Demigod won't launch

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So I just installed Demigod.

I have tried to run it from all conceivable ways -- through Impulse, off the disk, clicking the short cuts, etc. None launch.

I checked the tech support forum, but as I have no LogiTech camera there seems to be no solution.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

looking at your other post, I believe your graphics card does not have certain features which are required by the game

this game is no DoTA / Diablo II - you need a fairly recent/powerful computer

probably nvidia geforce 7 series ++

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

That's an 8400M equivalent.

EDIT: According to Wikpedia it's both a G86 core and an 8400 equivalent which makes no sense to me. Stupid wiki.

I don't know a huge amount about this sort of thing, but what may be happening is that Demigod is unable to recognise your graphics card as being an 8400 varient due to laptop drivers registering it as an 8400M instead.

Try running something like a CUDA app, if after installing the CUDA runtime and running one of the samples you recieve a message "Cannot detect CUDA-Compatible Device" or similar, then this may be your problem. Demigod is detecting your video card as being an 8400M, or some random Quadro model, which it doesn't recognise as being compatible.

What OS are you on?

Do you have the latest NVIDIA drivers? If not, get them and then try it again. I'm pretty sure NVIDIA offer proper notebook drivers these days.

Try getting the custom drivers for notebooks if that doesn't work, to trick the application into thinking you have an 8400M.

I have run DG on a similar card, the 8600M without any issues, and had to work through the above to get some things working a while back.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

8400 is not really very good on the scale of things

x600 / x800 are gaming cards e.g. 7600, 9800

and even if he does manage to load up the game, it won't be able to run very smoothly i imagine

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

@thebaconmenace: first we need to know what kind of error you get. Or do you simply get none..?

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Yes, please give some detail about what is happening. Error message? Crash? Nothing at all?

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I can't launch the game either and the technical support has given up on me.  I'm frustrated and wasted a lot of time.  Can I get the money back.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Yes, if you cannot play the game and support cannot resolve the issue you can contact [email protected] about a refund.