Same here for DQDX, both 2.0.3 and 2.0.2
I can only hear music and see steam pop up.
Is that because I run it on Windows XP SP3?
If there is no WinXP support for DQDX anymore please confirm it.

this is on w7

Hmm, I'm not sure what's causing this. I wasn't able to get many Windows XP testers to confirm whether it works in XP (if we can confirm it doesn't then I will list that on the install requirements), theoretically it's supposed to work, at least in software mode.

No clue why it would be doing this for Windows 7.

Things I can think might be the problem:
- Bad graphics drivers (try updating)?
- Weird resolution (what are you using?)
- Save path issues (where did you install the game? Is your %APPDATA% directory available and is the hard drive it's on writeable, and is it not full?)
- Is your install corrupted? (Try reinstalling from Steam)

I have the same problem. Windows XP SP3.

Okay we might have a compatibility problem with Windows XP SP3 -- would either of you be willing to hang around and help me test some builds just for XP?

I can test it. What i need to do?
Maybe it will be helpfull: when i turned on setting "Use 256 colors" i have seen logo and loading text but it froze on 4/14.
My config is: intel core 2 duo 1,8 ghz, ati radeon hd 2600 pro, 3 gb ram.

I'm having similar problems with the DX version, windows XP SP3. No crash, just black screen and title music playing. If I click around it activates menus, but nothing I can see.

I am working on creating an alternate build that will hopefully be more Windows XP compatible. When it's ready you will be able to select it on startup, "Play Deluxe Version (XP compatible)" or something like that.

Not ready yet, but coming soon.

same problem for my old PC( on new PC all is good).
My config for old PC is: intel core 2 duo 2.33 ghz, 3 gb ram, Intel(R) G33/G31 Express, Win 7 x64.
I think this is because of the integrated video card

The driver update worked. It never crossed my mind doh!

@OrbitFortyEight: Great! I'm working on a fix for the Windows XP folks so I'll leave this up until then.

Thanks for your help, Lars. Nice job on the game and supporting your players. All the best, mate.

XP Users:

Please opt in to the "test_public" beta branch. There should now be a third option on startup called "Play Deluxe Edition (OpenGL)".

The regular windows version of the game uses ANGLE to render, which has much better driver support than OpenGL, but sadly does not work with XP.

OpenGL has messier driver support, but is a good fallback option for XP users since ANGLE apparently doesn't run at all.

Plus, maybe some regular users can try both and see which gives them the best compatibility / performance.

XP support (GL) is now live.

Started it up before work and I could see the title screen and menu. I'll test the game this evening.