This topic is to give us info regarding people who cant even reach the In Game Menu.

Please answer the following questions.
Do not put your DX Diag in this thread thanks


1. Did you ever managed to reach the in game menu / play the game?

2. If you ever managed to get to the Menu/play the game, did you remember what was the last thing you did before everything went broken?

3. Where/How does the program crashes? (Just by clicking on the shortcut / During the first cinematic / After the intro cinematic & during the loading screen to the Menu)

4. Do you have an error message?

5. Did you update your video drivers with the last one available from NVIDIA / ATI Sites?

6. What is your CPU / RAM / Video Card / Video Card Memory?

7. Are you playing Steam or DVD Version? If you're playing Steam do you ALSO have the DVD Version?

8. If you follow the procedure below, does it change anything?

With the DVD Version:
Right click the desktop shortcut, then select "properties" at the end of the field with the full path to mm.exe add "-width 1024 -height 768"

With a default installation, it should looks like:
"c:\program files\ubisoft\dark messiah of might and magic\mm.exe" -width 1024 -height 768

With Steam Version:
In the Steam Menu, Right Click "Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Single Player" then click "Properties" and then "Set Launch Options"
Add "-width 1024 -height 768" (without the quotes) click OK and launch the game.


Thanks all.

1. No, in game menu never reached. Haven't played the game yet.

2. N/A

3. After clicking on the shortcut the steam loading box appears then simply disappears without any error message.

4. No error messages.

5. Yes november nvidia driver.

6. CPU : AMD athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2.21GHz
RAM: 2 Gig RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GT (256 Memory)

7. No, after following the procedure the same error occured.

Magicmushroomhe>>

Did you buy the game from Steam or did you install the steam version of the game from the DVD?

bought the game via steam and had this problem and solved it by
a) updating Direct X
b) checking integrity through Steam

p.s. i don't know if it was a or b but i think b is more likely.

I think Magicmushroom can't even get into Steam right?

I installed the DVD version then i downloaded the steam version *i think*. I simply let steam download whatever it was downloading after the DVD install, which must have been the game.

I didnt use the installer on the DVD.

I have uninstalled the DVD version as well. The DVD version had the same problem loading as the steam.

(how big should the steam version of DM be?)

quote:

Originally posted by magicmushroomhe:
I installed the DVD version then i downloaded the steam version *i think*. I simply let steam download whatever it was downloading after the DVD install, which must have been the game.

I didnt use the installer on the DVD.

I have uninstalled the DVD version as well. The DVD version had the same problem loading as the steam.

(how big should the steam version of DM be?)

I'm confused
1. The DVD version had problem loading at what moment? You clicked the shortcut and then nothing happened?

2. Can you launch Steam (alone not Dark Messiah Steam) without any problem ?

sorry, thought it might be confusing.

DVD Version: I clicked the short cut, the computer sounded as if it was loading the game, then just stopped and nothing happened.

Steam Version: Was downloaded after the DVD installation. Yes steam loads. However, none of my other games on steam load (same problem as DM is having) which only happened after i tried running DM.

I'm waiting for the flood or ignorant people to start posting their dx diags now :P

I just got the dvd versoion 2-3 hours ago been trying everything and it sounds like the disk turns and my game "will" come up but it never does please help .

Hi Marco,

1. Game hasn't loaded at all since I installed and uninstalled the DVD retail version.

2. See above

3. Double click on short cut and nothing happens. I get an hour glass next to my mouse with differing times. Anywhere from 1 sec, to 5 secs.

4. Originally got the mm.exe error immediately after install. Attempts to launch game after that result in answer 3.

5. Just uploaded to the latest drivers from Nvidia (Same results as older driver).

6. Dual Intel Xeons 3.2ghz / 2GB of Ram / Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT / 512Mb?

7. DVD Version. Have not installed steam as of yet as I have no interest in multiplay till I've played (gotten to work) singleplayer.

8. If you follow the procedure below, does it change anything? No.

1. no(can't select anything)/no

2. --

3. when i loaded the title screen i may not
move my mouse or push any button. when i do it crashes!

4. yes a error message like this:
mm.exe error
The instruction at "0x241e1f49" referenced memory at "0x0de665c8". The memory could not be "read". Click OK to terminate program

5. yes i have ati catalyst 6.10 and doesnt help

6.
cpu: pentium4 3.06GH
RAM: 2x DDR2 512 (1024 together)
video card: ati x1600 pro
video memory: 512mb

7.
i first tried the dvd version that didnt work so i downloaded the game again from steam but also didnt work and started to finish sp.
now i finished sp so i want to play mp.

8. no didnt work
(i also tried the -window option but i cant change it back so does somebody know how to change this back??)
many thanks and i am glad to know that there is help for this issue

angelo

Hi!
1. Yes i did. Very first time game being installed.
2.,3. I've compleated tutorial, wached movie, and than it crashed during 1 chapter loading.
4. First time, yes, very famous blue sceen. Now just droping me in Windows.
5.Yes, as well as DirectX
6. Intel Pentium 3.00Ghz/1Gb RAM/GeForce7950GT/512Mb
7. DVD version
8. Nope, i've tryed this before.

1- Yes, reached game menu, played without problems 3 times for a few hours total.

2- played up to just past the tower in Menelag's mansion. Battery died in laptop while game was running. (may have something to do with problem?)

3- Game does not load at all, mm.exe shows in task manager for 2-3 seconds only, then nothing.

4- no error message

5- doesn't seem to be a graphical issue w/ display drivers as it worked previously

6- Intel Core Duo T2500 2.0Ghz CPU, 2.00 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce Go 7900GS 256MB

7- Retail DVD version (australia)

8-Tried it, but no change.

Help.

1. No

2.No - It came broken

3. Double click shortcut - you get a loading hourglass ...nothing.

4.No error messages

5. updated nvidia drivers,audio, intel ...directx etc

6. 3.21ghz pentium 4, 512mb RAM, Nvidia Gforce FXZ 5600XT (256 ram i think).

7. I have the DVD collectors edition however I also have a Steam Version. Both not working.

8. followed instructions, no changes.

1. Yes.

2. The game crashed in the Stonehelm level; see http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3921096804/m/4861045005

3. It happens during the loading screen of the menu, when the loading bar is about half-way filled. Not always at the same spot though.

4. No.

5. Yes. Also tried the Omega drivers 6.9 and they also didn't help.

6. Pentium 4 Prescott (Socket 478) 3GHz / 4x512 MB MDT CL2.5 RAM=a total of 2 GB / ATi Radeon X800 XT / 256 MB

7. DVD version

8. No.

When reading the replies in this thread, I get the impression that some people are struggling with issues caused by faulty installations.

Those installing from DVD shouldn't see steam starting when clicking on the singleplayer desktop shortcut. Another way of verifying is that when starting Steam you shouldn't see Steam downloading any "singleplayer update". In my case, the "evil looking" character displyed in the games main menu was also missing(don't know if there are differences between versions here though, but I'm refering to the CE DVD edition here).

Here's what I did to install the game properly and fixed all my issues(freezes during level load and playing and choppy framerates + audio):

1. Completely uninstalled Dark Messiah and Steam(and deleted the remaining folders manually.)

2. Pre-installed and updated Steam from valves site before starting the Dark Messiah DVD installation(didn't have Steam installed in my first attempt).

3. Then I started the DVD installation and choose a folder for the single player portion and let steam have the multiplayer portion(about 2,36GB) as suggested by the installer.

4. When later asked to install the Steam single + multiplayer content UNCHECK both(an unfortunate option, I believe have confused a lot of users out there), as your obviously not interested in downloading the steam version when you already have the DVD version.

5. When finished, check that steam doesn't download any singleplayer content.

6. Having steam closed/disabled run the singleplayer desktop shortcut and the game should start without starting steam.

Did this help out any of you?

Cheers!

hey um, im pretty sure its for people who cant even get to the menu...
So that would involve some loading...which we dont seem to get.

Ive tried a number of methods of installing this game. None have worked. thanks for your effort thou.

i read on gamespot forums that if u replace the exe with the demo one it loads. Anyone confirm this? I dont have the time to download the demo

1. Yes, the very first time I installed the game I could play it. But after I came back the next day I couldnt.

2. The last thing I did was shut it down. But I also lowered the video settings, but nothing that made it crash.

3. After the intro cinematic & during the loading screen to the Menu.

4. Nope.

5. Yup

6. AMD Athlon 3200+ 2.2 GHz / 1 GB / ATI radeon x850 xt / 256

7. steam version, no retail dvd.

8. Nope, no difference at all.