Game running but I can't see it
DragonsFeather
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Until the patch came out, I couldn't play BG. After downloading the patch, I started the game and it works perfectly.
Then, I quit the game for a moment and when I tried to launch it again, impossible to see the game.
However, when I open the task gestionary, I see that both the launcher (BGEE.exe) and the game (Baldur.exe *32) are running.
The same problem appears when I try to launch directly the game via Baldur.exe. It's running in the task gestionary, but there's no window game.
Can someone help? I tried typing Alt+Tab to get the screen to open, but it doesn't work.
Then, I quit the game for a moment and when I tried to launch it again, impossible to see the game.
However, when I open the task gestionary, I see that both the launcher (BGEE.exe) and the game (Baldur.exe *32) are running.
The same problem appears when I try to launch directly the game via Baldur.exe. It's running in the task gestionary, but there's no window game.
Can someone help? I tried typing Alt+Tab to get the screen to open, but it doesn't work.
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I did try all compatibility modes, including Windows 7, and then, when switching back to Vista SP1 compatibility mode again, it did work!
That looks stupid, no, that IS stupid, but it worked for me.
Do you have a AMD/ATI graphics card? I recall in the Beamdog support page for BGEE, there was this part:
"To resolve this, you will need to manually force the video settings to use the nVidia or AMD chipset rather than the Intel chipset when loading the game."
But how exactly do we do this? Is it via Catalyst Control Center? If so, I can't find the option to change the settings anywhere.
The only thing I haven't been able to do is find the Baldur.ini file because a Baldur's Gate folder was never created in my documents library.
Getting BG to work a decade ago wasn't anywhere near this frustrating.
Using Windows 7 64 bit HP SP1
Intel Core2 Q9000
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA 9400
NVIDIA GTX 280M x2 (SLI)
I "think" I have a problem with the game defaulting to use the 9400 GPU? I know nothing about this stuff, so couldn't know. I've enabled and disabled "integrated" graphics and "hybrid graphics" in the BIOS. I see nothing in the NVIDIA control panel to specify which GPU to use for the specified application (I created a profile for bgee.exe)
Any other advice? I've tried various other things posted in these forums (and have posted myself) as well with no results to include:
1. tried the stand alone installer as well as the beamdog client
2. run with and without administrator mode
3. run in various compatibility modes (win xp, win vista)
4. copied the beamdog client install files in the c:\ folder
5. running the application directly (instead of from the client or a shortcut)
6. installed/reinstalled probably 10 times now
7. I have the most recent drivers for my GPU
8. installed oainst.exe (and uninstalled/reinstalled probably 5 times)
9. no change after the patch btw
10. I've tried various combination of changes in the NVIDIA control panel; however since I don't know what any of these really mean, hard to describe what I've tried (i.e. turn everything 'off' or what looks like a low level, tried "let the 3D application decide", tried setting "CUDA - GPU's" to "none", etc. etc...)
11. Have tried with and without my two graphics cards in SLI
12. Have tried with and without the integrated graphics card (see above).
13. Have tried with and without hybrid graphics (see above).
The only temporary solution I have found that works for real getting the game to run is to install custom made OpenGL drivers but they cause whole lot of other issues that don't make them worth it, such as unplayable movies and stuttering.
When I have been able to get the game running on the normal OpenGL drivers everything runs smoothly.
Considering how it all runs well "WHEN" it runs at all, there should be a solution to this but that is on the engine side. Which is something they didn't originally create but edited.
Which is something I have always found strange about this project, considering the type of engine this is I would think recrafting it using the resources from the old one would have been more fruitful instead of highly editing such old engine.
The fix for me was to run the Baldur.exe in Windows 95 or Windows 98 mode.
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz
8.0GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5770 vidcard
Resolution 1920x1200
I've done the following troubleshooting methods:
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> Installed / Uninstalled Beamdog Client and BGEE several times, as recommended.
> Installed game to C:\Games, as recommended
> Installed / Reinstalled OpenAL32, as recommended
> Updated video card drivers, as recommended
> Ran executable file in ALL compatibility modes, as recommended
> Ran executable file as Administrator.
> Ran iTunes in background, as recommended.
Baldur.ini never appears in my [User]\My Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition folder. I'm unable to edit the .INI file, since it never writes itself. The game executable loads in my Task Manager, but sometimes the game never starts. When the game does start it's for a brief moment, and it then creates a .DMP file with a crash error.
Mostly the game fails to initialize and run, more than it crashes... even though the BGEE.exe and Baldurs.exe loads in Task Manager as a running process. I'm at a loss at what to do. I've even tried making a personalized game profile in my ATI/AMD Catalyst Control Panel, with various settings. No Joy!
MY: PC Win 7 64 bit, i7 930 @ 2,8 GhZ, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA 560 TI Resolution 1920x1080