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Does the copy protection window come up at all, saying it is checking the CD? If not the problem may be with that, and you could try reinstalling the drivers.
Updating or removing StarForce drivers

What happens if you try starting the game without the play CD in an optical drive?

In Windows Explorer, if you browse to the Beyond Divinity folder and double click on the div.exe program file, does that work any better than the shortcut?
In the '..\Beyond Divinity\Static' folder, can you view the 'intro.mpg' video? Don't watch the other videos, as they contain spoilers.

If you run the configuration program can you set the resolution, run the test and save?

If you set the game resolution and your desktop resolution the same, does that help? A couple people had problems with how DirectX switched resolutions, which this would help with.

If you run dxdiag (click Start | Run, type in dxdiag and hit Enter), does it report any problems? There are a couple of tests under the Display tab.


There are more troubleshooting suggestions in the following topics.

yet another "Game simply won't start!"-thread and BattleFields N00b ?


Thank you for the reply, Raze.

I ran the dxdiag like you suggested, and it said that everything was working fine. I have DirectX 9.0C(or something like that), will that have any bearing on it? Should I try an earlier version of DirectX or would that just fubar me even more?

I was able to run the Configuration just fine(I chose the option just to the right of 1024x768) and 4xAA(which I should be able to run with the video card I have).

I was not able to see anything with regards to the copy protection at all. Immediately after clicking either the shortcut or the game in the Program list, it reboots my computer.

I will have to wait until later tonight to check to see if I can run it from the div.exe program file or to see if I can see that Intro video, as I uninstalled the computer last night. I just got finished a 12 hour shift, so I will reinstall it when I get up. I will also check those two threads out.

Thanks again for the suggestions. It is awesome to see that people are still willing to help others even though the game is 3+ years old.

Man, I really want to play this game! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />