I purchased the game off Steam for my Windows 7, 32bit computer. DungeonsStarter loads correctly and I registered and pressed "Continue". Then, I press "PLAY DUNGEONS". I get the "Crash Report" dialog. Below is an excerpt from my log, C:\Users\MYUSERNAMEOMITTED\AppData\Roaming\Kalypso Media\Dungeons\log.txt.
============== START LOG EXCERPT ================
21:08:06.062: > Ogre: Installing plugin: Octree & Terrain Scene Manager
21:08:06.062: > Ogre: Plugin successfully installed
21:08:06.062: > Ogre: Loading library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll
21:08:06.065: *ERROR* > Ogre: OGRE EXCEPTION(7:InternalErrorException): Could not load dynamic library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll. System Error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
in DynLib::load at ..\..\Ogre\OgreMain\src\OgreDynLib.cpp (line 91)
21:08:06.066: *ERROR* > System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
============== END LOG EXCERPT ================
Perhaps it is corrupt or a 64 bit. There are 2 different RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll included in the install, so I copy the back up to the running.
cd C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\dungeons
rename RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll.bak
copy dlls/RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll .

============== START LOG EXCERPT ================
21:10:21.914: > Ogre: Plugin successfully installed
21:10:21.914: > Ogre: Loading library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll
21:10:21.916: *ERROR* > Ogre: OGRE EXCEPTION(7:InternalErrorException): Could not load dynamic library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll. System Error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
in DynLib::load at ..\..\Ogre\OgreMain\src\OgreDynLib.cpp (line 91)
21:10:21.917: *ERROR* > System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
============== END LOG EXCERPT ================


Still failure. I then download the latest SDK of OGRE 3D rendering from the website OGRE 1.7.3 SDK for Visual C++ .Net 2010 (32-bit) https://sourceforge.net/projects/ogre/fi...e/download . I extract their release version of RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll and copy it to C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\dungeons. It has a different error, show below.

============== START LOG EXCERPT ================
20:54:49.610: > Ogre: Plugin successfully installed
20:54:49.610: > Ogre: Loading library Plugin_CgProgramManager.dll
20:54:49.615: > Ogre: Installing plugin:
20:54:49.720: > Ogre: Plugin successfully installed
20:54:49.720: > Ogre: Loading library Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.dll
20:54:49.721: > Ogre: Installing plugin: Octree & Terrain Scene Manager
20:54:49.721: > Ogre: Plugin successfully installed
20:54:49.721: > Ogre: Loading library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll
20:54:49.721: *ERROR* > Ogre: OGRE EXCEPTION(7:InternalErrorException): Could not load dynamic library RenderSystem_Direct3D9.dll. System Error: The specified procedure could not be found.
in DynLib::load at ..\..\Ogre\OgreMain\src\OgreDynLib.cpp (line 91)
20:54:49.722: *ERROR* > System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
at Ogre.Root.loadPlugin(Root* , basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> >* )
at Mogre.Root.LoadPlugin(String pluginName)
at Realmforge.MogreUtil.Application.Ogre.LoadPlugins(Root root)
at Realmforge.MogreUtil.Application.Ogre..ctor(Form form, GameApplicationData appData)
at Realmforge.MogreUtil.Application.Ogre.InitInstance(Form form, GameApplicationData appData)
at Realmforge.MogreUtil.Application.MainApplication`3.Run()
20:54:49.723: *ERROR* > External component has thrown an exception.
============== END LOG EXCERPT ================

At least this DLL loads, but some procedure is missing from this library. Where can I find the correct library?

Thanks.

Yes, we use a modified version of Ogre, so you can't use the stock dll's. Dungeons is not a native 64-bit compile, but runs in 32-bit mode (as many games).

What is strange, is the second dll with the .bak extension. Is that a steam-thing? I don't have one in my installation here.. You problem really looks like a corrupted installation. Maybe something disturbed the installation process? Have you tried to just reinstall the game? (Yea, I know.. it's a boring suggestion, but you wouldn't believe how often this helps.. )