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Sins Diplomacy Crashes on Startup

July 30, 2011 3:27:15 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Well, recently, I updated my mainboard/video card to more or less meet some gaming standards, then got some windows errors and was forced to reformat all my drives.

 

I recently reinstalled sins/entrenchment/diplomacy, and when I start it up, I get a black screen, and it sits there. I check Task Manager, and it says that its not responding. So im forced to close it.

MY SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS


OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 2.5.1.2600 (Service Pack 3)

CPU TYPE:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600

CPU SPEED (GHZ):
2.82

SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):
3

VIDEO CARD MODEL:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

VIDEO CARD DRIVER:
nv4_disp.dll

DESKTOP RESOLUTION:
1024x768

HARD DISK SIZE (GB):
1397.26

HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):
1168.75 

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Shamrock1232
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Reply #1 July 30, 2011 7:34:13 PM
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It happened the same to me randomly on Win7 64 bit. Black screen lasted for up to 60 seconds before I got logo screen.

Here is what devs suggested me

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/383290 

 

As far as I can tell for me AV program (Kaspersky) is the culprit. After setting it not to scan SINS everything runs much smoother and rarely get not responding from task manager anymore. 

Funny thing is that same version of AV on XP OS and on 8 yo laptop works well without any changes to AV setup.

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Reply #2 July 31, 2011 12:12:45 AM
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Lucky bastard and your 6GB RAM. x)

My mainboard only takes DDR2, im not entirely sure if it takes DDR3.

 

 

 The only AV I have is Norton, which never really messed with Sins. I can at least get Entrenchment/Original running.

 Im trying moving those files right now.

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Reply #3 July 31, 2011 12:11:13 PM
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There are a bunch of programs that can interfere and slow down games. You've tried exiting all non-essential programs (including programs other than antivirus) before starting Sins?

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Reply #4 July 31, 2011 6:42:16 PM
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Actually my setup is somewhat better and updated. 

 

Hope moving those files helped you.

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Reply #5 July 31, 2011 10:49:35 PM
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Moving the files helped. THANKS!

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Reply #6 August 2, 2011 5:20:07 PM
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Problem came back. D:

I dunno whats happening. 

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Reply #7 August 2, 2011 5:25:53 PM
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I dunno if I misunderstand, but have you tried to reinstall the game through Impulse?

If that is unrelated, maybe your computer has a virus.

I had a virus two years ago and it made Sins stop running.

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Reply #8 August 2, 2011 7:44:16 PM
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Ill try re-installing it through impulse.

Then scan for virus's. Thanks krdax. 

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Reply #9 August 2, 2011 7:59:51 PM
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Did you try...

Quoting Wrath89,
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There are a bunch of programs that can interfere and slow down games. You've tried exiting all non-essential programs (including programs other than antivirus) before starting Sins?

Verify through taskmanager if needed.

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Reply #10 August 5, 2011 8:24:50 PM
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Quoting Wrath89,
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Did you try...


Quoting Wrath89, reply 3There are a bunch of programs that can interfere and slow down games. You've tried exiting all non-essential programs (including programs other than antivirus) before starting Sins?

Verify through taskmanager if needed.

 

 

Hrrrmmm.

Ill try this out. I normally close all of the unneeded ones before starting anygame. 

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