DA crashes on start up.

Hello All,

I recently had a problem with my Spectre X-22WG LCD monitor. The screen went "fuzzy" and the colors got all screwed up. I checked viruses and nothing was wrong. My resolution was 1650 x 1024?

I changed my monitor out for my old SAMTRON 78F. The CRT works fine and I'm using 1152 x 864.

I'm using DA 1.60.089. It stopped after I started the game and the screen went black.

This is the debug.err

Debug Message: Version v1.6 Dark Avatar last updated on: Wed Jun 6 08:51:50 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 6/14/2007, 15:17:59
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: YOUR-24AFF5EBF8
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: GT5028
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Physical Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 217MB used, 5753MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 6500
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0160&SUBSYS_C3563842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: SAMTRON 76DF(X)/77DF(X)/78DF
Monitor Max Resolution: 1280,1024
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9424
Driver Date: 4/19/2007 13:26:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_026B&SUBSYS_0CA8105B&REV_A2
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5900
Driver Date: 9/26/2005 17:07:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using hardware vertex processing
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device using default format. Switching to 16bit
Debug Message: Using hardware vertex processing
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device.
Debug Message: InitializeDirect3D Failed.
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start

Thanks
3,474 views 2 replies
Reply #1 Top
The game's probably trying to start up at the old resolution still. You should just need to delete the prefs.ini file from My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\, or open it with notepad and change the DisplayWidth= and DisplayHeight= lines to match your new desktop resolution.
Reply #2 Top
Thanks Kyro,

I figured the screen resolution was the culprit. I just wasn't sure where to fix it. It works now.