Anno 1404 and GTS250

[aamir9110]

Hi, Every one. After a long time trolling on this forum I have a problem of my own to report.
I installed Anno 1404 on my PC yesterday, but all I got was a slide show, that includes the introductory video. I checked the processes, looks like the game is using the CPU to render the graphics , the GTS250 has a 0% utilization!
My Direct X installation is error free ( dxdiag/ sissandra)

PC configuration
Intel 860 @ 3.5Ghz
Gskill 1600 4Gb DDr3 8-8-8-24 1t ( memtest 24 hr stable)
ASUS p7p55 PRO
WD 1 tb HDD
Nvidia GTS250 @800Mhz ( furmark stable)
Samsung 22"
Dell U2311h x 3 ( not used for games)
all updates , including latest drivers installed.

computer is 100% stable in everything else, including Dirt 2!! I get decent playable frame rates in everything.

What is going on ......

 

[Maziar]

Hello and welcome to the forums
Can you test the card in another system ?

 

[Griffolion]

Looks like a software issue, try raising it with the game developers.

 

[aamir9110]

Thanks for the reply guys. I thought I could add this here.

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TLOSS error
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DOMAIN error
R6034
An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
R6033
- Attempt to use MSIL code from this assembly during native code initialization
This indicates a bug in your application. It is most likely the result of calling an MSIL-compiled (/clr) function from a native constructor or from DllMain.
R6032
- not enough space for locale information
R6031
- Attempt to initialize the CRT more than once.
This indicates a bug in your application.
R6030
- CRT not initialized
R6028
- unable to initialize heap
R6027
- not enough space for lowio initialization
R6026
- not enough space for stdio initialization
R6025
- pure virtual function call
R6024
- not enough space for _onexit/atexit table
R6019
- unable to open console device
R6018
- unexpected heap error
R6017
- unexpected multithread lock error
R6016
- not enough space for thread data

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
R6009
- not enough space for environment
R6008
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R6002
- floating point support not loaded
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

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Program: InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount kernel32.dll

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[aamir9110]

SOLVED: ( sort of)

after much trial and detailed troubleshooting. i found out the cause...
PC TOOLS free firewall is causing some kernel/driver level issues preventing most games to utilize DX10 ability on the GTS250.

I downloaded Uningine and played around with various settings, after uninstalling firewall ( and enabling windows 7 fire-wall) everything just works!


Can someone enlighten me if this is a known problem!!! and how to fix this (ie enabling any rules in the firewall or something ..

 

[aamir9110]

Best answer selected by aamir9110.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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