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Posted May 10, 2015
whenever i try to start the game i can hear from the audio that credits and menu music is playing but all im seeing is a black square in the corner of my screen. Its probably windows 8s fault somehow but any help would be great?
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Posted May 10, 2015
It isn't Windows 8, because it works fine here.
Posted May 10, 2015
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colloseum111: whenever i try to start the game i can hear from the audio that credits and menu music is playing but all im seeing is a black square in the corner of my screen. Its probably windows 8s fault somehow but any help would be great?
same here. Black Screen and Audio in a small black box. :(
Maybe its an Graphic-Driver-Problem? Got NVidia 9650GT -> Driver 341.44
Post edited May 10, 2015 by spielmatz418
Posted May 10, 2015
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colloseum111: whenever i try to start the game i can hear from the audio that credits and menu music is playing but all im seeing is a black square in the corner of my screen. Its probably windows 8s fault somehow but any help would be great?
Have you tried running the game with various compatibility settings? How are you running the executable?
Post edited May 10, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted May 11, 2015
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colloseum111: whenever i try to start the game i can hear from the audio that credits and menu music is playing but all im seeing is a black square in the corner of my screen. Its probably windows 8s fault somehow but any help would be great?
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JudasIscariot: Have you tried running the game with various compatibility settings? How are you running the executable?
I have tried all compatiblity settings. All the same. Black Box with Audio. :(
Posted May 11, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Have you tried running the game with various compatibility settings? How are you running the executable?
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spielmatz418: I have tried all compatiblity settings. All the same. Black Box with Audio. :(
Please send us a Support ticket for the game by going here:

http://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/star_trek_starfleet_academy

Select "graphical/visual issues" or what best describes the problem you are having with the game and please make sure to include a DxDiag with your email :)

Sorry I can't help you but if we get all the necessary info about your system I am sure we'll find a solution one way or another :)
Posted May 14, 2015
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spielmatz418: I have tried all compatiblity settings. All the same. Black Box with Audio. :(
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JudasIscariot: Please send us a Support ticket for the game by going here:

http://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/star_trek_starfleet_academy

Select "graphical/visual issues" or what best describes the problem you are having with the game and please make sure to include a DxDiag with your email :)

Sorry I can't help you but if we get all the necessary info about your system I am sure we'll find a solution one way or another :)
Hallo JudasIscariot and Thanks for the Support.

i have tried everything from the support-mail. With no effect.
Now, I have found a proper solution. I deleted the ddraw.dll in the Game-Folder. And now the Game works fine! BUT NOT the sfad3d.exe. When i start this all stars are dancing arround. Like shown in sfa3d.png.
But the sfa.exe works fine. No Problems. :) (sfa.png)

I also tried some ddraw.dlls from this site. http://jiridvorak.webpark.cz/ka/ but its the same. (Black Box upper left with Audio), but it seems, the ddraw.dll isnt nessesary for runnig the game. that works for me. :)

So, i have to dismissed. :D First Mission at the Academy is waiting! :D
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Post edited May 14, 2015 by spielmatz418
Posted December 30, 2015
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spielmatz418: Hallo JudasIscariot and Thanks for the Support.

i have tried everything from the support-mail. With no effect.
Now, I have found a proper solution. I deleted the ddraw.dll in the Game-Folder. And now the Game works fine! BUT NOT the sfad3d.exe. When i start this all stars are dancing arround. Like shown in sfa3d.png.
But the sfa.exe works fine. No Problems. :) (sfa.png)

I also tried some ddraw.dlls from this site. http://jiridvorak.webpark.cz/ka/ but its the same. (Black Box upper left with Audio), but it seems, the ddraw.dll isnt nessesary for runnig the game. that works for me. :)

So, i have to dismissed. :D First Mission at the Academy is waiting! :D
Thanks for the help! I renamed the ddraw.dll and now the game will run!
Posted November 03, 2016
I'm encountering the same problem as OP, but the solution described isn't working for me...
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