2 error messeges on Level 21: The Strahov Fortress

[Nohansen]

Hello. when Im here, and I got to that room ( hmm hard to explain in english but I try )

If you walk forward in this room, were's a electro magnetic field looking door is I get a error messege. when I climb over the fence to the right in the room, ( the box puzzle, took a while to solve :p )but in there is a saw machine, you use it on a big stone and the machine brokes and cut a ventilation tube, when I go in there and go down the hole ( here is a cut scene ) but I get the error messege here too so I cannot complete the level. I tried with many different settings and unmakred ALOT of things so my screen was all white. I passed the cut scene ( but it was also all white and everything was alright, so I saved the game and changed back to my normal settings and the game load, then the load screen turns black and swich back to load screen ( very fast ) and I get this error messege again.

Here is the error I get.

Build Sep 17 2003 16:07:06

The Following Error has occured

GAME_ERROR_STRUCTURED_EXCEPTION_HANDLE

TRAOD_P3.EXE caused a EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module TRAOD_P3.EXE at 001B:0048C64B, mathTranslate()+59 byte(s), C:\projects\tomb raider\Game\SHELL\system\PC\maths_matrix.cpp, line 339

001B:0048C64B TRAOD_P3.EXE, mathTranslate()+59 byte(s), C:\projects\tomb raider\Game\SHELL\system\PC\maths_matrix.cpp, line 339



Some info about my computer.

AMD Athlon XP 2500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
512MB RAM
Radeon 9800 pro
DirektX 9.0b


is it anyone that can help me fix this error? or maybe give me a saved game so I can continue?

[Dino]

The executable file TRAOD_P3.EXE is for an Intel Pentium 3 processor.

Your AMD processor should be using the TRAOD.EXE file.

On the Settings General Tab under Processor you should have AMD 3DNow! checked and the Intel SSEs should be unchecked.

I don't know if "Multi Threaded" applies to your processor or not.

[Nohansen]

hmm I checked the settings and under "Processor" it was marked.
(Multithreaded),(AMD 3Dnow!)(IntelSSE) and the 4th was not even able to mark.
I will unmark Intel and see if that helps.

thanks.

[Nohansen]

Thanks alot! It worked :)

makes me wonder why it worked until now :p

[Dino]

Apparently when you first installed the game, the install program made an error in checking the "Intel SSE" item, which is for an Intel Pentium 3 processor. "Intel SSE2" is for an Intel Pentium 4 processor.

SSE adds 70 new instructions to the Intel Pentium 3 processor. SSE is Streaming SIMD Extensions. SIMD is Single Instruction Multiple Data.

Probably the reason that you got all the way to the Strahov Fortress level using the TRAOD_P3.EXE file before having a failure is that in the earlier levels the programmers didn't use any of the SSE Instructions. The AMD processor handles normal instructions, but doesn't know about the SSE Instruction Set.

[Nohansen]

yes that reminds me.. I had problem to start the game when I installed it. so I downloaded some patches but still nothing seemd to work and I took a look on the settings.
I saw I had around 10 qompaq internet kyepads ( or similar ) on the top, so I unchecked all hose but one and I could start it :p
worked only to the logo and then nothing happened.


now I completed the game, but I didnt like the enviorment that much... to much with towns :p
I like it when it is forest, mountains or really old places ;)