Overture crashes at startup

[Grantay_Goatay]

Overture Crashing at start up

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When starting Penumbra: Overture the game will go black for about 2 seconds then will jump back to having the start menu at the bottom and about 1/6th of the background and the resolution is a lot smaller (everything in much bigger). I can get the start menu up when pressing the windows button no the keyboard but nothing else opens, I can also get the Windows Task Manager open and it has "SDL_app not responding" in it.


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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/7/2009, 13:57:22
Machine name: ARCH
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/04/08 17:20:51 Ver: 08.00.12
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Page File: 532MB used, 4423MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9500 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0640&SUBSYS_13371462&REV_A1
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9107 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/27/2009 16:12:22, 5900416 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/27/2009 16:12:22, 7655872 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4500-11CF-4154-3C3300C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0640
SubSys ID: 0x13371462
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1

[Thomas]

- Post hpl.log found in "my documents/penumbra overture/episode 1/"

- Make sure you have latest drivers for graphics card.
- If u started the game and set to hardware sound, then delete settings.cfg in "my documents/penumbra overture/episode 1/"

[Grantay_Goatay]

Thanks for the help, I fixed it the a day after posting this. Turned out even though I did have the newest driver for my graphics card and had installed it properly I had to do it again, also my firewall was blocking it from working.