# Impossible to play
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [September 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484 "2014-09-29T20:49:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@The\_Owl42](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Owl42)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484/1 "2014-09-29T20:49:21Z")
Hello,
I haven’t played the game since the kicktarter and toda when I downloaded the current stable version I realized that I was unable to play.
When I launch the .exe I only get a blackscreen and the game eventually stop working.
Is there a way to fix it ? I really want to play that game again…
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484/2 "2014-09-29T21:28:39Z")
Some basic questions:
What OS are you on?
Are you getting any error messages?
Is it just a freeze or does it actually crash to the desktop?
Are you running the game in english or do you have some form of localization?
Did you remember to unpack the zip file?
Have you tried redownloading the game? It’s possible something was corrupted in your download.
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### Author:  [@The\_Owl42](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Owl42)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484/3 "2014-09-30T10:41:54Z")
I am on windows 7. Deleting the “lang” file made it works. Thanks for the help !
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### Author:  [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/impossible-to-play/7484/4 "2014-09-30T15:23:36Z")
The 0.A release had some issues with that on windows, I think we have them sorted out in the experimentals. (If we don’t, let me know!)