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The Settlers seriesSettlers 2 10th anniversary - black screen and crash to desktop on startup(14 posts)(14 posts)
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Posted January 03, 2014
Okay, so I recently bought the Settlers bundle and was looking forward to trying out the 10th anniversary edition of Settlers 2.
However, after installing without problems I try and launch the game. It gives me a black screen (fullscreen) and starts playing some intro sound (though they are "stuttering" or looping, like a stuck record) and after a few seconds it crashes to the desktop.
There is no error message and there's still a small Settlers icon in the taskbar. Clicking the icon gives black screen for maybe a second, and then crashes back to desktop. The sounds stop playing a few seconds after the first crash to desktop.
I've been trying to look around but can't really find a fix.

System specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel Core i5-3450 CPU 3.10 Ghz
4 GB Ram
AMD Radeon 7700 HD
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Realtek High Definition Audio
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Posted January 12, 2014
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hasseborg: Okay, so I recently bought the Settlers bundle and was looking forward to trying out the 10th anniversary edition of Settlers 2.
However, after installing without problems I try and launch the game. It gives me a black screen (fullscreen) and starts playing some intro sound (though they are "stuttering" or looping, like a stuck record) and after a few seconds it crashes to the desktop.
There is no error message and there's still a small Settlers icon in the taskbar. Clicking the icon gives black screen for maybe a second, and then crashes back to desktop. The sounds stop playing a few seconds after the first crash to desktop.
I've been trying to look around but can't really find a fix.

System specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel Core i5-3450 CPU 3.10 Ghz
4 GB Ram
AMD Radeon 7700 HD
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Realtek High Definition Audio
This might help, it helped me with my XP SP3 launch problem:

Hi, it seems that some laptop users are experience
some problems playing settlers 2 10th anniversary.

1 - a small windows apears on the top left coner,
and the game wont start.

2 - the log file \S2\dumps\Logfile*** shows:

.\Device\GraphicDevice.cpp 2778 : Invalid call

I pass this error by running "3D Analyse".
1 - load the EXE file
2 - selected --- force SW TnL ----
3 - then press run.

The game should start ok.

There are different 3D Analyse programs available - I downloaded mine from here: http://3d-analyze.softwareandgames.com/

If it worked, I Wish you a pleasent Settlers gaming
Posted May 08, 2014
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hasseborg: Okay, so I recently bought the Settlers bundle and was looking forward to trying out the 10th anniversary edition of Settlers 2.
However, after installing without problems I try and launch the game. It gives me a black screen (fullscreen) and starts playing some intro sound (though they are "stuttering" or looping, like a stuck record) and after a few seconds it crashes to the desktop.
There is no error message and there's still a small Settlers icon in the taskbar. Clicking the icon gives black screen for maybe a second, and then crashes back to desktop. The sounds stop playing a few seconds after the first crash to desktop.
I've been trying to look around but can't really find a fix.

System specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel Core i5-3450 CPU 3.10 Ghz
4 GB Ram
AMD Radeon 7700 HD
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Realtek High Definition Audio
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wrc666: This might help, it helped me with my XP SP3 launch problem:

Hi, it seems that some laptop users are experience
some problems playing settlers 2 10th anniversary.

1 - a small windows apears on the top left coner,
and the game wont start.

2 - the log file \S2\dumps\Logfile*** shows:

.\Device\GraphicDevice.cpp 2778 : Invalid call

I pass this error by running "3D Analyse".
1 - load the EXE file
2 - selected --- force SW TnL ----
3 - then press run.

The game should start ok.

There are different 3D Analyse programs available - I downloaded mine from here: http://3d-analyze.softwareandgames.com/

If it worked, I Wish you a pleasent Settlers gaming
It worked for me too, great thanks
Posted April 16, 2015
I had the same problem - don't know about you, but my browser identified the file linked above as malware, so I asked the support team for another possibility to download the program.
Here it is:
download.chip.eu/en/3D-Analyze_85188305.html
Works like a charm, thanks gog-Team.
Posted September 04, 2015
Is there a way to fix the black screen problem without having to use that "3D Analyse" demo program? Are there any configuration files to look at?

Update:
I finally got the game to work by running the main exe file as Admin. I also used the WinXP compatibility mode.
Post edited September 06, 2015 by IronArcturus
Posted April 08, 2018
Hello,

I have the same problem on my Notebook (i7-4500U, HD4400, 8GB Ram).
Compatibility Mode / runas Admin didn't solve the issue - how can I get this to work?


Thanks!
Posted September 06, 2019
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wrc666: This might help, it helped me with my XP SP3 launch problem:

Hi, it seems that some laptop users are experience
some problems playing settlers 2 10th anniversary.

1 - a small windows apears on the top left coner,
and the game wont start.
Fucking great, now the game won't start now.

WTF, just a fucking white square on the top left and even with 3DA it doesn't work.

i know I shouldn't swear but I haven't had any reply in two weeks so obviously I'm running out of solutions I feel my pc is flawed now.
2 - the log file \S2\dumps\Logfile*** shows:

.\Device\GraphicDevice.cpp 2778 : Invalid call

I pass this error by running "3D Analyse".
1 - load the EXE file
2 - selected --- force SW TnL ----
3 - then press run.

The game should start ok.

There are different 3D Analyse programs available - I downloaded mine from here: http://3d-analyze.softwareandgames.com/

If it worked, I Wish you a pleasent Settlers gaming
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BarkerHouse: It worked for me too, great thanks
Posted September 06, 2019
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Maverick-F1: Hello,

I have the same problem on my Notebook (i7-4500U, HD4400, 8GB Ram).
Compatibility Mode / runas Admin didn't solve the issue - how can I get this to work?

Thanks!
Fucking great, now the game won't start now.

WTF, just a fucking white square on the top left and even with 3DA it doesn't work.

i know I shouldn't swear but I haven't had any reply in two weeks so obviously I'm running out of solutions I feel my pc is flawed now.


Does anyone have a solution? Thread looks dead right now
Posted September 08, 2019
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Maverick-F1: Hello,

I have the same problem on my Notebook (i7-4500U, HD4400, 8GB Ram).
Compatibility Mode / runas Admin didn't solve the issue - how can I get this to work?

Thanks!
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Grayef: Fucking great, now the game won't start now.

WTF, just a fucking white square on the top left and even with 3DA it doesn't work.

i know I shouldn't swear but I haven't had any reply in two weeks so obviously I'm running out of solutions I feel my pc is flawed now.

Does anyone have a solution? Thread looks dead right now
I had the same problem with the game now and was playing around a bit with diffrent options, I don't know if this will work for everyone, but it did just work for me.

If you go into the properties window for the game exe file, go to compatibility tab and check Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as administrator. No compatibility mode or anything else and no extra programs, just those 2 options and it just turned on normally for me.

Hope it helps.
Posted September 08, 2019
Thanks for the advice but it didn't do anything sadly...

This is seriously doing my head in and insofar among the millions of players no universal solution has been found to correct this issue.
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Grayef: Fucking great, now the game won't start now.

WTF, just a fucking white square on the top left and even with 3DA it doesn't work.

i know I shouldn't swear but I haven't had any reply in two weeks so obviously I'm running out of solutions I feel my pc is flawed now.

Does anyone have a solution? Thread looks dead right now
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arttu89: I had the same problem with the game now and was playing around a bit with diffrent options, I don't know if this will work for everyone, but it did just work for me.

If you go into the properties window for the game exe file, go to compatibility tab and check Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as administrator. No compatibility mode or anything else and no extra programs, just those 2 options and it just turned on normally for me.

Hope it helps.
Posted September 16, 2019
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Grayef: Thanks for the advice but it didn't do anything sadly...

This is seriously doing my head in and insofar among the millions of players no universal solution has been found to correct this issue.
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arttu89: I had the same problem with the game now and was playing around a bit with diffrent options, I don't know if this will work for everyone, but it did just work for me.

If you go into the properties window for the game exe file, go to compatibility tab and check Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as administrator. No compatibility mode or anything else and no extra programs, just those 2 options and it just turned on normally for me.

Hope it helps.
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Grayef:
for me it worked to enable both run as administrator and enable fullscreen optimizations.
Posted April 04, 2021
Try to modify in the properties of the shortcut:

"X: \ XXX \ The Settlers II - 10th Anniversary \ bin \ S2DNG.exe" -fullscreen

by

"X: \ XXX \ The Settlers II - 10th Anniversary \ bin \ S2DNG.exe" -windows
Posted August 31, 2021

If you go into the properties window for the game exe file, go to compatibility tab and check Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as administrator. No compatibility mode or anything else and no extra programs, just those 2 options and it just turned on normally for me.

Hope it helps.
Godlike. Thanks.
Posted October 02, 2021
For future reference for others :
If you have a Dual monitor setup, mine were 1440p 144hz and a 1080p 240hz , and the game crashed.
Disabling one monitor temporarily, not mirror but disable, enabled the game to start. Setting up resolution within the game and then enabling the 2nd monitor allowed the game to start and it was back to business as usual .

For reference this was on W10 21H1, R5 5600x / x570 chipset with a GTX 1070.
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