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    Smile Game fails to launch

    I have keeper FX installed and have installed the Keeper files correctly, from what I can tell, and when I click start game a black box will flash for no more than a second. I am using DK Gold on a CD and I also have the GOG version. I am currently using Gold on the CD because I was unable to get Keeper FX to use the GOG version.

    Any help with this would be fantastic! And yes I am new here, glad to see people still play this awesome game!

    Thanks in advance!

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    KeeperFX Author mefistotelis's Avatar
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    Default Re: Game fails to launch

    Try adding KeeperFX to DEP. If this won't help, check what log file says.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mefistotelis View Post
    Try adding KeeperFX to DEP. If this won't help, check what log file says.
    now I'm getting a bunch of Error 5: access denied issues.

    Log:

    Dungeon Keeper FX ver 0.4.0.386 (standard release)
    LOG CREATED @ 22:59:10 06-07-2013

    Sync: LbMouseChangeMoveRatio: New ratio 256x256
    Error: LbScreenInitialize: SDL init: No available video device
    Sync: CPU AuthenticAMD type 0 family 15 model 2 stepping 0 features 178bfbff
    Sync: PhysicalMemory 32
    Sync: Memory-demanding features enabled.
    Warning: load_configuration(line 12): Couldn't recognize video mode 1 in "FRONTEND_RES" command of Config file.
    Sync: LbMouseChangeMoveRatio: New ratio 256x256
    Last edited by CatButt; July 7th, 2013 at 05:11.

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    Error: LbScreenInitialize: SDL init: No available video device

    ^^^This I'm sure is a Direct X issues. Where is the .exe I would modify so if launches outside Directx? and is the command line: keeperfx.exe -vidriver windib ? Or something like that?

    As for error 5 access denied, sounds like and admin rights issues. Which .exe do I need to launch run as admin?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CatButt View Post
    Error: LbScreenInitialize: SDL init: No available video device

    ^^^This I'm sure is a Direct X issues. Where is the .exe I would modify so if launches outside Directx? and is the command line: keeperfx.exe -vidriver windib ? Or something like that?

    As for error 5 access denied, sounds like and admin rights issues. Which .exe do I need to launch run as admin?
    I found a solution in the troubleshooting for error 5...I can't find the loader.exe
    So i know the problem, I just can't find the files to modify. When I search for them, nothing comes up. Were these files renamed in .40?

    The files:
    loader.exe
    keeper.exe to modify to keeperfx.exe -vidriver windib

    I believe I got the keeper.exe that needed to be modified but that doesn't mean anything unless I find the loader.exe
    Last edited by CatButt; July 7th, 2013 at 16:13.

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    Default Re: Game fails to launch

    Quote Originally Posted by CatButt View Post
    I found a solution in the troubleshooting for error 5...I can't find the loader.exe
    So i know the problem, I just can't find the files to modify. When I search for them, nothing comes up. Were these files renamed in .40?
    There's no "loader.exe"; such file never existed in KeeperFX. But since KeeperFX 0.39, there's "launcher.exe" which should allow you to install (copy) files from original DK and modify command line options.

    Quote Originally Posted by CatButt View Post
    The files:
    loader.exe
    keeper.exe to modify to keeperfx.exe -vidriver windib

    I believe I got the keeper.exe that needed to be modified but that doesn't mean anything unless I find the loader.exe
    You don't need any EXE from original game. You can start KeeperFX either with "launcher.exe" or just by starting "keeperfx.exe".
    Launcher allows you to easily provide command line parameters, but it doesn't have "run as administrator" option.
    But that shouldn't be a problem, you shouldn't need that option.

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    This is insane. I'm seriously one step away from just asking for a step by step install walkthrough.... I have tried everything. The error 5 is from the folders being marked read only. I turn off read only, click apply and ok but it sets its self back to read only as soon as I do click ok. Any way. I manually went through and cleared out the files and got it to install correctly. but now I have this:

    16:18:41: Files which are supposed to be included in KeeperFX package are not present.

    I'm starting to think bad download.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CatButt View Post
    I manually went through and cleared out the files and got it to install correctly. but now I have this:

    16:18:41: Files which are supposed to be included in KeeperFX package are not present.

    I'm starting to think bad download.
    Make sure you've downloaded complete v0.42 of KeeperFX.
    Installation procedure is explained in README.

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    Sweet! we have progress!

    Ok turn out it was a bad download, I orginally downloaded the one that had an installer. Tried the normal one and it's perfect now I just have one more issue!

    Dungeon Keeper FX ver 0.4.2.742 (standard release)
    LOG CREATED @ 08:30:28 09-07-2013

    Sync: LbMouseChangeMoveRatio: New ratio 256x256
    Error: LbScreenInitialize: SDL init: No available video device
    Sync: CPU AuthenticAMD type 0 family 15 model 2 stepping 0 features 178bfbff
    Sync: PhysicalMemory 32
    Sync: Memory-demanding features enabled.
    Warning: load_configuration(line 12): Couldn't recognize video mode 1 in "FRONTEND_RES" command of Config file.

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    EVERYTHING IS FIXED!

    Got hte game to intialize and install correctly and the fixed the directx error. Thanks!

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