Help with Comanche 4

[Crusadis]

C4.exe will NOT even bring me to the single player splash screen on a fresh install, no pilot editing to speak of.

The only thing I get now is Application error when I try starting C4.exe - not even a whiff of the game.....

[Vindicator]

Helo (pun intended),

I also had the following problem Crusadis describes:

The game simply will not start up under single player. It starts and runs fine under C4lan.exe but not c4.exe.

C4.exe will NOT even bring me to the single player splash screen on a fresh install, no pilot editing to speak of.

The only thing I get now is Application error when I try starting C4.exe - not even a whiff of the game.....

Although I do not remember the exact application error, I could start C4lan.exe but not C4.exe.

I downloaded and applied the NovaWorld IBrowse.dll patch at:

http://files.novalogic.com/misc/nova..._121903_xx.zip

Info from http://www.novalogic.com/updates.asp:
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Security Update, Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, Delta Force: Task Force Dagger, Delta Force Land Warrior, and Comanche 4
This security update is to replace the existing Ibrowse.dll file, which manages some of the communication between the game and NovaWorld. The update assists in protecting communication from outside inspection, tampering, or theft. We highly encourage all users that have and use NovaWorld accounts to migrate over to the updated Ibrowse.dll. Make sure you are NOT running the game when updating.
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After applying this I could start C4.exe and play the game. I can't say what it has to do with starting C4.exe since I have not been to NovaWorld, I was just trying to start the game in Single Player (offline), but I do notice it tries to establish an internet connection at some point. Nevertheless, this patch it fixed it for me, perhaps it might work for you aswell (and maybe some of the others experiencing the startup crash).

[Crusadis]

Thanks a million bro. That ibrowse.dll fixed it!

I followed the included instructions and the game took off immediately. I have no idea why the game would have been coded like this, but I am glad to finally have a fix for this!

THANK YOU!

[sabbey]

Yes, thanks! I have been after a fix for the same issue for nearly a week now since getting the game. Made several postings around the web and even tried contacting Novalogic, with no success. Their Knowledge Base was somewhat helpful as to what the problem might be. But otherwise...

It's kind of funny that no more than five minutes after finding this forum through Google, I had an actual email reply from Novalogic. Not that their fix was the correct one, mind you!

BTW, does anyone know how to move the C4WIN BIK movie locally to the HDD? It seems C4INTRO can be moved for some reason, but not the other file. I ended up using Bik&Smacker to make a copy though, while it includes sound, it doesn't play the sound while doing so though the game itself...