fallout tactics installs fine on my computer (xp, well above requirements) but when i try and play the game, when i start it, the screen just goes black. when i ctrl+alt+del i see an error message stating "C:\dev\phoenix\display\directx7\dd7_display.cpp9715): **fatal error**: Could not create primary and back surfaces." this is then followed by an error message stating that the application abnormally quit. what confuses me about the directx7 part of the message, is that i have directx9 installed :/

furthermore, the directory listed doesn't exist in any form on my computer.

any input? thanks.

The path for that error message is referring to the developers machine. What is important is that it references Directx7.

Hmmmm, DirectX 9 is backwards compatible with DX7 and Fallout Tactics works fine over here. There's some pretty big patches out there for Fallout Tactics so you may want to try those before doing anything.