Have you patched the game with the 2.0 patch?

Have you tried reconfiguring the 3D setup? "Add '/setup' or '/config' on to the end of Carma2's command line. (Right click 'carma2.exe', select properties, edit the command line)"

Does anything on this page help?

For further support it would probably be as well to tell us your OS and graphics card/driver versions.

Might I redirect you to his profile which is one of the ones that is actually (partially) filled out?

hehe yeah @profile 😉

so i updated carma2 to version 2.0 and it sayd: "wrong system: does not work on windows nt"
so i searched and used the "carmageddon 2 windows xp patch" from the official homepage. and no i have the same problem as before 😀
blank screen, seems to do something, back in windows.

Use a compatibility mode to trick it into thinking it's using Win9x.

already tried....nothing

Did some digging around, came across this:

UK and US versions.
Carmageddon 2 has a version of SafeDisk copy-protection that requires it to be running on a Windows 9X operating system.

A generic EXE unrapper called 'UnSafeDisk' can extract the real EXE from the ICD file, and this file has no issues running under XP.

Do a google search for "GameFix" and try downloading UnSafeDisk from the "GameFix" website.

More info from "MP3Vampire":

1. Keep a backup of the old exe, i.e. "CARMA2_HW.EXE.BAK"

2. Rename one of the files generated by UnSafeDisk to be "CARMA2_HW.EXE", if you try to run the files directly you wil get errors, cause commands have to be sent to the file to run from "carma2.exe", the working file usually produces an error message "BRender error detected: Failure: Could not reference image glide2x" this is because by default they have tryed to run the program on 3DFX cards.

3. Once you know it is working you can delete the extra file

i've done exactly as you said. i unsafedisked the carma2_hw.icd and had 2 .exe files.
with the first one came the error message wich you already said with "BRender error detected: Failure: Could not reference image glide2x". but there was still my old problem...black screen, back in windows.
with the second .exe NOTHING happens...clicked and absolutely nothin appeared and no message. 😒

tried it again with the update to 2.0....still the same.

i WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME! ;o)

Search NTCompatible.com forums for Carmageddon 2 and OpenGlide. I posted a fix there. Would be more helpful but I'm on a slow modem and pressed for time. 🙁

wow cool a nearly working glide emu!

i just have one more prob. carmageddon 2 starts now, but not in fullscreen.its just a 640x480 window. do you know how to get it in fullscreen?

oh i got it 😀
with the compatibility mode "start in 640x480" 😀

thanks so far to all, now it works perfectly

eze

Originally posted by DosFreak Search NTCompatible.com forums for Carmageddon 2 and OpenGlide. I posted a fix there.

From what I gather, the Glide version is immune to the copy-protection issue?

EZekeel wrote:

wow cool a nearly working glide emu!

What do you mean, nearly working? 😀

I've found that zeckensack's Glide wrapper works miracles with Carmageddon 2 in XP:

http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/

Not only can you use a joystick, but you can jack up the resolution about as high as you want, as well as play around with some other video options. It sure makes the game look nice 😁

Just be sure you set compatibility mode and make sure the "run in 640x480" box is checked in the properties for CARMA2_HW.EXE. Also, for some reason when I quit the game, the CARMA2_HW process doesn't get shut down, but you can close it manually from the task manager.

As for the Safedisc issue, my copy of Carmageddon 2 doesn't have any copy protection on the CD or the install directory, so I can't help you there. I think I probably have the original US release, so it could be they added the copy protection in later releases of the game.