Black Plague crashes after intro cutscene

[SeanLP]

As said in the title. I get one of those 'black box' errors

I own the Steam version

[Thomas]

Try updating your graphic card drivers.

Also make sure your card is supported:
http://support.frictionalgames.com/entry/29/


Also locate the hpl.log in "My Documents/Penumbra/Black PLague/" and post it here.

[SeanLP]

Heres the HL log:

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

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 haptic 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: 1680 x 1050 - 32 bpp
Init Glee...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Max texture image units: 16
Max texture coord units: 16
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: 0
NV Register Combiners Stages: 11
ATI Fragment Shader: 1
Creating graphic systems
Creating Renderer2D
Renderer2D created
Creating Renderer3D
Load Renderer3D gpu programs:
Extrude
Diffuse Vertex
Diffuse Fragment
Fog
Creating fog textures: Solid Additive Alpha
init sky box
Renderer3D created
Creating screen buffers size 1680.000000 : 1050.000000
Creating programs
CG ERROR : The compile returned an error.
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core/programs/PostEffect_Motion_fp.cg(32) : error C5013: profile does not support "for" statements and "for" could not be unrolled.
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CG: Error loading: 'core/programs/PostEffect_Motion_fp.cg'!
ERROR: Couldn't create program 'PostEffect_Motion_fp.cg'
Dynamic loops in motion blur fp not supported, loading static instead.
RendererPostEffects created
Adding engine materials
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL.
Trying to open software device... Success!
Device name: Generic Software
Number of mono sources: 32
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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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Initializing Penumbra: Black Plague
Version $Rev: 2595 $
Date $Date: 2008-05-03 15:09:49 +0200 (lö, 03 maj 2008) $
Checking Supported Profiles
Profile CG_PROFILE_ARBVP1 is supported
Profile CG_PROFILE_ARBFP1 is supported
Profile CG_PROFILE_GLSLV is supported
Profile CG_PROFILE_GLSLF is supported
Profile CG_PROFILE_GLSLC is supported
Trying to load vertex program!
Success!
All set up done, starting game!
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Game Running
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ERROR: World 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae' doesn't exist
ERROR: Couldn't load map 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae'

I have an ATI HD4870 card

[jgodfrey]

ERROR: World 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae' doesn't exist
ERROR: Couldn't load map 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae'

While I don't know much about the contents of the posted log file, the above excerpt would seem to indicate a pretty serious problem. Looking for the above "missing" file on my local system, I find it here:

<Overture Installation Folder>\redist\maps

... along with lots of other level files.

Do you have that file on your system? Barring a better idea, I'd probably try to reinstall the game.

Jeff

[SeanLP]

ERROR: World 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae' doesn't exist
ERROR: Couldn't load map 'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae'

While I don't know much about the contents of the posted log file, the above excerpt would seem to indicate a pretty serious problem. Looking for the above "missing" file on my local system, I find it here:

<Overture Installation Folder>\redist\maps

... along with lots of other level files.

Do you have that file on your system? Barring a better idea, I'd probably try to reinstall the game.

Jeff

I do have that folder in the Steam files, there isn't any 'boatcabin' file there though, so that could be the problem. I've reinstalled in once before but I'll try again

[Bek]

Hey before you do that in steam, right click on Black Plague, Properties, Local Files and click Verify Integrity of Local files. that should detect if there are any problems and download the missing files.

[SeanLP]

I tried again after a reinstall and verifying the files like the guy above said, but have the same problem :/

[Thomas]

'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae'

is first level of Overture... u are using wrong exe to run BP. You must been copying exe files or done something similar. Did you perhaps install a patch?

[SeanLP]

'level00_01_boat_cabin.dae'

is first level of Overture... u are using wrong exe to run BP. You must been copying exe files or done something similar. Did you perhaps install a patch?

I installed a patch for Overture, as I had the problem in that game where it crashed at the end door before the final scene. I haven't used any patches for BP ... could the patches for Overture I installed affect BP as well?

[Thomas]

Something strange has happened at least
Uninstall BP and then reinstall it.