tachyon the fringe

i have just installed tachyon the fringe on my system but every time i try to start a game it just sits there and says tachyon loading please wait and then that screen dissapears and nothing i let it go fo 5 min. once and still nothing,why 5min. becuase task manager said it was still running!! any help would be appreciated. here are my specs.
amd athlon 600
352 megs of ram
tnt2 m64 32 meg
fireball ct01 26 gig
sound blaster live x-gamer
realtek 10mb ethernet adapter
generic 52x cdrom
generic 8x dvdrom
win2k professional on fat 32 install
dont know if i need all this info but if any one is the problem would like to know.
thanx.oh btw the begining movie plays and then it goes to the loading screen.dont know if that helps any.thanx

[This message has been edited by harlock (edited 09 April 2001).]

Start the game with space.exe in the Novalogic, Tachyon folder.

thanks wolf i'll give a try

Maybe fixing resolution to 16 bits before starting the game will solve the problem.

The last Novalogic update "ttfupd8i.zip" includes all previous updates and improves on 3D cards compatibility.

The Bink player tool may not be transferring control back to the 3D card for the game. The last version also with smacker update:

http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

tried the .exe and it worked!! i just downloaded the tools also and will give them a try. i really appreciate your help this has been driving me nuts for the past few days trying to figure it out. thanks again wolf.

Check out windowsupdate.microsoft.com in July Application Compatibility package should include a fix for Tachyon.:D