Crashes on Startup, Just Purchased

06-29-2008, 05:47 PM

Just bought the license, and launched OOTP 9.0.27. Blue ballpark background came up, with spinning baseball in lower middle. Ball stopped spinning. I waited several more minutes and clicked on the screen, at which point the top of the window added the dreaded [Not Responding]. Had to force it to end with task manager.

Tried several times, even after restarting my system. Same result everytime. It doesn't even load the menu or anything - just sits there and then poops out (technical term

).

I'm using a PC, Windows XP, P4 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 256MG vid card, and cable modem.

Is this a hardware problem, a license problem, spy-blocker problem, or what???

Tony M · 06-30-2008, 09:56 AM

Could you try a fresh uninstall and re-install please?

You won't lose your licence doing this, and if it does ask for it again, the code will be in the email elicence sent you.

Irish Fan · 06-30-2008, 09:58 AM

sorry wrong place

bp_ · 06-30-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redsoxford

Could you try a fresh uninstall and re-install please?

Try that and also disable your anti-virus and any other programs that could be eating up system resources. Start it and let it sit for a while even if it looks stuck. OOTP will do that some times and it actually is still working. This should only be a problem this one time as the game is copying over some facegen files that it needs upon initial installation.

Tony M · 07-05-2008, 06:35 AM

As there has been no update to this thread for several days, and the OP hasn't posted back to say that the problem is still ongoing, this thread will be closed. If the problem is still persisting, let us know and we'll reopen this thread.

06-29-2008, 05:47 PM	#1
mathphysto Guest Posts: n/a	Crashes on Startup, Just Purchased Just bought the license, and launched OOTP 9.0.27. Blue ballpark background came up, with spinning baseball in lower middle. Ball stopped spinning. I waited several more minutes and clicked on the screen, at which point the top of the window added the dreaded [Not Responding]. Had to force it to end with task manager. Tried several times, even after restarting my system. Same result everytime. It doesn't even load the menu or anything - just sits there and then poops out (technical term ). I'm using a PC, Windows XP, P4 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 256MG vid card, and cable modem. Is this a hardware problem, a license problem, spy-blocker problem, or what???

06-30-2008, 09:56 AM	#2
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,156	Could you try a fresh uninstall and re-install please? You won't lose your licence doing this, and if it does ask for it again, the code will be in the email elicence sent you. __________________ This signature is intentionally blank

06-30-2008, 09:58 AM	#3
Irish Fan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 96	Unpatched original version sorry wrong place __________________ Irish Fan

07-05-2008, 06:35 AM	#5
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,156	As there has been no update to this thread for several days, and the OP hasn't posted back to say that the problem is still ongoing, this thread will be closed. If the problem is still persisting, let us know and we'll reopen this thread. __________________ This signature is intentionally blank