Unable to start clod - blackscreen launcher crash

mcdaniels · #1 02-18-2013, 09:21 AM

Hi folks,
I recently completely reinstalled my Windows 7 x64 PC. I also reinstalled Steam and did a fresh download of CloD.

When I try to start CloD I get the yellow crosshair, then my screen turns to black and stays there.

I cannot use alt+tab to switch to Desktop. Only thing I can do is to use CTRL + ALT + Del -> start Taskmanager, which instantly causes lauchner.exe to crash.

My next approach was to play with compatibility settings of launcher.exe Only thing I managed using this is that I instantly run into a launcher.exe crash after starting CloD (no blackscreen - just crash).

Reinstalling DirectX, .NET Framwork 4.0 (from the redist-folder of the game) did not solve the issue.

Now I am pretty helpless.

Details of my rig:
Phenom 2 X6 1095T @3.2Ghz
8GB DDR Ram Corsair
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2
AMD Saphire Radeon 9750 3GB
Windows 7 x64 Pro

Any suggestions?

Greetings!

SlipBall · #2 02-18-2013, 10:04 AM

Sorry to hear, try this...uninstall Steam/manually delete what's left/reboot/go here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=17851
../run the installer, not the repair option/get Steam and the game..good luck!

mcdaniels · #3 02-19-2013, 06:37 AM

Hey,
thank you for your reply. Having a look in the eventlogs I saw that there is a problem with: atidxx32.dll in connection with .net-framework and launcher.exe.

So I thought, that it might be the graphicscard-driver. Tried different driver versions, but had no luck.

Steam uninstall, manually delete what was left and running the installers + steam reinstall did not work.

Finally I reinstalled my Win 7 and got a working CloD (at the moment).

Very strange thing about this is, that (before reinstallation of Win 7) all my other Steamgames run very well, except CloD.

Greetings!

VO101_Tom · #4 02-19-2013, 07:09 AM

Hi.

Open the redist folder in the Steam/clod folder, and reinstall the DirectX and the .NET from there. This method is solved this bug couple of times...

mcdaniels · #5 02-19-2013, 09:24 AM

@VO101_Tom: tried this yesterday too - no chance.

thx

VO101_Tom · #6 03-02-2013, 09:34 PM

Hi. Any progress?

Fatman · #7 03-14-2013, 12:03 AM

I have exactly the same problem. I bought the game (steam version) two days ago, and I was able to play only once (no very smoothly, but playable). But the next time I executed the game, this problem happened.
I've tried to reinstall the game, download it again, reinstall distributables, even reinstall windows 7, but all was useless.

My specifications

Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Inter Core i5 760

Nvidia 9800 GTX+ 512 Mb(I know that it's below the minimal, but I played with it, at least once)

4 Gb Ram

PD: I'm not english speaker, sorry for any mistype.

Fatman · #8 03-14-2013, 03:51 PM

Solved! After a little investigation, I unistalled the Windows Upadte KB2670838. Everything seems to be fine now.

Steve Zodiac · #9 03-30-2013, 08:50 PM

Has anyone found a solution other than the things mentioned? Mine will not launch either and runs for about 4 seconds to the first black screen, then just reverts back to nothing? I've run out of things to try.