Lord Berners

Hello all, I have a rather strange problem and I hope you might be able to help. I had a fresh install on CFS 3.1 on my comp, running Vista, ready and waiting for OFF to arrive. OFF arrived and I installed it as per the instuctions and ended up getting the "pilot saying 'clear' and then the game hanging" problem as outlined on the FAQ. As per the FAQ I downloaded and installed the Direct X files. This did not solve the problem. I decided to do a complete uninstall and re-install of CFS 3 and OFF. I did this by using the uninstall .exes for both games as well as deleting all the files they left behind (in user/documents and user/appdata/local etc. etc.). I did a complete re-install of CFS 3 (including browsing the disc and running the setup file as an admin) and now it won't run at all! Every time I click on the icon (set to WinXP SP2 compatability mode and to run as an admin) I can hear the cd spin up, the comp load for a bit and then...nothing. If I open Task Manager, I notice that cfs3.exe and ~f2d055.tmp are running under "Processes" but nothing is open under applications. Obviously, with CFS3 not working, if I instal OFF over the top of it, I still just get the "clear...hang" as CFS 3 can't load. I've tried updating graphics drivers and even a system restore and nothing has worked. As I said, CFS3 has run fine on this computer before. Any ideas what to do? I'm very eager to try OFF. Cheers

Tried that but still no luck. CD spins up but clicking "play" has no effect. What gets me is that the game ran perfectly fine before.

Yes, I did...still no help. cfsconfig seems to run fine. I don't even get a splash screen coming up.