Darwinia crashes on startup

[Beasty]

Hello,

I have recently downloaded Darwinia Demo through Steam. However, when I start it, it loads and a black screen comes up, then one of those Windows error messages pops in front of it and I have to close Darwinia. There is no blackbox.txt where Darwinia is installed. I have a Pentium 3 866MHz, 256MB of ram, 32MB SiS 300/305/630/540/730 and Windows XP Professional. Can anyone help me?

[mikhuang]

I'm having the same problem, though the other released demo worked fine (mine). I tinkered with settings and got into the salad bowl (a good first step), but launchpad won't work.

i want to buy this game but if it crashes on steam..

no blackbox.txt

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 447MB used, 3475MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2592&SUBSYS_12DE10CF&REV_03
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1400 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4333 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/7/2005 17:59:22, 38014 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 6/7/2005 18:07:18, 1050140 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-66D2-11CF-9263-D432A2C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x2592
SubSys ID: 0x12DE10CF
Revision ID: 0x0003
Revision ID: 0x0003
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0260&SUBSYS_10CF0000&REV_1004
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5163 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 9/6/2005 06:25:06, 3959296 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xB5B
Min/Max Sample Rate: 48000, 48000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

[Beasty]

Guess it's not my computer then! I was thinking that maybe it's because of my really old computer, but if it doesn't work on a decent computer... Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I hope the developers can try and look into the problem.

[Silicon Vampire]

I'm getting this from memory but I believe those Vid cards are not going to work well with this game. Seems to me I read it in the readme file for the second demo. Sort of "No it's probably not going to work but you are welcome to try" kind of deal.

[Beasty]

Ah, yes. I think I read it somewhere too. Guess I'll have to wait till I upgrade or get a new computer. Thanks for the help!

[Beasty]

Sorry to bring this up again guys, but in the Steam info section about Darwinia, the requirements says:

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, DX7 based video card.

My computer meets all the requirements, but I still get the error message. I have got Microsoft Visual C++ 6, and when I click debug in the error message, MSVC++ 6 says 'Unhandled exception in darwinia.exe: 0xC0000005: Access Violation.' Here is the link to the debug report: http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=322551 You will need to open it with MSVC++.

[Darksun]

In your preferences.txt, change the line RenderLandscapeMode=

Try 0, 1 and 2 and see if any of them work

It's possible to get Darwinia to run on a 32mb SiS (NeoThermic managed it, I think), but it won't play too great.

[NeoThermic]

In your preferences.txt, change the line RenderLandscapeMode=

Try 0, 1 and 2 and see if any of them work

It's possible to get Darwinia to run on a 32mb SiS (NeoThermic managed it, I think), but it won't play too great.

It was a 32MB SMA S3 card in my laptop, but it did work. I used mode 0, since it was faster than 1, but 2 would actually crash Darwinia.

NeoThermic