... and after all that installing, the game won't run.

[strangetomato]

Okay, I'm not going to freak out just yet, but when I click on the FT icon, I get this message:

Failed to enumerate any DirectX 9 compatible adapters in the system! (I just love the playful exclaimation point there. *eye roll*)

Please make sure you have a DirectX 9 compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest manufacturer provided driver.

The application will now terminate.

By graphics adapter, they're referring to my graphics card, right? (Or am I way off?) That shouldn't have changed, since my card is still in there, and I did download the latest driver. Now, the computer has been reset to square one, and this graphics card was added later, so I wonder if I need to change the settings so it's recognized, maybe. I have no idea what I need to do. I'm also using a no-cd crack to avoid SecurRom, so I wonder if that's the problem. Ugh. I guess I need to do some research here, or make another tech. call.

If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I did this, after music_simbol's suggestion didn't work, and that's how I realized that I'd messed up the no-cd crack. I double-checked it. So, your suggestion did lead me to the answer. Thank you for that.

Now, it's all set up again, and I've put my neighbourhoods back in, and I'm going to load them up to see if everything is fine. I'm feeling hopeful.

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome, glad my input was even a little helpful

*crosses fingers for good results*