zedzeta

Actually, your post help me finally figure it out! If it wasn't giving an error, that meant it was probably due to some external software conflict. Which got me thinking about what that could be. And lo' and behold, ATI Tray Tools turned out to be the problem; I pretty much forgot it's there since it autolaunches and is hidden in the systray. I think it prevent me from playing another game before too, though this is the second instance that it came into conflict with something. Edit:

Tried all the suggested options, still crashes on the new patch. At least it generates a crash log properly now: http://pastebin.com/TjJzS0MC

Guess I'll repost my specs here again. Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Graphics Card 5770 ATI Graphics Driver 8.732.0.0 AMD or Intel AMD Phenom II X4 What version of IE do you have? IE8 Does the game launch to the main menu? No Do you crash when hitting "new game" button ? N/A Do you crash when hitting "op

Damnit, I've been popping in and out of the forums for hours now, hoping someone else might have an answer or at least experience it. Am I the only one thus far to be so unlucky as to not even able to run the game at all?!

I just tried that now but it's still crashing for me. Looks like my problem is something else altogether :(.

Just downloaded it today after getting the Beta key. But sad I was, when I found out that I could not even start up the game. When I do launch it from Impulse, it just switches to the black screen as if it's loading, but a few seconds later quit out with the generic "Elemental: War of Magic has stopped working" crash message. Tried updating my display drivers, even reinstalling it, but it simply refuses to launch successfully. System Specs: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor<