 gems), the only thing I can see are the 3 gems; the rest of the screen is white. Then, when I click on the character creation gem, I see little arrows (no text) and a character model; the rest is white screen. Any idea how I may fix this? Thanks for any help you can give. I haven\'t had a chance to connect yet and try this game out.  

Rach

[Moogie]

Upgrade your graphics card drivers. If that doesn\'t solve the problem, tell us if it works better in Software rendering mode.

[Diva]

Well, having played Everquest for a while, my graphics drivers are up-to-date, but I think the problem might be my Vid Card itself (I believe it\'s from a ColecoVision). In any case, I managed to see the screen in SafeMode, but it\'s horribly slow once I actually log into the game itself. I\'m pretty sure it\'s just a matter of upgrading my machine, but thanks for your help none-the-less.  

Rach

[Mordaan]

I have xp too.  I tried the win98 compatiblity at first and it was horrible.  Once I unchecked that, everything was fine.  So its not necessary.  And, yes, the video card and RAM make all the difference.

Tried installing on my pc at work (only during lunch...I swear!) with 128mb RAM and nvidia tnt2 m64 and I could barely move.  Got that white screen thing too but it was intermittent but at least I got ingame.  At home with 512mb RAM and a Radeon 9200, things are quite smooth.

I\'m glad I struggled on my machine at work.  It made the play on my home pc all that more enjoyable...I appreciate it more.