Can't launch on Steam

[JSauce]

Every time I try to start the game, I get "Automation_shipping_.exe has stopped working". This happened to me yesterday and I thought maybe the update today would fix it. I am on windows 8 by the way, and I did try just running it in windowed mode with the lowest resolution.

Just to give more info,
I do see an "FMOD Error 74 bus or vca not found" like three times.
The game did launch and work for me when it first came out on steam

[zeussy]

Hi JSauce,

Can you go to My Docs\My Games\Automation

Delete the following files:

log.txt
KeeEngineLog.txt
soundLog.txt

Then Run the game again, and attach any of the log files it makes to a post. Cheers

[JSauce]

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This is what I get now

[zeussy]

Can you do a Verify Game Cache?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -QEUH-3335

[JSauce]

That fixed it.
Thanks!

[HardcoreSaxony]

I have the same problem.
I played the game at Thursday, without problems.

On Friday i want to launch the Game again, but i get the same Failure:
Automation_shipping_.exe has stopped working

I have Windows 7 (64-Bit)

Log - File

[01:51:37] Lua Version: "Lua 5.1"
[01:51:37] LuaJIT 2.0.3
[01:51:37] Starting initialization process...
[01:51:37] Game Version: 150315
[01:51:37] Loading User Settings
[01:51:37] Loading Player Settings...
[01:51:37] Player Name is: Developer
[01:51:37] No Unit Settings, Defaulting to Metric
[01:51:37] Loading Display Settings from XML
[01:51:37] --------------------------------------
[01:51:37] Display Settings:
[01:51:37] Resolution: 1920 x 1080
[01:51:37] Mode: 2
[01:51:37] SSAO: false
[01:51:37] FXAA: false
[01:51:37] Viewport Res: 0
[01:51:37] --------------------------------------
[01:51:37] Initialising Sound Manager
[01:51:37] Initialising Music Manager
[01:51:37] Start Theme
[01:51:37] Starting Kee Engine...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

KeeEngineLog

D3D ERROR: D3DERR_DEVICELOST
DESCRIPTION:
Device lost
Engine initialisation failed. Could not initialise render manager.

^^The help to Verify Game Cache and the deleting of the files don`t help.
I tried also to re-install the Game, but it doesn`t work.

[zeussy]

Can you try it in Windows, or Borderless?

I don't know why (maybe you alt-tabbed during loading), but the device context was lost. The game can't cope with losing the device, as during start up the device is needed for creating RenderTargets etc.

[HardcoreSaxony]

I try it to create a shortcut from steam to my desktop.

Now it works, if i start it over the shortcut.
Thx

But if i use the Windows - key, it end, with a failure message.
I need to click on my second screen, to minimize them.