The game installs fine, but I can't even get it to load the startup screen. Clicking on the Startopia app causes a series of error boxes to pop up. Has anyone else had this problem?
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CWB/CFB Failed
then
Create Environment failed
then
Initialization error: Unrecognized error 0x8200000a
then
Bad Display Mode
Your card can't hack it, switching to software rasterizer. MAybe you aren't in 16 or 32 bit colour mode?
then
Bad display mode

Now THATS'S what I call an error.

Seeya!!

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Running a Q6600 with Win7 64bit
ASUS GTX 560Ti
DX11
Ugh. Dying to play this! :-)

some info from my dxdiag file-----

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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/26/2012, 04:08:25
Machine name: SWITTERS-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/04/10 14:21:32 Ver: 08.00.14
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3328MB RAM
Page File: 3670MB used, 2982MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Sound Tab 4: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1200&SUBSYS_838B1043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2385 MB
Dedicated Memory: 978 MB
Shared Memory: 1407 MB
Current Mode: 1768 x 992 (32 bit) (30Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SONY TV
Monitor Id: SNY9500
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(i) (60.053Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0013.0142 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.13.142
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/15/2012 05:48:00, 18044224 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5140-11CF-C372-81A300C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1200
SubSys ID: 0x838B1043
Revision ID: 0x00A1

My first guess would be that your card doesn't support the either the default 640X480 res or is having problems recognizing the desktop resolution ( 1768 x 992 ).

First Try changing your desktop resolution to the monitors native one and see is that works.

then try

https://www.wsgf.org/dr/startopia/en

to enable widescreen resolutions

I wonder if this is related to the Direct3D problem I'm having.

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/startopia/startopia_cannot_find_a_compatible_direct3d_device

And Quantum, I SO feel your pain. I'm want to play this again!

I have the same graphics card as the original poster, and I had similar problems.
Atfer looking around on the net, I found an old post from the developers that described a method for changing screen resolution of the game.
I right-clicked the icon for startopia icon, went to properties, and wrote "/r1280x1024x32" in the comment section, and then the game worked.

Hope it helps.

I shall try this as soon as I get home, will update. Thanks for the info! UPDATE - It won't allow me to put a / in the file name. Running Win7...going to try and find a way to run it with that command line inserted. Can't find a comment section in the properties of the application either. :-|

HOORAY! Got it working using the above mentioned command line "/r1280x1024x32"

What I did was create a shortcut to the application "startopia.exe" then added /r1280x1024x32 AFTER the "startopia.exe"

So the target file area said this - "C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\StarTopia\startopia.exe" /r1280x1024x32

Hope this helps anyone else having this problem.
Now on to find the patch to make it widescreen :-)

Having the same problem. Unfortunately the fix didn't work... I'll keep trying.

Ah, I changed it to 1920x1080 and it worked.

Thanks!