Whenever I start this game i just get an everlasting black screen. They only way i can get the game to do anything at all is if i try to close the black window externally, which makes it ask me if i really want to quit, choosing either OK or cancel will casue the window AND mouse pointer to freeze (regardless if i'm tabbed into the game or not) untill the computer is restarted. I have tired all compatibility modes and i am running the program as administrator.

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

ATI Radeon HD 5800

EDIT: to anyone else with this problem; i managed to get the game running propperly by deleting "FPS_logo+avi", "UbiLogo+avi" and "cq_intro+mpg" from the "Conquest Frontier Wars/DATA/Movies" directory.

NOTE: replace the "+"s in the file names with "."s because the forum is stupid and cant tell file endings from links, which i am apparently not allowed to post.

Most likely, the cause of of a black screen, it is the lack of video codec used "Intel Indeo ® Video" on your computer.
Withdraw from a black screen and continue games, you can also press the key "Esc" a few times.

For me deleting Fps logo was enough. Thanks for the tip!