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You can't actually run BZ from Visual C++ without a project, so what you'll want to do is run BZ and then attach to its process with the debugger.  That should--in theory at least--give you a call stack so we can figure out where it's crashing if not why.

Yes: here

After a brief hiatus, it's time for another experimental build.  There aren't as many changes in this one.

• fixed most of the application minimize/restore problems
  
• eliminated the green tint on the target and sniper scopes
  
• removed CPU speed check that used privileged instructions
  

The speed check might have been what was causing start-up problems for some people, but I don't know that for sure.  That's the big thing to check.  

Battlezone D3D9

Usual reminders:
1. This build requires the Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redstributable Package
2. If using a retail install, rename the "splash" folder to "splash_" to disable Windows 7's compatibility layer
3. If running on Windows Vista or 7, make the install folder writable
4. If having trouble, try the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

Of course I didn't keep the map file from that build...  

I did wise up and make one for the 2009-12-08 build, though.  Could you try again with that one?

Totally serious. 

sure would like to have a 3DS file........................ )

Me too...

(I only have the source code, not the original assets.)

I was able to go through all the NSDF SP missions yesterday [edit: using XP Pro]. and it looked excellent.   

Hurrah!  That's a good sign that things are coming together.

The Furies seemed to sometimes just appear without seeing them descend.

That's probably the mission script spawning them. 

SP Stab is pretty powerful.  Three dual shots takes out Furies.

It does seem punchier than the BZ2 equivalent, which was essentially just an armor-piercing version of the AT Stab.  (Wil Stahl designed BZ2 weapons to have the same base damage per second but vary in fire rate, maximum range, armor/shield penetration, and ammo usage.)

OK.  Thanks for trying anyway. 

Whoah.  Nasty. 

I'm still learning the ropes with D3D9, so there's a good chance that I'm doing something wrong.  It doesn't help that BZ's event handling is so complex.

Oh, that's right.

I bet that fixed quite a few problems.  I plan to leave floating-point exceptions enabled on non-release builds since it's perfect for catching these.

I've always thought it would be neat to have a little set of desktop models of the battlezone vehicles.

Ooh, that'd be nice.  There's always papercraft...

Hatever came with bz1

You might want to try replacing it with the updated ("XP anti-lag") version.

Interesting!  That definitely gives me something to work with.  What version of the Activenet DLL are you using?

[Update:]

It deserves a topic of its own, so I'll try to split it for us.

Update: Success!   

Z-buffering was getting turned off, so forcing it on fixed that.  Bad geometry could easily caused some problems as well.