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pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 05:03 AM
Need help!!!
Ican't even start the game!!

I keep getting "exception e sock error in module se4.exe at 000618f2
intialzatin of windows sockets failed"

Ahhhhhhhh
I want to play tonight!!!

Please help!!!

[ June 20, 2002, 04:22: Message edited by: pitt23 ]
Baron Munchausen
June 20th, 2002, 05:24 AM
Sounds like you don't have dialup networking installed. Just run Windows setup and install dialup networking and it'll probably work. You shouldn't need TCP or anything fancy like that unless you were gonna play across a lan.

[ June 20, 2002, 04:25: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 05:47 AM
If i did what you said right... it didn't work.

Any other ideas (or more help with first idea)

thanks for the help though

I just want to play this great game I keep hearing about!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHH
Baron Munchausen
June 20th, 2002, 06:02 AM
Did you reboot afterwards? You have to reboot for something like that to take effect.
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 06:22 AM
Yep rebooted, dial up networking was there anyway. I just tried to re-install and upgrade with the patch , same problem!! Can't get past it

what am i doing wrong???

Thanks for all your help

Anything else I can check???
Gandalph
June 20th, 2002, 06:38 AM
What Version of Windows?
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 06:46 AM
Windows 95
Deathstalker
June 20th, 2002, 07:11 AM
My advise, uninstall the game. Delete the old folders, reinstall the game, download a new Version of the latest patch. Patch it. Should work. I had this happen before and that fixed it.
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 07:24 AM
Thanks for the advise deathstalker

Did try that very thing, didn't delete all folders though.................
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 07:27 AM
Here is a dumb question....

Would it matter if windows is on one drive and se4 is on another????
tesco samoa
June 20th, 2002, 02:39 PM
Other recommendations is to

1. defrag
2. make sure you do it regulary
Richard
June 20th, 2002, 03:35 PM
It's definetly a winsock issue.

Make sure you have the latest winsock, you can get that from Microsoft. There was an updated Version of the winsock that came in Windows 95b.
pitt23
June 20th, 2002, 05:06 PM
This is really wierd. By accident I loaded the game from the se4 folder, not the shortcut!!
It works!!!

Guess the shortcut is bad.

Thanks to everyone for their help
Now this "newbee" can play!!
geoschmo
June 21st, 2002, 01:22 AM
No, Se4 does not have to be on the same drive with Windows.

Geoschmo