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UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.03 11:07:00 - [1] Open up your prefs.ini and make sure you have these settings: bitsCancelled=1 bloomType=0 eulaagreed=0 hdrEnabled=0 host=0 inputhost=localhost lodQuality=3 machoNet.acceptThreadCount=20 movecapturedone=1 movesettingsdone=1 newbie=0 port=26000 shaderQuality=3 shadowsEnabled=1 textureQuality=0 These are my settings and I've had no issues with the client. Running XP Pro SP2 64-bit.
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 02:11:00 - [2] Why don't you guys try creating another computer administrator account, logging into it, locating the game install directory, and run eve.exe. Voila. Works every time. P2
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 02:20:00 - [3] Originally by: Herty Not really sure how but I was messing around with my cache and it fixed this problem. I know I deleted most of it and I think I renamed some things. Sorry I cant be of more help. The simplest things in life are always the hardest, aren't they?
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 02:37:00 - [4] Originally by: EntropySalesAgent Originally by: Larsonist ok guys, i found a fix for me. Physically move your: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\ assuming its in the default location to C:\ just go to where the file above is located right click on it and "move to" and select C:\. this cleared up my black screens at character log in and lag etc. good luck..god knows i was begging for luck last 4 days. lars out. p.s. this is on a machine that runs XP Was the line your client died on the same as this: 4102009.12.06 02:18:33:763starting dependencies for audio, which are: [] That's what I get, everytime as the last line of the logfile. Clearing the cache didn't help, suspecting the audio drivers were at fault I've physically pulled the sound card and reinstalled windows without it, the machine has NO audio hardware or software onboard now, yet the client still hangs on that audio line. I've even disabled the native audio on the mobo through bios. Could you, or someone thats gotten the client working again be explicit as to what directory you moved to root? moving the \ccp and the \ccp\eve\ folders to C: havent sorted it. Did you grab the eve folder, the ccp folder, did you move settings and cache folders only? Listen. If you rename the EVE installation folder to EVE_Fix and then go in and load Eve, it will start up the client with default settings specific to your system's config. This is the same as renaming or deleting your cache/settings folders. This is the solution to 99% of those affected by the splash screen failed startup. If this doesn't work for you, try logging into another admin user account on your system and starting Eve on that one. If that still doesn't do the trick, then you've either got a bad registry, bad memory, outdated drivers, missing updates, broken UAC, etc. There could be a thousand different reasons. And a thousand more solutions. Who knows.
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 03:07:00 - [5] Originally by: Woodwraith Originally by: UVPhoenix2 Listen. If you rename the EVE installation folder to EVE_Fix and then go in and load Eve, it will start up the client with default settings specific to your system's config. This is the same as renaming or deleting your cache/settings folders. This is the solution to 99% of those affected by the splash screen failed startup. Tried this numerous times before and after the windows reinstall. Symptoms haven't changed. It ALWAYS dies on that log server line, despite there not being any audio hardware on the machine. Also, this comp has been running an eve client without issue for 4 years... Originally by: UVPhoenix2 If this doesn't work for you, try logging into another admin user account on your system and starting Eve on that one. Good idea, didn't work though. Originally by: UVPhoenix2 If that still doesn't do the trick, then you've either got a bad registry, bad memory, outdated drivers, missing updates, broken UAC, etc. There could be a thousand different reasons. And a thousand more solutions. Who knows. Registry, drivers and memory didn't die inbetween starting the Apocrypha client and installing the patch for Dominion, the machine wasn't even shut off in that time. Tried running the repair tool about a dozen times, all other software on the machine is working just as it has been, Don't mean to pick your post apart, you just make some points that I've run into in working this problem. Would be pretty sweet if we could get CCP to weigh in on this and at least let us know they're aware of this problem beyond just tossing the 'clear your cache' line at people, This problems gone from quirky to mind bendingly frustrating. What are your system specs? Driver versions?
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 03:27:00 - [6] Edited by: UVPhoenix2 on 06/12/2009 03:28:20 Originally by: Woodwraith Originally by: UVPhoenix2 What are your system specs? Driver versions? AMD xp2000+ / 1.5 gb of ram, running Winxp sp3, directx 9.0c ATI Radeon x1650 on Catalyst 8.12, the 9.x drivers aren't compatible with this card anymore, Ive also tried third party driver packs like Omega, wich I ran Apoc under, hasn't changed anything. Sound card WAS an SBlive gamer 5.1, currently uninstalled and sitting on top of my printer to try to rule it out as a cause of the audio load failing when the client boots. Open up cmd prompt and type services.msc. Then find the service "Background Intelligence Transfer Service" and disable it. Make sure "Windows Audio" is enabled and set to automatic. Then go to C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\install folder location\settings\prefs.ini and set hdrEnabled=0 bloom=0 and bitsCancelled=1. Try now. EDIT: Also: shaderQuality=1 shadowsEnabled=0 textureQuality=0
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 03:39:00 - [7] Add this to prefs.ini: resourceCacheEnabled=pickle:I01. If that doesn't work, try setting shaderquality to 3. P2
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 03:56:00 - [8] Man I don't know what it is. Try turning off all audio hardware acceleration. Update DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=04ac064b-00d1-474e-b7b1-442d8712d553 Remember you could also try doing a system restore to before you installed Dominion. Also going in your eve install directory, opening start.ini and changing "premium" to "classic" might work. It could also be a corrupt exe. Try starting it up with just exefile. Try re-downloading the full client and reinstalling it. Enable bios audio. Keep trying different things that may fix it. Even consider deleting explorer.exe and letting it re-create itself. I'm done posting for the night. Good luck. P2
UVPhoenix2 R.EVE.olutioN Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2009.12.06 22:32:00 - [9] Originally by: Woodwraith Ok this is odd, I tried moving the cache folder to root, and now have deleted it, thinking since the last failed start id have another one to move, from the default directory, but i dont running the startup on the client isn't drawing up a cache folder anywhere now, and no I've not got it shut off with lua=off or anything Reinstall it now.

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