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threnody

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Alpha crashes on launch (Win 8)
« on: September 24, 2013, 09:35:04 pm »
Just purchased game and the thing crashes immediately on launch  :'(

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Re: Alpha crashes on launch (Win 8)
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2013, 09:57:17 pm »
Check if you have Media Player installed as windows feature.

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Re: Alpha crashes on launch (Win 8)
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2013, 09:21:24 am »
I certainly do not have windows media player installed. And it's been disabled in the windows features menu.
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Re: Alpha crashes on launch (Win 8)
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2013, 12:42:05 pm »
I certainly do not have windows media player installed. And it's been disabled in the windows features menu.

You'll have to re-enable it I'm afraid as the XNA on top of which the game is built relies on it.