#841862 - 10/12/12 11:12 AM
sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
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I just downloaded this game on my XP and the icon is on the desktop, but, as soon as I click on it to play it, it just flashes for a second and then goes away. so, I downloaded the game to my other windows xp and it does the same thing. I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300 LE (at least on this computer, don't know about the other one that I tried) and I read somewhere that it isn't compatible with nvidia Physx or something. I have a ticket into steam about it, but, wondering if anyone has any ideas sooner? Thanks.
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#841868 - 10/12/12 11:44 AM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: Jenny100]
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My video hardware aceleration is turned up to full. ah, I thought it wasn't compatible with the physx hardware. so, can I find the physc driver and install that besides my original video driver? I would hate to screw up my video driver for all my other games.
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#841872 - 10/12/12 11:58 AM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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crapski. dunno what release of drivers I am running... this is just an old dell windows xp, and the graphics card is a nvidia geforce. that's what i thought... that it had some issues with the physx drivers, but, I don't have the nvidia physx. can't figure out why my other games from steam work... tried them out this morning, but, I can't get this one to work. thanks.
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#841875 - 10/12/12 12:25 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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Not all games from Steam use PhysX. I checked the files on my boxed version, but though I see folders for DirectX 9 and Adobe acrobat, I don't see one for PhysX or Ageia PhysX. There's a PhysX installer in there somewhere, but either it has a non-obvious name or it must be hiding inside one of the .cab files. You might check here http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-2314547.htmland here http://www.frogwares.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=26for a link to PhysX drivers that may work.
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#841881 - 10/12/12 01:00 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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earlier I had seen that last one and it said: Please try to remove all installed PhysX instances via "Uninstall Programs" menu in Control Panel and then download and install this one: http://support.frogwares.com/attachment_files.php?id=74Please note what this action can affect your currently installed games to not run. when I went to my uninstall programs, physx wasn't there for me to uninstall. ? so, I am wondering if I need to just install the physx as a stand alone? over my existing video driver? I am a computer dummy and don't understand unless it is in the simplest language.
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#841931 - 10/12/12 04:46 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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nope. I found a nvidia pyhsx download, ran that, and it seemed to install, but, never asked me to uninstall my other driver or anything. I get the same thing when I try to run the game, it flashes: performing first time setup and then it goes away and never plays. I'll wait and see what steam has to say about it. I was really hoping to play this game today.
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#841957 - 10/12/12 07:48 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: InlandAZ]
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Older versions weren't listed under NVidia PhysX, they used something else (I don't recall what it was). Maybe under Ageia? Does that sound familiar?
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#841962 - 10/12/12 07:52 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: Jenny100]
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Maybe under Ageia? Does that sound familiar?
That sounds right to me; that's how I remember it.
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#841968 - 10/12/12 08:19 PM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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#842046 - 10/13/12 07:03 AM
Re: sherlock holmes the awakened remastered on windows xp from Steam
[Re: mbday630]
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I tried downloading and installing that driver, but, when I went to run it, it said something about that it is not a valid win32 application. thanks though! I sure wish the Steam would get back to me on this.
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