game won't start, desktop icon is a blank page.

Discussion in 'Support!' started by kenpachol, July 21, 2013.

  1. kenpachol

    kenpachol New Member

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    i bought the game through steam.
    i tryed everything, every solution that is on the forums, but nothing seems to work.
    hope someone can help, 82,- is a lot for something that doesn't even start up. :(

    i installed it through steam (ofcourse) but even when i pres the play button in steam itself the game won't start, it does absolutly nothing. no window no error and no game.
    no when i go to the installation folder there is a PA.EXE, when i double klick that. it gives me the error: ("the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). click OK to close the application") :|

    Operating System: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200)
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
    Memory: 8192MB RAM
    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

    tell me if you need more.
  2. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Did you read this thread: viewtopic.php?f=71&t=47593
    Maybe something there can help you. You are most likely missing some kind of library or you are using an outdated driver or something like that.
  3. kenpachol

    kenpachol New Member

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    i tryed that before, and installed those. checked all my drivers to, everything is up to date and installed. bevore i posted this discussion i searched the forums for HOURS!!

    restarted a bunch of times, reinstalled and deleted the game a bunch of times to.
    the shortcut and steam still do nothing. and the direct EXE still gives me 0xc000007b

    the PA logs all say
    [15:48:19.000] INFO Log file C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation\log\PA-15-48-19.000.txt opened
    [15:48:19.000] INFO Looks like we are running via Steam
  4. mushroomars

    mushroomars Well-Known Member

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    You could try running the Ubernet Launcher instead of running through Steam.
  5. EdWood

    EdWood Active Member

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    You should post your problem in the thread Cola Colin posted here...
  6. smallcpu

    smallcpu Active Member

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    standard response: post your dxdiag

    No s/he shouldn't. That thread is for fixes only, not for problems. ;)
  7. kenpachol

    kenpachol New Member

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    i restarted a view times. but nothing worked. then i thaught "i was planning on reinstalling my computer anyway, why not now" so i did and got everything running now.
    THE GAME WORKS!!
    thx for the help guys.
  8. mushroomars

    mushroomars Well-Known Member

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    ...How do you reinstall a computer? Is that painful?
  9. vorell255

    vorell255 Active Member

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    You may need to install directx. If you don't have it the game won't start up at all.

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