[BETA 4][CRASH] on start up =(

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so though out beta i've had crashes about 5-15 mins into any game. now i'm crashing on launch =( debug: http://pastebin.com/atuxUa6r dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/teKVmNTi let me know if you need anything else =) p.s. there's also a forum bug as i can't get this to space properly.
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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

It looks like your install is corrupt. Look at how it's not parsing any of the screen files.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top
yes that's exactly what i'm looking at! *feigns knowing nod* ;-) worked this bit out as well if it helps: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9568289/Elemental0_98-2010-07-29T20-15-39-13.zip though i guess you're saying i should reinstall.
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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I get probably the same problem:

End of debug.err is:

DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Items\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Race\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Stamps\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Units\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\RaceTypes\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask data\Animations\Packs\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Effects\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask data\Animations\SubPacks\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask C:\Users\Laurent\Documents\My Games\Elemental\Quests\*.xml
DebugMessage:  No files found matching mask data\Animations\Animations\*.xml
DebugMessage:  LoadCoreXMLData finished 3
Debug Message:  WARNING: Elemental Sub Pack 'K_Soldier_Recover_Animations' was set to unrecognized animation type: 'Recover'
DebugMessage:  LoadCoreXMLData finished 2

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Try going to C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Elemental - War of Magic\screens and delete the files there. That should cause the files to be re-created.  

If you continue to get the error after clearing out those files, it may be that the DXAtlasWin.exe file didn't get updated.  Did you get prompted to reboot after updating?

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top
nope, no reboot. and i've been a bit eager to get playing so i've uninstalled and i'm currently downloading/installing.
Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I uninstalled the game and reinstalled. Now works fine.

Of course, as I type this, the game crashed but I had exited so it's not really an issue to me - dump here anyway: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8046784/Elemental0_98-2010-07-29T22-37-20-737.zip

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top
working for me too =)