FTL doesnt start anymore after reinstalling windows xp

[Farang]

hello i have to had to reinstall my winxp today.
after that my faster than light on steam doesnt start anymore.
when i start it the screen is blink up a little short time and nothing happens....

before i reinstalled winxp the game runs ...

i deinstalled ftl and reinstalled it again but i cannot start it anymore....

i need help

that the message (in german) when i start it out of folder


(the program couldnt not right initalisted , press ok to end up the program) something like that seems to be the meaning

[boa13]

After you reinstalled, did you make sure you updated your graphics drivers to the latest version? What graphics card do you have by the way?

There is also a possibility that your prof.dat file (which saves your progress in the game) is corrupted. See this thread for how to find that file: http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1892

Make a copy of prof.dat, then rename it so that the game will not find it, and try running the game again.

[Farang]

Hi, i have an gforce gtx 275 and the latest driver.
well i already have delete my whole steam stuff and reinistalled steam + after that FTL but the same i click on starting the game ..the screen is blinking very shortly and nothing happens

i realdy need help... i reinstalled all again win xp and steam and the same again...
the first time i bought it over steam i could start that game ...but after reinstalling windows it wont start anymore.

i need help wanna play that game.... every other steam game runs fine

:edit
i went into steam folder D:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common the FTL folder is 157 MBbig is that correct or to small?

[boa13]

i went into steam folder D:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common the FTL folder is 157 MBbig is that correct or to small?

I cannot check right now, but it looks correct.

[UltraMantis]

The size is right, but it looks like the problem is that something is missing. Something that was lost when re-installing everything. Not FTL files, but some system file or driver.

Maybe you are missing audio drivers or directx components.

[Matthew]

Hello. Sorry about the problem and the late response to your thread.

Can you check for two things for me in your FTL installation folder?

1) A file labelled stdout.txt
2) Any files in the sub-folder "crashlogs"

And either email them to zasdarq@ftlgame.com or post their contents in this thread? If there are any crash logs, they are likely repeats of the same message so you might only need to post/send one

Hope we can get you fixed! As it's been suggested already, it's most likely a driver issue (video or sound are both good bets to double check) since it was running fine before Windows was reinstalled.