I can't play this game. At all.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: Meridian - New World.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 550a9906
Problem Signature 04: Meridian - New World
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 550a9906
Problem Signature 07: 147d
Problem Signature 08: 0
Problem Signature 09: System.NullReferenceException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1038
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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Me too - the game crashes just after start-p, not even a logo screen or anything.

I have a similar problem.I use gog galxy to play but meridian new world cant started when i push play button...

Already done that. It makes no difference, the game refuses to launch.

(Windows 10)

Same problem here.
I installed via GOG Galaxy 1.2.10, hit the Play-Button, it gets grey for a second and than it is green again - nothing happened.
.Net Frameworks newly installed, all executables marked as start as Admin - still no change.
It just does not start.

Which one is the correct logfile, so that i might have a look?

Thanks

Works fine here, version 1.04 (gog-5), Windows 7, classic installer.
Make sure you have these properly installed: MSVC2008 runtimes, .NET Framework 4.0, XNA Framework 4, ffdshow.

Inside the game's folder is a VideoRedist folder which contains ffdshow and xvid. You can install that ffdshow, but I had a newer version (1.3.4533) from here. Install the 32-bit version even if your Windows is 64-bit, because the game is 32-bit. I didn't install the xvid. Good luck!

Edit:
Well, the game works fine untill you select a unit, then the FPS drops to 1, even 0 later in the mission. It doesn't matter what settings I select, if it's fullscreen or windowed - the frame rate drops when selecting units.

There are people on steam forums complaining about this and there is a patch (1.05) that supposedly resolves this issue ("Resolved all performance issues when selecting a unit in-game"). Unfortunately the 1.05 patch will never come to GOG, according to the developer.

" Unfortunately, this update will never see the light of day on GOG. SynapseGaming has officially shut down their servers, which means SunBurn engine (the engine of Meridian) can no longer validate my studio license. This means there's no way to build a new EXE for GOG :( "

Thanx for the information.
I have the same troubles FPS drops whe unit selected.
And the game itself does not look very attractive.
The only good thing about this game that I have bough it with a great discout...