Topic: Build14 and Windows 2000

As build13 was running fine under Windows 2000 I installed build14. But immediately after starting I get the following error message (translated from german, so maybe not very exact):

The procedure entry point "freeaddrinfo" could not be found in WS2_32.dll.

System: Windows 2000 SP4

DLL-version: 5.0.2195.6601

DLL-date: 19.06.2003 13:05

Is there any workaround, except installing XP? It's a old machine, but it is ok for stand alone games. As I don't want to play network games, maybe there's something I can turn off in configuration?

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Thanks for the information.

Will it be announced if the workaround is implemented? (if possible).

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@Nasenbaer:

Thanks for the try, it's really appreciated. Unfortunately, it's rather... unsuccessful.

I've downloaded the file linked above (Build14.1_nomusic), and installed it (first try) over the existing Build14 and (second try) after uninstalling build14. I'm running Win2k Pro and the error unfortunately persists.

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Thanks, that seems to do. I've installed the above file (Build14-noGGZ) over the meanwhile "downgraded" Build13 and it works. At least it starts, so the fix seems to work.

I've just played for a min or two though, and noticed the performance went down (compared to Build13), but that's a different story i think.

The Important thing is that the "missing DLL" issue seems to be indeed resolved! Many thanks from "my" people that longed for my leadership!

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I've downloaded and installed WL sometime last year (Build12) and was running it on my Laptop. (I've installed some games there for those times in Hotels etc, and "laptop" is why it's Win2k)

Back then, i've noticed that - as you say - WL is a performance hog, so i've not played it in quite some time. A few days back i've revisited the Website and read that there are/should be some performance improvements, so i've decided to DL the latest build and try it again, with the starting problems as the other guy posted.

For testing i've then "downgraded" to build13 and (i guess) because of all this (un)installing i had to do, i had to replay the tutorial (wouldn't offer me a campaign without playing it, lol, just single-games - and i am almost positive that the savegames i have were from campaigns which i generally prefer)

So i did play the tutorial (1st and some of 2nd mission) with build13 and it was "accepable" - with no delays on the mousepointer (which is the "visible" thing to me when the program has issues and where it's becoming a pain to play). As soon as i had installed and started your fix above though, and continued the 2nd mission a bit (not long though), that cursor-movement-delay was back and quite noticeable, unfortunately.

However, i have read in another thread about max_FPS or somesuch, so there are some things i can yet try to increase the playability for me. As i said, it's another issue, and as a Win2k user i am just happy atm that the thing starts again.

I hope the fix makes it into an "official" build rather soonish and doesn't get "lost" in future builds too, hehe!

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