Posted October 06, 2013
Hi,
I have a rather unusual problem. It's not THAT unusual, since I found people reporting this very problem on other forums as well.
Whenever I start the game in DX9 mode (DX10 does not work at all, mind you), the first thing it tries to do is play the BFG logo video - the one from the \data_common\BFG Logo 1080p.wmv file. This is when things get ugly. The screen goes blank for far longer than I'm comfortable with, the video stutters, and basically I have 1:10 chance of the whole computer crashing. It's quite an achievement by the way - not many applications are currently able to crash Win7 so hard that entire machine reboots.
So I'm guessing the problem lies with the splash video playback. The rest of the game runs flawlessly on highest resolution and details. And the video itself plays nicely with every player/codec pack I have installed.
I tried removing the file altogether - no go, the game would not start.
I tried re-encoding the video with the same codec - no go, the game would not start.
So my question is: can you actually disable the splash video? Other games sometimes provide such option, but I wouldn't say no to a registry hack if need be.
I have a rather unusual problem. It's not THAT unusual, since I found people reporting this very problem on other forums as well.
Whenever I start the game in DX9 mode (DX10 does not work at all, mind you), the first thing it tries to do is play the BFG logo video - the one from the \data_common\BFG Logo 1080p.wmv file. This is when things get ugly. The screen goes blank for far longer than I'm comfortable with, the video stutters, and basically I have 1:10 chance of the whole computer crashing. It's quite an achievement by the way - not many applications are currently able to crash Win7 so hard that entire machine reboots.
So I'm guessing the problem lies with the splash video playback. The rest of the game runs flawlessly on highest resolution and details. And the video itself plays nicely with every player/codec pack I have installed.
I tried removing the file altogether - no go, the game would not start.
I tried re-encoding the video with the same codec - no go, the game would not start.
So my question is: can you actually disable the splash video? Other games sometimes provide such option, but I wouldn't say no to a registry hack if need be.
