Game crashes right after launching it

[wst50]

I've *just* installed DP, and on starting the game it returns this error message;

paintball2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.


I read through the FAQ's and the GFX card was mentioned. I have a 256Mb nVidia 6200 TurboCache and an Athlon 64 3700+ CPU with 1Gb RAM, so I don't think it's that causing the problem. I'm running Windows Xp.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[jitspoe]

By "starting the game" do you mean just opening up paintball2.exe or trying to start a new game from the menu once it's loaded?  Are you able to play other 3D games (like Quake3) OK?

[wst50]

By that, I mean clicking the shortcut to paintball2.exe, yes. I can play other 3d games (Kumawar), and I can run 3dMark05 and pcMark05, though 3dmark runs slowly (3-5fps).

[jitspoe]

Do you have the latest nVidia drivers installed?

[wst50]

I didn't, but I updated. Works OK now, thanks