I get a similar problem. Double click on the desktop shortcut or the game.exe file, the screen goes black (loading?), a couple of clicks from hard drive, and then nothing, stays like it indefinitely. Log file is below and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me.

Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Log file created
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Build: "Airat" on Mon Sep 19 15:01:56 2005
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Reading 'config.ini'
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Initializing shell
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '3' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scenes"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '0' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\actors"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '1' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\geometries"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '2' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\textures"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '4' from "FS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\sounds"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '5' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\fonts"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '6' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\strings"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '7' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scripts"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '8' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\world"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '9' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\ui"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '102' from "VFS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\video"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '100' from "FS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: FS: Mounting file system '101' from "FS.dll" "E:\Program Files\Games\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../saves"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: EyeCandy: enabled
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Loading "main.dat"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Loading additional strings
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Creating window
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Initializing "LifeStudio: HEAD"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: "LifeStudio: HEAD" initialized successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Initializing streamer
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: SCFG: Sample Rate: 22050
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: SCFG: Units in Meter: 100
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: SCFG: Stream buffer size: 131072
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Creating sound system from 'sound.dll'
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Sound system was created successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Initializing video system
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Video system initialized successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: XRes: 1024
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: YRes: 768
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Refresh Rate: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: 32-bit: 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Antialiasing: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Texture Anisotropy: 15
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Lightmap Quality: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Low Quality Textures: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: Fullscreen: 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: VSync: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: FrameSync: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: NoBumpmapping: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: NoPureDevice: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: RCFG: WaterReflections: 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:32 2006: Init: Creating renderer from 'D3D.dll'
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: DirectX 9.0c is installed
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: Driver: nv4_disp.dll (6.14.10.14) [NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT]
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: VendorID: 4318
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: DeviceID: 241
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: Chip: GeForce 6600 GT
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: SubSysID: 555292290
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: Revision: 162
Tue Aug 29 12:11:34 2006: Renderer: WHQL: 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Total video memory: 128.0 MB
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Creating device
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Trying HW/Pure
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Can't create device, error: 0x8876086a (D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE), description: "Not available"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: All caps are ok
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Device created
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Vertex shaders are supported
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Detailed object's draw distance: 4000
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Compressed textures enabled
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Dynamic textures are supported
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: FFP range-based fog enabled
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Pixel shaders are supported
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Setting texture filters
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: MAG Filter: linear
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: MIN Filter: anisotropic
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: MIP Filter: linear
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Texture filters are set
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Shadows textures created
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Creating reflection textures
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Reflection texture format: X1R5G5B5
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Reflection textures created
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Creating shaders
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Shaders created
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: INFO: Frame synchronization disabled
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Renderer: Setting device initial state
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Init: Renderer was created successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Runtime script compilation disabled
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Engine started
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: CPU extension: MMX
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: CPU extension: SSE
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Windows version: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Build 2195)
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Maximum virtual address: 7FFEFFFF
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Number of processors: 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Total physical memory: 1073192960
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Available physical memory: 657690624
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Total virtual memory: 2147352576
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Available virtual memory: 2065035264
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Creating actor factories
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Init: Creating user interface from 'UI.dll'
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Init: User interface was created successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Error adding source filter
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: [UI Manager]: Error: Can't load video image "logo_buka.wmv"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: Error "Can't load video :logo_buka.wmv" in function "LoadVideo@1" (script: ui_game.bin)
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: exec "init.cfg"
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind a left
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind left left
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind d right
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind right right
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind w forward
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind up forward
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind s back
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind down back
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind e use
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind space jump
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind f12 screenshot
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind f flashlight
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind v visir
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind lbutton shoot
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind rbutton altshoot
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind tab holster
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind i inventory
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind m map
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind p stats
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind q diary
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind l message
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind r reload
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind t rescue
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind escape gamemenu
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind lshift sneak
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind rctrl sneak
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bind x handcombat
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f5 qsave
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f8 qload
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: rd_wire off
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: rd_shadows on
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: rd_gamma 1.325
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: rd_stat 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: sshot_gamma 0
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: gt_speed 2
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: m_sensivity 1
Tue Aug 29 12:11:35 2006: Engine: Console: m_invert off
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Engine: Engine stopped
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Releasing renderer
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Stopping loading stream
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Loading stream stopped
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Freeing caches
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Caches should be empty now
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Renderer: Renderer successfully released
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Releasing sound system
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Sound system was released
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Init: Releasing video system
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Init: Video system released successfully
Tue Aug 29 12:11:46 2006: Log file closed

Raikoh - You are definitely experiencing problem with video output - try downloading and reinstalling WMV codecs from the official Microsoft site.

Hmm, suffering much the same problem as Raikoh here, but having tried reinstalling the codecs, changing my video drivers (thought perhaps a problem caused by using the Omega drivers for my Radeon - no such luck), disabling the sound, even tried OpenAL, and used compatibility mode, none of which have worked. I still end up with the black screen of, well, nothingness.

The logfile looks like this:

Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: Log file created
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: Build: "Airat" on Mon Sep 19 15:01:56 2005
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: Init: Reading 'config.ini'
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: Init: Initializing shell
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '3' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scenes"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '0' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\actors"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '1' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\geometries"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '2' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\textures"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '4' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\sounds"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '5' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\fonts"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '6' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\strings"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '7' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scripts"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '8' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\world"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '9' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\ui"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '102' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\video"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '100' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: FS: Mounting file system '101' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../saves"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: EyeCandy: disabled
Sat Sep 02 15:53:58 2006: Init: Loading "main.dat"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Loading additional strings
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Creating window
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Initializing "LifeStudio: HEAD"
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: "LifeStudio: HEAD" initialized successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Initializing streamer
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: SCFG: Sample Rate: 44100
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: SCFG: Units in Meter: 100
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: SCFG: Stream buffer size: 131072
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Sound disabled
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Creating sound system from 'nosound.dll'
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Sound system was created successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Initializing video system
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Video system initialized successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: XRes: 1024
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: YRes: 768
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Refresh Rate: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: 32-bit: 1
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Antialiasing: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Texture Anisotropy: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Lightmap Quality: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Low Quality Textures: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: Fullscreen: 1
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: VSync: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: FrameSync: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: NoBumpmapping: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: NoPureDevice: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: RCFG: WaterReflections: 1
Sat Sep 02 15:53:59 2006: Init: Creating renderer from 'D3D.dll'
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: DirectX 9.0c is installed
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: Driver: ati2dvag.dll (6.14.10.14) [ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600]
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: VendorID: 4098
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: DeviceID: 12624
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: SubSysID: 8392741
Sat Sep 02 15:54:00 2006: Renderer: WHQL: 0
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Total video memory: 64.0 MB
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Creating device
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Trying HW/Pure
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 0
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Can't create device, error: 0x8876086a (D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE), description: "Not available"
Sat Sep 02 15:54:02 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 1
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: All caps are ok
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Device created
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Warning: D3DFVFCAPS_DONOTSTRIPELEMENTS not specified
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Vertex shaders are supported
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Detailed object's draw distance: 4000
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Compressed textures enabled
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Dynamic textures are supported
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: FFP range-based fog enabled
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Pixel shaders are supported
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Setting texture filters
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: MAG Filter: linear
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: MIN Filter: linear
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: MIP Filter: linear
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Texture filters are set
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Shadows textures created
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Creating reflection textures
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Reflection texture format: X1R5G5B5
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Reflection textures created
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Creating shaders
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Shaders created
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: INFO: Frame synchronization disabled
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Renderer: Setting device initial state
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Init: Renderer was created successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Runtime script compilation disabled
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Engine started
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: CPU extension: MMX
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: CPU extension: SSE
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Windows version: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Maximum virtual address: 7FFEFFFF
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Number of processors: 1
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Total physical memory: 534937600
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Available physical memory: 157896704
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Total virtual memory: 2147352576
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Available virtual memory: 2008494080
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Creating actor factories
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Init: Creating user interface from 'UI.dll'
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Init: User interface was created successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Error adding source filter
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: [UI Manager]: Error: Can't load video image "logo_buka.wmv"
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: Error "Can't load video :logo_buka.wmv" in function "LoadVideo@1" (script: ui_game.bin)
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: exec "init.cfg"
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind a left
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind left left
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind d right
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind right right
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind w forward
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind up forward
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind s back
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind down back
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind e use
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind space jump
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind f12 screenshot
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind f flashlight
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind v visir
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind lbutton shoot
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind rbutton altshoot
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind tab holster
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind i inventory
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind m map
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind p stats
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind q diary
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind l message
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind r reload
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind t rescue
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind escape gamemenu
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind lshift sneak
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind rctrl sneak
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bind x handcombat
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f5 qsave
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f8 qload
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: rd_wire off
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: rd_shadows on
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: rd_gamma 1.325
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: rd_stat 0
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: sshot_gamma 0
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: gt_speed 2
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: m_sensivity 1
Sat Sep 02 15:54:03 2006: Engine: Console: m_invert off
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Engine: Engine stopped
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Releasing renderer
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Stopping loading stream
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Loading stream stopped
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Freeing caches
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Caches should be empty now
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Renderer: Renderer successfully released
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Releasing sound system
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Sound system was released
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Init: Releasing video system
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Init: Video system released successfully
Sat Sep 02 15:54:17 2006: Log file closed


So, er, anything else I can try? Or will I have to resolve myself to a life without Pathologic?

You're also having problems with codecs, and I just can't put my finger on why this happens. Are you using any codec packs? If yes, they might have caused an unreinstallable conflicts. (I've had such troublr myself - had to reinstall Windows... that';s the kind of OS it is.) I'd reccomend first uninstalling all the related codecs and OpenAL, rebooting, and installing again from scratch. And check whether "logo_buka.wmv" is present on your hard drive somewhere in the game folder.

I'll give that a go, thanks for the prompt reply! (fortunately I keep my system fairly well ordered, so I should be able to get rid of all my old codecs without too much difficulty)

Ack, even after uninstalling every codec, then reinstalling the game and MS's codecs, I still get the same problem. I get the feeling that I'm not going to get to play it at all

I am having the same problem. Game crashes on start. Here is my log. Note I have all the updated drivers/codecs:

Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Log file created
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Build: "Airat" on Mon Sep 19 15:01:56 2005
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Reading 'config.ini'
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Initializing shell
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '3' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scenes"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '0' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\actors"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '1' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\geometries"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '2' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\textures"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '4' from "FS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\sounds"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '5' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\fonts"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '6' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\strings"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '7' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scripts"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '8' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\world"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '9' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\ui"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '102' from "VFS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\video"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '100' from "FS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: FS: Mounting file system '101' from "FS.dll" "C:\Program Files\Buka\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../saves"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: EyeCandy: disabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Loading "main.dat"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Loading additional strings
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Creating window
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Initializing "LifeStudio: HEAD"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: "LifeStudio: HEAD" initialized successfully
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Initializing streamer
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: SCFG: Sample Rate: 44100
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: SCFG: Units in Meter: 100
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: SCFG: Stream buffer size: 131072
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Sound disabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Creating sound system from 'nosound.dll'
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Sound system was created successfully
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Initializing video system
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Video system initialized successfully
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: XRes: 800
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: YRes: 600
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Refresh Rate: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: 32-bit: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Antialiasing: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Texture Anisotropy: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Lightmap Quality: 2
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Low Quality Textures: 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: Fullscreen: 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: VSync: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: FrameSync: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: NoBumpmapping: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: NoPureDevice: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: RCFG: WaterReflections: 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:29 2006: Init: Creating renderer from 'D3D.dll'
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: DirectX 9.0c is installed
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: Driver: nv4_disp.dll (6.14.10.14) [NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT]
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: VendorID: 4318
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: DeviceID: 195
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: SubSysID: 561452674
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: Revision: 162
Sat Sep 09 20:55:31 2006: Renderer: WHQL: 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Total video memory: 256.0 MB
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Creating device
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Trying HW/Pure
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Can't create device, error: 0x8876086a (D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE), description: "Not available"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: All caps are ok
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Device created
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Vertex shaders are supported
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Detailed object's draw distance: 4000
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Compressed textures enabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Dynamic textures are supported
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: FFP range-based fog enabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Pixel shaders are supported
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Setting texture filters
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: MAG Filter: linear
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: MIN Filter: linear
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: MIP Filter: linear
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Texture filters are set
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Shadows textures created
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Creating reflection textures
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Reflection texture format: X1R5G5B5
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Reflection textures created
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Creating shaders
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Shaders created
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: INFO: Frame synchronization disabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Renderer: Setting device initial state
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Init: Renderer was created successfully
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Runtime script compilation disabled
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Engine started
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: CPU extension: MMX
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: CPU extension: SSE
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Windows version: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Build 2195)
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Maximum virtual address: 7FFEFFFF
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Number of processors: 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Total physical memory: 1073201152
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Available physical memory: 740454400
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Total virtual memory: 2147352576
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Available virtual memory: 2076348416
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Engine: Creating actor factories
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Init: Creating user interface from 'UI.dll'
Sat Sep 09 20:55:32 2006: Init: User interface was created successfully
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: exec "init.cfg"
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind a left
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind left left
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind d right
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind right right
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind w forward
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind up forward
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind s back
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind down back
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind e use
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind space jump
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind f12 screenshot
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind f flashlight
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind v visir
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind lbutton shoot
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind rbutton altshoot
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind tab holster
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind i inventory
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind m map
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind p stats
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind q diary
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind l message
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind r reload
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind t rescue
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind escape gamemenu
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind lshift sneak
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind rctrl sneak
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bind x handcombat
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f5 qsave
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: bindcmd f8 qload
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: rd_wire off
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: rd_shadows on
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: rd_gamma 1.325
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: rd_stat 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: sshot_gamma 0
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: gt_speed 2
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: m_sensivity 1
Sat Sep 09 20:55:33 2006: Engine: Console: m_invert off


Any help would be much appreciated..

Ditto!

Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Log file created
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Build: "Airat" on Mon Sep 19 15:01:56 2005
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Reading 'config.ini'
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Initializing shell
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '3' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scenes"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '0' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\actors"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '1' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\geometries"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '2' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\textures"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '4' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\sounds"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '5' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\fonts"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '6' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\strings"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '7' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\scripts"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '8' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\world"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '9' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\ui"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '102' from "VFS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data\video"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '100' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../data"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: FS: Mounting file system '101' from "FS.dll" "D:\Pathologic\bin\Final\../../saves"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: EyeCandy: disabled
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Loading "main.dat"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Loading additional strings
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Creating window
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Initializing "LifeStudio: HEAD"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: "LifeStudio: HEAD" initialized successfully
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Initializing streamer
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: SCFG: Sample Rate: 22050
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: SCFG: Units in Meter: 100
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: SCFG: Stream buffer size: 131072
Fri Sep 29 20:17:12 2006: Init: Creating sound system from 'sound.dll'
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: Sound system was created successfully
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: Initializing video system
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: Video system initialized successfully
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: XRes: 800
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: YRes: 600
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Refresh Rate: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: 32-bit: 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Antialiasing: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Texture Anisotropy: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Lightmap Quality: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Low Quality Textures: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: Fullscreen: 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: VSync: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: FrameSync: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: NoBumpmapping: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: NoPureDevice: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: RCFG: WaterReflections: 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Init: Creating renderer from 'D3D.dll'
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: DirectX 9.0c is installed
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Driver: ati2dvag.dll (6.14.10.14) [RADEON 9200 SERIES]
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: VendorID: 4098
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: DeviceID: 22884
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Chip: RADEON 9200
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: SubSysID: 538056623
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Revision: 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: WHQL: 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Total video memory: 128.0 MB
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Creating device
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Trying HW/Pure
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 0
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Can't create device, error: 0x8876086a (D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE), description: "Not available"
Fri Sep 29 20:17:13 2006: Renderer: Trying depth format 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: All caps are ok
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Device created
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Warning: D3DFVFCAPS_DONOTSTRIPELEMENTS not specified
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Vertex shaders are supported
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Detailed object's draw distance: 3000
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Compressed textures enabled
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Dynamic textures are supported
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: FFP range-based fog enabled
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Pixel shaders are supported
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Setting texture filters
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: MAG Filter: linear
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: MIN Filter: linear
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: MIP Filter: linear
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Texture filters are set
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Shadows textures created
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Creating reflection textures
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Reflection texture format: X1R5G5B5
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Reflection textures created
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Creating shaders
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Shaders created
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: INFO: Frame synchronization disabled
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Renderer: Setting device initial state
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Init: Renderer was created successfully
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Runtime script compilation disabled
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Engine started
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: CPU extension: MMX
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: CPU extension: SSE
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Windows version: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Build 2195)
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Maximum virtual address: 7FFEFFFF
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Number of processors: 1
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Total physical memory: 536379392
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Available physical memory: 168095744
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Total virtual memory: 2147352576
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Available virtual memory: 1928380416
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Engine: Creating actor factories
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Init: Creating user interface from 'UI.dll'
Fri Sep 29 20:17:14 2006: Init: User interface was created successfully
Fri Sep 29 20:17:15 2006: Renderer: Can't create RAW texture with dimensions 4294967295 x 4294967295 (D3DERR_INVALIDCALL)
Fri Sep 29 20:17:15 2006: Renderer: Can't lock texture 4294967295 (out of bounds)

Much appreciated for any help!

2Cinders: Your problem is solved by installing Windows Media Video 10 from the Microsoft website.

Now that would be the Codec or simply download Windows Media Player 10?

As far as i know either way should work, but you might aswell get Windows Media Player 10, at least then you're up to date.

Just as he said - either works, but installing with the player is better. )

I had the same problem and have just solved it.

I have the ffdshow codec pack installed. When I found out that the problem might be in some codec conflict I just tried disabling WMV1/7 and WMV2/8 codecs from the 'codecs' page of the 'ffdshow video configuration utility' . And it worked out just fine! the game now starts without a problem.

Great, thanks for the solution! ) And Happy New Year! )))

Having the same issue as most of the people here.

Have tried disabling sound.

Have tried running with compatibility windows 2000 and disableing visual themes.

Have installed WMV9 codec, and have updated windows media player 11.

I have OpenAL installed.

There are so many codecs installed into my media player i dont even know where to begin -_- Is there a work around at all??

Here is a list of my codecs from WMP: HELP: ABOUT WMP: Technical Support Information (troubleshoot told me how to find a list of codecs currently installed)
I have just reinstalled it from the setup.

wmp.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpband.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpcore.dll 9.0.0.3250
wmplayer.exe 11.0.5721.5145 mpvis.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpui.dll 9.0.0.3250
wmploc.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpdxm.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpcd.dll 9.0.0.3250
wmpps.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpasf.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmvcore.dll 11.0.5721.5145
wmpeffects.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpshell.dll 11.0.5721.5145
wmlaunch.exe 11.0.5721.5145 migrate.exe 9.0.0.3250
Other Binaries
Name Version Name Version Name Version
psapi.dll 5.1.2600.2180 mlang.dll 6.0.2900.2180 WININET.dll 6.0.2900.3121
drmv2clt.dll 11.0.5721.5145 MsPMSP.dll 11.0.5721.5145 SXS.DLL 5.1.2600.3019
msnetobj.dll 11.0.5721.5145 netapi32.dll 5.1.2600.2976 jscript.dll 5.6.0.8831
msxml3.dll 8.70.1113.0 MSWMDM.dll 11.0.5721.5145 COMRes.dll 2001.12.4414.258
wmpnssci.dll 11.0.5721.5145 USERENV.dll 5.1.2600.2180 CLBCATQ.DLL 2001.12.4414.308
WMDMPS.dll 11.0.5721.5145 mcicda.dll 5.1.2600.0 gdiplus.dll 5.1.3102.2180
mdnsNSP.dll 1.0.4.12 midimap.dll 5.1.2600.2180 xpsp2res.dll 5.1.2600.2180
wshbth.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MSACM32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 dbghelp.dll 5.1.2600.2180
winrnr.dll 5.1.2600.2180 msacm32.drv 5.1.2600.0 SHELL32.dll 6.0.2900.3051
DNSAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2938 wdmaud.drv 5.1.2600.2180 WINMM.dll 5.1.2600.2180
rasadhlp.dll 5.1.2600.2938 IMAGEHLP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MSVFW32.dll 5.1.2600.2180
wshtcpip.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WINTRUST.dll 5.131.2600.2180 VERSION.dll 5.1.2600.2180
hnetcfg.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WS2HELP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 OLEAUT32.dll 5.1.2600.2180
mswsock.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WS2_32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SHLWAPI.dll 6.0.2900.3121
wsock32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MFPlat.DLL 11.0.5721.5145 COMCTL32.dll 6.0.2900.2982
sensapi.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SAMLIB.dll 5.1.2600.2180 ole32.dll 5.1.2600.2726
rtutils.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WLDAP32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 msvcrt.dll 7.0.2600.2180
TAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 NTMARTA.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 uxtheme.dll 6.0.2900.2180
rasman.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SETUPAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2180 GDI32.dll 5.1.2600.3099
RASAPI32.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 MSIMG32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 USER32.dll 5.1.2600.3099
cewmdm.dll 11.0.5721.5145 urlmon.dll 6.0.2900.3121 RPCRT4.dll 5.1.2600.2180
iphlpapi.dll 5.1.2600.2912 WMASF.DLL 11.0.5721.5145 ADVAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180
SSDPAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2180 Secur32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 kernel32.dll 5.1.2600.3119
WINHTTP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MSASN1.dll 5.1.2600.2180 ntdll.dll 5.1.2600.2180
upnphost.dll 5.1.2600.3077 CRYPT32.dll 5.131.2600.2180
Audio Codecs
Type Name Format Binary Version
ACM Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC 0011 imaadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180
ACM Microsoft ADPCM CODEC 0002 msadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180
ACM Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC 0007 msg711.acm 5.1.2600.0
ACM Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC 0031 msgsm32.acm 5.1.2600.0
ACM DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC 0022 tssoft32.acm 1.1.1.5
ACM Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC 0042 msg723.acm 4.4.0.3400
ACM Windows Media Audio 0161 msaud32.acm 8.0.0.4487
ACM Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec 0130 sl_anet.acm 3.2.0.0
ACM Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced) 0055 l3codeca.acm 1.9.0.305
ACM Messenger Audio Codec 028E sirenacm.dll 8.1.178.0
ACM LAME MP3 Codec v0.9.0 - 3.93 (stable) 0001 LameACM.acm 0.0.9.0
ACM Microsoft PCM Converter 0001 LameACM.acm 0.0.9.0
DMO WMAudio Decoder DMO 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163 wmadmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO 0162 wmadmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO WMA Voice Decoder DMO 000A, 000B wmspdmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145
Video Codecs
Type Name Format Binary Version
ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12
ICM Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50 I420 msh263.drv 5.1.2600.2180
ICM Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2 IV32 ir32_32.dll 3.24.15.3
ICM Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 IV41 ir41_32.ax 4.51.16.3
ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 5.1.2600.2180
ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 5.1.2600.2180
ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 5.1.2600.0
ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 5.3.2600.2180
ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 5.1.2600.0
ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 5.3.2600.2180
ICM Microsoft H.263 Video Codec M263 msh263.drv 5.1.2600.2180
ICM Microsoft H.261 Video Codec M261 msh261.drv 5.1.2600.2180
ICM DivX® 6.7 Codec (1 Logical CPU) divx DivX.dll 6.7.0.28
ICM DivX® 6.7 YV12 Decoder yv12 DivX.dll 6.7.0.28
ICM Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 WMV3 wmv9vcm.dll 9.0.1.369
ICM Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1 MPG4 mpg4c32.dll 4.1.0.3920
ICM Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 MP42 mpg4c32.dll 4.1.0.3920
DMO WMVideo 8 Decoder DMO WMV2 wmv8dmod.dll 8.0.0.371
DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 MP4SDECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 WMVSDECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVA, WVC1, WMVR, WMVP, WVP2 WMVDECOD.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 MP43DECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145
DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 MPG4DECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145
MPEG/DVD Filters
Type Name Binary Version
video Sonic Cinemaster® DS Video Decoder CinemasterVideo.DLL 2.7.6.9086
audio Sonic Cinemaster® MCE Audio Decoder CinemasterAudio.DLL 2.5.4.1414
Plug-ins
Type Name Binary Version
Background Windows Live Messenger Music Plugin psmsong.8.1.0178.00.dll 8.1.178.0
Services
Name Key Binary Version
Audible.com Audible
CinemaNow CinemaNow
eMusic emusic
f.y.e. download zone FYE_production
FaroLatino Music and Video FaroLatino11_EN
Live365 Radio Network Live365
Media Guide MediaGuide
MIXPLAY MIXPLAY_USA
Movielink MovieLink
MusicGiants HD Music Store MusicGiants
Napster Napster
PassAlong Music Store PassAlong
PayPlay.FM Music Downloads PayPlay.FM
Puretracks.com Puretracks
SongTouch SongTouch
URGE MTVN
V CAST Music VCastMusic
VidZone VidZone
Wal-Mart Music Downloads WalMart
XM Radio Online XMRadio




Here is my Shortened version of Divx

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/13/2008, 21:29:13
Machine name: ZEMMY
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 303MB used, 2156MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: The file ALCXWDM.SYS is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 2: The file blueletaudio.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800 GS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00C0&SUBSYS_033910DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6375 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/4/2007 17:14:00, 5783424 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/4/2007 17:14:00, 6854464 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4380-11CF-896B-322303C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x00C0
SubSys ID: 0x033910DE
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0059&SUBSYS_CB8410DE&REV_A2
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.6170 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 9/20/2006 15:01:12, 4019072 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 26, 25
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 26, 25
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

Description: Bluetooth AV/HS Audio
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: {F12D3CF8-B11D-457e-8641-BE2AF2D6D204}\BLUELETAUDIO
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: blueletaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.1106 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 2/1/2005 18:00:24, 20096 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: IVT Corporation
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xB5B
Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 48000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.6170 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 9/20/2006 15:01:12, 4019072 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0xFFF

Description: Bluetooth AV/HS Audio
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: blueletaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.1106 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 2/1/2005 18:00:24, 20096 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0xCCC

Good luck making this work Realtek is a pain in the ass.

Going to try the foo output oal method, and then try run the game through Runfirst, but i dont think i have dual processor?

OK this solved it:

No-Name писал(а):
ONLY if OpenAL and DirectX 9.0c already installed try this:
1) Download "foobar2000 OpenAL output component" http://www.bockholdt.com/fb2k/foo_output_oal.zip (101 Кб)
2) Unzip it.
3) Rename file defopenal32.dll into openal32.dll
4) Just copy this openal32.dll into game's main executable folder (where "game.exe" located, check properties of the shortcut).


GENIOUS

sounds a bit echoeish in the first auditorium though

Hey, I know I am late to the party and all... but I am having the same problem as people in this thread, and after trying all fixes I still can't get the game to start.

Details:

- I am using windows 7 32 bit on a notebook
- No log file is created
- When I set the game to run on compatibility mode as is suggested in this thread, there is actually a windows error message. It provides no further details, but says that "files that might describe the problem are: C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Local\Temp\WER251C.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Local\Temp\WER4912.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Local\Temp\WER4970.tmp.mdmp"
- Installing/uninstalling codecs does nothing

Do you guys still have that modified exe? Is there anything I can do to run it? A pacth maybe? I'm really eager to play it.

Thanks in advance for the help.

You probably have problems with the copy protection like I did. I used a no-cd crack I found for the Russian version and it works now although my version is German.