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David Grogan
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2011-10-02 22:26:56 UTC
Seraph IX Basarab wrote:
Well used the CCP client and still black screen.



did you try update directx like i said in my first post?

Everytime you buy something that says "made in china" you are helping the rising unemployment in your own country unless you are from china, Buy locally produced goods and help create more jobs.
Seraph IX Basarab
Outer Path
Seraphim Division
#22 - 2011-10-04 01:19:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Seraph IX Basarab
Baneken wrote:
Easier to run repair.exe first in your EVE-installation directory and see if it works.


This sounds like the simplest and most ideal option. How exactly would I find this if i'm running it through steam?


*Directx how? I already have that installed i'm pretty sure, most games require some form of it or another IIRC.

**System specs are:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 2.83GHz
Installation Memory (RAM): 4 GB
System type 64 bit Operating System
David Grogan
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2011-10-04 02:48:58 UTC  |  Edited by: David Grogan
Seraph IX Basarab wrote:
Baneken wrote:
Easier to run repair.exe first in your EVE-installation directory and see if it works.


This sounds like the simplest and most ideal option. How exactly would I find this if i'm running it through steam?


*Directx how? I already have that installed i'm pretty sure, most games require some form of it or another IIRC.

**System specs are:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 2.83GHz
Installation Memory (RAM): 4 GB
System type 64 bit Operating System



i have had directx installations get fubarred many times by 1. crap graphics drivers 2. game update patches & 3. bad windows registry errors.

usually for me a splash n crash ( ie see eve splash screen followed by a black screen) is caused by directx screwing up.

Everytime you buy something that says "made in china" you are helping the rising unemployment in your own country unless you are from china, Buy locally produced goods and help create more jobs.
Seraph IX Basarab
Outer Path
Seraphim Division
#24 - 2011-10-04 03:36:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Seraph IX Basarab
And how exactly would you recommend for someone who is pretty computer illiterate that they solve direct x issues because it sounds exactly like what I have.

What I mean to say is how exactly do i fix my direct x?

Would direct x be the problem however if i don't have any issues running any other games?
Seraph IX Basarab
Outer Path
Seraphim Division
#25 - 2011-10-05 01:58:18 UTC
So deleted the cache, started the game...same problem.
Seraph IX Basarab
Outer Path
Seraphim Division
#26 - 2011-10-06 05:16:14 UTC
Deleted Eve off of steam and re installed...same problem.
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#27 - 2011-10-11 07:03:14 UTC
what I would suggest is uninstall every copy of eve that you have on your computer. go to where the cache is stored and delete everything. you will lose your settings, but it will clear it out. if you are really that opposed to losing the settings, don't delete it, but rather move it to a folder on your desktop or documents folder. just make sure there is no "CCP" folder under the local folder.
then go to your documents folder and look for a folder called "eve" and delete anything there (your fittings that you made with any kind of fitting manager are stored here so move this too instead of deleting if you want to save it. once these two folders are gone and there are no remaining copies of eve left on your system.
get the manual installer off of the eve website and install it from there. if this all does not work, then it is something wrong with your computer.
Astrid Stjerna
Sebiestor Tribe
#28 - 2011-10-11 15:20:53 UTC
Seraph IX Basarab wrote:
I have Eve through steam and when I start it up a black screen pops up as if the game is going to start. I get the "eve mouse" and then the screen just stays black. If I shift tab for my steam messenger and then undo it the image remains on the black background although "faded." When I ctrl alt delete it doesn't say Eve is not responding. Updated my drivers, restarted my computer, verified cache integrity and defraged the files.

Initially for the past few days my game has been crashing randomly. Yesterday I was warping to a gate and hitting the jump button when I got close, game froze, kicked me out and when I tried to restart it the above happened.


If you're using Windows Vista, you may need to set it to run in Windows XP Compatibility Mode (and possibly Run as Administrator); I had the same problem when I tried to launch in Vista.

So far, Windows 7 is clear of that particular issue.

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Schlyvokk Lafisques
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#29 - 2011-10-22 19:42:56 UTC
I'm not sure if you fixed the problem or not but i have just had it too,
I managed to fix it by going into the steam/steamapps/common/eveonline and running"Eve.exe (Safe Mode)
it then booted up and updated with a 100mb patch and now it's working fine. :)

I'm running windows 7 64bit
David Grogan
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2011-10-22 20:26:24 UTC  |  Edited by: David Grogan
Seraph IX Basarab wrote:
And how exactly would you recommend for someone who is pretty computer illiterate that they solve direct x issues because it sounds exactly like what I have.

What I mean to say is how exactly do i fix my direct x?

Would direct x be the problem however if i don't have any issues running any other games?



yes ive had eve splash n crash before even though counterstrike and battlefield ran fine.


go to Directx installer

download and run it..... reboot when it installs

then update graphics card drivers

vista comes with directx 10 natively installed but eve online uses directx 9 not 10 as vista is horrendously buggy directx gets fubbarred alot.

to avoid fubars with directx you have 2 options..... downgrade to win xp (uses directx 9 natively) or upgrade to win7 (uses directx 11 natively)

the latter is the better option.

since i ditched vista for win 7 i no longer get splash n crash

Everytime you buy something that says "made in china" you are helping the rising unemployment in your own country unless you are from china, Buy locally produced goods and help create more jobs.
Seraph IX Basarab
Outer Path
Seraphim Division
#31 - 2011-10-24 06:28:57 UTC
Didn't know people still posted in here. Thanks for the suggestions however I found the issue. Was the installer and I just ran the install repairer. It's always the simple stuff.
Cur
Back Door Burglars
#32 - 2011-10-24 06:51:21 UTC
It's a direct problem with the following:


Steams UI overlay on all games launched thru steam.


To resolve this problem, do the following


Cruise to you're steam folder

then go: Steamapps\Common\Eve Online\

Right click the eve.exe shortcut, link it to desktop. Open purely from said exe file and NEVER touch it in steam again.


Alternatly, since your'e eve folder is probably contaminated by steam and more than likely will crash/bug up when eve gets a new patch and steam doesnt support it - just go download the eve client from www.eve-online.com and use the fresh install.


Sorry for you're problems. Steam can be.... troublesome.... and no, CCP is not the only company that has issues with the UI overlay, think - early days of Dead Island, and Dungeon Defenders. Just with Eve, and other MMO games advertised on steam, because they get updates so frequently, its more likely that something in teh game will change that steam itself is sensative too - which can cause bugs.
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