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Tue, 09/09/2014 - 22:46
Mal-Nexus

Hello, i'm very new to the game but i've always been interested. I've actually played the game before, but only briefly, As in: never past the tutorial, for various reasons, but mostly because my old laptop was just not good enough to handle it (it was pretty bad).
Recently though, i've gotten a new laptop, and I decided that i'd finally try the game. Problem is, neither Steam, Web, OR download will launch Spiral Knights.
I first tried in Steam, but when I downloaded it and attempted to run it, it wouldn't do anything--not even come up. I'd just click it and nothing. But when i'd try to close Steam it would tell me to first close Spiral Knights and then it would stay open. Frustrated, I uninstalled it from my computer.
I figured it must have been something with Steam (as I had problems with downloading before through Steam) and since I had been able to run it before, and tried to get the game with the source. First I did the browser, downloading Java and then waiting for it to finish loading, only when the "Play" button came up and I pressed it, it'd go away for a few moments as if it were starting and then appear again. So I decided that the web client must've been buggy or something, so I just went ahead and downloaded it. I went through all the steps, aaaand it doesn't launch. So I try to launch it from the shortcut? Nothing. Try the application? Nothing. Run as administrator? Nada.

This is my Laptop's info:
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit 6.1
Memory: 3.00 RAM
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20 GHz processor
Video card: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Express Chipset Family
VC Memory: 1309MB

This is all pretty frustrating and discouraging, but i'm willing to actually get a solution to the problem so that I can play because the game looks very fun. So please, if anyone has a solution, let me know.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 16:08
#1
Sizzlak
Im having the same stuff

Im having the same stuff happen to me.

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 01:41
#2
Mal-Nexus
Do you have a similar PC? Is

Do you have a similar PC? Is it more or less powerful than mine?

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 09:51
#3
Sizzlak
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Processor: AMD Sempron 145 2.80G Hz
Ram: 2.00 GB
windows 7 64 bit
Video Card: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
That was all i could find.

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 07:56
#4
Zaffy-Laffy's picture
Zaffy-Laffy

You mentioned it was a new computer? Have you updated your graphics drivers, and installed the java library (Java 7 recommended) to ensure the game runs proper?

Not to sound mean, but your "new" laptop sounds very old, which means it isn't as powerful or efficient as newer laptops would be, so it could lack the up-to-date drivers and other updated libraries and redistributes needed to run most video games out there.

Here's some help for both of you.

Updating Drivers - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-sg/windows/what-is-driver#1TC=windows-7
Java - https://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 10:53
#5
Mal-Nexus
Yeah?

Yes, I do have Java installed...I could have sworn I said that actually...
And my drivers are fine as far as I know.
Though i'm not exactly sure that either of those things (especially Java) would cause Spiral Knights to not come up yet say it's running.
My Laptop isn't "new" in the sense that I just bought it at Best Buy, but it isn't an old Laptop dude.
What exactly qualifies as an old computer to you anyway?

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 18:27
#6
Zaffy-Laffy's picture
Zaffy-Laffy

It seems your computer's relatively low benchmark says that it's an old computer.

Regardless, I would still suggest updating those graphic drivers. My computer came with a serious problem with the wifi adapter and upon research, it was a common problem with the model and an easy driver update fixed it. As for Java, Spiral Knights does not come with the entire java library. You will still have to download the official java applet, otherwise Spiral Knights will not launch.

Sat, 09/13/2014 - 09:30
#7
Mal-Nexus
Java 7 right?(edited)

Java 7 update 67 correct?
Edit: I did as you suggested and updated everything I could and cleaned up my entire system, then I restarted my laptop.
Surprisingly, it worked this time.
Like I thought, my Laptop was definitely powerful enough to run the game.
Thanks for the help guy.

Sat, 09/13/2014 - 21:32
#8
Mud-Xz
Uhh

So this says solved but im having the exact same problem so can you explain how this got fixed?

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 04:57
#9
Zaffy-Laffy's picture
Zaffy-Laffy

The game runs on java. You need the official java library free for download at their official website for the game to play. Unless you are experiencing a different problem then you have to give your computer specs, describe how it is not working (crashing at the start? black screen/blue screen of death etc.)

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