Start-up problem

**witch** · 05-20-2007, 06:12 AM

Hiya!

Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I click on the desktop icon. It seems like the game is trying to start, I get a black screen, but then a Windows error box comes up. The only thing I can make out from the error box is something called 'error signature'.

I have a 2.8 Ghz, 1gb ram, Radeon 9800 pro 256 mb, Windows XP OS; if that will help.

**Thomas** · 05-20-2007, 09:13 AM

Where did you buy the game?

**witch** · 05-20-2007, 05:53 PM

Thomas Wrote:Where did you buy the game?

Best Buy, in Gainesville, FL. Bought a game called Barrow Hill from there one time and it did'nt have a disk in the package. Could this be a similar problem with the disc?

**witch** · 05-21-2007, 07:16 PM

Well...I guess I'll try and return it to see if a new disc works. Kept reinstalling and stuff but nothing happened.

**Thomas** · 05-21-2007, 08:37 PM

I am not sure exactly what happens when you try to run the game. COuld you provide a screenshot of the error?

Also, try updating your graphics card drivers.

**Luis** · 05-21-2007, 09:10 PM

Also, post the contents of the 'hpl.log' file which should be located in the (your my documents folder)\Penumbra Overture\Episode1\ folder in your computer.

**Thomas** · 05-22-2007, 07:22 AM

And also, are you running the game from the CD launch app (the one with Install, Play and Exit on it)? In that case go to the directory where you installed penumbra overture, into the redist folder and there double click on Penumbra.exe.

Hope that helps!

**Cyndiana** · 05-27-2007, 01:29 AM

I'm having this same exact problem myself, thus why I joined this forum today. I didn't buy my version, I downloaded it directly from the site.

I'm using Windows Vista, and I thought maybe that was the problem. I know my computer's good for running the game hardware-wise because I run graphically intense games on it all the time.

What happens with me is I double-click the icon (ANY Prenumbra program icon, whether on the desktop, in the program menu of my start menu or in the Prenumbra directory itself), my screen goes black for the merest second, then it comes back to my desktop but everything is greatly magnified in size for a second, then it goes back to normal with no error message or anything. My next post will be the contents of my hpl.log. It's a bit long, so forgive me...

**Cyndiana** · 05-27-2007, 01:31 AM

-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------

Initializing FMOD.
Number of hardware 2D channels: 32
Number of hardware 3D channels: 29
Number of total hardware channels: 61
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 scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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Creating resource managers
Misc Creation
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Initializing Graphics Module
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Init low level graphics
Setting video mode: 800 x 600 - 32 bpp
Init Glee...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Max texture image units: 16
Max texture coord units: 8
Two sided stencil: 1
Vertex Buffer Object: 1
Anisotropic filtering: 1
Max Anisotropic degree: 16
Multisampling: 1
Vertex Program: 1
Fragment Program: 1
NV Register Combiners: 1
NV Register Combiners Stages: 8
ATI Fragment Shader: 0
Creating graphic systems
Renderer2D created
Creating screen buffers size 800.000000 : 600.000000
Creating programs
RendererPostEffects created
Renderer3D created
Adding engine materials
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing Game Module
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Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
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User Initialization
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Game Running
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ERROR: Entity file 'emerl1_lights_emergencylight.ent' was not found!
WARNING: Parent 'group1' couldn't be found! Failed to attach 'emerl1_emlight11' to 'emerl1'.Attaching directly to mesh.
ERROR: Entity file 'emerl2_lights_emergencylight.ent' was not found!
WARNING: Parent 'group1' couldn't be found! Failed to attach 'emerl2_emlight11' to 'emerl2'.Attaching directly to mesh.
ERROR: Entity file 'light1_light.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'light2_light.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'light3_light.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'bench1_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker1_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker2_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker3_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker4_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker5_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'locker6_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'lockedlocker_furniture.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'glowst1_item_glowstick.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'dynamite1_item.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'bottle1_kitchen.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'crate1_other.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'crate2_other.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'door1_door.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'cardbox1_other.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'idcard1_item_id.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'pain_item.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'NAME_other_small.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'flare01_item.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'flare02_item.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'blocklocker_misc_block.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'lock1_object.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'NoteEntrance01_item_note.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Entity file 'lockopen1_object.ent' was not found!
ERROR: Couldn't create material 'door_metal_12.mat'
ERROR: Couldn't create material 'door_metal_12.jpg' for object '_collider_box_1'
ERROR: Couldn't find particle system file 'acidparticle.ps'
ERROR: Couldn't create particle system 'Steam01' of type 'acidparticle'
ERROR: Couldn't find particle system file 'drops01.ps'
ERROR: Couldn't create particle system 'WaterDrop01' of type 'drops01'
ERROR: Couldn't find particle system file 'drops02.ps'
ERROR: Couldn't create particle system 'WaterDrop01' of type 'drops02'
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Statistics
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Medium framerate: 2264.108005
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User Exit
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Exiting Scene Module
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Exiting Input Module
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Exiting Sound Module
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Exiting Graphics Module
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Exiting Resources Module
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Done with tilesets
Done with fonts
Done with scripts
Done with particles
Done with sounds
Done with meshes
Done with materials
Done with Gpu programs
Done with images
Destroyed all textures
Done with sound entities
Done with animations
All resources deleted
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Exiting Physics Module
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Exiting System Module
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- Deleting lowlevel stuff.
Physics
Sound
Input
Resources
System
Graphics
HPL Exit was successful!
Deleting ATI shader to 0

**Thomas** · 05-27-2007, 08:50 AM

Cyndiana:

You are running the 2006 Tech demo called "Penumbra which does not have any Vista support . Try "Penumbra: Overture" which can be found at: http://www.penumbra-overture.com/
instead.