Startup screen defunct - any ideas?

mafiltenborg · 02-09-09, 03:30 PM

AVGWarhawk:
Removed game.
Reinstalled - including game-supplied DX9 runtime - to C:\Spil\Silent Hunter 4\
Reset videocard to as much default as i could. Afterall, i've fiddled very little with tweaking anything at all.

No banana...

Same screen. Upper right windos shows moving ships, upper left text is 'live', leading out of the game if clicked. I've noticed that the intro-movie races along as if something is not synced properly. Sound works all right though.

Also did an install on son's XP box. Same result.

Game delivered in original Ubisoft DVD-cover-thing incl. nice printed manual.

I'm completely in the dark here!
Machine runs CoD/WaW just fine, to give you a feel for the state of things. Opteron 2-core + 8600GT + Corsair XMS on Asus A8N-SLI.

02-09-09, 03:42 PM

call ubi tech support for help, otherwise it must be a bad or corrupted files on diskto do it on two different computers, return for a replacement copy.

tei · 02-09-09, 04:29 PM

I had a similar problem. When I updated video codecs it works fine. Try uninstall or update codec pack.
Look at these thread on forums.ubi.com. My problem was in ffdshow filter.
BLACK SCREEN AFTER FIRST LOAD
Strange menu bug.

If you are using an older version "k-lite codec pack" just run "K-lite Codec Tweak Tool" and check option: "Disable the following filter - ffdshow"
Of course, if later you want to watch a movie on your computer (avi, wmv, mpeg.. etc.) - just unchek this option again. But simply - to upgrade videocodecs.
I hope it helps.

02-09-09, 03:30 PM	#1
mafiltenborg Nub Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	AVGWarhawk: Removed game. Reinstalled - including game-supplied DX9 runtime - to C:\Spil\Silent Hunter 4\ Reset videocard to as much default as i could. Afterall, i've fiddled very little with tweaking anything at all. No banana... Same screen. Upper right windos shows moving ships, upper left text is 'live', leading out of the game if clicked. I've noticed that the intro-movie races along as if something is not synced properly. Sound works all right though. Also did an install on son's XP box. Same result. Game delivered in original Ubisoft DVD-cover-thing incl. nice printed manual. I'm completely in the dark here! Machine runs CoD/WaW just fine, to give you a feel for the state of things. Opteron 2-core + 8600GT + Corsair XMS on Asus A8N-SLI. __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!

02-09-09, 04:29 PM	#3
tei Bosun Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 55°55'22''N 37°50'41''E Posts: 65 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I had a similar problem. When I updated video codecs it works fine. Try uninstall or update codec pack. Look at these thread on forums.ubi.com. My problem was in ffdshow filter. BLACK SCREEN AFTER FIRST LOAD Strange menu bug. If you are using an older version "k-lite codec pack" just run "K-lite Codec Tweak Tool" and check option: "Disable the following filter - ffdshow" Of course, if later you want to watch a movie on your computer (avi, wmv, mpeg.. etc.) - just unchek this option again. But simply - to upgrade videocodecs. I hope it helps. __________________ "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift." ©Alice Morse Earle Last edited by tei; 02-09-09 at 04:54 PM.

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02-09-09, 03:42 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	call ubi tech support for help, otherwise it must be a bad or corrupted files on diskto do it on two different computers, return for a replacement copy.