Posted March 07, 2010
citizenx: I've encountered similar problems...game not starting properly, black screen startup, crashing etc.
changing playback=0 helped.
changing playback=0 helped.
That's good to know, at least the workaround lets people get to the game proper.
The issue may be related to scaling and aspect ratio, as Thiev pointed out, so to have the videos enabled i'm guessing you'll have to look into those at your end.