exult won't run...

[...Razimus]

I've only had this problem with this laptop and not my other computers, is it the version of XP, or software that causes Exult to not run? This laptop has xp home editon version 2002 service pack 3. When I run exult the screen goes black, I can hear the music and the main screen will even flicker on for a few seconds but then go black again, ever hear of this problem before?

[Tribun Dragon]

I had had something similar with my old graphics card.

Maybe this laptop can't swallow that particular resolution of 640x400 or lower? The program is running but since the laptop can't show this resolution, it just shows black. Edit the exult.cfg and try a different resolution 320x240 with scaler 2 should result in 640x480, a cmmon resolution.

Hope that can do the trick.

[...Razimus]

Tried that changing the resolution thing, still same problem, downloaded 3 patches, one for the videocard, nothing, changed my resolution in windows to 16 bit and it works, doesn't work in 32 bit for some reason... at least now I can play it...

[Dominus]

Even though the following link to our FAQ is for Windows 9x, you can also apply this method on XP and it *might* fix your drivers issue.
http://exult.info/faq.php#w9x_issues