JonCrane

Do you have any other graphics related software running? CM would not start with my pc because graphics overclocking software provided by the vendor (Asus OSD) was installed. Also, once I had a similar graphics problem that was caused by legacy graphics driver files left hanging about in the driver folder. This was Nvidia though. I had to swap to the standard VGA driver, manually delete residual Nvidia folder & then install the new drivers. Good luck.

I'd suggest deinstall CM & Marines, switch off Kaspersky, & then reinstall, & then reenable Kaspersky.

Sounds like a Kaspersky internet security problem. Disable Kaspersky before you do the install of marines & then re-enable afterwards. Seems CM creates a temp directory/file that Kaspersky does not like. Assuming you are using Kaspersky and not some other solution.

It seems that it's not my EAH4670 card that CM does not like after all. Oh no, it's Asus' OSD application that CM Shock Force hates. OSD is an on the fly overclocking gizmo. Uninstall it & everything is ok. Now if only I had not installed Catalyst 8.12, deinstalled Catalyst 8.12 installed Catalyst 8.2, deinstalled Catalyst 8.2, deinstalled the steam that I did not want that came with 8.2, reinstalled 8.12, switched on & off the relevant ASDS service, disabled & enabled the asus devices, installed open gl extension checker, ..... etc, etc. My thanks to a Rocketman thread from 2006 that clued me in a bit. Bye for now

Swapped my Asus graphics EAH 4670 card out & used the Nvida option. Problem solved in as much as CM no longer crashes. Unfortunately my Nvida solution is very slow. I guess I'll drop a note to Asus & ATi & start going back though various driver iterations. Thank you for your assistance.

Yep, I've tried all compatibility modes including resolutions & colours. All result in the same immediate crash. When I get time at the weekend I shall swap in my other PC's Nvidia graphics card & see if that works.

It's a clean install of 32 bit vista business rather than an upgrade. Not OEM. SP1 has been installed. On starting CM the cd icon appears within a second or so, and then within a second or two of that a grey box 10 cm by 5 cm appears saying that CM shock force.exe has stopped working. Below that it says windows is looking for a solution. Within about 5 seconds of that a message appears saying that windows will close the program and notify me if a solutionis available. I never get a sniff of the loading screen, music or anything like that.

Unfortunately 8.12 did not help. Any other ideas short of reverting to XP?

Trying Paradox CM Shock Force on an upgraded home computer. Now CM crashes on startup saying CM has 'stopped working'. I've downloaded the 1.11 demo & it does the same so I suppose its not a securom problem & not fixable by just buying Marines. All software & drivers patched to newest versions. CM reinstalled. Hardware/software Vista business 32 bit Athlon 5000 dual core 4Gb ram ATi 4670 512kb I tried all the compatibility & run as administrator settings. My other paradox copy works fine on my less powerful vista basic pc & so I am now stuck for a solution Event viewer log is not too helpful - nothing saying CM hates my graphics card or similar. Any suggestions/known issues?