I am having similar problems to another user: I have gotten all the files onto the HDD, since it would not do a proper install from the ISO, and I have overwritten the .exe file with the crack, but when I try to open, it gives me three errors, in this order:
midi files cannot play under this environment, continue? (nonsense...system can play them fine, if only through Media Player)
THEN There will be no voice or sound effects because the system does not support DirectSound, continue? (Code=1:78) (UTTER nonsense, a quick look at Dxdiag shows DirectSound is working fine)
FINALLY an actual error: Fail to open start
And it exits out of the window it was starting to open.
Running XP, 32bit, SP3. The only useful info dxdiag told me after I did a directsound test was that "my sound card does not support hardware buffering, only software," and upon using the music tab, it indeed stated that midi files are "emulated" as a hardware function. I could try to get an actual dedicated sound card instead of using the onboard one, I suppose, if that is even related.
Any ideas? Thank you!
Cicero1747