v 1.05

Wont run at all

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I just updated to the latest version 1.05 and now the game does not run!  All I get is the first screen showing the dragon.  Going to Task Manager I get a game is Not Responding message!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Well on about my 4th try, I was able to "out wait it" and it eventually did start running.  (I wonder if this effect is what people are talking about when they say "memory leaks"?)

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Does it load faster now after that first time?

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

You need to make sure that the patch is installing into the proper stardock entertainment\elemental war of magic dir on your computer.  Sometimes it has a habbit of installing in the wrong place, and it'll mess up everything from map generation to just not loading at all.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I am getting this as well.  I load the game fine, pick my game settings, AI, etc.  It pops up the screen that happens before map generates, which used to load in like .5 seconds for me, and now it sits on this screen permenantly from what I can tell.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Please open your debug.err file in notepad, and link the contents into a post here via pastebin. This will give us some technical information that can help troubleshoot your problem.

The file can be found in My Documents\My Games\Elemental

Be sure to copy the debug immediately after the error occurs; if you start the game again, the debug log will be erased and recreated for the new session.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Ryan, reply 3
You need to make sure that the patch is installing into the proper stardock entertainment\elemental war of magic dir on your computer.  Sometimes it has a habbit of installing in the wrong place, and it'll mess up everything from map generation to just not loading at all.
End of Ryan's quote

 

yep I'm getting this as well... Rather annoying...

When I do I've noticed that my GPU has its load at 85%... my system is as follow:

  • Windows 7 64 Ultimate
  • 260GTX with latest WHQL drivers overclocked with EVGA Precision to 725/1566/1166 gpu/shader/mem
  • Phenom 555 overclocked at 3.7Ghz with 4 cores enabled (200Mhz FSB)
  • mobo Asus M4A785D-M Pro
  • 8 GB DDR2 RAM


My guess is this has to do with the gfx, has my friends on ATI don't see this issue (they have others tho :D, but at least they can play)

 

EDIT: and btw it did the same with 1.01... so basically I'm stuck with 1.00 if I wanna play as it's the only version that works for me :(

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Same thing happens to me the dragon loads up and the game just freezes. Win 7 64 bit. ATI 5750

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Er impulse patches it automatically how can you control where it goes?

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

I wondered if it has to do with my 1.00 saves... so I started a new campaign and got complete black screen, after the video, but I could hear the ambiant sounds...

once again the debug does not tell much... http://pastebin.ca/1925720