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ndy78
29-04-2009, 21:18
Update: Possible solution
After I installed the certificate of RndrGL.dll into my local certificate store (it sits in "C:\Program Files\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena\System\Win32_x86", right click, properties, digital signatures. Now click details on both shown certs and install them) the game starts without an error. Seems to me like Q&A oversee this as they probably already trusted their own companies' certificates.

Hi all,

I could need some help getting Dark Athena to run. I did a vanilla install and after I start the game it crashes and displays a bugcheck program that generates a log. I already Updated to 1.0.0.1 but to no avail (would have made me wonder if it did anything against my problem anyway, as the release notes didn't mention any changes in that area, but who knows ;) )

The main info out of the log generator is:

Exception type: Breakpoint

Exception address: 0x0a3fdb10 (C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena\System\Win32_x86\RndrGL.DLL!MRTC_DLLAttachP rocess)

As it seems there is a routine that wants to attach to a process and throws an exception by doing it I assume it could have something to do with DRM modules that violate the security model. (NoExecute flags or whatever)

My system specs are these:
Vista 64 SP1, Core2Quad Q9450, nVidia 8800 Ultra (v181.22), 8 GB RAM, Gigabyte X48-DS4 Mainboard

Any component runs at their suggested speeds, no overclocking, no reg tweaking or so called "system optimizers" have ran on my iron. A plethora of other games run fine, not a single one of them have problems starting.

Things I tried so far include:
Deactivate Virus Scanner (NOD 32 v.4.0.417.0)
Deactivate Vista Firewall

Thanks for all your suggestions,
Andy