Can't start game

[Nikolaj]

I bought this game earlier today, but I'm getting an error every time I try to run it. The error happens either during or right after it says "Loading Nato GFX." It's a windows popup, but since I'm using a Danish version of windows, I can't give you the exact wording. The message ends with a weird sentence that says something along the lines of "the font "Arial" does not support the format "Regular," whatever that means.

I get the choice to either ignore the error or cancel, but ignoring just leads to the loading window saying "Finishing Up," then hanging. There's a log, too, which I have copied below, in case that helps.

This is with the 1.01b patch, btw, but I tried reinstalling, and the 1.00b gives the same result.

System.ArgumentException: Skrifttypen 'Arial' understøtter ikke formatet 'Regular'.
ved System.Drawing.Font.CreateNativeFont()
ved System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
ved System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
ved System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit)
ved WindowsApplication1.CustomBitmapClass..ctor(GameClass tgame)
ved WindowsApplication1.GameClass..ctor(Form1 tformref)
ved WindowsApplication1.Form1.FinishUp()
ved WindowsApplication1.Form1.Startup()
ved WindowsApplication1.Form1.Timer1_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Indlæste assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5456 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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WindowsApplication1
Assemblyversion: 1.0.4579.42293
Win32-version: 1.0.4579.42293
CodeBase: file:///C:/Matrix%20Games/Decisive%20Campaigns%20Case%20Blue/CaseBlue.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5460 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5456 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5462 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assemblyversion: 8.0.0.0
Win32-version: 8.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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mscorlib.resources
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5456 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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System.Drawing.resources
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing.resources/2.0.0.0_da_b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.resources.dll
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System.Windows.Forms.resources
Assemblyversion: 2.0.0.0
Win32-version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.resources/2.0.0.0_da_b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll
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[Vic]

Hi,

You somehow have a misconfigured arial file.
It should be present on all versions of Windows, but apperently a small ammount of players have lost their arial files somehow.

Basically the solution is to reinstall the Arial font on your PC.

check these links on how to re-install fonts:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 3d900abd3a

http://www.styopkin.com/articles/install_fonts.html

Let me know if this helps

since you are the 2nd person reporting this issue i'll prioritize coding in a safe-fail for missing arial systems for upcoming patch v1.02. thanks for reporting.

kind regards,
Vic

[Nikolaj]

Thanks for the reply. I tried reinstalling the arial font, but I still couldn't get it to work. But then I found this page via google, downloaded and ran the exe, and now the game works.