MTA 1.3.1 wont even get past the splash screen [RESOLVED]

[ayjayn]

hey,

ive looked through the recent forums for answers to this and i have tried most solutions that people suggest

basically the splash screen appears, then that turns white, about 10 seconds later the screen goes black, followed by what looks like the application struggling to stay open ( it flashes between the black screen and the desktop)

ive used the diagnostic tool and here are the results

http://pastebin.com/5nyKxvMU

just to point out, it was working perfectly fine the other day, no new updates or anything related to Gta being changed

thanks in advance

[ccw]

Does GTA single player start ok?

[ayjayn]

yeah i tested that

runs fine on both 3.0 steam and 1.0 steam downgraded

[ccw]

Please apply this patch and try again: https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/mtasa-1.3.1-rc ... 130117.exe

If that does not work, please try this patch: https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/mtasa-1.3.1-rc ... 120924.exe

(Ignore any update messages you may get while running these, because they are older versions).

[ayjayn]

ive tried both and both stall after splash screen goes white

one time it claimed that the launcher did not properly start

[ccw]

Ok, please try windowed mode by doing this:

1. Find the MTA install directory with Windows Explorer

2. Open MTA\coreconfig.xml in Notepad

3. Find the line 0 and change the 0 to a 1

4. Save file

5. Launch MTA

btw, are you launching MTA from inside Steam?

[ayjayn]

i cant find said .xml file i have looked in the MTA directory

and i open MTA via a shortcut or the actual application in the directory

[ayjayn]

im going to attempt a clean install of MTA again to see if the config file appears

[ccw]

If it is not there, make the file MTA\coreconfig.xml with this content:

<mainconfig> 
    <settings> 
        <display_windowed>1</display_windowed> 
    </settings> 
</mainconfig> 

[ayjayn]

no luck

[ccw]

Please run MTADiag again with windowed mode enabled

[ayjayn]

just to point out MTADiag keeps saying 'failed to open event query. the interface is unknown'

new diagnostic

http://pastebin.com/zdhfzrVK

[ayjayn]

just to add as well i reinstalled san andreas

[ccw]

Please apply this new patch: https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/mtasa-1.3.1-rc ... 130129.exe

and then run MTADiag again.

(It won't fix it, but the new MTADiag log may point to the problem.)

[Towncivilian]

If the MTADiag error occurs again, please post a screenshot of the error.

[ayjayn]

i tried the options you sent me, again none

here is the screenshot

[Towncivilian]

Please install the following:

• Graphics driver
  
• Audio driver
  
• Storage driver
  
• Wireless driver
  
• Ethernet driver (do a Repair install if prompted)
  
• MEI driver
  
• Touchpad driver

Provide another MTADiag log after installing.

[ayjayn]

i tried to install what i could, no change except it anticipated that the launcher wouldn't work at the splash screen

here is the pastebin http://pastebin.com/p5MmW62v

[Towncivilian]

As far as I can tell, none of the drivers updated successfully (though dxdiag doesn't give driver verisons for most of the driver list I gave you; not your fault, just dxdiag being stupid). At the very least, the audio driver should have updated successfully.

Could you provide another MTADiag log after following the instructions in this post?

[Towncivilian]

Oops, forgot one driver: nVidia graphics driver

[ayjayn]

just to point out i couldn't really navigate that french page for the audio driver ( i missed that one out) i didnt know what i was looking for

is there a direct link to the actual driver ?

[ayjayn]

i am going to clean install my OS after this update for my driver if it doesn't work

[Towncivilian]

This link should work.

[ayjayn]

thanks ive reinstalled my OS just to see if that changed anything.... nope

ill try the drivers again and ill run a MTA Diag

[ayjayn]

http://pastebin.com/G3ATB8sQ this time the gathering information actually gathered information

ill try it after the drivers

[ayjayn]

post driver diagnostic some couldnt install ( i think it was the touchpad one )

http://pastebin.com/BMvkiVEZ