Hi,

I'm trying to get System Shock 2 running.   I'm using the HOTU version.   The game starts fine (I can get to the menu) but if I start a new game, it crashes, same if I try to view the intro.   I have DivX 7 installed, and the videos play fine in Windows Media Player.

Here's what I did to install the game:

• Installed DivX 7 (complete install)
• Installed with HOTU Installer
• Extracted OGG files
• Ran SS2Tool, selected Patching Up -> Merge CRF Archives, Bug Fixes (all), Widescreen Mod + DDFix
• Entered 1680x1050 and 100 for Widescreen Mod settings, applied DDFix patch
• Installed SS2 Mod Manager, SHTUP, Rebirth mods, activated them

I also tried 'regsvr32 "C:\Games\sshock2\LGVID.AX"' with no success (though the file apparently registered), as well as trying the game without mods (even though I doubt they're related).

Any suggestions?

Just tried it now, the game starts fine now, but I have no sound (wasn't sure about that before, as I couldn't get in-game beyond the menu).   I tried installing the OGG codec to see if it made any difference, didn't work.

So now it seems I have two issues: no in-game sound and no cutscenes.

Thanks, I had to do both.   Sound's working now.

Also, I did try those instructions (if you're referring to registering lgvid.ax).   And, I'm running WinXP SP3 as stated in the title.    32Bit.

Edit: It seems the game's not remembering my hardware acceleration settings.   I have to turn it off everytime I start the game.

Conexant CX20551 Waikiki High Definition Audio,   That's about as specific as I can get right now.   I'm running a laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro P100 PSPA1C-TM30XE to be exact.

Slightly worse, they were re-encoded to take up less size (100MB->22MB).