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I'm afraid I'm a member of the .025% that get the known issue of crashes at startup but where setting my resolution to greater than 1024x768 with a bit-depth greater than 16bit doesn't work. 
I recently updated to 1.1b4 and and am now unable to start the game. The gc2launch app works fine, but when I click "play game" or even when running galciv2.exe directly, nothing visible happens. There isn't a galciv2 process lurking around anywhere in the background either. It seems to just write to debug.err and exit.
I'm running at 1600x1200 resolution with 32 bit color on a GeForce 6800 GT
1. I tried updating my video drivers and am now using forceWare version 84.21
2. I've tried updating the DirectX drivers as well to no avail.
3. removing and reinstalling the game
4. renaming my GalCiv2 folder in "My Documents\My Games"
5. downgrading to 1.0X.10
Since downgrading didn't work, I have to assume that "something" happened to my system but I can't for the life of me determine what it could be.
I'm running the SmartException application but that hasn't caught anything.
My system information from SmartException:
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Operating System : Windows XP Service Pack 2 - (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
Sound Card : SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B400]
DirectX version : 4.09.00.0904
Recent Debug.err file
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Debug Message: Version v1.1 BETA 4 last updated on: Wed Apr 12 18:45:12 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
(Yes, that's all it was, two lines)
DirextX Diag report excerpts:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/14/2006, 21:35:55
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: alienware
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 424MB used, 2036MB 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: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F9&SUBSYS_025410DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8421 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3968512 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3650368 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43B9-11CF-8B53-5E2203C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x00F9
SubSys ID: 0x025410DE
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Thank you!
I recently updated to 1.1b4 and and am now unable to start the game. The gc2launch app works fine, but when I click "play game" or even when running galciv2.exe directly, nothing visible happens. There isn't a galciv2 process lurking around anywhere in the background either. It seems to just write to debug.err and exit.
I'm running at 1600x1200 resolution with 32 bit color on a GeForce 6800 GT
1. I tried updating my video drivers and am now using forceWare version 84.21
2. I've tried updating the DirectX drivers as well to no avail.
3. removing and reinstalling the game
4. renaming my GalCiv2 folder in "My Documents\My Games"
5. downgrading to 1.0X.10
Since downgrading didn't work, I have to assume that "something" happened to my system but I can't for the life of me determine what it could be.
I'm running the SmartException application but that hasn't caught anything.
My system information from SmartException:
=======================================
Operating System : Windows XP Service Pack 2 - (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
Sound Card : SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B400]
DirectX version : 4.09.00.0904
Recent Debug.err file
=======================================
Debug Message: Version v1.1 BETA 4 last updated on: Wed Apr 12 18:45:12 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
(Yes, that's all it was, two lines)
DirextX Diag report excerpts:
=======================================
------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 4/14/2006, 21:35:55
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: alienware
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 424MB used, 2036MB 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
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F9&SUBSYS_025410DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8421 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3968512 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3650368 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43B9-11CF-8B53-5E2203C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x00F9
SubSys ID: 0x025410DE
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Thank you!
