The new downloader is added before the crash. I think it is causing the game not to load. It is Windows XP, The Error message is: "...Launcher has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry..." Could you help me how to remove the new launcher and use the older one? How to download the patch manuall, Pls. I dedicated this day with my wife to play.
For benefit of any win7 users who still cant get the game to start. I fixed my issue by setting the game to run in compatability mode windows XP service pack 3.
Big thanks to @Kverdon forbring this work around to my attention.
win xp sp3 geforce 9600M GS - no hybrid use with intel chipset
tried all supposed solutions starting game with beamdog, bglauncher and baldur.exe ---
EDIT: Ok, it actually works. Started the tutorial for testing everytime, now i realized the problem only occurs there =/ Sorry for bothering... Overhaul gets another chance to win my sympathy =P
Hotfix didn't correct mine either. Press play and I get the windows loading icon then nothing. check taskmgr and the process is there in zombie mode. I sent them a dxdiag file and a dump file. hopefully we can get to play this game soon!
Still crashes here, even after the patch and all proposed solutions. I still get no baldur.ini, but I noticed "crash" folder in my documents\bgee with two completely empty (0 bytes) .dmp files. dump0000.dmp and dump0001.dmp.
Devs, how about writing some output in those dumps please? At least a 'hello world', or a joke of the day to cut short the waiting time till you get things straight?
OMG. After reading this http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/166970 I loaded up my linux and tried the game within it... IT WORKS! Bloody hell, it works in Linux and it doesnt work in Windows 7. Now... Lets see how it looks like... ^_^
Just as anyone else, I've a Win7 64 PC and after clicking on "play" nothing happened. Tried the VC++ hotfix and any compatibility modes, do nothing. For the moment I'm really desappointed...
I am also on windows 7 64bit. Initially my game ran, and I was able to do the fighters tutorial. My son clicked on the main game and it crashed and has not worked since. I have tried all the workarounds described, and uninstalled/reinstalled twice (which took several hours). to no avail. I click on the bge shortcut, the windows activity icon runs for a few seconds, then nothing. In task manager I find BGEE.exe using 60,252K of memory and Baldur.exe *32 using 4740K of memory.
I am also on windows 7 64bit. I click on the bge shortcut, the windows activity icon runs for a few seconds, then nothing. In task manager I find BGEE.exe using 60,252K of memory and Baldur.exe *32 using 4740K of memory.
I am also on windows 7 64bit. I click on the bge shortcut, the windows activity icon runs for a few seconds, then nothing. In task manager I find BGEE.exe using 60,252K of memory and Baldur.exe *32 using 4740K of memory.
Exactly the same here...
Same here. COME ON GUYS?! Surely you tested this stuff? RIGHT?
Right - running "not-an-emulator" in an emulator environment on the native system which doesn't really support the game. Yes, that sounds like a brilliant work-around for performance issues. Thanks a bunch.
I am also on windows 7 64bit. Initially my game ran, and I was able to do the fighters tutorial. My son clicked on the main game and it crashed and has not worked since. I have tried all the workarounds described, and uninstalled/reinstalled twice (which took several hours). to no avail. I click on the bge shortcut, the windows activity icon runs for a few seconds, then nothing. In task manager I find BGEE.exe using 60,252K of memory and Baldur.exe *32 using 4740K of memory.
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Could you help me how to remove the new launcher and use the older one? How to download the patch manuall, Pls. I dedicated this day with my wife to play.
I'm using: Acer Aspire 7741Z (Win7)
Intel Pentium P6200 (2.13GHz, 3MB L3 cache)
Intel HD Graphics
3GB DDR3 Memory
500 GB HDD
Any suggestions?
*Is very close to just playing his fully modded BG2 to satisfy cravings soon*
Big thanks to @Kverdon forbring this work around to my attention.
win xp sp3
geforce 9600M GS - no hybrid use with intel chipset
tried all supposed solutions starting game with beamdog, bglauncher and baldur.exe
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EDIT: Ok, it actually works. Started the tutorial for testing everytime, now i realized the problem only occurs there =/ Sorry for bothering... Overhaul gets another chance to win my sympathy =P
Running (i7, nvidia GTX480 and Win7 x64)
dump0000.dmp and dump0001.dmp.
Devs, how about writing some output in those dumps please? At least a 'hello world', or a joke of the day to cut short the waiting time till you get things straight?
mine are completely empty
For the moment I'm really desappointed...
Wine in windows makes no sense but a hack for fun
If you want to play over wine, you need to install a linux box
Right - running "not-an-emulator" in an emulator environment on the native system which doesn't really support the game. Yes, that sounds like a brilliant work-around for performance issues. Thanks a bunch.