Evening folks,
First trouble I've had with GalCiv (among many happy times) so throwing out my problem (and debug.err) to see if anyone can help
DA has been running fine for me up until the upgrade to 1.5X, in the same time frame that I patched DA, I also upgraded my Catalyst drivers for my ATI X700 Radeon (from 6.2 to 7.2) When I went to play after both updates were complete, the game would show a black screen on program launch, and then freeze up (forcing an alt-f4) to continue using the system. There were no other stability issues that I found (I could do anything else on my computer, aside from play GalCiv). The error appears to be affecting both DL and DA now, and given the timeline, I can only assume that there's some issue with the video card drivers (though I haven't seen any other reports of problems with ATI cards, so I'm a little befuddled). Hopefully my debug.err can shed some light on the situation:
(and for reference, my desktop is run at 1024x768 in 32 bit color mode)
Debug Message: Version v1.50X Dark Avatar last updated on: Wed Feb 28 10:01:41 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 3/2/2007, 16:36:39
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: ILLUMINA
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/21/05 16:05:41 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 250MB used, 3693MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: RADEON X700 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: RADEON X700 PRO (0x5E4B)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5E4B&SUBSYS_23021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic Television
Monitor Max Resolution: 640,480
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6666
Driver Date: 2/2/2007 12:03:43
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes
Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [9800]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Provider: Creative
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1164
Driver Date: 12/8/2005 11:55:46
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONMASKABLE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device using default format. Switching to 16bit
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device.
Debug Message: InitializeDirect3D Failed.
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
