Fixed It
'Sokay, I fingered it out. Just in case anyone else has forced refresh rates on their system, an easy fix is to go to the folder Restricted Area Demo\Data and open the file Options.dat in Notepad. You'll see a lot of stuff like the following:
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I just downloaded the English demo and get a nice message when I start it that says "Can't open DirectX Screen."
I'm guessing it's a problem with the available refresh rates because I have an nvidia card and WinXP and have forced refresh rates to the highest supported by my monitor -- only...
Googling came up with some sites that might be helpful to those of you who, like me, can't deal with RTS stuff too well but enjoy a thoughtful turn-based strategy game now and then:
Here's the list from Strategy Informer:
http://www.strategyinformer.com/genres/tbs.shtml
Here's one from...
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Hi everyone, how's it hangin'?
Well sometimes I get the urge to participate in Fallout discussions (been going to the NMA site for about 3 years now, since a friend traded me his Fallout and Fallout 2 CDs for my Mechwarrior 2/ G.B.'s L. CDs).
Fallout's such a fascinating game to...