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I was 1 of those players that couldn't get past the black screen with a spinning wheel whilst loading Pirates. The only way I could get past the black screen was to disable my soundcard. I checked the Atari Tech Support forum and found this thread;
<a href="http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=431332" target="_blank">http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showt...threadid=431332</a>
My hardware acceleration was not switched on (was set to basic acceleration in DXDiag), I set it to standard and run the sound tests. With hardware acceleration switched on, I now can run Pirates complete with sound!
Msny thanks to r4lphus for posting the solution over at the Atari forum and I hope it helps some of you aswell.
<a href="http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=431332" target="_blank">http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showt...threadid=431332</a>
My hardware acceleration was not switched on (was set to basic acceleration in DXDiag), I set it to standard and run the sound tests. With hardware acceleration switched on, I now can run Pirates complete with sound!
Msny thanks to r4lphus for posting the solution over at the Atari forum and I hope it helps some of you aswell.