problem starting up anthem

[nick_182]

i recently installed anthem from scratch because i have a new computer. i have patched the sakray and the anthempatcher but when i press 'start' on the patcher, after the v-shield check, the game doesnt start. im using vista now and wasnt before so im not sure if that's the problem, also i downloaded the 'anthemrofullsetup' from a torrent and might be missing files? im not sure what's wrong here.

[MinTako]

Well the game works on vista but well when i just got this computer(First comp with vista for me as well) i tried the torrent one first and it didnt really work for me either. My problem was patching the sakray though. If i were you i would try to install by downloading the sakray and kRO clients from RMS and then installing the aRO mini setup. Thats the only method that hasnt failed me yet xD I cant say for sure it'll help any though since i've never had the problem that the game itself wont even launch. This is just what i normally do when i have some sort of problem.

[nick_182]

hm ive done what you said just now but it's still the same. the 'anthemold.exe' runs normally but obviously cannot connect. i think it's the v-shield that's stopping me from playing. is there any way to disable it?

[beagle888]

I had the same problem on my laptop that runs XP.

I was fully patched, had the latest Sakray fully updated and everything.  I would run the anthem.exe and it would come up with the "VShield" window, but then AnthemRO would never start; I never even made it to the login screen.  I spent a week going through the suggestions on the forums, but it never worked.  I eventually gave up.   I wonder if it might be a graphics problem, but I've never gone back to try getting it to run again.

[Guardian Lord]

dont use the patcher to play

use the AnthemExe.exe

just use the patcher to patch and exit it

[nick_182]

hm it still can't run. im pretty sure the problem is the v-shield. thing is many people have had this problem for some time now, and there is no cure?