# Cataclysm (not responding)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [May 4, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113 "2013-05-04T15:40:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/1 "2013-05-04T15:40:44Z")

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So, i’m on a laptop and i downloaded Cataclysm DDA for windows. I come to play it, but whenever i loadit up i get a white screen and when i click at the top it says something like  
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - 0.4 (Not Responding)  
Everytime i open it up. The day this happened i was having some computer issues, but it’s all fixed now except this. I’d love any help

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**Author:** ![Fammable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Fammable](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fammable)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/2 "2013-05-05T17:41:09Z")

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What operating system are you using?

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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/3 "2013-05-05T20:26:28Z")

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Have you tried removing it and re-downloading?

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/4 "2013-05-06T02:48:26Z")

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It may have been corrupted, download it again.

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**Author:** ![drake1storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/5 "2013-05-07T03:46:58Z")

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You might want to check the json files. That error popped up once or twice when I forgot or mistyped something in there.

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/6 "2013-05-08T11:43:52Z")

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It’s happining again, which really makes me mad because the way i fixed it the first time is i deleated the Catalysm aplication thing with the Z thing that is right under the save folder. I just deleated that, re-downloaded, got the game back up but my save was gone and my settings reset. Now that i think back to it, when i extracted the files, it said something about “there are 21 folders with the same name” or something like that, and i wonder if when i click replace all it deleats my old save file and my options that i have set :?

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/7 "2013-05-09T00:28:01Z")

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ok, so I just moved my old save folder to the place where i downloaded a fresh cataclysm, and it doesn’t work. Does this mean my save file gets corrupted or something after i play for a bit, making me unable to play the game at all? If so, how do i fix it? BTW i am on a toshiba laptop with windows 8, if that helps at all.

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**Author:** ![drake1storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/8 "2013-05-09T00:33:46Z")

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Cataclysm with a Z? Um, yeah, there is no such file, at least in the latest version.

Download the source code and compile that. If it doesn’t work then, I recommend you download avast and do a boot runtime scan followed by downloading advanced system care and scanning and fixing all errors. If it doesn’t work after all that, you might just be buggered out of luck.

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**Author:** ![Soron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soron/32/885_2.png) [@Soron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soron)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/9 "2013-05-09T00:59:18Z")

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If the issue goes away when you remove your save directory, then you’ve got a mismatch between your save file and the executable. Do be aware that save files are NOT guaranteed to be compatible with versions other than the one they’re generated in, and I think pretty much every recent major version has broken save compatibility. And yes, this is something we’re working on.

I also know that 0.3 saves are massively incompatible with 0.4, although I thought that was a crash rather than a hang.

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/10 "2013-05-10T01:20:05Z")

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Oh goody. A new error.

Runtime error!

Program: C:\Users\Nryer\Downloads\CataDDA0.4 (1)\Cataclysm.exe

The application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.  
Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

My god. I just want to play some cataclysm, but for some reason, it own’t let me. :'c

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**Author:** ![Soron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soron/32/885_2.png) [@Soron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soron)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/11 "2013-05-10T01:28:25Z")

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Do you know what happened right before that?

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/12 "2013-05-10T11:41:09Z")

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> [@Soron](#):
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> Do you know what happened right before that?

What exactly do you mean by that? Right as i open cataclysm a second or two later it gives a sound then the error message. It doesn’t even show cataclysm, just a white screen.

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**Author:** ![wad67](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/wad67/32/7_2.png) [@wad67](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/wad67)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/13 "2013-05-11T04:30:50Z")

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Make a brand new directory, download a brand new cataclysm and put it in there, if that does not work the problem lies on your computer.

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/14 "2013-05-11T18:54:42Z")

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> [@wad67](#):
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> Make a brand new directory, download a brand new cataclysm and put it in there, if that does not work the problem lies on your computer.

what does that mean? .-.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/15 "2013-05-11T20:22:06Z")

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A new folder. folder = directory in computer terms.

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/16 "2013-05-12T13:45:33Z")

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> [@i2amroy](#):
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> A new folder. folder = directory in computer terms.

thanks 😛

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**Author:** ![Aggrons\_shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-not-responding/1113/17 "2013-05-19T18:08:23Z")

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Every. Single. Time. i open up cataclysm the second time, after re-downloading, in a little box with the left side missing, it shows 0] and doesn’t do anything else. I click and guess what i get?  
Cataclysm. Not. Freaking. Responding.