Can't open game; Windows 7

Game Dev Tycoon bug
#1

So I bought the game last night, downloaded it from the email, installed it and was able to play right away. I played for a few hours, then went to bed. I try to play the game again tonight and I can’t even get to a load screen. I go to a gray screen, nothing happens, then the game crashes.

I’ve uninstalled and re-installed several times. Several times, I’ve gotten the error message “CreateProcess failed; Code 740. The requested operation requires elevation” when trying to launch the game.

I’m concerned that perhaps I have an old file or the wrong version or something, because the ‘readme’ file says “Game Dev Tycoon DEMO v0.9” but I downloaded straight from the email.

Can someone help me?

#2

Thanks for reporting this. I just saw that the readme is entirely wrong. Sorry for the trouble.

The install file you should get, should say GameDevTycoon-138.exe - this is currently the latest version.

We will look into this.

@gnor, do you have any idea what this error could mean?

#3

That is actually the name of the file. I’m really not sure why it would have worked last night and then not today. I had a few error messages from my firewall, but then I thought that I had solved them. And even so I’m not sure why a re-install wouldn’t have brought those up again.

For what it’s worth, I really enjoyed the game when I was able to play it. :slight_smile:

#4

@kfreed21 do you have any anti-virus tool installed? Could you please try disable it for a while?

#5

Have you tired to run it as administrator?

#6

it shouldn’t need administrative rights.

#7

I know. I just wanted to point out that this might help as a workaround.

#8

This appears to be true for ALL versions. Whilst the game package itself includes an updated readme, the installer places an older version in the install directory.

#9

OK, I disabled AVG and my firewall and tried to install it again. Getting the “CreateProcess…” error again. Not sure what else I can do.

#10

I downloaded the update and now I get a white screen and immediate crash, which I see is a known issue elsewhere.