Just purchased and it's not loading

[ZAN_ZEN]

I'm having some technical difficulties. I Just purchsed the game through Steam and installed it. When I pressed the play buttom it goes to a full screen black screen and looks like it trying to load but it doesn't it. It just send me back to the desktop. My computer is above all the specifications so I shouldn't have a problem. I also restarted the computer and it still didn't work. Please help. Thank you in advance for your upmost cooperation.

[Luthyr]

It's possible it is loading into a resolution that your monitor does not support:

Originally posted by luthyr:

My monitor turns black when I try to run the game.
It is possible that your monitor does not support the default resolution and the game fails to autoresize. You can manually edit the config file to put it in windowed mode or lower resolution.

Find your config file (location for each platform is in this FAQ). For instance, in Windows Vista, 7, & 8, in a Windows Explorer window (such as Documents or My Computer), enter the following path: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Octodad Dadliest Catch\

Be sure to replace USERNAME with your windows username that you tried to launch the game on. Make sure the game is not running and right-click the file OctodadConfig.xml and open with Notepad.

Find the line:
<int name="Graphics_FullscreenMode" value="1" />
And change the value to 0 so that it says:
<int name="Graphics_FullscreenMode" value="0" />
This will run the game in a window rather than fullscreen.

You may want to also lower the resolution by editing these lines to say:
<int name="ScreenWidth" value="800" />
<int name="ScreenHeight" value="600" />

[ZAN_ZEN]

Thanks so much for your fast response. I looked through the App Data and could not find Octodad Dadliest Catch\ I even went through Steam Game Properties and could not find the initial game information to change the "Graphics_FullscreenMode" etc.
Do you think I should uninstall the game and then re-install it? Thanks again in advance.

[Luthyr]

Hmm, reinstalling the game probably won't change the settings, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try.

Are you using Windows? Which version?

[ZAN_ZEN]

Hi Thanks. I did uninstall it and re-installed and it looks like it didn't install completely the first time. So I went to install it again and it worked. It was Windows 7 (64 bit). Thanks again.