I've had the game since launch but have been unable to play it due to a strange error. When I launch the game in Steam, a Steam popup saying "Preparing to launch Brink..." appears for half a second, then nothing. No popups, error messages, etc. When I try starting the game manually through the Brink.exe file, nothing happens as well. When I have the task manager open, about every 5 times I click play or double click the .exe file, a brink process will show for half a second.
Here's a handy dandy youtube video of it to give you a better idea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsmfaxYCyk8
From what I've gathered, there are others with similar problems to mine. However, unlike mine (as you can see in the video), I don't get any type of splash screen or logo on startup. In fact, the game hasn't even made the "22350/local/base" folder. I cannot post any console dumps as I cannot get into the game, but I can post what I do have.
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System Specs
Windows 7 64-bit
e6400 (2.13 Ghz standard/2.52Ghz overclocked)
4 gigs of ram
gts 250 (not overclocked) - Triple Buffer turned off
*New -Able to run OpenGL 3 tests in GpuCapsViewer
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DxDiag Report
------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 5/21/2011, 00:59:03 Machine name: HD01216891SD Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.110408-1633) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/22/08 15:25:51 Ver: 08.00.12 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz Memory: 4096MB RAMAvailable OS Memory: 4096MB RAM Page File: 2055MB used, 6133MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode------------DxDiag Notes------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found.--------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTS 250 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0615&SUBSYS_0D7619F1&REV_A2 Display Memory: 2797 MB Dedicated Memory: 1005 MB Shared Memory: 1791 MB Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz) Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor Monitor Model: X213W Monitor Id: ACR0033 Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz) Output Type: DVI Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2umDriver File Version: 8.17.0012.7527 (English) Driver Version: 8.17.12.7527 DDI Version: 10 Driver Model: WDDM 1.1 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 5/14/2011 00:27:00, 15223912 bytes 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Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490NetBridge,0x00200000,2,0,netbridge.dll,6.01.7600.16385AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,6.01.7140.0000StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16724AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Media Center Extender Encryption Filter,0x00200000,2,2,Mcx2Filter.dll,6.01.7600.16385AudioRecorder WAV Dest,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,AudioRecorder Wave Form,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,AudioRecorder Null Renderer,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.01.7600.16385BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385Video Compressors:WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Audio Compressors:WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Audio Capture Sources:Microphone (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385"What U Hear" (Creative SB X-Fi,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385Auxiliary (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385Digital-In (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385Line-In (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385PBDA CP Filters:PBDA DTFilter,0x00600000,1,1,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16724PBDA ETFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16724PBDA PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16724Midi Renderers:Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490SB X-Fi Synth A [EC00],0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490SB X-Fi Synth B [EC00],0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490WDM Streaming Capture Devices:,0x00000000,0,0,,SB X-Fi Audio [EC00],0x00200000,2,2,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:SB X-Fi DMusic Synth [EC00],0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385SPDIF Out,0x00000000,0,0,,SB X-Fi Synth A [EC00],0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385SB X-Fi Synth B [EC00],0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385SB X-Fi Audio [EC00],0x00200000,2,2,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385BDA Network Providers:Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7600.16590Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385BDA Transport Information Renderers:BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385BDA CP/CA Filters:Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,1,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16724Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16724PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16724XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16724WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385Audio Renderers:Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490DirectSound: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490DirectSound: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490---------------EVR Power Information---------------Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality) Quality Flags: 2576 Enabled: Force throttling Allow half deinterlace Allow scaling Decode Power Usage: 100 Balanced Flags: 1424 Enabled: Force throttling Allow batching Force half deinterlace Force scaling Decode Power Usage: 50 PowerFlags: 1424 Enabled: Force throttling Allow batching Force half deinterlace Force scaling Decode Power Usage: 0------------------------------------------------------------------------Event Logs
The Event Logs have not been very helpful as after scouring them for errors, the only brink related entries I found were...
Fault bucket , type 0Event Name: PCA2Response: Not availableCab Id: 0Problem signature:P1: brink.exeP2: 1.0.22745.47105P3: BrinkP4: BrinkP5: Splash Damage, Ltd.P6: 200P7: -1P8: P9: P10: Attached files:These files may be available here:C:\Users\WarShy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_brink.exe_89089f27bc567023b1f1534edc36379794c2eb_0096a4d6anolysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0Report Id: c8498a57-7f85-11e0-ad36-0017318fe0e8Report Status: 4
Fault bucket , type 0Event Name: PCA2Response: Not availableCab Id: 0Problem signature:P1: brink.exeP2: 1.0.22745.47105P3: BrinkP4: BrinkP5: Splash Damage, Ltd.P6: 200P7: -1P8: P9: P10: Attached files:C:\Users\WarShy\AppData\Local\Temp\{8ef728f6-c99c-4fb7-b605-5fe98fccf50c}\appcompat.txtC:\Users\WarShy\AppData\Local\Temp\TabA2B4.tmpThese files may be available here:anolysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0Report Id: c8498a57-7f85-11e0-ad36-0017318fe0e8Report Status: 0------------------------------------------------------------------------Thus far I have tried...
1) Reinstalling Steam
2) Reinstalling VC++ and DirectX
3) Reinstalling Brink from Steam
4) Reinstalling Brink from retail DVD
5) Installing pirated copy of Brink (doesn't use Steam to run)
6) Verifying game integrity and cache (keeps downloading this small file over and over again but the game still won't start up)
7) Clean (used a driver cleaner) install of latest gpu drivers
8) Clean (used a driver cleaner) install of latest performance gpu drivers
9) Downgrading back to earlier drivers
10) Restarting in safe mode (turns off sound card, antivirus, and spyware checkers)
11) Deleted clientregistry.blob
12) Turned off intro movies with the Brink Config program floating around
13) Lowered resolution to more common settings
14) Renamed the "assets" folder with the movies inside
15) Did a purge of registry, programs, startups, etc. etc.
16) Tried taking out .dll's in the folder one by one(worked for someone else)
17) Have tried running the .exe and Steam as administrator
18) Uninstalled all vc++ versions and reinstalling vc++ 2010
19) Uninstalled and reinstalled MS .Net 4 (google found a Section 8: Prejudice topic with a similar issue)
20) Clean installed the new nvidia beta drivers
21) Changing languages
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Steam Validation Log
Starting validation of BRINKValidation failure: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\brink\installscript.vdfValidation complete: 197 Total Files, 1 Failed Validation------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Game Overlay Log
Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Module file name: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\GameOverlayRenderer.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - GameID = 22350Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - System page size: 4096Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Hooking SetCursorPos, GetCursorPos, ShowCursor, and SetCursorSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Hooking GetRawInputBuffer callsSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Game is using ddraw.dll (dx7 or lower)... hooking.Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Game is using opengl32.dll... hooking.Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Game is using dinput8, preparing to hook.Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Modules at GameOverlayRenderer.dll attachSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 01: brink.exeSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 02: ntdll.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 03: kernel32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 04: KERNELBASE.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 05: steam_api.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 06: ADVAPI32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 07: msvcrt.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 08: sechost.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 09: RPCRT4.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 10: SspiCli.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 11: CRYPTBASE.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 12: SHELL32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 13: SHLWAPI.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 14: GDI32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 15: USER32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 16: LPK.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 17: USP10.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 18: WINMM.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 19: OPENGL32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 20: GLU32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 21: DDRAW.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 22: DCIMAN32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 23: SETUPAPI.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 24: CFGMGR32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 25: OLEAUT32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 26: ole32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 27: DEVOBJ.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 28: dwmapi.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 29: WSOCK32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 30: WS2_32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 31: NSI.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 32: pdh.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 33: IPHLPAPI.DLLSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 34: WINNSI.DLLSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 35: dbghelp.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 36: IMM32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 37: MSCTF.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 38: VERSION.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 39: binkw32.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 40: DINPUT8.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 41: DSOUND.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 42: POWRPROF.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 43: MSVCR90.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 44: PSAPI.DLLSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - 45: GameOverlayRenderer.dllSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - ----------------------------Sat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - Found GetModuleHandleExSat May 21 16:49:02 2011 UTC - GameOverlayRenderer.dll detaching------------------------------------------------------------------------
In Summary
No matter which version use to install and play (Steam, retail DVD, pirated copy), nothing happens when I click play in Steam nor when I double click on the brink.exe file. The furthest I have gotten is that brief Steam popup, "Preparing to launch Brink..."

