can't launch the game

[Johnny37]

Hi guys...i'm trying to play the game, but after run it on steam, the screen goes black for a second or two, and it goes back to the windows with a blank window called "telltale games" that closes after another seconds...
can anyone help me?
I tried running the game with compatibility mode and as admin but it doesn't help

[vorik]

try updating your graphics drivers. since this is an older game, this might not help also, so if newest drivers fails, go back to the previous drivers. roll back drivers until you find one that works. I'm on Feb 2019 drivers, which seems to be the current sweetspot for all my games (which have a really bad stuttering issue on the newest drivers).

right now, I'm getting a black screen right now every 2 seconds, if I put the game in full screen mode with Alt-Enter, and there are really bad aliasing issues. I can play in Window mode, but the resolution is tiny at 1024x768.

Since this game is basically dead development wise, this rollback method might be your only hope, short of building a Windows 7, Windows 8 PC.

[Johnny37]

Originally posted by vorik:

try updating your graphics drivers. since this is an older game, this might not help also, so if newest drivers fails, go back to the previous drivers. roll back drivers until you find one that works. I'm on Feb 2019 drivers, which seems to be the current sweetspot for all my games (which have a really bad stuttering issue on the newest drivers).

right now, I'm getting a black screen right now every 2 seconds, if I put the game in full screen mode with Alt-Enter, and there are really bad aliasing issues. I can play in Window mode, but the resolution is tiny at 1024x768.

Since this game is basically dead development wise, this rollback method might be your only hope, short of building a Windows 7, Windows 8 PC.

I found a way to fix the issue I was getting...but it was sort of cheating...
the problem was with the resolutuion that it was trying to launch the game...
I installed it in my older pc, and it worked great... so I copied all the files and replaced the ones in my notebook (where it wouldn't open)
from there, the game launched at fullscreen 720p and I was able to adjust other settings...
I don't know if there is a easier way that don't use 2 computers...but it worked for me...
maybe there is a way to change configuration settings from the .ini file, but I was to dumb to understand how to do this!

For your case, have you tried to remove all the effects?
Is really sad to see a game dying like this due to compatiblity issues with drivers...

[vorik]

yeah. i found the resolution settings. like an idiot i never pressed ESC, was expecting a settings option in the main menu. I still need to play it in windowed mode

[Johnny37]

Originally posted by vorik:

yeah. i found the resolution settings. like an idiot i never pressed ESC, was expecting a settings option in the main menu. I still need to play it in windowed mode

there is a program called "borderless gaming".. it sells in the steam or you can get it for free on the internet since it is open source if I'm correct..
is a really good program that transform everything in borderless windowed mode
maybe give it a try on the free version =D

[vorik]

holy waat?! thanks very much! looks like just a $3.99 version and a Donation version now. No frustration for the price of a fancy coffee? Dev needs to put that in a pill :D

[Johnny37]

Originally posted by vorik:

holy waat?! thanks very much! looks like just a $3.99 version and a Donation version now. No frustration for the price of a fancy coffee? Dev needs to put that in a pill :D

those devs really deserve it =D