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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:50 am Post subject:  Arcanum doesn't launch !
 
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First I hope you'll forgive my bad English but I'm Belgien and I speak French.

So. My (very) big problem is, as the title said, that arcanum just doesn't run. I tried with my own CDs, with others ISO, with patchs, without patchs...
And I just have a black screen for 5 seconds before going back to desktop...
But it used to run correctly on my computer even if it's a very old one...

Hoping you'll help me,

The Raven


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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:44 pm Post subject: 
 
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We'll need some details about your hardware configuration in order to help you, i.e. OS, graphic card, RAM, is it Arcanum vanilla?

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(je suis français donc je vais écrire aussi en français)

Donne-nous quelques détails sur l'ordinateur et la configuration (système d'exploitation, ...). Tu utilises juste la version originale d'Arcanum ? Tu as essayé les paramètres de compatibilité?

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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:52 pm Post subject: 
 
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Ok, I use winXP, I got an ATI Radeon 1150 and 1Go RAM.
As I said I tried with all I can : 1.0.7.4 and A:WIP, without A:WIP, without even 1.0.7.4...
And I tried also all the compatibilty options there is (from win95 to win2000) ...
Dunno what to do, help me :cry:


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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:43 pm Post subject: 
 
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Try the latest version of the UAP found here in the downloads section. I know A:WIP does use a version of the UAP but I'm pretty sure it's not the latest. I had a look through the changelog and couldn't see anything that might help your problem but it's worth a try as I didn't look that thoroughly.

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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: 
 
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It still doesn't work... always this black screen...


I think God just hates me.


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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject: 
 
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Update your video card drivers or something? Your computer seems to be pretty ancient.

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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject: 
 
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Already did it.

I think I just need to do some sacrifice and stuff.


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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject: 
 
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Yeah, seems like it. Maybe human sacrifice is your only option. Kill yourself.

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 PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: 
 
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Yeah, seems like it. Maybe human sacrifice is your only option. Kill yourself.


*Go and search a rope, some pills, a gun and razorblades (we are never cautious enough) *


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 PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:19 am Post subject: 
 
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You really don't have to kill yourself, perhaps getting some virgins is a better idea. Great Cthulhu is always there.

Have you tried DosBox? Or (I hope that it is very clear) right click on the game exe. And change it to an older start program like windows 2000.

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 PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:01 am Post subject: 
 
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It sounds like an issue either with the opening videos or with your video card driver.

I'd propose one of two ideas:

1) buy it from gog.com for $5. There's a link in the General Discussion straight to the game (that also gives us a few cents towards paying for hosting).

2) Find the oldest available video drivers for your graphics card. Roll back to those.

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