Need for Speed:High Stakes error - Please Help

[amitagarwal]

I have compaq presario 700 Laptop that plays need for speed 1 at good settings and
Need for Speed - Porsche Unleashed at very low frame rate..
But i cant play Need For Speed HighStakes on it.
It says nfshs.exe is not a valid application

I have win xp home edition
please help me.

thanks

[taylor]

I am not sure why u get this error, but since u getting a "not a valid application" in XP may be running it in Compatibility will help.

To do that, Right Click on nfshs.exe and click Properties. Go to the COmpatibility tab and under Compatibility Mode, check (tick) the box and select Windows 98/Windows ME option. Click OK and see if the game runs.[B]

[Aces170]

also tell how to play Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed.
It didnt run on win xp. not tried on win 98 machine because that is pentium 600

please reply to my last post

[amitagarwal]

mods >> please move this to games section!

Sorry for posting in wrong section

But it is hardware or software problem so i post here

Compatibility did not help.I tried it earlier only,then posted it here

thanks

[bosky101]

First the bad news
This probelm has been reported after geetin an xp patch.E.A have been reported that they didn't design the game to run properly in the xp enviroment.

The good news
Here are few solutions u can try... one by one

1.Check for hard disk space

If you get "Your hard drive has less than 1MB free space." Then Use QfixApp on FSHS.exe.
Qfixapp is in the "\Program Files\Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit\applications" folder, run it and under fixes look for EmulateGetDiskFreeSpace check it off for nfshs and run the program. If you wish to keep the settings just click the "advanced" button and click "create fix support". click "2GbGetDiskFreeSpace.dll" Click the "Advanced" tab. Then click "Create attributes file".
Then go to the AppPatch folder in the Windows folder and click on NFSHS.reg
Now run the game and you will not receive that error message anymore!
Reinstall this .reg if you reinstall windows!

2.Reinstall the 4.50 patch.

That will replace the NFSHS.EXE file with one that has collision, and should not give you that error.
The 4.50 isn't a "patch", it just installs the 4.50 version of NFSHS.EXE and NFSHS.ICD. You end up with a "clean" NFSHS.EXE. If this doesn't work, copy NFSHS.EXE and NFSHS.ICD from your cd-rom, then run the 4.50 patch updater.
If you don't rename NFSHSNC.EXE, then you can have the clean 4.50 version of NFSHS.EXE, and the no collision version, NFSHSNC.EXE, and just create a shortcut to NFSHSNC.EXE to let you choose either one.

3.:at option,play around with the registry
Use QfixApp on NFSHS.exe and click "2GbGetDiskFreeSpace.dll" Click the "Advanced" tab. Then click "Create attributes file".
Then go to the AppPatch folder in the Windows folder and click on NFSHS.reg
Now run the game and you will not receive that error message anymore!
Reinstall this .reg if you reinstall windows!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed High Stakes]
"Version"="4.00"
"InstallPath"="F:\\Games\\Need For Speed High Stakes"
"3D Device Description"=""
"3D Card"=""
"Thrash Driver"="d3da"
"Group"="D3D"
"D3D Device"=dword:00000001
"Triple Buffer"=dword:00000001
"Hardware Acceleration"=dword:00000001
"Thrash Resolution"="1024X768"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed High Stakes\1.0]
"Language"=dword:00000001
"Variant"=dword:00000000
"InstLev"=dword:00000002
"SrcDrive"="G:\\"

Copy everything inside the ______! Now make the appropriate changes for your configuration. For instance, if your video card card not handle Triple Buffering then modify the "Triple Buffer"=dword:00000001 line to "Triple Buffer"=dword:00000000. If you want to play in a different resolution then modify 1024X768 to whatever resolution you wish. If your NFHS CD is in a different CDROM then change the "G:\\" to the letter of your CDROM Drive. Once your changes have been made then save the file as NFSHS.REG. Now double-click on the file and merge it into your registry. You can now play NFSHS in D3D and in Hi-Res!

[bosky101]

anotha bad news
EA has recognized the problem with NFS starting on systems that have more than one CD-ROM device installed it seems.

another good news !
This is exactly what u need :
Running NFS4 on Windows XP
(this has unofficailly been floated around by EA )

PS: dont try out the previopus tip on registry without trying out the patches on this link first...i htink the do it for u ..so u dont hae to fiddle around urself.

[amitagarwal]

Use QfixApp on NFSHS.exe and click "2GbGetDiskFreeSpace.dll" Click the "Advanced" tab

where is qfixapp and 2GbGetDiskFreeSpace.dll file

i have more than 7 gb space on my win xp laptop

thanks for the help

[SunMysore]

Nice bosky!!!!

You revived the NFSHS gamer in me

i jus installed the game full ( i hav original cd ) used the 4.50 patch, the the nfspatch10, thats it!!! ready to go...

no errors, no compatibility mode....

PS : i took yu beyond 14100 in reps

[amitagarwal]

Thanks for the help i can now play need for speed HighStakes now
but getting this error when running hot pursuit race in HighStakes
AMF=15 airadio.c(1131) Dispa:ch banter speech bank did not get loaded
SORRY I WRONGLY WROTE IN THE BEGINNING I CAN PLAY Need for Speed - Porsche Unleashed at very low frame rate.. BUT I PLAYED Hot pursuit 2 demo
not porsche
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and also tell how to play Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed.
It didnt run on win xp. not tried on win 98 machine because that is pentium 600

also can u tell all the versions of need for speed released till now
like Porsche Unleashed,hot pursit,hot pursit 2, etc
with their release date and also tell their names with nfs1 ,nfs 2 ,nfs 6
like which is nfs 1 or nfs 6
like i know hot pursit 2 is nfs 6
thanks.

[bosky101]

* Need for Speed
* Need for Speed - High Stakes
* Need for Speed - Hot Pursuit 2
* Need for Speed - Porsche
* Need for Speed - Porsche 2000
* Need for Speed - Porsche Unleashed
* Need for Speed - Road Challenge
* Need for Speed - Underground
* Need for Speed II
* Need for Speed III - Hot Pursuit
* Need for Speed, The
* Need for Speed - V-Rally
* Need for Speed - V-Rally 2
* Need for Speed - Underground 2

and i cant get what ur problem is .... u have two comps ? anyway try searching google with ur OS,game version ,for more info. Forget the number for now...searching for wither the title or number is fine.

[Chaos]

THANKS thanks thanks bosky

also tell how to play Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed.
It didnt run on win xp. not tried on win 98 machine because that is pentium 600

Delete / Rename gimme.dll in the game directory and it should work fine.

[amitagarwal]

Delete / Rename gimme.dll in the game directory and it should work fine.

Thanks for the reply but i didnt run.
i have deleted gimme.dll

please suggest another option or tell is there any patch available.
thanks again fof taking your time

[Chaos]

Thanks for the reply but i didnt run.
i have deleted gimme.dll

please suggest another option or tell is there any patch available.
thanks again fof taking your time

What is the exact error you are getting in it? That game is not officially compatible with XP.

[amitagarwal]

What is the exact error you are getting in it? That game is not officially compatible with XP

THERE IS NO ERROR MESSAGE
THE GAME DOES NOT RUN
I DONT HAVE ANY GRAPHICS CARD

BUT I CAN RUN NFS HIGH STAKES, HOT PURSUIT , HOT PURSUIT 2 AND NFS 2
EDITION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM

[SunMysore]

Hmm....do this....i did this and it completely worked

NOTE : This method MAY work ONLY with a genuine NFSHS CD....

1. Install the game "full".
2. Download the NFS Patch 4.50
3. UnRAR the d3da.dll i have attached to the \3Dsetup directory.

Insert the cd, u r ready to go....

NOTE : I tried this after seeing this thread.....it did work for me, i didnt use any compatibility mode