Moriarty wrote:GOG version. Windows 7 64bit.
Just upgraded to the latest version (used to work), now it doesn't start. Well, it does start but...
* Run sis64, game starts but there's a tiny dialog behing the game that says: "DBGHELP.DLL too old". Game loads fine but it's impossible to do anything on the main menu. Closing the dialog (which is hidden behind the game) is the only thing that can be done. This then crashes the game.
Most typically, the debug handler will be hit because something in the game has thrown an "out of memory" exception. My guess would be that either
a) You have a lower spec laptop, probably one with an integrated intel video adapter. Machines of this sort are not officially supported; some players have had success playing with them, but, if you're using an older laptop without a dedicated video card, you're on the ragged edge of what can be expect to work.
b) You have some other program running on your computer that's using up a huge amount of video and/or system memory, leading to memory crashes.
c) You have a virus scanner or similar program that's doing something really strange to SiS.
Does either a), b), or c) seem like a theory that might apply in your case?
Moriarty wrote:
I have two dbghelp.dll files in my sis install (32bit and 64bit version), both with modified dates of 2019-05-30.
Ironically it seems to be crash handler that's crashing the game.
Hmm... Yes, this is less than ideal. The crash handler shouldn't be hit unless you've hit a serious error -- but, ideally, it would work better than it is. Inside your Stars in Shadow/ directory, you should have two files `vc_redist.x64` and `vc_redist.x86`. Try running both. They *might* update your dlls and allow the crash handler to export more useful crash diagnostics.
