Giants: Citizen Kabuto

What works

installation of game and 1.4 patch, start of singleplayer with original CD with patched and unpatched version

What does not

hosting multiplayer games; with 1.4 patch installed gives
(white background; text below in 3 blue boxes)
Giants Citizen Kabuto
Wintry Cool Game Error Screen

DirectPlay Failed to Initialize (Code 80040111). Is DirectX Version 8 or better installed?

Enter to Continue
Escape to Exit Game
(doesn't work though)

*GiantsHook v1.00 from http://www.giantswd.org/?file=2 installed gives a pop up window
Title: Giants Error
Text: DirectPlay Failed to Initialize (Code 80040111). Is DirectX Version 8 or better installed?
Buttons: OK, Cancel
(is responding at least)

*grm.exe (everything besides GeForce3 compatibility selected)
same error message as GiantsHoock v1.00

Workarounds

What was not tested

playing through all of singleplayer, joining multiplayer games

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Some flicker on the shadows, but that's bearable. The game doesn't change back to desktop resolution that was set before starting the game, it uses the in-game resolution