PhilsterD

Thanks Citizen Calif! That seemed to have done the trick!

I'm not even sure its the CD protection problem Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* Debug Message: Could not open reg key. Debug Message: Could not find a Drengin.net Serial No. Debug Message: Could not open reg key. Debug Message: Could not find political machine serial in registry subdirectory PM1. Debug Message: Could not open reg key. Debug Message: Can't find political machine serial in r

lol, [email protected] wont even take my emails.... Im thinking this Copy protection thing means im screwed.

I tried what you said Frogboy, but now all im getting is a black screen after intro with the new .exe file. I can hear the music but everything is all black. Thanks for your help none the less.

Oh and thanks for the prompt response!

ForceTextureUpdate=1 DeviceType=1 BehaviorFlags=68 I can't find these in the Prefs.ini file but they are in the PolMachine.ini file. I tried changing the settings like instructed, but it did not work. My specs are : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ 2.21 GHz 1.00GB of ram Radeon 9800 PRO

So I installed the game and downloaded the patch. I was playing this game for about a week, loving every minute. Now suddenly, the game crashes right after the intro. I know this is a common problem with the copy-protection, but damn I was playing fine before! I unistalled, then re-installed (lost all my saved games, arrrrrggh), and it kept on crashing. I'm seriously frustrated since i was able to play, but now i can't!!!! Any help w