Game crashes shortly after I start it

[Saberspark]

Yeah I installed the game fine but when I went to start it, it would freeze up and something on the bottom that says BlackBox would come up but I can't see what it says. It freezes up anywhere from the typing part to when I choose the difficulty. Specs are:
AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+
2.13Ghz
512MB RAM
nVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB OC (overclocked)

All of my drivers are updated - I updated them yesterday to make sure that wasn't the problem. Thanks for the help.

[Yuhaney]

Try to install This Patch!

[Thomas]

Try updating sounds drivers and please post the contents of hpl.log, found in My Documents/PEnumbra Overture/Episode 1"

Also make sure you uninstalled your old graphic card drivers before installing new ones.

[Saberspark]

"All of my drivers are updated - I updated them yesterday to make sure that wasn't the problem. Thanks for the help. "

The sound drivers are already updated.

I tried to install the patch but it said "This application has failed to start because SDL.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

(I also got a copy of the error from the BlackBox thing I attached it.)


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

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

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Creating resource managers
Misc Creation
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
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
Creating Renderer2D
Renderer2D created
Creating Renderer3D
Load Renderer3D gpu programs:
Extrude
Diffuse
Fog
Creating fog textures: Solid Additive Alpha
init sky box
Renderer3D created
Creating screen buffers size 800.000000 : 600.000000
Creating programs
RendererPostEffects created
Adding engine materials
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing OpenAL.
Trying to open software device... Failed opening hardware device, using software
Device name: Generic Software
OpenAL Version Supported: 1.1
Number of channels: 32
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Game Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
--------------------------------------------------------

User Initialization
--------------------------------------------------------
Trying to load vertex program!
Success!
--------------------------------------------------------

Game Running
--------------------------------------------------------

*Thx*

[Thomas]

Uninstall the game, and then reinstall without applying any patch. Try starting the game and if it fails, post hpl.log. Dunno why SDL should not be found except when the installation failed.

How did you buy the game btw? By download (and if so from where) or in a box?

[Saberspark]

Okay here's the hpl log. My friend burned me a copy of his.

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

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

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Creating resource managers
Misc Creation
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
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
Creating Renderer2D
Renderer2D created
Creating Renderer3D
Load Renderer3D gpu programs:
Extrude
Diffuse
Fog
Creating fog textures: Solid Additive Alpha
init sky box
Renderer3D created
Creating screen buffers size 800.000000 : 600.000000
Creating programs
RendererPostEffects created
Adding engine materials
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing OpenAL.
Trying to open software device... Failed opening hardware device, using software
Device name: Generic Software
OpenAL Version Supported: 1.1
Number of channels: 32
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Game Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
--------------------------------------------------------

User Initialization
--------------------------------------------------------
Trying to load vertex program!
Success!
--------------------------------------------------------

Game Running
--------------------------------------------------------

[Thomas]

So let me get this straight... You come here asking for help not having a legal copy of the game?

Afraid I cannot help you any more...

[Yuhaney]

Dude, you think that Developers or someone else here will help you when you don't even have legal copy of the game?