Cannot start the Game

[AllMassive]

Hi there,

i am unable to play this Game - starting the Game using Steam shows me that i am starting v1.2 - but then it crashes with:

Problemereignisname:	APPCRASH
  Anwendungsname:	TheBall.exe
  Anwendungsversion:	1.0.6698.0
  Anwendungszeitstempel:	4ddd1f8d
  Fehlermodulname:	KERNELBASE.dll
  Fehlermodulversion:	6.1.7601.17651
  Fehlermodulzeitstempel:	4e211319
  Ausnahmecode:	00000001
  Ausnahmeoffset:	0000b9bc
  Betriebsystemversion:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
  Gebietsschema-ID:	1031
  Zusatzinformation 1:	a60f
  Zusatzinformation 2:	a60fbedf4f8f70fc4ae565cdb9edb165
  Zusatzinformation 3:	fcf2
  Zusatzinformation 4:	fcf2fee10f7ba35b5e1fbeb66213ba18

Using Win7.x64 with ATI 12.1-Drivers. . .

[Hourences]

Can you open Launch.log and paste it here, found in Documents\My Games\The Ball\UDKGame\Logs

[AllMassive]

Log: Log file open, 02/20/12 22:54:32
Log:  ... running in INSTALLED mode
Init: Version: 6699
Init: Epic Internal: 0
Init: Compiled (32-bit): Apr 26 2011 22:35:12
Init: Changelist: 536487
Init: Command line:  -DEFENGINEINI=..\..\UDKGame\Config\DefaultEngine.ini
Init: Base directory: d:\steam\steamapps\common\the ball\Binaries\Win32\
[0000.07] Init: Computer: bla
[0000.07] Init: User: blubb
[0000.07] Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=4
[0000.07] Init: High frequency timer resolution =3.232177 MHz
[0000.07] Init: Memory total: Physical=16.0GB Pagefile=32.0GB Virtual=4.0GB
[0000.14] Log: STEAMWORKS initialized 1
[0000.14] Init: WinSock: version 1.1 (2.2), MaxSocks=32767, MaxUdp=65467
[0000.16] Init: WinSock: I am bla (192.168.0.2:0)
[0000.16] Init: Presizing for 83221 objects not considered by GC, pre-allocating 0 bytes.
[0000.17] Init: Object subsystem initialized
[0000.24] Init: OS stats:
[0000.24] Init: 	Windows 7 Service Pack 1
[0000.24] Init: 	RemoteDesktop=0
[0000.24] Init: Memory stats:
[0000.24] Init: 	Physical: 16367MB
[0000.24] Init: 	Virtual: 4095MB
[0000.24] Init: 	PageFile: 32732MB
[0000.24] Init: CPU stats:
[0000.24] Init: 	MeasuredPerformanceTime: 96.798 (stored result)
[0000.24] Init: 	Hyperthreaded: 1
[0000.24] Init: 	NumProcessorsPerCPU: 1
[0000.24] Init: 	NumLogicalProcessors: 4
[0000.24] Init: 	NumPhysicalProcessors: 8
[0000.24] Init: 	MaxSpeed: 3601
[0000.24] Init: 	CurrentSpeed: 3601
[0000.24] Init: 	CoresPerProcessor: 8
[0000.24] Init: 	IsOnBattery: 0
[0000.24] Init: 	BatteryLevel: -1
[0000.24] Init: 	Manufacturer: Intel
[0000.24] Init: 	CPUName: INTEL Pentium-III
[0000.24] Init: 	L1CacheSize: -1
[0000.24] Init: 	L2CacheSize: -1
[0000.24] Init: 	Architecture: x86
[0000.24] Init: GPU stats:
[0000.24] Init: 	VendorID: 00001002
[0000.24] Init: 	DeviceID: 00006738
[0000.24] Init: 	DriverVersion: 8.17.10.1114
[0000.24] Init: 	DeviceName: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
[0000.24] Init: 	DriverName: aticfx32.dll
[0000.24] Init: 	PixelShaderVersion: 3
[0000.24] Init: 	VertexShaderVersion: 3
[0000.24] Init: 	VRAMQuantity: 768
[0000.24] Init: 	DedicatedVRAM: 1000
[0000.24] Init: 	AdapterCount: 2
[0000.24] Init: 	SupportsHardwareTnL: 1
[0000.24] Init: 	GPU DeviceID not found in ini.
[0000.24] Init: Machine  detected compatibility level: Composite: 4. CPU: 5. GPU: 4.
[0000.24] Init: Previous detected compatibility level: Composite: 4. CPU: 5. GPU: 4.
[0003.43] Error: Objects Material TB_Interface.ProgressBar_Mat and Font TB_Interface.MediumFontArial have duplicate NetIndex 6
[0003.78] Error: Objects Material TB_Interface.M_FX_HitEffect and Font TB_Interface.LargeFontArial have duplicate NetIndex 5
[0003.81] Init: Finished loading startup packages in 3.44 seconds
[0003.81] Log: 98080 objects as part of root set at end of initial load.
[0003.81] Log: 0 out of 0 bytes used by permanent object pool.
[0003.81] Log: Initializing Engine...
[0003.83] Init: UEngine initialized
[0003.83] Log: Looking for DLC...
[0003.83] Init: XAudio2 using 'Lautsprecher (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)' : 8 channels at 48 kHz using 16 bits per sample (channel mask 0x63f)
[0003.87] Init: XAudio2Device initialized.
[0004.37] Init: Client initialized
[0005.63] Critical: appError called: Result failed 
 at d:\__installed\theball_exe\Development\Src\D3D9Drv\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:723 
 with error 80070057
[0005.63] Critical: Windows GetLastError: Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet. (0)
[0025.46] Log: === Critical error: ===
Result failed 
 at d:\__installed\theball_exe\Development\Src\D3D9Drv\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:723 
 with error 80070057

Address = 0x75e9b9bc (filename not found) [in C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll]
Address = 0x47eae1   (filename not found) [in d:\steam\steamapps\common\the ball\Binaries\Win32\TheBall.exe]
Address = 0x4b7763   (filename not found) [in d:\steam\steamapps\common\the ball\Binaries\Win32\TheBall.exe]

[Hourences]

I suspect a driver issue or so, since it dies on D3D before the game has really done something yet.

-Try different video card drivers.
-There was a DirectX installer that came bundled with the game and that popped up during installation. Make sure this one runs even if you are sure you got the latest DirectX. Some versions of DirectX add extra files.
-You could try forcing it to run in DirectX10 and although this is not super well implemented, it should run. Go to your Documents\My Games\The Ball\UDKGame\Config folder, open UDKEngine.ini in notepad, and find the line AllowD3D10=False, change it to True. We don't officially support D3D10 so no idea if it'll even work.

[AllMassive]

Well - i am using the latest std-drivers from ati - so . .. .

i'll try the dx10 thing, but it doesnt not sound nice