KickBeat immediately crashes to desktop.

[commandhat]

I don't get what's going on here. As soon as the executable launches, Windows 7 reports that it has an error and needs to close.

I have no information beyond that.

As for executable launching - by that, I mean when I try to play the game. As soon as I click the play button on Steam, as soon as I double-click the .exe file in the game files, etc...

I'm fairly sure it's because I don't have the latest $renderer. Which rendering system (i.e. DirectX, openGL) are you using? I'd assume DirectX if Steam didn't bundle it with every single one of their games.

[Solitude]

You'll need to disable DEP for the KickBeat executable. See: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ntion-settings

[commandhat]

KickBeat immediately crashes to desktop. (UPDATE ON 1/22)

One step further, sort of!

Launching outside Steam:

I now get a dialog box that says:

Runtime Error!

C:\Progr...

This program has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

[OK]

"C:\Progr..." is not a typo, that's how the error box shows it. For simplification, we can ignore that particular detail.

Clicking [OK] here shows me the KickBeat has crashed error message I've explained before, but now I have an option to debug the program [attaching VS1020 debugger to it - won't work without the symbols]

Launching inside Steam:

[Almost] No change. Still immediate "KickBeat has crashed".

However, I can now choose to debug the program [attaching VS2010 debugger to it - won't work without the symbols]

[commandhat]

KickBeat no longer crashes to desktop!

Problem solved!

KickBeat generated a 0 bytes big settings.cfg when I was launching it with DEP turned on. Deleting the settings.cfg fixed it!

[BarbieBobomb]

Glad it's working for you now!

[camilajerry]

try messaging the playstation forum..they will help you recover your account!

[richardsmith]

KickBeat immediately crashes to desktop.

no idea but I think, except maybe not meeting minimum hardware requirements or driver issues, but for the boss fight, you just need to hit the Chi activation button when your blue (Chi) meter flashes.