Crashes on Startup

I am running Vista 64 with a Radeon 4850.

I ran the game as an administrator the first time to get it to install DirectX updates. Upon trying to create a full screen window, the game crashes. "MISE.exe has stopped working." Can't do much else - the game just crashes before loading.

Is this a bug? Are there some special command line values that I can play around with to get it to work?

[waspbr]

same here, running on windows XP with a radeon HD 3850.

I got this code from the error message, tried to google for it but could not find anything.

Offset: 000b45cb

I get no error - it just quits to the desktop after the LucasArts splash (after language selection the first time).

I'm running Windows 7 RC in Boot Camp on a new 15" Macbook Pro.

EDIT: Event Viewer says this:

Faulting application name: MISE.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4a54812f
Faulting module name: MISE.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4a54812f
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0006f7e2
Faulting process id: 0xf40
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca05791f2802cf
Faulting application path: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\the secret of monkey island special edition\MISE.exe
Faulting module path: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\the secret of monkey island special edition\MISE.exe

[Kradath]

It goes into fullscreen, it goes out, I got a small white window and an error sound, no message at all, on Windows 7 RC x64

[Sensai]

I have yet to purchase the game, but was certainly planning on it. Not as eager now that it doesn't work too great on Vista 64.

If anyone fixes it or simply doesn't have problems with it, I'd love to know about it so I don't feel silly buying it.

[Kradath]

I did a check and now it is downloading again, maybe something was corrupt.

[Cerel]

I tried to launch the game directly by going to
steam\steamapps\common\the secret of monkey island special edition
and clicking mise.exe.

That didn't work, but I got an error messages "X3Daudio1_6.dll missing".

A quick search in google turned out that this file belongs to directx.

I tried to launch the directx update contained in the directory with the same name and at the end of the install I got a error.
Looking at the logs files (c:\windows\directx.log and c:\windows\DXError.log it turned out one file was corrupt.

So the problems seems to come from a corrupt directx update.

I went to www.microsoft.com searched "directx" and downloaded the webupdate.

The webupdate downloaded a small 5 mg file.

After that update, the problem is finally solved.

I hope this may help someone with the same problem.


Oh by the way, i'm running vista 64, and now everything seems fine.

[Kradath]

In the MISE folder is directx as well, I started it and it actually updated some files as well, I'm just waiting for my download to finish so I can try it out.

[Shammah]

Windows Vista x64 SP2
HD4870
Q9450

Working perfect here. I know it isn't much of a help, but it shows it can run successfull on x64

[Zorlac]

Working perfect here on Vista 64 as well.

I tried Cerel's advice with manually running the directx setup that came with the game, and now the game launches correctly. Seems that the original directx setup didn't complete successfully, even though there wasn't an error.

Just go to steam\steamapps\common\the secret of monkey island special edition\directx\DXSETUP.EXE

[Kradath]

The directx update helped, I runs now.

Hasn't worked for me.

[waspbr]

still doesn't work on winXP SP3

[jsdratm]

You guys need to post more details than that, I am running it on xp SP3 just fine