I have been able to play WA on my setup before, but now it won't work! The disc reads, it installs, and then when i try to play it, it goes fullscreen and i get the windows "WA Has encountered a problem and must close" message.

Has anyone encountered this and how do i fix it.

Check these tutorials and FAQs: www.nanacide.com/wahelp
See if you have properly installed, patched and/or updated your version of the game.

i have tried with and without the pacthes/updates, and i installed properly. no luck

Did you try the installer on the site?

Did you try the installer on the site?

i used that and i guess it made it better. now it starts and has a black screen for a while before going to "must close"

We forgot to ask, is your copy legal (a version you bought from a retail shop with your own money)? We will not help anyone with copied or illegally downloaded copies.

Or, for that matter, legal downloaded copies ;) *cough*trymediasucks*cough*

its an official cd with the radioactive symbol and all =p

bought from a retail shop with your own money
Well, you could steal the money from an old lady first and then buy the game.
Would be a legal copy then. ;)

Well, the copy would be legal, but not obtaining the money for the copy.