Freezes after load screen

[griezelll]

Hey,
I've been trying to search for a fix to this but no luck yet:

I just got the game on Steam and after the loading-bar fills up, the screen either freezes or starts flickering. The music and sounds from the menu still play, but the video is frozen.

I'm using Windows Vista, NVidia GeForce Go 7300 with updated drivers. I tried updating everything that I've seen mentioned in other posts, deleted openal32 and atigktcc (just for the hell of it).

Let me know if there's any other details you need,
Thanks for any info

[Brendon]

Can you please try this and see if the problem is fixed?

1. Try reinstalling the C++ redistributable: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... bf0912db84
2. Try reinstalling the .Net framework: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... b15c5e04f5

[griezelll]

Still freezing up. I reinstalled C++ but couldn't reinstall .Net. Tried that link and it told me it was already installed as part of the operating system. Found .Net 3.5 in the programs list, uninstalled that and tried the link again and I got the same message.
I'm thinking it might be time to format it all and start from scratch : )

[Brendon]

Can you please download & run this diagnostic:
http://www.blendogames.com/dev/3dtest.zip

1. Please press spacebar and post your "video info" here.
2. Press enter and see if the cube appears.
3. Try deleting the atigktxx.dll file and see if 3dtest still runs.

[griezelll]

Video Info:
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
renderer: GeForce Go 7300/PCI/SSE2
version: 2.1.0
shader version: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler

The cube appears fine both with and without atigktxx.dll

[Brendon]

1. Can you please verify the Steam game cache: right-click AZS > Properties > Local Files > Verity Integrity of Game Cache

2. Can you try running with different resolutions or fullscreen/windowed settings?
a. In the Steam library, right-click Atom Zombie Smasher
b. Select "Properties"
c. Click "Set Launch Options..."
d. Put into the box: -fullscreen 0 -width 1024 -height 600
e. Run Atom Zombie Smasher

[griezelll]

Hey, I tried a few other resolutions with those launch options, this time it opened in a window and the load screen faded to white before freezing like before.

[Brendon]

Can you please try this:
1. Go into your Atom Zombie Smasher data folder (default: C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\atomzombiesmasher\data)
2. Delete the file ATIGKTXX.dll
3. Run Atom Zombie Smasher

If that doesn't work, please try this:
1. Download http://blendogames.com/dev/atom_jul10_844a.exe
2. Move the file into your AZS folder (default: C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\atomzombiesmasher\data)
3. atom_jul10_844a.exe with the command line: -sound 0 -joystick 0 -fullscreen 1
You can do this via Windows' Start button: click Start > paste in:
C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\atomzombiesmasher\data\atom_jul10_844a.exe -sound 0 -joystick 0 -fullscreen 1

[griezelll]

Unfortunately no luck with that either.