hi everyone, i recently bought EAW but am getting the 7217 error. i have absolutely no idea how to fix this. im using winXP home edition SP2. with a 1500hz processor. im not sure about my graphics card, i also downloaded an old driver by Nvidia i think it was called 66.93 that was supposed to work but didnt.

can anyone help me figue out a way to please get this awesome game going?

chris

Have you folloed the above?

Install the 1.26E patch from sybod , then get Mr Jelly 7217 exe and overwrite the exe in the main folder with the fix.
I am running a 6600 gt card with 78.01 drivers.
I have tried later drivers, but get errors.
Mr Jelly look for the here for the dl

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=143;t=002172;p=1#000006

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=143;t=002891

sybod 1.26e patch;
http://eaw.wikispaces.com/eaw+faqs

Hi Chris,

Try the stuff in this post and see if that doesn't help you out. Without knowing what your graphics card situation is, it's about as specific as people can get right now.

There is a great deal of information on what can cause the error, either at Dumo's Wiki or by researching the error here, but not all that many fixes exist. Your processor is not an issue, nor is your operating system. The real issue is your graphics card and your driver package. In a very few cases, the DirectX install may have some problems, so you might run DXdiag (Start | Run | dxdiag | Run) just to check the health, or else install the most current version of DirectX over your current install just to be sure yours is OK.

As to drivers, you may have to do some experimenting to find the right package for your needs. For the more recent nVidia cards, v.66.93 seems to be the latest version which can successfully run EAW without some other form of intervention, such as using Mr. Jelly's 7217 fix. First create a Restore Point. Next, you would, however, want to uninstall the current package, then run a driver cleaner product several times in a row in order to fully clean out the more modern drivers, then install v.66.93 drivers. Do note that if you happen to have an nForce chipset, the driver cleaner product may show you those files as well, so have your current nForce drivers available to install again if needed--that's in case you accidentally remove your chipset drivers as part of the cleaning process. Again, though, without knowing what your specific card is or the bus it is using, I can't really speak to that issue.

The quickest, cheapest fix is to run Sydbod's v.1.26e patch (which should be the patch of choice anyway, rather than the MicroProse v.1.2 patch) on a clean full EAW install, then copy in the files contained in Mr. Jelly's E folder. These are available from the Wiki link in the above post. The more expensive, time-consuming fix is to get another video card which still contains hardware support for 8-bit rendering.

Cheers,
Kay

Edit: Sorry, Steven--you're way too quick for me I didn't see your post when I started mine.

thanx for the tips,so far i have run the patch and copied the eaw.exe file into the eaw file but still get the error, im totally stumped


chris

Hi Chris, we can't help you much more until we find what video system you have.

If you could go to your start button and find your Control Panel, and click on "display" - and under the tab called "Settings" you should find a line saying something like (mine) LG1915S on nVidia Geforce 6600GT
Yours will say something different but it is the info needed to direct your efforts in the right area, y'know?

Cheers
DeanH O.P.B.

Chris, please confirm that you installed Sydbod's patch first, and then downloaded and extracted my 7217 fix "E folder".

If you are using OAW you can put the E folder in your OAW directory. and load it using OAW.

If you are not using OAW you would need to copy all of the files from inside the E folder into your EAW directory.

The screens are crappy, but nobody is able to make 16 bit screens that the eaw.exe can read.

Jel

ok cos i really know nothing about computers, if it would be possible for some to give me a simple step by step how to fix this for dummies plan that would be great, i think im doing it right but am not sure

and my graphics controller is intel(R)82852/82855 GM/GME graphics controller

ok i just downloaded the patch and installed that, then extracted MrJelly's E7217 fixer into the EAW directory and tried to run EAW and the error came up, im hoping i made a mistake somehwere

chris

Hi "i hate 7217 error",

This oportunity is too good to miss.
Download this experimental eaw.exe file.
Experimental eaw.exe

Put it into your EAW game folder.
Run the game and tell me if the game starts up or if you get an error message.

Regards sydbod

after some fiddling round i got it to work, and i just downloaded the experimental eaw.exe and it launched me straight into the action in a hurricane behind **** loads of heinkel he-111

is that wat it was suposed to do?
only problem i face now is that i cant read anything on the options screen so i cant select individual mission parameters. a big thanx to evryone for helping me get into the game!!

chris