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crash to desktop

February 1, 2009 5:54:11 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Just downloaded the new update for Sins / Entrenchment, and the game now crashes to desktop every time I try to start it.  There are no error messages or mini-dumps, so I'm not sure what else I can report.

I have Windows Vista 64 bit running on an i7 chip with 6 gigs of RAM and a GTX 260 graphics card.

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Reply #1 February 1, 2009 5:59:12 PM
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Crash upon starting a game or upon opening Sins?

 

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Reply #2 February 1, 2009 6:07:59 PM
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I'm hitting the RUN button in Impulse.  I've tried the buttons for both Sins and Entrenchment separately.  In both cases, I immediately get the Windows message that the program has stopped working and Windows is checking for a solution. 

I should mention that everything was running fine as of a week ago, which was when I last played.

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Reply #3 February 1, 2009 6:12:06 PM
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In the last week I updated DirectX to the current version and installed Prince of Persia on Steam (which I turn off when I'm not using it - I do not leave it running in the background).  Haven't installed anything else that I can think of.

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Reply #4 February 1, 2009 6:29:28 PM
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Did you have a mod set to load on startup?

 

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Reply #5 February 1, 2009 6:41:35 PM
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No, I've never used any mods.  It's strictly the plain vanilla Sins + Entrenchment beta.

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Reply #6 February 1, 2009 6:42:34 PM
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I reviewed my logs and I also installed iTunes in the last week.

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Reply #7 February 2, 2009 2:44:04 AM
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I'm getting the same issue myself (Vista64) and was working before the updates.

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Reply #8 February 2, 2009 2:56:43 AM
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I just tried to start Entrenchment and I have the same problem. It crashes on startup and I have just installed the newest patch. I'm running XP 32 bit, last time I tried to run Sins was after I bought Entrenchment about a month ago.

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Reply #9 February 2, 2009 8:53:53 AM
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I'm getting the same problem after updating, worked fine before.

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Reply #10 February 2, 2009 8:20:38 PM
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I hope this issue gets fixed.  I miss not being able to play my game now.   

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Reply #11 February 3, 2009 2:21:25 PM
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I found this solution in another thread :

 

"This happend to me,

Go into impulse and in my games, click verify instalation for entrenchment, it should say update avalable, so click update and it will download a small update and then it should be good, otherwise try a reinstall if the other solutions don't work.

Good luck!"

 

Try that, mine is updating now.

 

Edit: It worked.

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Reply #12 February 3, 2009 3:41:47 PM
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I've tried this and i get a message saying "Sins of a solar empire is not installed correctly. Please look for an application update." I've also tried reinstalling several times and all other solutions i could find on these boards but nothing seems to work.

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