Hum help ? :)

[Kuja]

If someone could help me out it would be very nice .

I get this error when i try to load the game.

c:\dev\phoenix\font\font_manager.cpp(41): **fatal error**: failed creation of font: f

And it s followed by this error

Runtime Error!

Program: C:\Program Files\14 Degrees East\Fallout Tactics\BOS.exe


abnormal program termination


I have full install of fallout tactics version 1.27 on my comp.

Im running windows xp
I got a 1.1 ghz, 256 ram, geforce2 MX/MX 400.

 

[JJ86]

You apparently have a bad cd. Exchange it for a new one or buy another copy from Interplay for $5. Or try the solution below.

I have finally managed to find a solution to this rare but annoying problem that prevents playing FOT on some machines. got the "C:\dev\phoenix\font\font_manager.cpp(41) **Fatal Error** failed creation of font: font_normal" error message followed by a runtime error even after applying all the patches and everything, with all install sizes and different driver combinations. To the point now.
The error is caused by a corrupted resource file gui_0.bos in the core directory under the main directory. I found this out when trying to get the game working I tried the FOT booster program that does something to the resource files speeding up the game. That program could'n process the gui_0.bos file so it had to be corrupted I concluded. So I used Direct Connect(a file sharing utility much like Napster or Kazaa or... you know) to get the resource file from a user who had shared his whole fallout tactics installation directory. I actually noticed that most of the resource files, half of the movies files and all the music files where corrupted also. So I had to download some 500 MegaBytes of those files to get the game working.
So it seems that some game cd:s out there are really fucking SERIOUSLY corrupted.
If you can download several hundred megabytes from the internet this IS a working solution for you.

 

[Kuja]

i tried that solution and well it doesnt seem to work well i guess im gonna have to get a new cd.

 

[JJ86]

I have Win XP Pro and haven't had any problems installing the game. I assume you have the home version but you may want to make sure that you have it updated with the latest service packs and try installing the game again just to check.