Frozen on Menu

[darktrek]

Hey all, I bought Dyson (I know, I know) on Steam a couple days ago and I can't get it to work.  It goes through all the loading and generating assets.  Then it seems like its ridiculously slow.  Like 10 seconds between frames.  The background eventually pops up, then the menu shows up fuzzy, then gets less fuzzy, only there's 10 seconds or so between the frames.  But there is no error.  Only when I try to close it does it say, program is not responding blah blah.  I just updated my video drivers last week and I installed the newest version of .net yesterday.  I'm not really sure what else to try!

I really played the hell out of the demo and I wanted to support you guys.  Any thoughts?

Oh specs:
Windows 7 64bit
nVidia 8800 GTS
AMD 64 X2 4200+
2GB ram
big ole HD

[Pilchard123]

I have noticed that a lot of people who have crashes have 64-bit win 7... that may be the problem, or it may be just coincedence, I don't know. Post more system specs?

'System info', or similar in one if the steam menus gives you a copy-pasteable list of information about (oddly enough) you system. Various cards, OS, and more that I can't remember right now.

[darktrek]

Well, this is a lot of info O.o
Shazam:

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  AuthenticAMD
    Speed: 2211 Mhz
    2 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Unsupported
    SSE42:  Unsupported
   
Network Information:
    Network Speed: 
   
Operating System Version:
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    NTFS:  Supported
    Crypto Provider Codes:  Supported 323 0x0 0x0 0x0
   
Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

    DirectX Driver Name:  nvd3dum.dll
    Driver Version:  8.17.12.5721
    DirectX Driver Version:  8.17.12.5721
    Driver Date: 7 June 2010
    Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
    DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x193
    Number of Monitors:  1
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
    No SLI or Crossfire Detected
    Primary Display Resolution:  1680 x 1050
    Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050
    Primary Display Size: 23.35" x 14.57"  (27.48" diag)
                                            59.3cm x 37.0cm  (69.8cm diag)
    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
    Primary VRAM: 320 MB
    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x
   
Sound card:
    Audio device: Speakers (Realtek AC'97 Audio)
   
Memory:
    RAM:  2047 Mb
   
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    Microphone:  Not set
    Media Type:  DVD
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  1110194 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  468203 Mb
    Steam Hard Disk Usage:  65600 Mb
    OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
    Game Controller: None detected
   
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    µTorrent
    7-Zip 4.65
    Adobe AIR
    Adobe Anchor Service CS4
    Adobe Anchor Service x64 CS4
    Adobe Bridge CS4
    Adobe CMaps CS4
    Adobe CMaps x64 CS4
    Adobe Color - Photoshop Specific CS4
    Adobe Color EU Extra Settings CS4
    Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
    Adobe Color NA Recommended Settings CS4
    Adobe Color Video Profiles CS CS4
    Adobe CSI CS4
    Adobe CSI CS4 x64
    Adobe Default Language CS4
    Adobe Device Central CS4
    Adobe Drive CS4
    Adobe Drive CS4 x64
    Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4
    Adobe Extension Manager CS4
    Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
    Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
    Adobe Fonts All
    Adobe Fonts All x64
    Adobe Linguistics CS4
    Adobe Linguistics CS4 x64
    Adobe Media Player
    Adobe Output Module
    Adobe PDF Library Files CS4
    Adobe PDF Library Files x64 CS4
    Adobe Photoshop CS4
    Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64 Bit)
    Adobe Photoshop CS4 Support
    Adobe Reader 9.3.3
    Adobe Search for Help
    Adobe Service Manager Extension
    Adobe Setup
    Adobe Type Support CS4
    Adobe Type Support x64 CS4
    Adobe Update Manager CS4
    Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin
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    Adobe XMP Panels CS4
    AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK
    AdobeColorCommonSetRGB
    AIM 7
    Alien Swarm
    Apple Application Support
    Apple Mobile Device Support
    Apple Software Update
    avast! Free Antivirus
    Battlefield 2142
    Battlefield Heroes
    Battlefield Heroes (PTE)
    Bioshock
    Bonjour
    Company of Heroes
    Company of Heroes - FAKEMSI
    Connect
    Darwinia
    DEFCON
    Deus Ex - HDTP
    Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
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[Alex]

Hey all, I bought Dyson (I know, I know) on Steam a couple days ago and I can't get it to work.  It goes through all the loading and generating assets.  Then it seems like its ridiculously slow.  Like 10 seconds between frames.  The background eventually pops up, then the menu shows up fuzzy, then gets less fuzzy, only there's 10 seconds or so between the frames.  But there is no error.  Only when I try to close it does it say, program is not responding blah blah.  I just updated my video drivers last week and I installed the newest version of .net yesterday.  I'm not really sure what else to try!

I really played the hell out of the demo and I wanted to support you guys.  Any thoughts?

Oh specs:
Windows 7 64bit
nVidia 8800 GTS
AMD 64 X2 4200+
2GB ram
big ole HD

That's odd - the game should work fine on 64-bit and NVidia's GL drivers should be fine... wonder what's going on there. Are other GL games (Osmos for instance has a GL mode) similarly slow? I notice you have a simple GL Space Invaders game installed - how does that run?

[darktrek]

Yeah, I saw your comment on this on the Steam forums awhile ago about OpenGL.  I downloaded and played that space invaders one without an issue, no hiccups or anything. 

I also reinstalled the game to make sure the files weren't corrupt and I started it from its native folder instead of from Steam.  Then I tried to run it as an administrator in compatibility mode just for the heck of it.  Same issues! O.o

[darktrek]

Hey!  Got it working!  Just restarted the compy and it was good to go O.o  I swear I tried it but all's well that ends well!  Thanks for all the hard work guys, looks and sounds beautiful!

[Terrial]

*sees huge list of expensive programs* heh show off lol

*sees Starcraft 2* GOD DANGIT I NEED TO GET THAT STILL

CS4 must have cost a bundle huh?

[Alex]

I got as far as making a Battle.net account yesterday and bottled out...

[darktrek]

I honestly forgot I installed Adobe until I ran this thing O.o  Needed Photoshop for like 10 min and acquired it from some friends lol.
Most of the games on the list I got cheap on Steam.  They gots some crazy deals sometimes!
And Starcraft is actually a lot more fun than I expected.  Not that it will replace my soon to be rejuvenated Dyson addiction   I just was never too good at the original SC back in the day.  But I could see myself having more fun with this one.  I just really hope they keep smoothing out the Battle.net wrinkles!

Peace!