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[1.6 Bug][Unable to play] Can't start games Camp or Cust.

Custm - water/grass background; Camp - Blackscreen+sound

August 28, 2010 5:01:26 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

Hey Folks,

 

 

So i've tried to start the game a couple of times with 1.6, no joy so far.

 

Trying to start a Campaign gives me the intro movie thing and then a blackscreen with sound, and it does not progress any further. only option is ALT+F4, Ctrl+Alt+del 

Trying to start a Custom Game, Gives me a background with some water, grass, a mountain of sorts and sound. and just stays there slightly panning around, but does not progress any further, same solution as above.

 

specs:

W7 X64
Intel I7 920@2930
Nvidia Geforce 295GTX  ( 258.96_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_international_whql )

 

Kind Regards

Vicster

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Reply #1 August 28, 2010 6:14:44 PM
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I have the exactly same problem. Happens on an Asus UL Series Notebook (Win 7 64 bits), with Geforce G210M, and the drivers provided by asus. There are no recent drivers updates for this gpu, and the Nvidia ones won't install on the Notebook (requires Asus drivers). However, in my Desktop, with a Geforce GT 9600 drivers 196.21 and Windows 7 (64 bits), the game runs just fine.

Forgot to say, playing in only cloth map also doesnt work . No need to reboot, Alt+Tab and closing the windows is enough.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

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Reply #2 August 28, 2010 9:39:51 PM
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Exactly the same issue here, as posted in another thread. Would really like to see a solution for this.

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Reply #3 August 29, 2010 4:54:48 AM
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Yeah me to... its what you would call a "gamebreaker" =P

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Reply #4 August 29, 2010 7:18:02 AM
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I've got same problem, win7 x64 + amd phenom2 X4 & radeon 3300

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Reply #5 August 29, 2010 9:03:42 AM
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same here

i920

w7 ult x64 , 6gb , GF gts 260

latest drivers :/

any clues?

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Reply #6 August 29, 2010 9:37:16 AM
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I experienced the exact same problem too, but a reinstall solved everything for me. If you haven't tried that already I suggest you do that

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Reply #7 August 29, 2010 10:05:47 AM
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Same issue. Tried reinstalling/administirative rights/drivers/directx reinstall. no luck. I just wanted to play this game this weekend before the next 3 weekends that I will be buried to my throat with work.

Releasing a forced-patch that reneders the game unplayable is not very professional.

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Reply #8 August 29, 2010 10:09:14 AM
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 Have the exact same problem on an AMD Athlon X2 CPU with an ATi Radeon 5870 GPU. Running Windows 7.

 

The game works fine in 1.00, but wont go past the loading screen with any patch. Just stays at the panoramic picture at loading. And on campaign it's a black screen.

 

The game doesn't freeze, but it just wont finish loading. Sound and everything else works.

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Reply #9 August 29, 2010 1:58:35 PM
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Just throwing in a me too. Worked fine with 1.0, upgraded to 1.5 and saw the above behaviour. 1.6 didn't fix it. Will try reinstalling.

 

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Reply #10 August 29, 2010 2:05:12 PM
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Give us a heads-up on how it goes Dekoven !

Cause ive been through it all by now and still no cake ...

 

To fix the bugs in this game is going to require a patch the size of the original game soon.. =/ 

We are rooting for you Stardock & Friends! looking forward to playing E:WOM

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Reply #11 August 29, 2010 9:31:43 PM
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No dice on reinstalling for me. Reinstalled 3 times, tried all kinds of video settings - Admin mode and XP compatibility. I'm starting to think this may have to do with DX11, because a friend of mine has the exact same setup, only he is on DX9.

But I guess we'll do the "wait and see" thing for now. Really looking forward to playing some Elemental aswell!

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Reply #12 August 30, 2010 7:43:18 AM
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I've reinstalled a few times, got nothin.

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Reply #13 August 30, 2010 9:44:40 AM
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Install all the patches in order. 1.01, 1.05 and 1.06. It worked for me.

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Reply #14 August 30, 2010 10:01:04 AM
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Quoting cocorulverde,
reply 13
Install all the patches in order. 1.01, 1.05 and 1.06. It worked for me.

 

Did Anyone else try this? 

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Reply #15 August 30, 2010 1:00:18 PM
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Quoting cocorulverde,
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Install all the patches in order. 1.01, 1.05 and 1.06. It worked for me.

worked for me, thanks

 

 

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Reply #16 August 30, 2010 1:09:23 PM
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Quoting xxlord,
reply 14

Quoting cocorulverde, reply 13Install all the patches in order. 1.01, 1.05 and 1.06. It worked for me.
 

Did Anyone else try this? 

 

Yes I did and it worked

 

I dont know if they are releated but:

I disabled Kaspersky Internet Security, I ran all the patch files with "Run as Admin" button. Worked like a charm.

 

You are the man cocorulverde

 

Edit: Overland movement is 10x more choppier compared with 1.0! Combat is not much different too.

         I guess I will quit playing for a couple of months until the beta is over and the game goes gold.

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Reply #17 August 30, 2010 2:14:21 PM
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going to give it a shot

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Reply #18 August 30, 2010 8:30:36 PM
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This is good news (at least in that it has a solution). I have been holding back from buying this because of this issue which I have seen posted by a lot of people.  No point shelling out $50 ($45 on amazon) if you can't use it.

Sequential upgrades certainly explains why some people didn't have this issue while others do.

Nice catch cocorulverde!

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