I click the WoG shortcut/.exe, the screen goes black as the resolution adjusts for the game, then after a moment, it returns to my standard resolution, displaying my desktop with one 800x600 area black, with the following error window in the middle of it all:
"Failed creating the Direct3D device."

I have no other programs running that would be graphically intensive (nor generally intensive), and have a Radeon X1300 video card, 1GB of RAM, and a 2.93 GhZ P4.

What can I submit, to hopefully resolve this?

The same happens to me: fade to black, resolution changes, mouse pointer appears as well as the task bar... and that's it.

My config:
WinXP SP3
Intel E8500, 3.16GHz w/ 4Go RAM
nVidia GTX 280

All drivers and BIOS updated.

... I'm sure the game is fantastic, and would love to be actually able to play it... anybody any idea?

vince

!!!!!SOLVED!!!!!

After the resolution changed, my FIREWALL (Comodo) wanted to ask me what to do with the application. The box appeared OUT OF THE SCREEN though (fixed position in the "standard" resolution), so no way to validate it!

Easy workaround: Add the WorldofGoo.exe to the trusted application in the firewall settings, and goo away =]

vince

It doesn't work for me!

I was having the same issue and, oddly, changing the rez in the config file appeared to fix it (this was after installing/uninstalling, trying the demo, uninstalling/reinstalling demo, etc) despite its admonition that my computer could very well explode, taking me and my dog with it (or somesuch). You can find it at: \\WorldOfGoo\properties\config.txt

I hope this helps someone else.

Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 00489093 in thread 1454
Module: WorldOfGoo.exe
Logical Address: 0001:00088093

0013EA30 00489093 0001:00088093 WorldOfGoo.exe
Params: 0015054C 00000200 00000000 01150149

0013EA5C 7E418734 GetDC+6D
Params: 004A88F0 0015054C 00000200 00000000

0013EAC4 7E418816 GetDC+14F
Params: 00000000 004A88F0 0015054C 00000200

0013EAF4 7E42A013 IsWindowUnicode+A1
Params: FFFF04A9 0015054C 00000200 00000000

0013EB14 7E42A998 CallWindowProcA+1B
Params: FFFF04A9 0015054C 00000200 00000000

0013EB3C 4FDF6407 CheckFullscreen+657
Params: FFFF04A9 00000200 00000000 01150149

0013EB68 7E418734 GetDC+6D
Params: 4FDF6040 0015054C 00000200 00000000

0013EBD0 7E418816 GetDC+14F
Params: 00000000 4FDF6040 0015054C 00000200

0013EC30 7E4189CD GetWindowLongW+127
Params: 0013EC60 00000001 0013EC84 01310413

0013EC40 7E4196C7 DispatchMessageA+F
Params: 0013EC60 000007D0 011ED982 0013EC60

0013EC84 01310413 OverlayHookD3D3+B0F3
Params: 0013EF74 0013FB2C 011EDF9C 0013EF74

0013EF74 011EDF1C 0002:0001AF1C TFWAH.dll
Params: 011F05EC 0013EFB0 00000224 0013EFB0

0013F9B4 011C2FF9 0001:00001FF9 TFWAH.dll
Params: 0000000D 004ACF90 00400000 00000000

0013FB38 5F1F000A 0000:00000000 TFWAH.dll
Params: 01006600 0013FD40 00000000 0F5A5ED0


EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:0061AE48 EDX:0049AEC0 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000200
EIP:00489093 ESP:0013E974 EBP:0013EA30
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00210202

Windows Ver: NT 5.1 Service Pack 3 Build 2600


thats my fatal error :(

in the cases we've seen so far, this is an issue caused by anti-malware software or firewall software.  if you have anti-virus or anti-malware software, try disabling it.  threatfire and look'n'stop are both known to cause crashes like this (threatfire actually needs to be uninstalled in order for the game to run, disabling isn't enough).

also, check out this post for the firewall issue:
http://2dboy.com/forum/index.php/topic,246.msg3013.html#msg3013

I have had the black screen error on Vista. Network is not the problem, instead the game demands administrator privileges. Running as admin, everything works.

Now the problem is, that my 6 and 9 year old kids love the game, and I can not give them admin rights, nor can I be here to star the game every time they want to play.

Fix it, please!

314stone:  IIRC there is a program called 'raise my rights' which will do this for you.  Not sure how it will run, but it might help you out :)