Hi there,
You are running a very old program so there are lots of things that (perhaps) are wrong. However, I can run my AS 5000 V12 program using Win 7 - 64 bits without problems
Some tips:
- Try to run you program in compatibility mode with an older Windows version (XP, for example)
- Check if your program is updated with all the available patches
http://patches.punchsoftware.com/Probably, the issue is related with your video card so, I'd suggest these steps:
1 - Check the website of your video card manufacturer and update the drivers
2 - Go to the video setup on your PC (may be different for different versions of Windows and video card); for most, click on an empty part of the windows Desktop, click on Settings->Advanced->Troubleshoot). Back the accelerations slider to the left, one level each time and see if the problem disappears. For Windows 7 --> Right Click on your desktop. --> Personalize --> display --> Change Display settings--> Advanced
3 - Right click on the wallpaper (look for a place without icons)--> Properties--> Settings--> Advanced--> Open GL--> Compatibility Settings--> Force 16 bits--> Apply--> OK
4 - Set your video color depth at 24 or 32 bits ("true color")
5 - Go to
www.microsoft.com/directx, and see what version is current and check if you have this version installed in your computer
6 - Some NVidia card users reported additional problems--> in this case change the color settings from 32 bit to 16 bit
Now, if you the accelerations controls are not available, this means that you don't have a dedicated memory for video. In this case, go to the control panel of your video chip / adapter --> performance --> move the control and set down the performance. This may help.
You'll find several discussions about this here--> search with the keywords "black screen" or "frozen image" or "texture going to the grass" or "texture going to the sky"
Patricia
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