Failure to Launch

I recently installed Impulse and Updated SoSE from 1.03 to 1.05.

The game has successfully installed according to Impulse to version 1.05. However when I go to run the game, you get the black loading screen (entering Fullscreen Mode) Normal - but then the game minimizes to the desktop.

Any time I try to restore the game to full screen it goes immediately back to the desktop.

What gives?? I have had a copy of 1.03 working on this machine in the past, so I have no reason to expect a driver conflict or anything to that respect.

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Have you tried rebooting your pc? I have had games in the past that once in a while would not launch in the same manner, it would minimize to desktop constantly. A reboot usually fixed it. Eventually it went away, probably because of newer video drivers which also couldn't hurt to update if yours aren't the newest.

If that doesn't work, see if the game launches in Windowed mode. Go to your user path (where mods go) and open user.setting in the Settings folder with notepad. There you'll find a line:

VideoIsWindowed FALSE

Set it to true, and see if it the game launches.

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your user path (where mods go) and open user.setting in the Settings folder with notepad. There you'll find a line:

Pardon, but Where is this?

I tried the Rebooting idea: no dice

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Oh, found it. User Documents and Settings.

Thanks man, that seems to be working!

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That definitely makes me think it's a glitch like the one I had. I'd still recommend patching up your driver, but glad that your game is working again

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