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[Eremal]

When i start the game, the screen goes black for a few secs, then crashes back to desktop, just about when i would expect to see the first intro movie.

I just reinstalled the game twice, first time w/o removing the mods, 2nd time i even deleted what was left in the folder.

Please help

irregularities i found (though i have no idea what they really mean or how to fix)

?BLFileSystem::DeviceFromFilename("mod:Textures\Previews\curveview_nos3tc.tga"): unknown device name in URL

?ERROR: dynlight.vsf Version 3.0.0.0 or higher required!

Got 3 of these:

?Cannot add default animation set to P: incompatible bone structure?

Also got a whole bunch of cursor and icon missing.

...
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M18EvacuateStation_over.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M18EvacuateStation_mousedown.dds not found
cursor mod:UI/Game/Icons/Cursor/M18EvacuateStation.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M19EnterPanelRoom_disable.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M19EnterPanelRoom_normal.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M19EnterPanelRoom_over.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M19EnterPanelRoom_mousedown.dds not found
cursor mod:UI/Game/Icons/Cursor/M19EnterPanelRoom.dds not found
command icon mod:UI/Game/Icons/Commands/M19EnterTunnel_disable.dds not found
....

Attached Files

•  logfile.txt   50.85KB   203 downloads

[Stan]

Hi,

Update your graphic drivers

[Eremal]

Hm, it worked thanks. Any idea why the game stopped working suddenly?

[Stan]

Hm, it worked thanks. Any idea why the game stopped working suddenly?

I've no clue, normally it should dot hat since the begin if you never changed the drivers since install.

[Eremal]

Well, EM4 wont start up again (neither the game nor the editor) the screen just turns black for a few secs, then boots me to desktop.

The logfile is about identical, though there is this at the bottom:

!WARNING: global listener object is still registered! Unregister listener before destroying object!

Ive tried reinstalling the game, updating and rollbacking the graphics drivers, without any luck.

Hmm, cant upload the logfile either it seems, but thats not related to the game


EDIT: Nvm, I rolled back the drivers once more, and now it worked.

[Eremal]

I've found out what does it (i think). When i boot with my second monitor (TV) on standby, the game messes up. If i boot with the cable unplugged or the tv on the correct channel, it works fine. I have a LG 37LB2R

[Dominic22]

When I play for a short time this happens: the screen goes black for a few secs, then crashes back to desktop

Attached Files

•  logfile.txt   249.98KB   218 downloads
•  DxDiag.txt   34.72KB   214 downloads

[Stan]

There we go:

!Graphics system: Intel Intel 945GM

lol On-Board graphics, well that is not a problem if the rest is okay

Do you have new graphic drivers?

|Extension GL_NV_register_combiners not available
|Extension GL_NV_register_combiners2 not available
|Extension GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 not available
|Extension GL_NV_texture_shader not available
|Extension GL_NV_vertex_program not available
|Extension GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 not available
|Extension GL_NV_occlusion_query not available
|Extension GL_EXT_paletted_texture not available
|Extension GL_ATI_separate_stencil not available
|Extension GL_EXT_texture_rectangle not available

A lot of extensions required to play the game isn't available

Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo CPU T2450 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Did you try running the game on one core?

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Memory: 1014MB RAM
Display Memory: 224 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 224 MB

And I don't think you have enough RAM for this kind of things on your laptop...

+1014 MB of ram
-224 mb of ram that are shared with the display device
--------------
=790 mb

Funny is that the recommended system memory for Vista Home Premium is 1gb
Minimum requirement for 911 First responders is 512mb

I'm quite sure you run out of memory as soon as you launch the game


All I can suggest you is to try to run the game on one cpu core and to run the game on high priority. Even though I don’t guarantee this will work as your system isn’t made for gaming at al

Regards,
Stan

[randomperson139]

?ERROR: The Vision engine requires support for the ARB_multitexture extension!
Please make sure you have the latest video drivers installed for your 3D card.

Try updating your video card drivers.

[randomperson139]

What do you mean by crashes? Does the game freeze?

You could aso try downloading and installing drivers from 2008 or something as some of the newer drivers cause problems.

[randomperson139]

Logfile and DxDiag please. Without these we cannot help you.

[randomperson139]

DXDiag?

[willa078]

My game does the exact same.

After a few seconds of a blank screen, it crashes back to the desktop. It has never done this before and after reading some of the messages on this post, i updated by graphics card but the same thing still happens.

If i need to roll back my graphics card, how do i do that?

Thanks

[rvcfire2]

Ok, so....I've read all these posts and the same thing is happening to me. Double clicking the game icon, the game starts to load, screen goes black for 2 seconds and then returns to the desk top. I've tried everything. Updating the video card, the graphics driver, going into compatibility mode, nothing works. I've been playing EM4 for about a year now and my computer recently crashed. My windows XP has been restored, the game redownloaded to my computer and now I cant launch it. Any help would be good help. Thanks!!!

[pyrothijs]

Logfile and DXDIAG file please, else we cannot help you.