Guys, I know this has already been discussed but does anyone know of a fix for this? I can't start my game anymore not even the splash screen comes up and sometimes I'm not even notified that it crashed. I don't have the exact details that it spits out but the error is an APPCRASH and it complains about ntdll.dll being the cause.
Here is what I've tried
1. Reinstall the game
2. Roll back graphics drivers to catalyst 11.5 (since I knew for sure those worked)
3. Make sure hardware_settings_config.xml specifies WorkerMap4core.xml
4. Make sure msconfig.exe specifies 4 cores at startup
5. Uninstall GFWL and reinstall (it then complains about a missing component error)
None of this has worked unfortunately. I have garnered 2 more things to try though:
1. Start the game from windows' safe mode
2. uninstall gfx drivers, use driver sweeper, reinstall gfx drivers
3. download a new copy of ntdll.dll
4. uninstall GFWL and Microsoft C++ 2005 redistributable, reinstall GFWL
5. do a "clean boot" (only scan registry and systray in msconfig.exe startup tab)
6. run f1_2010.exe as admin
7. make the replay file read-only ( found in C:\ProgramData\Codemasters\FormulaOne\DataCache)
8. Reinstall DirectX
9.Run windows update
10: Start from scratch: Format C:\, reinstall windows, steam, F1 2010 etc.
Could it be my reinstalled GFWL that is bothering it? (the problem still existed with my old installation of GFWL) does anyone know how to fix that issue as well?
Please help!
edit: added some more possible solutions from codemasters forums
Here is what I've tried
1. Reinstall the game
2. Roll back graphics drivers to catalyst 11.5 (since I knew for sure those worked)
3. Make sure hardware_settings_config.xml specifies WorkerMap4core.xml
4. Make sure msconfig.exe specifies 4 cores at startup
5. Uninstall GFWL and reinstall (it then complains about a missing component error)
None of this has worked unfortunately. I have garnered 2 more things to try though:
3. download a new copy of ntdll.dll
10: Start from scratch: Format C:\, reinstall windows, steam, F1 2010 etc.
Could it be my reinstalled GFWL that is bothering it? (the problem still existed with my old installation of GFWL) does anyone know how to fix that issue as well?
Please help!
edit: added some more possible solutions from codemasters forums