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I went ahead and completely reinstalled from scratch (new hard disk, fresh install). Exact same freaking problem. I've tried the various options (-n, -w1, -w2, -x0) to no avail. The chipset is a Nvidia Nforce 2 and uses a "unified" driver that handles everything from ide drives to sound. I've tried disabling sound in bios but that didn't help. Here's the error that occurs in both single and multiplayer: Faulting application bcm.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module ~df394b.tmp, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x000548ed. This error is the exact same every time, regardless of what option I use, with or without sound. I don't have a joystick, would that cause problems?

Unfortunately in every case that's what I did. I didn't patch without trying first. I'm about to reinstall Windows XP just for grins.

That's Angel of Darkness, not Angle

Whups, the 16 bit idea was due to the question "desktop color depth" on the registration page (which defaults to 16bit).

I uninstalled per the FAQ, reinstalled DirectX 9, reinstalled the game, copied and ran the two patch files and had no luck The game still crashes immediately after the first image pops up. I can post dxdiag output and/or the error output generated when it crashes if that would help any? This machine seems fine other than this strange problem. I've successfully played Tron 2.0, Tribes 2, and Halo PC as well as briefly looked at Pirates of the Caribbean and Tomb Raider Angle of Darkness (both of which suck pretty bad btw) without any noticable problem. About the only thing I haven't tried is reformating and reinstalling. Considering this machine is about two weeks old I don't think that would make any difference. Could the cdrom drive being E: cause a problem?

Hi, just purchased yesterday. Fresh install, 1.01 patch, and 1.01.01rc7 patch all crash immediately after attempting to run the application. System is freshly installed Windows XP with the most current patches and drivers. Per a few other posts I installed the Indeo 5.1 codec, then tried the Microsoft patch via their update service. After the codec was installed, I uninstalled BC (per the uninstall instructions in the FAQ) and reinstalled from scratch, ran, then patched, ran, then patched, etc. I then reconfigured video to force 60hz refresh at 800x600 16bit color mostly due to the question regarding desktop bit depth on the registration page. This didn't help either (including the uninstall, reinstall run per patch). In every case, upon running the application, a image pops up, disappears, then a "bcm.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" error pops up. Per another post, I tried the /w1 and /n options which didn't change the behaviour in any way. Anyone have any suggestions I might try? Thanks.