My path is the default:
C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2
Ok, let me try and be clearer.
When I run Install, the Progess Bar (showing the 'amount' of installation complete) gets to about 2/3 done, then stops. By this I mean the CD-ROM slows to almost nothing and information stops transferring to the HD (no red HD light on my computer).
I wait 5-10 minutes then a message box comes up saying that the installation is complete and that the BG2 movie is going to run. This message doesn't look right. By this I mean it pops up but the whole message 'description' isn't there. The end is cut off. It is hard to explain, but the colors look off I think. Anyways, I get the meaning of this message and just click OK.
The BG2 movie runs, and I wait for it to finish.
Now I am back to my desktop. I go to my Start Menu and run the game. This is where I get the 'text font' error I explained earlier. The only option it gives me is to hit OK, so I do. At this point, I am still at my desktop as I can't run the game because I get the 'text font' error.
From here I can run AutoRun from the CD and I see that the 'Install' option is still available, and the 'Play' option is not.
I say the Installation did not complete because that is what I
THINK happened since the progress bar stopped during the installation process AND the AutoRun still thinks the game needs to be installed. I believe that not all the game information got transferred correctly.
I was hoping to be able to find some help on the forum from people who have had similar dealings with FO2 and WinXP and found a way to get it to work. I love this game, and will be very depressed if I will no longer be able to play it on my machine. I cringe at the though of having to 'Frankenstein' my old HP PII 350 machine just to play this game that we all love. (And in order to do that I would need to find a replacement 8GB HD, I fried my last one.)
HELP?!