The Coolsoft virtualmidisynth didn't cause the problem for me...for me with Win8.1x64 it was a simple matter of going to AdvancedSystemProperties/DataExecutionPrevention/TurnOn DEP for all programs and services except those I select/ & selecting the overseer.exe That did it...!

That, and the installation of the latest 64-bit FFDShow, of course. Fired the game right back up for me...Good luck & hope this helps!

Hi,

I am experiencing a crash with a similar error on Win 7 x64,
after the first video/dialogue, when you are supposed to be in Tex's Office.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: OVERSEER.EXE
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 35d1e799
Fault Module Name: nvd3dum.dll
Fault Module Version: 9.18.13.4788
Fault Module Timestamp: 550303a3
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00690aa8
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1031
Additional Information 1: 7645
Additional Information 2: 7645bd871b7f12f3ff8e0719930f78a0
Additional Information 3: aacd
Additional Information 4: aacd934ad0c5f1f7ff1a5c8392dcc5b3

What I have tried until now after searching the web:
- set the compatibilty mode to "Win 95" and run as admin
- configure the graphic settings to the lowest possible
(software renderer, 640x480, window size: letterbox, disable any additonal option)
- added the overseer.exe to the DEP whitelist, as described by waltc
- assigned overseer.exe to only "CPU 0"
- temporarily disabled my anti-virus program

Does anybody have some other ideas what I could try ?

I rolled back from the latest nVidia-driver 347.88 to version 332.21 (which is the oldest that officially supports my Geforce 780) and the crash is gone now.

I have to try which is the latest version that does work without the error.

I had this exact same problem: Win7x64 system, AMD video card with latest Catalyst drivers. I have it working now and this is what I did:

Added Overseer.exe to the DEP whitelist (right-click My Computer for properties > Advanced System Settings > Advanced Tab > Performance Settings button > Data Execution Prevention tab > Add Overseer.exe to the list ). I had DEP turned on for all programs and services except those I select:.

I downloaded the June2010 DirectX End User Runtimes directx_Jun2010_redist.exe from microsoft I ran it and it unarchived itself to a folder of my choosing and then I ran the DXSETUP.exe file. Then I downloaded the the DirectX Web Install package dxswebsetup.exe from microsoft and ran that too.

I downloaded and ran the latest ffdshow x64 setup from sourceforge and selected all the codecs to use libav.

Finally, in the Catalyst Control Center for my AMD card, I went to 3D application settings (Gaming tab on left menu > 3D Apllication Settings) and added (+ Add ... under the Application Settings in the window) an entry for Overseer.exe. I set it to override all the application settings and basically turned everything off that I could (Anti-Aliasing Samples = None, Filter = Standard, Anti-Aliasing method = Adaptive multisampling, Morphological Filtering = off, Anisotroic Filtering Level = 2X, Texture Filtering Quality = Standard, Surface Format Optimization = Off, Wait for Vertical Refresh = Off, OpenGL TripleBuffering = Off, Maximum Tesellation Level = Off).

That got the game running. In the game menu the audio is set to Microsoft Midi Mapper and in the video is set to the hardware renderer.

I don't know which of those steps actually did it, but now the game is running at least up to the first day in Tex's office following the FMV, and the office textures look right and the object interactions works.

Yay. Hope that helps you.