Game won't start.

[Sanguine Rose]

Even when I don't have it running in fullscreen mode, I can't seem to get the game to start. The icon shows up in my task bar for a moment, then promptly disapears. It also won't show up in my task manager at all. But if I click the play button again, it will tell me that the application is already running. If I click on the play button again after a few minutes, and it takes me to the start up menu. I was hoping some of the recent updates would fix my problem, but no luck. Already tried redownloading and verifying and all of that standard stuff.

[WRF Studios]

Did you try adjusting the resolution from the "Game Launcher"? Usually un-checking full screen fixes this issue however sometimes you might need to set it to a differenet resolution too.

Also... you can try running the game directly from the game directory too.

c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\bloodlust shadowhunter\binaries\win32\udk.exe

Let me know if it works.

[WRF Studios]

Please let me know if this worked for you... if not... please email and we can go over some other options http://www.lasthalfofdarkness.com/contact.htm

[burnside]

I am also experiencing a problem getting the game to start. I have tried every possible combination of window/full screen/resolution available in the settings menu, verified my game cache, reinstalled the game, restarted steam. When I attempt to run the game directly from the game directory, I get a system error stating "the program can't start because D3DCOMPILER_43.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." Any ideas?

[WRF Studios]

That missing file (D3DCOMPILER_43.dll) might be fixed by re-installing DirectX

However I haven't experience that particular error so I cannot be sure and I am not familiar with your particular system or what version of directx you currently have installed - Make sure never to download indivdiual missing dlls found on the internet and ONLY go to Microsoft's official site to re-install DirectX.

[burnside]

Thanks for the help. That worked like a charm. I love the game! Thanks for all the hard work.