Anno 1701 won't load, just get a blue screen!

[Shadow22]

Hi there, i just installed 1701 AD and when i go to play the game it goes through the splash screen, i get the fancy hour glass, then the screen goes to this light blue and the game won't load any farther... I can alt-tab out of it and shut it down with the task manager but i can't get it to work. I have tried patching to version 1.02 but then when i try to run it i get this weird error about a DLL file.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks in advance!

[DABhand]

More information.

What .dll file, what is your system specs etc

[Shadow22]

Ok, the exact error i get it "Error while starting game executable - couldn't load dll file _GrannyNewMeshDeformer@12.".

My system is an Athlon 3200 with 1gb ram and an ATI All in wonder 9600xt video card with up to date drivers and a Soundblaster live 5.1 sound card. I've got two 80gb hard drives each with about 30gb free and another 40gb drive with about 20gb free.

Thanks!

[DABhand]

Hmmm, reinstall the game as the Granny error is for 3d modelling.

Your graphic card just allows you to run it as it is a pixel shader 2.0 card.

So reinstall would be the best idea I think, or check www.radgametools.com for Granny information, perhaps get a download and include the .dll files in the game folder. As in download the crowd scene demo and get the granny2.dll from the demo folder and put it in the game folder with the game .exe file.