Hi,
I'll collect the solutions and fixes to frequently encountered problems to this thread. If you are having problems running Mount&Blade please read this message before posting a question.
(1) The download link for the game doesn't work for me. Is there a mirror?
One of our members, Skree, has kindly offered to host a mirror for Mount&Blade's installer. You can find it
here. Please do not link to that page. Link to the official download page if you need to:
http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_download.html
(2) The game runs but fonts show incorrectly or some graphics are distorted.
Such issues are typically related to an outdated graphics card driver. You should download and install the latest driver offered by your graphics chip manufacturer.
(3) When I run the game it gives an error message like the following:
Code:
This application has failed to start because d3d9.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
You should install Microsoft's DirectX 9. You can find it through the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htm
(4) What are mimimum system requirements for the game?:
You would at least need a graphics card with "hardware transform and lighting" and, say, 32 MB of memory (Any kind of geforce would do).
As for other min specs:
Processor: Pentium 766 MHz
Memory: 128 MB
100 MB of free hard disk space
(5) The game doesn't start at all.
There may be several causes for this
a- Various viruses and spyware may cause this problem. You may want to have a look at a program called hijackthis (Address:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/). Also check out
this thread and
this thread for further info.
b - there is reported to be a conflict with Tiny Personal Firewall. It seems that this program injects a thread to all running programs and this causes M&B's copy protection to shut down thinking it's under a hacking attack.
