Game Will Not Start; It Crashes Instantly

[Andyist]

I joust bought the game for my birthday after hearing how good it was, but I'm actually rather frustrated. I don't understand what's going on at all. When I try to start the game, it immediately crashes and I get this message in the "black box."

Amnesia.exe. caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module <UNKOWN> at 0023:00000000


Er... I have no idea what's going on.
As far as information about my computer and stuff goes,

Manufacturer: Dell
Model: Inspiron 530
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E700 @2.80GHz 2.80GHz
Memory (RAM): ^.00 GB
System Type: Window's Vista Home Premium 64-bit operating system



I saw something about a hpl something or another.

Version 1.10 - s68A07B7F-539
-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Engine build ID 20101021192547

Creating Engine Modules
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Creating graphics module
Creating system module
Creating resource module
Creating input module
Creating sound module
Creating physics module
Creating ai module
Creating gui module
Creating generate module
Creating haptic module
Creating scene module
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Resources Module
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Creating loader handlers
Creating resource managers
Adding loaders to handlers
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
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Init lowlevel graphics: 1024x768 bpp:32 fs:1 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Loading...' pos:(-1x-1)
Setting video mode: 1024 x 768 - 32 bpp
Init Glew...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Vendor: Intel
Renderer: Intel Bear Lake B
Version: 1.4.0 - Build 7.14.10.1409
Max texture image units: 16
Max texture coord units: 8
Max user clip planes: 6
Two sided stencil: 1
Vertex Buffer Object: 1
Anisotropic filtering: 1
Max Anisotropic degree: 4
Multisampling: 1
Texture compression: 1
Texture compression S3TC: 1
Auto generate MipMaps: 1
Render to texture: 0
Max draw buffers: 13
Max color render targets: 21
Packed depth-stencil: 0
Texture float: 0
GLSL Version: (null)
ShaderModel 2: 1
ShaderModel 3: 1
ShaderModel 4: 0
OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0



Can someone please help me get thins running? I tried it on a laptop, and it didn't work. I figured this desktop would work fine, but it's not.

[Your Computer]

Update your drivers and see if it helps: http://support.dell.com/support/download...eid=274229

[Andyist]

Thank you so much for the advice. I have been trying to follow through with it, but it has been very difficult. The Dell website seems to be loading very faultily. I've tried both the link you have posted and I've tried loading the website in different ways. Silly Dell people lol. Will check in when I get their site up.

[plutomaniac]

http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-11183.html

Your card is not capable of running the game

[Andyist]

Hmm.. Well video cards are a lot more expensive than the game lol. I didn't expect it to be unable to run on such a common video card. Is there any way I could get my money back for this game?

[plutomaniac]

Go to start and type dxdiag. At the Screen tab, what graphics card does it report?

Basically I need to know if you have a dedicated graphics card instead of only the Intel embedded one.

[Andyist]

Card name: Intel® G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel® GMA 3100
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_29C2&SUBSYS_020D1028&REV_02
Display Memory: 286 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 286 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: igdumd64.dll
Driver Version: 7.14.0010.1409 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/5/2008 03:40:22, 3748864 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6A82-11CF-1976-0722A3C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x29C2
SubSys ID: 0x020D1028
Revision ID: 0x0002
Revision ID: 0x0002


Is this the report you requested?

[jens]

Unfortunately the graphic chip listed is far below the specified requierments needed to run the game.

[Andyist]

Hmmm ok. Well, I know the next step is a new video card. Does anyone know of any video cards that can support Amnesia and are inexpensive? I'd really appreciate it!

[plutomaniac]

Stare a maximum price and maybe a preferred store with online catalog. Pretty much all new graphics card can play the game.