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zph3 years ago

I saw a video of some gameplay and thought I'd give it a try.

I downloaded the game, unzipped it to a file on my desktop, and ran the executable.

I start a new campaign, watch the video and the game crashes - consistently, every time.

I then moved the file to my program files, then (x86), but the same result each time.

I couldn't get pastebin to work so I used google docs instead to post the logs:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pgIMopnYfs0kATvBe6BsejZD0YvRSGCaoM1ueex3QpM/...

I'd like to give the game a go, but I need to be able to start it first :(

Any help?

bkinnear3 years ago (1 edit)

You don't happen to have a 32 bit x86 system do you?

zph3 years ago

I have Windows 7. So, it has the x86 capacity.

Does Second Earth require to run within the x86 directories? There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the proper way to install the game...unless I am mistaken and I simply missed it.

bkinnear3 years ago

It's made for a 64 bit system, so x86_64. If your OS is 32bit (x86 and not x86_64) it will not run: it doesn't matter which directory it's on

You can check by right clicking on my computer and going to properties and looking for either 32bit or 64bit

zph3 years ago

I have a 64-bit system. The game launches and gets through the opening video, but then crashes after the video ends.

emptyhead413 years ago

You using Nvidia Optimus by any chance? It looks like it's nvd3d9wrapx.dll which is causing it to crash. This seems to only be installed on systems which use Optimus. I remember a few years back this was causing problems for a few games where it wasn't switching display adapters correctly. And the log shows that the renderer it's trying to use in the Intel one (which is probably not able to run the game). It does complain about not being able to run shaders.

I'm sure you've already tried, but make sure your graphic drivers are up to date. Failing that, see if you can force the nvidia GPU to be always on instead of it having to switch.

Good luck

zph3 years ago

Thank you for your response. I just ran the Second Earth.exe file using my Nvidia GPU, but the game still crashed at the same place. :(

emptyhead413 years ago

I'm no expert but if you post the latest log I could have a quick look over it. Also could you tell me what GPU you have?

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