After clicking on launch mission the screen goes black and looks like it's about to start loading something.... then it quits back to windows.

I'm using my latest nvidia graphics drivers for my Geforce card (admittedly fairly old but nowhere near as old as Mig Alley) and using latest version of directx.

What do you suggest I try to work round it?

update:

I tried loading the game without my Saitek X45 plugged in (just in case that was causing probs) and used the software render instead of my 3D card... it actually got past the load screen and showed what looked like the game screen but in inverted coulours before crashing.

I then tried again with my graphics card and lowered the resolution down to 800x600 to make sure I wasn't taxing anything too bad - and it showed the loading screen just before crashing.

Anyone any ideas? Please

Go Frugal's. I posted a couple of ideas there that might help you. One is run in WIN2000 mode, not Win98/ME.

I and at least one other member here had to replace the smackw32.dll file in the Mig Alley directory with a newer version to get it to run under XP. See this thread:
http://www.simhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=34;t=000909

Google will turn up a new version of the file to download.

I'm having this same problem. I had mig running with XP and an AGP card. I now have a PCIe card and it crashes while loading a mission (exception error - mig.exe). Don't know if thats the problem but there is a coincidence.

OK, I'm here, where are the other guys from Jasta 30?
Sound off guys, I see Skid is an active Mig Alley player, any more Red Baron 3D players here?

Well - I would be if I could get the darn thing running! LE~Will

State your problem Will, sorry this is late

bump

Got mine to work. In the end I had to set compatability mode to win2k, I can run all graphics options up and at 1280x960 :). Now I just gotta find controls lol