Game won't even launch!
Game won't even launch!
Hi,
I've just bought the registration code for Book 2, and downloaded the game. Unfortunately after installing it and double clicking on the .exe, it won't even start!
I get the launcher window, but without any graphics inside, so I can't select screen res, windowed mode or anything!! It just stops responding.
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, and just in case you're wondering, book 1 works fine!!
I've just bought the registration code for Book 2, and downloaded the game. Unfortunately after installing it and double clicking on the .exe, it won't even start!
I get the launcher window, but without any graphics inside, so I can't select screen res, windowed mode or anything!! It just stops responding.
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, and just in case you're wondering, book 1 works fine!!
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Try right click, "run as administrator"smeghead wrote:Hi,
I've just bought the registration code for Book 2, and downloaded the game. Unfortunately after installing it and double clicking on the .exe, it won't even start!
I get the launcher window, but without any graphics inside, so I can't select screen res, windowed mode or anything!! It just stops responding.
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, and just in case you're wondering, book 1 works fine!!
If that doesn't work, right click and go to properties, compatibility mode, and tell it to run in Windows XP SP3 mode. Again, run as administrator as well. I'm on Windows 7 home premium 64-bit and works without a hitch.
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That was the very first thing I tried. Strangely, it works fine on my xp laptop. Could it be a driver problem? I'm using an Asus Xonar D2 sound card and ATI 4890 gfx card (driver 10.4) ?
I've just noticed, that if I don't force the program to close, after a minute or two it says "exception stack overflow"...
I uninstalled my graphics card driver, and lo and behold the launcher worked! - but only because there was no driver - I cannot play the game or have my computer permanently without a gfx driver!!
So it's some sort of conflict between the two, which narrows it down...
I've just noticed, that if I don't force the program to close, after a minute or two it says "exception stack overflow"...
I uninstalled my graphics card driver, and lo and behold the launcher worked! - but only because there was no driver - I cannot play the game or have my computer permanently without a gfx driver!!
So it's some sort of conflict between the two, which narrows it down...
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Same problem here.
Just installed demo version, after double click on "book_2.exe" and wait for some time, game popup "EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW".
BTW, compatibility mode/run as admin doesnot help.
Just installed demo version, after double click on "book_2.exe" and wait for some time, game popup "EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW".
BTW, compatibility mode/run as admin doesnot help.
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I too have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit,and I cannot even play the demo.Launcher won't start,and if not terminated,a message saying EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW pops up.And then my laptop cries,because it cannot even run this awesome looking game It does run fine on my windows xp laptop,but that one's old and the screen is smaller.I WANNA PLAY ON MY NEW LAPTOP DARN IT!!
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The game was actually developed primarily on a 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine, so I know it runs well.1unusedname wrote:I too have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit,and I cannot even play the demo.Launcher won't start,and if not terminated,a message saying EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW pops up.And then my laptop cries,because it cannot even run this awesome looking game It does run fine on my windows xp laptop,but that one's old and the screen is smaller.I WANNA PLAY ON MY NEW LAPTOP DARN IT!!
I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
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In my case, I've narrowed it down to a graphics card driver problem - I think - (see earlier post) but I'm running the latest version from AMD/ATI, so I'm at a bit of a loss really.BasiliskWrangler wrote:I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
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I'm not on my Desktop atm so I don't remember exactly how to get to it in Win7, but there should be a video troubleshooting option that allows you to turn down the level of acceleration on the video card... I would try turning it down a couple of notches to see if that helps.smeghead wrote:In my case, I've narrowed it down to a graphics card driver problem - I think - (see earlier post) but I'm running the latest version from AMD/ATI, so I'm at a bit of a loss really.BasiliskWrangler wrote:I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
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The old,"update video and sound drivers" solution is not the case here.All of my games,from dos to dragon age,work perfectly fine.In this case it has something to do with EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW,whatever that has to do with this game and windows 7.And just so you know my video and sound drivers are as up to date as they can be anyways.I hope that you can figure this out,because I will not buy this game if I cannot use it on my gaming laptop of choice.BasiliskWrangler wrote:The game was actually developed primarily on a 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine, so I know it runs well.1unusedname wrote:I too have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit,and I cannot even play the demo.Launcher won't start,and if not terminated,a message saying EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW pops up.And then my laptop cries,because it cannot even run this awesome looking game It does run fine on my windows xp laptop,but that one's old and the screen is smaller.I WANNA PLAY ON MY NEW LAPTOP DARN IT!!
I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
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I am running it on windows 7 64....but I have an nvidia....it most likely is your ATI card...try what bernie said1unusedname wrote:The old,"update video and sound drivers" solution is not the case here.All of my games,from dos to dragon age,work perfectly fine.In this case it has something to do with EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW,whatever that has to do with this game and windows 7.And just so you know my video and sound drivers are as up to date as they can be anyways.I hope that you can figure this out,because I will not buy this game if I cannot use it on my gaming laptop of choice.BasiliskWrangler wrote:The game was actually developed primarily on a 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine, so I know it runs well.1unusedname wrote:I too have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit,and I cannot even play the demo.Launcher won't start,and if not terminated,a message saying EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW pops up.And then my laptop cries,because it cannot even run this awesome looking game It does run fine on my windows xp laptop,but that one's old and the screen is smaller.I WANNA PLAY ON MY NEW LAPTOP DARN IT!!
I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
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So the game doesn't even launch....the first thing the game does other than initialize sound and video is to try and locate and setup the saved-game folders. On My Windows 7 machine, this is:1unusedname wrote:The old,"update video and sound drivers" solution is not the case here.All of my games,from dos to dragon age,work perfectly fine.In this case it has something to do with EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW,whatever that has to do with this game and windows 7.And just so you know my video and sound drivers are as up to date as they can be anyways.I hope that you can figure this out,because I will not buy this game if I cannot use it on my gaming laptop of choice.BasiliskWrangler wrote:The game was actually developed primarily on a 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine, so I know it runs well.1unusedname wrote:I too have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit,and I cannot even play the demo.Launcher won't start,and if not terminated,a message saying EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW pops up.And then my laptop cries,because it cannot even run this awesome looking game It does run fine on my windows xp laptop,but that one's old and the screen is smaller.I WANNA PLAY ON MY NEW LAPTOP DARN IT!!
I would suggest the normal routine: update windows, check for sound and video driver updates.
C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Roaming\Basilisk Games\Book 2 Saved Games\
So, is there any reason why the game would be unable to write to this location?
Also, regarding ATI....I run an ATI Radeon HD 5850 in my Win7 machine. Again, never a single problem.
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I have an Nvidia card as well.I have no clue what the problem could be.
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I checked and the save game folder is in the place it should be.I run the launcher as admin so it should have full access to whatever it needs to do.
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Sometimes updated drivers/bioses/firmware will only fix- or break- a single game/application... on a single type of configuration. When it comes to computers (especially Windows-based PC's), you should never assume anything.1unusedname wrote: The old,"update video and sound drivers" solution is not the case here.All of my games,from dos to dragon age,work perfectly fine.
In any case, where's your game installed? Did you install to the default directory, or a custom one?
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Yes I installed everything with defaults.