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First time trying to launch the game after the update. I saw the initial splash screen for a moment and then it crashed.
We're also getting random crashes that seem to be a timing issue with the downloading of the data.zip file. Please try a few more times to see if you get through, or if it always happens.
Thanks!
I was able to start it up after the third try. A race condition/timing issue might explain the apparent randomness. Thanks.
Not able to start on Vista OS home premium... after 5 tries i see it waits almost 4 seconds and crash anyway.
I froze when it was trying to create the world on my first play after the update. 2nd ran for a while but later froze (maybe 3-4 turns in). Had to go to work so I didn't get test anymore.
Crash on startup for me too. I was playing Dwarf Fortress at the same time.
Immediately after installing .25, I was able to start it and play until I hit a crash reported in another thread. However, each time I tried to start a new game after that, it crashed on the splash screen, with the windows message "Turn based fantasy strategy game has stopped working". This is on Vista Home Premium.
If I uninstall and immediately reinstall the game via Impulse, it still crashes. If I uninstall with Impulse, manually erase the left over Elemental directories in My Games, Program Data, and Program Files, and then reinstall with Impulse, I can once again play one game before hitting the startup crash.
I'll submit the crash info to fogbugz.
I partially retract my earlier post. The crash is not consistent, on my 4th try it started ok.
I had constant crashes while starting the game after updating until I let the intro play through completely. Since then it started fine strangely enough.
CTD for me happens about 3 seconds in. Just as the intro is cranking up. Haven't been able to get it to load successfully since 0.25, and installing Windows 7.
Update: Off of a fresh boot and a few more false starts I was able to get in.
Oh hey I had the same issue as Iceman346. Once I let the whole intro play through I didn't get any more crashes.
[.25][crash] I also crashed at "welcome brave adventurers" screen several times. While trying to start Elemental with IE open to this form I get a blinking black screen with a "failed to initialize display" message. All previous Elemental updates worked ok.
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