Astgeir

Looks like the issue is linked to this app : Alienware Sound Center. I had another gog games (The Settlers II - 10th Anniversary) which refused to launch as well and then I noticed in the crash dump the following : ModuleInfo image:C:\Program Files\Alienware\AWSoundCenter\UserInterface\AWSoundCenterDevProps.dll : 5b600000 (size 00033000) symType:none (0) numSyms: 0 Turns out that killing this application fixed all my issues.... I've spent 3 days on this, I feel kinda stupid but well, now I can play...

Indeed :) Log file attached.

Thank you for your answer, It looks like I encouter the same issue using the original version (CD-Rom converted into an ISO) so I don't think that it is "GOG Related", I bought the latest because I was expecting it to have some kind of shim to make it work but well, here I am :P I tried what you explained but anno does not even start, black screen again (see attached picture). Might it be related to something else in my system since it works on yours ? I don't know how to debug this :s My specs (Alienware...

Hello, I've been trying to play Anno 1602 GOG on Windows 10 1809 without much luck so far. Without DxWnd, the game does not even launch properly, all I get is a black screen with a white c urso. Using DxWnd by seting up directx 7 makes it possible to launch the game and reach the main menu but only if the sound and music are disabled with the external configuration tool. I've also noticed that there is no video at all while it should (well, 20 years ago it was !) The game crash as soon as I pickup...