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[Crash] Cannot start game

April 19, 2010 3:33:44 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

When I attempt to run Elemental, I get a black screen on primary monitor for a few seconds then application closes.  Nothing is ever displayed and no errors ever come up.

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Reply #1 April 19, 2010 3:58:24 PM
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See the report form so that we can learn a bit more about your setup.

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Reply #2 April 19, 2010 5:22:03 PM
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I apologize for not using the correct format.  Please see the following:

http://pastebin.com/st3apxrB

http://pastebin.com/pf3mGeRa

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6282761/Elemental0_3-2010-04-19T14-08-32-17.zip

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Reply #3 April 19, 2010 6:02:29 PM
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I have the same issue on one of my systems,  if you go into your pref.ini file and change to Fullscreen=0 you should be able to run in a window, it also tends to work if you set your game to run full screen but at your monitors native resolutions. We are looking into this as we speak.

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Reply #4 April 19, 2010 6:25:19 PM
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This appears to be an issue with multiple monitors, as turning off the second monitor makes the bug not happen.  We'll continue to look into this.

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Reply #5 April 19, 2010 6:40:24 PM
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Thank you mormegil, those settings changes did the trick.  The game now opens.

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