Runtime error

[cliometrician]

I've been playing SOWG since it came out but I've never had this problem. When I open the game there is the sound of a ding, and the screen just goes black. The error message is a runtime error.

This may or may not be related: In the last two multiplayer games I've played, when I start to download the replay, the screen goes full of different colored stripes, checkerboard patterns, etc. and the computer switches immediately to sleep mode.

Any suggestions on the Runtime Error??

[Little Powell]

Have you made any recent hardware changes to your PC? Any new virus scanner or other software that would affect your installed programs? Runtime errors can usually be a false positive from a virus scanner, although we haven't seen that issue in a long time (fixed it several patches ago). Also it's possible your game has been corrupted somehow. You can try a re-install over your current install.

[Davinci]

I'm really guessing here.....

The sound of a ding is sometimes related to the game not finding a package file.

The Black Screen will probably be related to a corrupt file, or the game not finding a specific file.

The Run-Time error - is sometimes caused by a altered LSL file, or related to a memory problem while loading the game.

The Sleep-Mode would probably be on-your-end - due to the settings of your Computer!

davinci

[cliometrician]

I have no installed any other software recently. I don't know of any way to repair corrupt or altered files. I ran my AVG Disk Doctor but still have the same result.

It appears, then, that I have to reinstall over my current install, cross my fingers, and hope for the best.

[Little Powell]

AVG software is notorious for messing with game files.

[Davinci]

This is probably not related to the problem that you are having, but I did a System Restore which set my Computer back to the state that it was in several months ago.

Once I did the System Restore, it did alter one of the files in the 10MileMap, but I fixed that with no problem.

So, you can try to do a System Restore that pre-dates the time that you were having problems, and see if that helps, other-wise you may have to do as Little Powell mentioned, a complete over-write.

davinci

[cliometrician]

The restore point did not change anything, so I'm going with a reinstall. And the AVG Disk Doctor did not contribute to the problem.

Thanks for the tips.