Hi. I just downloaded this game and followed all of the instructions on the first page. I applied all the patches, installation was fine. Problem is when I start the game. The screen itself is black (much like how problem 4 describes). Music is playing after i launch the game, but again the screen is just black and it won't even let me close it. If this matters at all I'm running on Windows 7 64bit.
Here's a screenshot, not sure if this helps or not. http://i.imgur.com/krYca.png
If anybody could help me that would be wonderful and I would appreciate it a lot! Thanks.