game don't start, no error message

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Benjamin

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Hello!

When I try to start the game, nothing happens. I get no error message or something else, but game don't run. I tried mount & blade on my brother's pc and it worked. But my brother likes to play too. I have windows Xp home.

Hope you can help me.

Greetings
Benjamin
 
Firstly make sure you have the correct Direct X version. It should be 9.0c, downloadable from here .

Secondly, make sure the graphics card driver is up to date.

If those don't work, we'll need more specs.
 
Hello!

I have Direct X9.0c and my graphic driver is up to date.

I have not very often such problems, so I don't know what you want to know.


My PC: ACPI-Uniprocessor-PC
My processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+
My graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation)

Benjamin

PS.: I have bought the game, if you want to know that. In the meantime I play it on my brothers PC.
 
Try shutting down all background software before running the game.

To do this, go to the start menu. Select run. Type in MSCONFIG and hit enter.

On the new window, select the troubleshooting tab, click disable all button and click OK.

Reboot when prompted.

Try the game once the machine has restarted.

You'll want to run MSCONFIG after the test and make sure you select your firewall\antivirus program on the startup list.
 
It might be worth running an anti-spyware check on the system to be sure.

It may also be worth trying compatability mode. Right click on the shortcut, select properties and then compatability. Try running it under Windows 2000.

It could also be related to a known Themida problem. The good news is that a fix has been released, and should be incorporated into the next version.
 
I have no antispywareprogram on my pc, only an anti virprogram(McAfee Security Center)...


I tried the compatibily already. With windows 95, Windows 98/Windows ME comes a error message from windows: mount&blade.exe have a problem and must be closed...

With them:
Windows NT 4.0 /Service Pack 5)
Windows 2000

and without compatibily mode comes no error message...

I hope it is a known problem and repaired by the next patch.
 
Thank you for the link to ad-aware. I downloaded it, installed it and used it, but M&B don't run...
 
I'm sorry that didn't help, Benjamin. :sad:

It is always good to have a good anti-virus and anti-spyware program anyways ... so nothing bad there.

Try uninstalling M&B and deleting the mount&blade folder. Then do a full re-install using the full version. You can get it from my signature.

If that doesn't work ... I would re-install DirectX, just in case. Often it seems to get corrupted and a fresh installation will help.

If neither of these work, post back here and we will try and think of other solutions that might help you.

Narcissus
 
If I were you I would re-dl M&B, then reinstall windows, and after installing all the drivers etc. install M&B again and see if it runs. (some files may have gotten corrupt during the dl) If it runs means some software somewhere glitched, if it doesn't then I have no idea. ::*(
(I have a spare FX5200 so I will test and c if it causes any probs, but I doubt it would be a gfx card problem..)

Another thing which I would try first though is pulling the power from your cable modem (so that you can off all the firewalls etc without compromising your system security) - off all the firewalls you have access to, open task manager, tab 'process', find 'explorer.exe', right click and select 'end all process tree'. This would end the process of your explorer and most of the other extra 'services' which are un-needed, leaving you with the task manager. (You would notice your 'processes count drop to below 20). It is not a bullet-proof method, but it usually shuts down most of spyware / trojan processes, amongs other things.
*note- you will recieve an 'access denied' message, don't worry about it, its basically refusing to shut down one process which is critical. It does not affect the rest. Also make sure you select 'end process tree ' and not simply end process
Go to file, new task, and type <drive letter>:\<M&B folder>\mount&blade.exe - this should start M&B direct without explorer, or hopefully other conflicting programs which run in the background. You can start the explorer by 'new task' and typing 'explorer.exe' (without any drive letter or \).
 
Hello!

I have much to do at school, so I had no time to write back...

@ Narcissus

I have updated Direct X on 1st Dec and other programms wich need it, run.

I uninstalled M&B, downloaded it again, installed(Vers. 7.10, before I had 7.04) it, and started it and it WORKS! YOU DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM!

@ Volkier

I don't know how to reboot my pc, and I don't like to do that, if it is not necessary. But thanks for help too!



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