If you experience problems installing or playing Myth II: Soulblighter, please read the following suggestions.
Windows 95/98/NT
Chances are that if you’re having some kind of video or sound problem with Myth II, the problem is driver-related. Check with the manufacturer of your video card, 3D accelerator card, sound card and networking card to make sure you’re using the most recent drivers for all those components. Most manufacturers have web sites where you can download updates for free.
Make sure you’re using the most recent version of DirectX. You can always download the most up-to-date version from www.microsoft.com/directx/
A corollary to the above two items: some older cards don’t work very well with newer versions of DirectX. You should download the latest DX6 compatible drivers when possible. However, in some cases a card manufacturer may not have updated their drivers to work with the latest version of DirectX. In such cases, all you can do is wait for them to release new drivers...or purchase a better-supported card.
Myth II wants to use as much virtual memory as you’re willing to give it; if you don’t have much free space on your hard drive you could experience lockups or crashes. Try to free up some space on your boot drive (this is almost always your C: drive) if you notice this happening.
If you’re using Windows 95 or 98 and your machine is having problems reading the Myth II CD, make sure that your CD-ROM drivers are 32-bit. An easy way to find this out is to open up a DOS prompt and type MSCDEX. If the number that comes back is less than 2.95, you have old drivers. This is another instance where you may need to contact the manufacturer of the drive and download their latest driver software.
Some problems can be fixed by simply deleting the Myth II Preferences file. From the Myth II folder on your hard drive, open the Tags folder, and then the Local folder. A folder called Preferences should be located inside; delete it. Note that you’ll need to reenter all of your preferences, including your login and password for bungie.net, so don’t do this until you have that information written down in a safe place (like the back of this manual).
Other problems can occur because of corruption on the hard drive itself. You may want to run a thorough ScanDisk on your drive and defragment it as well.