Each time I try to load vendetta, I get the launcher/patcher up, it checks for updates, I hit "play vendetta" and I get the splash screen with
DirectX 8.1 GKGL Driver
Loading textures...

then I get 2 stars at the bottom of the screen, and then it crashes to desktop.

Not sure if theres anything I can alter to remedy it, I've tried windowed & fullscreen mode.

forgot error logs :P

waverror.log :
44100 Hz 16bit stereo
[09/30/04 12:36:34] Initializing Wav Sound...
[09/30/04 12:36:34] gkwavsnd.cpp(321) : A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system.

DirecX8.log
main : [09/30/04 12:36:33] Initializing d3d8.1...success!
main : [09/30/04 12:36:33] Setting up Mode List
Found 'nv4_disp.dll', 'NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600' driver version 6.14.10.6177
main : [09/30/04 12:36:33] Device has 130023424 bytes total.
main : [09/30/04 12:36:33] D3D8.1 is valid.
main : [09/30/04 12:36:33] SetMode(22, "Vendetta");
HAL (mixed vp)
Creating D3DDevice (window, 800, 600, format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, depth = D3DFMT_D24X8, aa = 0)...success.
Initializing Device Objects...success.
Restoring Device Objects...
0[0]
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success.
Reloading Textures...done.

Errors.log :
Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 2
Thu Sep 30 12:36:33 2004
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Found driver: "Windows Sound (WAV) driver". Type 1, Version 7.1. Load @0x10000000
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Instantiate address: 10001520
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Found driver: "DirectX8.1 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 27.1. Load @0x00380000
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Instantiate address: 003838C0
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 27.0. Load @0x00c90000
[09/30/04 12:36:33] Instantiate address: 00C99030
Input driver initialized.
[09/30/04 12:36:36] The input 'JOYRV' doesn't exist.
00380000h 434176 directx8.dll C:\Program Files\Vendetta Online\drivers\directx8.dll
00400000h 1716224 vendetta.rlb C:\Program Files\Vendetta Online\vendetta.rlb
00C90000h 184320 refgl.dll C:\Program Files\Vendetta Online\drivers\refgl.dll
08C80000h 45056 ShellEh7.dll C:\Program Files\4t Tray Minimizer\ShellEh7.dll
08CA0000h 1392640 nview.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\nview.dll
08F60000h 86016 nvwddi.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvwddi.dll
09420000h 28672 activity.dll C:\Program Files\JAJC\activity.dll
10000000h 69632 cwavsound.dll C:\Program Files\Vendetta Online\drivers\cwavsound.dll
10100000h 90112 lgscroll.dll C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\lgscroll.dll
5AD70000h 229376 uxtheme.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
5D090000h 618496 COMCTL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
5ED00000h 835584 OPENGL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll
605D0000h 36864 mslbui.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\mslbui.dll
688F0000h 36864 HID.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
68B20000h 131072 GLU32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll
6D990000h 24576 d3d8thk.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
6D9A0000h 1212416 d3d8.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8.dll
71A50000h 258048 mswsock.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\mswsock.dll
71AA0000h 32768 WS2HELP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
71AB0000h 94208 WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
71AD0000h 36864 WSOCK32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
71BF0000h 77824 SAMLIB.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
72280000h 172032 DINPUT.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT.dll
72D20000h 36864 wdmaud.drv C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
73760000h 299008 DDRAW.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll
73BC0000h 24576 DCIMAN32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
74720000h 307200 MSCTF.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
76B40000h 184320 WINMM.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
76BF0000h 45056 PSAPI.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
76C30000h 188416 WINTRUST.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
76C90000h 163840 IMAGEHLP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
76F20000h 159744 DNSAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
76F60000h 180224 WLDAP32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
76FB0000h 32768 winrnr.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
77120000h 573440 oleaut32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\oleaut32.dll
773D0000h 1056768 comctl32.dll C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
774E0000h 1294336 ole32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
77690000h 135168 NTMARTA.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
77920000h 995328 SETUPAPI.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
77A80000h 606208 CRYPT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
77B20000h 73728 MSASN1.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
77C00000h 32768 VERSION.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
77C10000h 360448 msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
77D40000h 589824 USER32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77DD0000h 634880 ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
77E70000h 593920 RPCRT4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
77F10000h 286720 GDI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
77F60000h 483328 SHLWAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
77FE0000h 69632 Secur32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
7C800000h 999424 kernel32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
7C900000h 720896 ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
7C9C0000h 8470528 SHELL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 2
ExceptionCode: 0xc0000005 Access Violation
ExceptionFlags: 0x00000000
ExceptionRecord: 0x00000000
ExceptionAddress: 0x7C918FEA
NumberParameters: 2
0x00000001
0x00000010

ContextFlags: 0x0001003f
EFlags: 0x00010246
ds 0x00000023 35
es 0x00000023 35
fs 0x0000003b 59
gs 0x00000000 0
cs 0x0000001b 27
ss 0x00000023 35
eax 0x00000000 0
ecx 0x00000218 536
edx 0x0059dff8 5890040
ebx 0x00000000 0
esi 0x0059dfe8 5890024
edi 0x00000000 0
ebp 0x0013f63c 1308220
eip 0x7c918fea 2089914346
esp 0x0013f5c8 1308104
brk> 7c918fea: 0059dfe8 004cf68a 0059dfe8 0c898c38
- 7c90104b: 0053d1a4 00000000 00000000 00000000
- 0042f28f: 092df008 0013f91c 00431c1e 00000000
- 004ab938: 00000000 00000001 0036d3e0 003c55f0
- 00431c1e: 092df008 00000001 092df008 0c8936f8
- 004189e3: 003629b0 00000000 00000000 007302be
- 00402d97: 092df008 003629b0 003629b0 00400000
- 00406b83: 00000001 003629b0 7c80b529 00000000
- 004082bf: 00400000 00000000 00152374 00000001
- 004e4262: 00000000 00000000 7ffd5000 80543dfd
- 7c816d4f: 004e40e1 00000000 78746341 00000020

i too get this. :P
have to do some testing. i'm running windows 2000.

I think the problem is that it's not properly handling the case where there is no sound device.

I haven't had any problems with using the onboard sound before, not sure why it isn't detecting it :o

i have a sound blaster live card. so...mmm, dont think its that.

ya i get this same problem but my sound doenst work. is there anyway where u can manually make it so it doesnt have t detect ur sound?

Unfortunately there is no easy way to completely disable the sound.
Basically you'll have to bypass the updater. Go into the Vendetta directory and delete the cwavsound.dll file in the drivers directory. Then copy vendetta.rlb to something like v.exe and then run that.
See if that will work.
I will make a setting to be able to more easily disable sound.

hmm interesting, when i got this problem the first time, i adjusted the compatiblity to a different windows (i run 2k3 server), thinking that it was a conflict with 2k3 server (which there are tons). After recently getting the error again, i decided to look into it, raybondo, i have to disagree, it doesn't have to do with not having sound, it has something to do with not having used the sound device since you first booted. What i did was start up windows media player, and then tried to start vendetta. Bam it comes right up, this also worked with alot of different applications, anything that plays sound. But i had no sound in game. Which isn't too much fun. Then i tired to start up vendetta without media player running. And it doesn't work. I have gotten sound to work before with vendetta, i have the lastest sound drivers for my sound card, so i am at a loss here (networking not programming), any ideas?
(i have a sb live)

Is Media Player playing something when you run VO?

I might be way off in left field with this one, but might it be that there are 'leftovers' from two or more older sound drivers, the existance of which is causing VO to try and use drivers that simply aren't there anymore? It sounds like VO might be having trouble establishing the audio driver enviroment unless some other program has already established it, and even in that case it seems that the audio output isn't being routed properly. I'd try to completely uninstall and then reinstall the audio driver so all the components are properly set, though be sure you have the driver installer handy, lest you end up with a soundless system.

I am getting this same error/crash to desktop. However I have noticed that, if I reboot, and then I completely shutdown, I can then run the game without any issues. I find it strange that simply rebooting will not fix this issue, but that I must reboot once and then shutdown before I play.

I'm playing this on a Dell Latitude D820
2 gigs for ram
Core Duo 2.0 ghz
On board Intel HD audio.

Let me know if I can be of any assistance with this issue.

Slojah, when VO crashes does it open the bug reporter?
If not, can you post the errors.log file found where you installed VO into? Make sure to send it right after a crash because VO will overwrite it when it runs again.

The very first time i ran vendetta i got a CTD without even changing res.

Once i came on here and spotted this i started Media player and then vendetta and played happily for 2 hours.

I had some food laucnhed vendetta again and now i CTD everytime at the loading screen.

Error log has this:
Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 2
Fri Oct 13 13:53:56 2006
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Found driver: "Windows Sound (WAV) driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x10000000
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Instantiate address: 10001AD0
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Found driver: "DirectX8.1 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 66.1. Load @0x00d60000
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Instantiate address: 00D63BA0
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Found driver: "DirectX9 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 66.0. Load @0x00e00000
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Instantiate address: 00E03DA0
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 66.0. Load @0x00ed0000
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Instantiate address: 00ED9950

dx9 log has this:
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Initializing D3D9...success!
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Setting up Mode List
Found 'nv4_disp.dll', 'NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT' driver version 6.14.10.9131
[10/13/06 13:53:56] Setting test mode 0
[10/13/06 13:53:56] SetMode(0, "");
HAL (pure hw vp)
Creating D3DDevice (window, 800, 600, format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, depth = D3DFMT_D24X8, aatype = 0, aaquality = 0)...success.
Initializing Device Objects...success.
Restoring Device Objects...
0[0]
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success.
Reloading Textures...done.
[10/13/06 13:53:57] Device has 254013440 bytes total.
[10/13/06 13:53:57] D3D9 is valid.
[10/13/06 13:53:57] SetMode(27, "Vendetta");
HAL (pure hw vp)
Creating D3DDevice (fullscreen, 1600, 1200, format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, depth = D3DFMT_D24X8, aatype = 1, aaquality = 3)...success.
Initializing Device Objects...success.
Restoring Device Objects...
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success.
Reloading Textures...done.
Restoring Device Objects...
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wave error log has this:
wavoutcaps:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 2
Driver Version: 5.0
Product Name: Microsoft Sound Mapper
Formats: 0x0fff
11.025 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
11.025 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
11.025 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
11.025 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
22.05 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
22.05 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
22.05 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
22.05 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
44.1 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
44.1 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
44.1 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
Num Channels: 2
Support: 0x002c: WAVECAPS_VOLUME WAVECAPS_LRVOLUME WAVECAPS_SAMPLEACCURATE
44100 Hz 16bit stereo
[10/13/06 13:53:57] Initializing Wav Sound...
[10/13/06 13:53:57] Wav Sound Initialized.

My system:
Windows XP Pro SP2 + All Updates
AMD 4800+ X2 (64bit Dual Core)
Asus K8N Deleuxe SLI M/B
2GB XMS Pro Ram
Gainward Bliss Golden Sample 7900 OC GT 512mb
Creative XFI Fatl1ty FPS

Has anyone got a solid idea whats causing this?? It must have something to do with the audio.. but what?

Vendetta is also crashing for me, and my logs seem mostly identical to freakyer's. Then again, it seems our systems are almost identical, so it can't be a fluke.

errors.log
Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 2
Sat Nov 18 23:59:30 2006
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Found driver: "Windows Sound (WAV) driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x10000000
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Instantiate address: 10001AD0
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Found driver: "DirectX8.1 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 68.1. Load @0x00d60000
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Instantiate address: 00D63BA0
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Found driver: "DirectX9 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 68.0. Load @0x00e00000
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Instantiate address: 00E03DB0
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 68.0. Load @0x00ed0000
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Instantiate address: 00ED9CC0

directx9.log
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Initializing D3D9...success!
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Setting up Mode List
Found 'nv4_disp.dll', 'NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO' driver version 6.14.10.9147
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Setting test mode 0
[11/18/06 23:59:30] SetMode(0, "");
HAL (pure hw vp)
Creating D3DDevice (window, 800, 600, format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, depth = D3DFMT_D24X8, aatype = 0, aaquality = 0)...success.
Initializing Device Objects...success.
Restoring Device Objects...
0[0]
1[0]
2[0]
3[0]
4[0]
5[0]
6[0]
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success.
Reloading Textures...done.
[11/18/06 23:59:30] Device has 257552384 bytes total.
[11/18/06 23:59:31] D3D9 is valid.
[11/18/06 23:59:31] SetMode(14, "Vendetta");
HAL (pure hw vp)
Creating D3DDevice (fullscreen, 1152, 864, format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, depth = D3DFMT_D24X8, aatype = 1, aaquality = 3)...success.
Initializing Device Objects...success.
Restoring Device Objects...
0[0]
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success.
Reloading Textures...done.
Restoring Device Objects...
0[0]
1[0]
2[0]
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20[0]

waverror.log

wavoutcaps:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 2
Driver Version: 5.0
Product Name: Microsoft Sound Mapper
Formats: 0x0fff
11.025 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
11.025 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
11.025 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
11.025 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
22.05 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
22.05 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
22.05 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
22.05 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
44.1 kHz, Mono, 8-bit
44.1 kHz, Stereo, 8-bit
44.1 kHz, Mono, 16-bit
44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit
Num Channels: 2
Support: 0x000c: WAVECAPS_VOLUME WAVECAPS_LRVOLUME
44100 Hz 16bit stereo
[11/18/06 23:59:31] Initializing Wav Sound...
[11/18/06 23:59:31] Wav Sound Initialized.

I just fixed the problem.
Seems that the moment after I closed Steam, it started to work again.