TSATG crashes to desktop...

[SlapBone]

Caesar runs fine.

from the log file:

5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: ******************** New Game *******************
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Current Directory: d:\Games\Alexander the Great
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: CodeBase: file:///D:/games/Alexander the Great/TSATG.exe
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Assembly Name: TSATG, Version=1.0.1.24315, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Assembly Name: Lib, Version=1.0.1.24313, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Graphics format: X8R8G8B8
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: DeviceIdentifier: d7b71e3e-4305-11cf-a57f-0a2000c2cb35
WhqlLevel: 0
Revision: 161
SubSystemId: 0
DeviceId: 69
VendorId: 4318
DriverVersion: 6.14.10.7189
DeviceName: \\.\DISPLAY1
Description: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
DriverName: nv4_disp.dll

5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Manager Adapter value: 0
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: Create device.

5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: HardwareVertexProcessing
5/29/2005 5:41:59 PM: MultiSampleQuality: 0
PresentationInterval: One
FullScreenRefreshRateInHz: 75
PresentFlag: None
AutoDepthStencilFormat: Unknown
EnableAutoDepthStencil: False
Windowed: False
DeviceWindowHandle: 0
DeviceWindow:
SwapEffect: Discard
MultiSample: None
BackBufferCount: 1
BackBufferFormat: X8R8G8B8
BackBufferHeight: 768
BackBufferWidth: 1024
ForceNoMultiThreadedFlag: False

5/29/2005 5:42:00 PM: Create Flags: HardwareVertexProcessing
5/29/2005 5:42:00 PM: Device Type: Hardware
5/29/2005 5:42:00 PM: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for "bc" threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentException: Font 'Arial' doesn't support style 'Regular'.
at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit)
at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style)
at bc..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at b5..ctor()
at b4.a(Control A_0, Int32 A_1, Int32 A_2, ez A_3, ea A_4)
at a3..ctor(by commandLine)
at a3.Main(String[] args)
5/29/2005 5:42:00 PM:

[Deride]

SlapBone,

The problem is due to the fact that your Arial font has been modified by another program. There is a solution listed under common problems on this forum. But, to recap, you need to delete your current Arial font and replace it with a new one. (I have also heard that you can simply delete the Arial font and reboot, Windows will fix it for you automatically.)

The procedure:

From the control panel, select Fonts. Find the "Arial" font and delete it. From the File menu, select "Install New Fonts...". Browse for the ARIAL.TTF file and install it. Re-run the game, and it should now work correctly. (Technically, we can not provide an ARIAL.TTF file for you since it is a Windows file. However, you should be able to find one on a nearby machine, off the Internet or from a Windows install disk.)

Good luck,
Deride