Hello all,
I'm getting a black screen on game launch when running avernum 6 pc version bought on gamersgate.com. I noticed in task manager that cpu use for the game shoots up to 99 or 100%, which makes it something of a chore to alt-tab out and terminate the process. The funny thing is, the game worked fine the first time I launched it. Also, I had been running the demo from this site previously without issue as well (I uninstalled that prior to installing the gamersgate version). I've tried re-installing a few times, even to different hard drives, and even re-downloaded. Multiple reboots have also been tried. No fix. Still having the problem. Running the game at 1024x768 or similiar.
I saw this over at the support page:
Black Screen and Crash On Launch
Quote:
Avernum 6 is not compatible with case-sensitive hard drives or devices. If you launch the game and it shows you a black window and then crashes, try moving Avernum 6 to a non-case-sensitive location.
This incompatibility is within the engine. We will look for a workaround for this problem, but we don't see a path to a full solution at this time.
Unfortunately it provided no help. I've tried installing the game on two different hard drives. I'm at a complete loss here. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Intel E6600 cpu
AMD/ATI XFX Radeon HD4890 (latest 11.3 drivers)
Intel D975XBX2 motherboard
4GB DDR2
X-Fi ExtremeMusic soundcard (latest drivers)
Windows XP Pro 32-bit w/ SP3 and latest updates and directX