Have you tried reinstalling the game with D3D mode? Alternately, do you hava a glide wrapper installed? I've heard of some people having success by having that installed prior to installing standoff (but really that shouldn't matter should it?)
Ummm... no. What do you mean by "resinstalling the game with D3D mode"? Is that a mode of my Windows video settings that I have to change before before installing the game, or is it an install option I have to change during the game installation?
Also, what is a "glide wrapper" and where does one get one? Like I said, I just formatted the HD and installed a fresh, clean WinXP install. It's fully patched (from Microsoft Update), has DirectX 9c, and the video drivers, I believe, are current, but I have installed nothing else other than SO and Standoff other than a virus scanner and one or two other programs.
Sorry for the "newbie" questions. I'm more of an "oldbie"... I used to be quite computer competent, but haven't dealt with things like DirectX or video drivers since around 1999 or so, and things seem to have changed a bit!
It was never an issue till now, because SO and Prophecy used to run no problem on this machine before the re-install, once I turned off audio acceleration (as I recall, I didn't even need to set compatibility mode, but I could be wrong about that...)
I've tried looking though the CIC tech support threads, but there's a LOT of them talking about SO issues, and most of them seem to either tell me what I already know (set compatibility mode, turn off acceleration), pretain to different issues, or suggest things without enough explanation (like the "glide wrapper"). If there's a specific thread I should read, please point me to it!
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!