GTAIII and WinXp problem

[Wynner3]

I'm sorry if this has been posted many times before but, I just installed WinXp Home yesterday and shortly after GTAIII and for some reason, all I get in the menu are blocks and not a the words. I downloaded and installed the patch but that didn't work either. I have gone through most of the game but that was when I was playing through WinMe. I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install of XP but saved the game files on my home network but I can't seem to be able to play GTAIII anymore. Can anyone help?

 

[Rand]

Let me guess, nVidia graphics card right?

If so this should solve it.
GTA III doesnt seem to like nVidia + WinXP.

 

[Wynner3]

Thank you for the help except that now the game doesn't even run. I double click on the icon and nothing happens, i click on it in the start menu nothing happens, I restarted my computer and still nothing happend. This patch was supposed to help me play the game right? Is their another patch or something that can help me?

 

[Furor]

delete the file gta3.set in My Documents\GTA3 User File\

 

[MTDEW]

When you do get it working, turn off trails in the games display menu also. (if you are using a nvidia/geforce card)