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SBCG4AP Windows 7 issues

CodeRedOnlyCodeRedOnly
edited July 2010 in Game Support
I've searched this forum, but couldn't find any solutions for my problem.

I bought the Strong Bad game DVD yesterday, and I've tried to run the games, but none of them work. I've followed the Windows 7 advice in this forum about manually installing DirectX updates, compatability mode, and I've tried several prefs.props solutions as well. This is the error that Windows Error Reporting provides:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID> 
  <Level>4</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-07-22T19:55:29.000000000Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>1882</EventRecordID> 
  <Channel>Application</Channel> 
  <Computer>******</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data /> 
  <Data>0</Data> 
  <Data>PCA2</Data> 
  <Data>Not available</Data> 
  <Data>0</Data> 
  <Data>Homestar101.exe</Data> 
  <Data>2008.7.31.11019</Data> 
  <Data>unknown</Data> 
  <Data>??</Data> 
  <Data>Telltale Games</Data> 
  <Data>200</Data> 
  <Data>-1</Data> 
  <Data /> 
  <Data /> 
  <Data /> 
  <Data>C:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Temp\{de0fcd34-a2a3-4049-891a-016758963c79}\appcompat.txt C:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Temp\Tab52B8.tmp</Data> 
  <Data>C:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_Homestar101.exe_84714e576dae9516e6ea9eb1e64968fd6fd596d6_cab_299852cf</Data> 
  <Data /> 
  <Data>0</Data> 
  <Data>13959ea0-95cb-11df-98d3-00248c8a0c3d</Data> 
  <Data>4</Data> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>
Anyone have any suggestions? I realise that this game isn't listed as being working in the windows 7 thread, but I was hoping that there might be some solution to help me out.

Comments

  • xbskidxbskid
    edited July 2010
    I'm running Windows 7 x64 with an ATI 4870 X2 (Recent drivers), and the only problem I had was that the screen came up black but still played sound. I got out of then back into fullscreen and it showed up. Adjusted my display settings, closed, and relaunched the game and didn't have that issue again, so I can say it'll run on Windows 7.

    What's causing the crashes, I'm not entirely sure. Are you only having an issue with episode 1? Do you get the same errors with the other four episodes? Are you having issues with any other Telltale games or games by other studios?
  • CodeRedOnlyCodeRedOnly
    edited July 2010
    I've tried all 5 episodes, and the same thing happens. This is both going through the launcher and going into the directory and directly running the exe. The game crashes before the window even pops up. I've also updated my graphics card drivers just in case (GeForce 7900).

    I don't have any other telltale games to try, but other games work fine (Steam games and others).
  • BoneFreakBoneFreak
    edited July 2010
    CodeRedOnly wrote: »
    I've tried all 5 episodes, and the same thing happens. This is both going through the launcher and going into the directory and directly running the exe. The game crashes before the window even pops up. I've also updated my graphics card drivers just in case (GeForce 7900).

    I don't have any other telltale games to try, but other games work fine (Steam games and others).

    Try reinstalling, maybe there were missing or corrupted files?
  • CodeRedOnlyCodeRedOnly
    edited July 2010
    Just tried that. Reinstalled, this time to the default location, and still does the same thing. This time the error wouldn't format in XML though:
    1001400x800000000000001924Application******0PCA2Not available0Homestar101.exe2008.7.31.11019unknown??Telltale Games200-1 C:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Temp\{cffc3a66-3ea9-46d8-822d-1bb957c84069}\appcompat.txt C:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Temp\Tab5881.tmpC:\Users\*******\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_Homestar101.exe_c9ed6f455bb718edbae8c6a9c63eb393c6d43_cab_078958bf08b106e49-9608-11df-b724-00248c8a0c3d4
  • sarasgamecubesarasgamecube
    edited July 2010
    xbskid wrote: »
    I'm running Windows 7 x64 with an ATI 4870 X2 (Recent drivers), and the only problem I had was that the screen came up black but still played sound. I got out of then back into fullscreen and it showed up. Adjusted my display settings, closed, and relaunched the game and didn't have that issue again, so I can say it'll run on Windows 7.

    Hi!
    I have this black screen problem also. How do I change it from fullscreen when I can't see the screen??? :confused: Please help! I really want to play SBCG4AP!!!
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited July 2010
    sarasgamecube wrote: »
    How do I change it from fullscreen when I can't see the screen??? :confused: Please help! I really want to play SBCG4AP!!!

    By pressing Alt-Enter.
  • sarasgamecubesarasgamecube
    edited July 2010
    DjNDB wrote: »
    By pressing Alt-Enter.

    Oh...heh... that was easy enough! Thanks! :D
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