#%&*$@ Painkiller won't even start!

[Dangerous Dan]

so i go out and buy painkiller for a cheap price today thx to EB's pricematch type thing. but when i get home and install the game, once i launch it and it appears it's about to into the starting screen, the whole game just shuts right off, the 30 seconds later my computer restards, wtf is wrong? a little help here plz? cause i'm pissed :mad:

comp settings:

P4 2.5
1.0 gig DDR Ram
Windows XP
DVD drive

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by Dangerous Dan@Apr 15 2004, 07:13 PM
so i go out and buy painkiller for a cheap price today thx to EB's pricematch type thing. but when i get home and install the game, once i launch it and it appears it's about to into the starting screen, the whole game just shuts right off, the 30 seconds later my computer restards, wtf is wrong? a little help here plz? cause i'm pissed :mad:

comp settings:

P4 2.5
1.0 gig DDR Ram
Windows XP
DVD drive
Oh boy here we go again!
Hate to tell u this dan, but join the club. almost 70% of the people that bought this game have had a problem with it.
http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/...p?s=&forumid=60 (http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=60)
Check out the Pk tech support, and see if any of everyone elses problems is the same as yours, or just post another thread.
The only thing i know is that mine works fine, and if u wanna get together on AIm or something ill be glad to help if i can, SAL will probably be a much better resource tho!
GL dan and i hope u become as pro in this one as u are in ssam! :w00t:

[Dangerous Dan]

thx for the help EXE, but i even dowloaded this "Quick Fix" (http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16772) but it it still gives me the same problem!!!! wtf, i buy a game and the developers make it incompatible with a perfectly un-tp-date computer :bandhead:

[SALvation]

OK. I'm normally 100% against this, but since you have bought the game and the devs made this such a pain in the ass, here is the no-cd crack which will fix this game.

Un RAR the file using WinRar and make sure the 4 files it extracts are in your /Dreamcatcher/Painkiller/Bin directory. Click on the exe this creates and it will fix the game by replacing the normal exe with the no-cd version.

Again, we normally do not condone this on the boards but since so many people who bought the game legally are having problems, I'm providing this. I have done it myself with this file so you can be sure its safe. Also, you need a retail CD key to play online so I don't think we are in any trouble here or helping warez in any way.

Have fun.

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Originally posted by Dangerous Dan@Apr 15 2004, 03:13 PM
so i go out and buy painkiller for a cheap price today thx to EB's pricematch type thing.  but when i get home and install the game, once i launch it and it appears it's about to into the starting screen, the whole game just shuts right off, the 30 seconds later my computer restards, wtf is wrong?  a little help here plz?  cause i'm pissed  :mad:

comp settings:

P4 2.5
1.0 gig DDR Ram
Windows XP
DVD drive
It might be video card (drivers) related.

I like the game...but I sure didn't appreciate the trouble shooting it required.

I had to take my dvd/cd rom player out of my P4 rig and use it in my Athlon rig, in order to install the game. After that, I had to download the "cd fix" for the game to work with the cd rom player that belongs in the Athlon pc.

When I went to play multi-player, the game locked up on the screen, and the only way I could get out of the game, was by re-booting. Turning off my zonealarm firewall fixed that problem.

There are many upset people at the painkillergame.com forums.

Good luck Dan.....in the words of Bill Clinton....."I feel your pain" :)

[Titanium]

Sal your in Big Trouble now as i'm going to have to report you ;)















































Just kidding :P

@ DAN:
Your not the only one with problems dude...there are hundreds with your case...just unzip the file that Sal posted and it should hopefully fix the problems you are experiencing...BTW Single player owns and MP at the moment needs a lot of serious attention but some of the bugs/problems will be fixed/added into the up coming patch which should be available on apr. 19 same time the mp demo will be out...

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by SALvation@Apr 15 2004, 08:30 PM
OK. I'm normally 100% against this, but since you have bought the game and the devs made this such a pain in the ass, here is the no-cd crack which will fix this game.

Un RAR the file using WinRar and make sure the 4 files it extracts are in your /Dreamcatcher/Painkiller/Bin directory. Click on the exe this creates and it will fix the game by replacing the normal exe with the no-cd version.

Again, we normally do not condone this on the boards but since so many people who bought the game legally are having problems, I'm providing this. I have done it myself with this file so you can be sure its safe. Also, you need a retail CD key to play online so I don't think we are in any trouble here or helping warez in any way.

Have fun.
Looks like DC has left us with no other choice, thats probably the best way of adressing the problem. Because there is a list of incompatable optical drives that WILL not run this game, as well as the SafeDisc warez protection (which has already been cracked :rolleyes:) the game has become more of a problem then something for the gamers to enjoy.
:thumbs: Thanx SAL, that will prolly help a bunch of people that own this game.

[MR. SLiK]

its so easy to beat the SafeDisc, Im not even using a no cd crack, using mounted image of cd3.

[Arragon]

try getting DX9b,or e-mail Dream cather

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by MR. SLiK@Apr 15 2004, 08:49 PM
its so easy to beat the SafeDisc, Im not even using a no cd crack, using mounted image of cd3.
exactly what i did, lol not too safe after all :lol:

[SALvation]

Another thing to make sure is that you have you anti-virus auto protect disabled and any firewalls disabled. That may also be causing a problem.

[Jive88]

I am having that exact same problem, only with battlefield vietnam. any help for me? :bandhead:

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by Jive88@Apr 15 2004, 10:15 PM
I am having that exact same problem, only with battlefield vietnam. any help for me? :bandhead:
What?
The game wont launch?
It only works with the original copy of the 1st CD, u wil need to have it in the drive to play.

[SALvation]

Does it use SafeDisc copy protection? I've never played BF so I have no idea.

[Dangerous Dan]

btw, that no cd thing doesnt work properly :S

[SALvation]

What kind of video card and drivers are you running? Also make sure you have DirectX9 installed. And make sure you have CD3 in the drive...not CD1.

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally posted by SALvation@Apr 16 2004, 04:27 AM
What kind of video card and drivers are you running? Also make sure you have DirectX9 installed. And make sure you have CD3 in the drive...not CD1.
ironically i have the "recommended" video card prodicer, that being nVidia, a GeForce 4400 to be exact. and yeah, i have disc 3 in, but the no cd thing should by-pass that, and yeah, i have direct x9, have for a long time now...

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Originally posted by Dangerous Dan+Apr 15 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dangerous Dan @ Apr 15 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SALvation@Apr 16 2004, 04:27 AM
What kind of video card and drivers are you running? Also make sure you have DirectX9 installed. And make sure you have CD3 in the drive...not CD1.
ironically i have the "recommended" video card prodicer, that being nVidia, a GeForce 4400 to be exact. and yeah, i have disc 3 in, but the no cd thing should by-pass that, and yeah, i have direct x9, have for a long time now... [/b][/quote]
firewall disabled?

[DiTomasso]

It&#39;s a real painkiller :blink: this game.

[SALvation]

Anti-virus disabled?

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Are you wearing your anti-static wrist band? :)

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

I am having essentially the same problem as Dan. I have no Anti-virus software, I have downloaded both the official CD fix and Sal&#39;s CD fix, and nothing is getting the game to execute. My screen turns black, than returns to the desktop.

Sal just so you know, I un-zipped those files to the directory that you specified and ran the .exe, but it still asks for the CD.

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

The other thing that kinda scares me is that some people were able to play without the "patch", and now that they have installed the patch, they can&#39;t play at all..

By the way, I am getting no error messages, or anything like that. Just a black screen and it stops loading.

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

Originally posted by MR. SLiK@Apr 15 2004, 07:49 PM
its so easy to beat the SafeDisc, Im not even using a no cd crack, using mounted image of cd3.
If this really does work, can anyone PM me the details?

Thanks in advance.

[Sexyjess]

painkiller suxs

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by 9.99repeating^32+Apr 16 2004, 02:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (9.99repeating^32 @ Apr 16 2004, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MR. SLiK@Apr 15 2004, 07:49 PM
its so easy to beat the SafeDisc, Im not even using a no cd crack, using mounted image of cd3.
If this really does work, can anyone PM me the details?

Thanks in advance. [/b][/quote]
I would help you on MSN, but it doesnt seem to be working right now. :(

[SALvation]

Worst case the 1.1 patch comes out on Monday. Also make sure you check the tech forums:

http://dreamcatchergames.com/forums/forumd...p?s=&forumid=60 (http://dreamcatchergames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=60)

[Pure_Evil]

Looks like my &#036;5 credit at EB games will have to stay there a while longer :(

[mod]

Hey Dan try emailing this gent christos@dreamcatchergames.com
he helped me with all the problems that i had and he had a quick fix for me












mod*

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

Hmm..

I don&#39;t think it is the Safe Disk that is getting me.

I re-installed and then applied Sal&#39;s fix(without adding the official fix), and I don&#39;t need a CD to run the game, but it still doesn&#39;t load. It just shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then reverts to the desktop.

When I was looking over some of the system requirements, I realized that I have a 32 MB graphics card(instead of 64 MB). Could that be a reason? All of my other specifications check out, except for that.

[SALvation]

What kind of card is it? I think the MX brand of cards have trouble because they lack pixel shaders.

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally posted by 9.99repeating^32@Apr 17 2004, 04:50 PM
Hmm..

I don&#39;t think it is the Safe Disk that is getting me.

I re-installed and then applied Sal&#39;s fix(without adding the official fix), and I don&#39;t need a CD to run the game, but it still doesn&#39;t load.&nbsp; It just shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then reverts to the desktop.

When I was looking over some of the system requirements, I realized that I have a 32 MB graphics card(instead of 64 MB).&nbsp; Could that be a reason?&nbsp; All of my other specifications check out, except for that.
yep, same with me, only the no-cd patch didnt work, lol (i have a 64 meg card, not MX)

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

Dan try un-installing the game, and than adding the no-cd patch(do not put the official 1.1 fix on first).

And Sal, I have a Mobility Radeon 9000(laptop card, unfortunately no updates for this card exist, so that could be a reason).

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Originally posted by Dangerous Dan+Apr 17 2004, 09:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dangerous Dan @ Apr 17 2004, 09:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-9.99repeating^32@Apr 17 2004, 04:50 PM
Hmm..

I don&#39;t think it is the Safe Disk that is getting me.

I re-installed and then applied Sal&#39;s fix(without adding the official fix), and I don&#39;t need a CD to run the game, but it still doesn&#39;t load.* It just shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then reverts to the desktop.

When I was looking over some of the system requirements, I realized that I have a 32 MB graphics card(instead of 64 MB).* Could that be a reason?* All of my other specifications check out, except for that.
yep, same with me, only the no-cd patch didnt work, lol (i have a 64 meg card, not MX) [/b][/quote]
My goodness Dan....here you are kicking everyone&#39;s but in SS with a 64mb card...I can only imagine how deadly you would be with a 256mb card. :blink: It frightnens me... :w00t:

[Burn the Witch]

9.99, there is no chance at all that you will ever run Painkiller with a 32 MB card. Sorry, thats the harsh truth.

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

Originally posted by Burn the Witch@Apr 17 2004, 07:53 PM
9.99, there is no chance at all that you will ever run Painkiller with a 32 MB card. Sorry, thats the harsh truth.
Yeah, I was afraid that this might be the problem. Although I played the demo without any problems, so I figured that I would give it a shot. I&#39;m going to wait until the 1.1 patch comes out on Monday before I even think about selling the game.

[Speedsweeper]

Hey guys, i have downloaded the latest demo of Painkiller and i also have the same problems.

It will load up and a few seconds later the game will shut down.

[Grimmy]

With the patch that I got for the no CD stuff, I didn&#39;t touch the .exe, I had to replace one of the .dlls and it worked fine for me. Haven&#39;t had a problem since (other when I first installed it, forgot to leave cd 3 in :rolleyes: )

[:+:13375n1p4:+:]

=)

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS high ping camper@Apr 16 2004, 03:45 PM
Are you wearing your anti-static wrist band? :)
i knew i was forgeting something&#33; :P

[Silent Sam]

I finally got the game going but I thought I&#39;d just remind everyone...make sure you leave in CD3 not CD1. CD3 is the game disk and has been mislabeled both in the game manual and on the disks. :bandhead:

So make sure you have disk 3 in there&#33;

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS high ping camper+Apr 17 2004, 05:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (OUTLAWS high ping camper @ Apr 17 2004, 05:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Dangerous Dan@Apr 17 2004, 09:28 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-9.99repeating^32@Apr 17 2004, 04:50 PM
Hmm..

I don&#39;t think it is the Safe Disk that is getting me.

I re-installed and then applied Sal&#39;s fix(without adding the official fix), and I don&#39;t need a CD to run the game, but it still doesn&#39;t load.* It just shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then reverts to the desktop.

When I was looking over some of the system requirements, I realized that I have a 32 MB graphics card(instead of 64 MB).* Could that be a reason?* All of my other specifications check out, except for that.
yep, same with me, only the no-cd patch didnt work, lol (i have a 64 meg card, not MX)
My goodness Dan....here you are kicking everyone&#39;s but in SS with a 64mb card...I can only imagine how deadly you would be with a 256mb card. :blink: It frightnens me... :w00t: [/b][/quote]
well that won&#39;t happen any time soon with the price of those things&#33; :w00t: lol

[<<Hybrid>>]

maybe some vidoe cards messed with wrong OS making those problems

[SoulReaver]

Thanks for the help sal&#33;

[Jive88]

i solved my problem, maybe this will help the rest of you. the problem with me was that my video card was getting too hot. take the cover off my pc and that does the trick :wootrock:

[OUTLAWS CHICO]

I had to reinstall the game and then turn down all the video settings like set the sky to low and the shadows to medium and I think I set the rest of the settings to medium also and it runs pretty good in both sp an multi player. the single player rocks too. I got to see the video with the girl in no shirt too lol. :jammin:

[SoulReaver]

I had to use sal&#39;s crack