Another Newbie Slugfest - Restarted

[DragonFire11]

Hi Grim Knight:

Here are more details:

1. I get no error message, except for when the game first crashed which was insufficient memory. Now the game simply won't start and all I get is a black screen for a few seconds and then I am on my desktop.

2. I have not installed anything recently including patches. In fact, a couple of months back I did a new load of windows and the system is quite clean.

3. I am using XP Home SP2.

4. The first reload I simply reinstalled. The second reload I uninstalled, moved all folders except one or two game files, and then reinstalled. I will try a complete reinstall momentarily.

5. Shrapnel emailed and suggested that I delete all files in my windows temp folder -- this did not work.

6. The PC seems stable and functioning in all other respects except for Dom2. I read somewhere that the SP2 can affect some games, but since I have not had this issue previously it seems an unlikely cause.

7. I also did a system restore to a couple of days ago when the game worked. No luck.

I hope this info helps.

[DragonFire11]

I just did a complete fresh install with no folders remaining. A total failure.

Actually, I've never before seen a problem like this one. I am stumped.

[DragonFire11]

Shrapnel asked that I look into the stderr file in the dom folder. It contains the following:

Något gick fel!
Failed to create temp directory properly (already existed)

I don't have a clue what this means, but it might point to the problem.

[The Panther]

Try to do an uninstall and then install the game from the CD again. Just deleting the proper folders might not be enough.

[DragonFire11]

Ah, I tried that!

Thanks.

[deccan]

This post might help:

Check if this "C:\DOCUME~1\Chris\LOCALS~1\Temp/dom16882" directory exists. If it does (it shouldn't) you can delete it and try again.

Edit: Doh! Trouble finding the right URL...

[DragonFire11]

That was it Deccan -- but Shrapnel tech support helped me first. It was a tough one to hunt down for sure, but it's fixed and apparently the next patch will fix this issue. Thanks for your help! So I'm back in the game.