# Cataclysm crash after selecting a menu option on main screen
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [March 3, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029 "2015-03-03T00:18:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@majesty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/majesty)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/1 "2015-03-03T00:18:33Z")
hello, i was watching a youtube video of this game, and it seemed really exciting to i followed the instructions, which were to download the latest build and extract it and run it. i did this, and it did not work. after selecting a menu option it crashed on me. running it in compatability mode or admin did not fix this. i went to the IRC chat and they told me to download [http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Windows/Tiles/](http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Windows/Tiles/) 2815, which i did, and i got the same error. i would love to be able to try this game out, but i would need to solve this issue first. is anyone here experienced enough to help me through this problem? i am using windows 7 64 bit. thank you for reading.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/2 "2015-03-03T02:07:20Z")
Try opening up options.txt and changing the value for SOFTWARE\_RENDERING. Some graphics cards freak out when it’s on the wrong setting there. You will need to restart the game after changing it for it to take effect.
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### Author:  [@majesty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/majesty)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/3 "2015-03-03T02:17:06Z")
didnt work ☹
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### Author:  [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/4 "2015-03-03T02:20:04Z")
Have you tried the ASCII Curses version?
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### Author:  [@majesty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/majesty)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/5 "2015-03-03T02:31:22Z")
not sure what you mean there.
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### Author:  [@Valkjosandi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valkjosandi)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/6 "2015-03-03T02:34:15Z")
That would be the not-sdl/tiles version.
Stable: [http://assets.cataclysmdda.com/downloads/windows\_binaries/cddacurses-current.zip](http://assets.cataclysmdda.com/downloads/windows_binaries/cddacurses-current.zip)
Experimental: [http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Windows/Curses/](http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Windows/Curses/)
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### Author:  [@majesty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/majesty)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/7 "2015-03-03T02:35:18Z")
ah, yes i have used those.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/8 "2015-03-03T02:45:43Z")
Just tried on my non-dev machine (with a working browser though), and latest dev works fine on Win7 Home Premium 32-bit. Wish I had better news. ☹
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### Author:  [@Valkjosandi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valkjosandi)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-crash-after-selecting-a-menu-option-on-main-screen/9029/9 "2015-03-03T04:40:35Z")
Resolved
User was hitting spacebar rather than enter when selecting a menu option -\> spacebar closes the program when at the title screen. (also program “crashes” anytime it’s shut down).