Weird problem here. Whenever I start the game on my laptop the icon shows up in the bar on the bottom on the screen. The java process also starts in Task Manager. But....the graphics won't show on the screen. No window with the game at all. I only see my desktop, where I can freely click the icons as if I didn't start any program. When I hover over the game icon in the bottom bar it only shows greyish, empty window. I have started the game with the bat file, here's the output I get:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starsector\starsector-core>..\jre\bin\java.exe -Djava.library.path=native\windows -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss1024k -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.logs=. -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.saves=../saves -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.screenshots=../screenshots -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.mods=../mods -classpath janino.jar;commons-compiler.jar;commons-compiler-jdk.jar;starfarer.res.jar;starfarer.api.jar;starfarer_obf.jar;jogg-0.0.7.jar;jorbis-0.0.15.jar;json.jar;lwjgl.jar;lwjgl_util_applet.jar;jinput.jar;lwjgl_test.jar;log4j-1.2.9.jar;lwjgl_util.jar;fs.sound_obf.jar;fs.common_obf.jar;xstream-1.4.10.jar com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher
0 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Starting Starsector 0.9.1a-RC8 launcher
0 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Running in C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starsector\starsector-core
0 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - OS: Windows 8.1 6.3
0 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Java version: 1.7.0_79 (64-bit)
15 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.settings.StarfarerSettings - Loading settings
15 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils - Loading JSON from [ABSOLUTE_AND_CWD: null (data/config/settings.json)]
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 320x240, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 320x200, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 400x300, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 512x384, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x400, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x600, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1400x1050, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 60Hz, 32bpp
94 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Assuming native monitor resolution is 1920x1080
406 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.L - Using refresh rate:60
953 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/launcher_bg.jpg (using cast)
1015 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/launch_button_bg.png (using cast)
1031 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/play_button0.png (using cast)
1031 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/play_button1.png (using cast)
1031 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/toggleA20x_on.png (using cast)
1031 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/toggleA20x_off.png (using cast)
1031 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/arrow_down.png (using cast)
1046 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fx/scanline11.png (using cast)
1062 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron24aabold_0.png (using cast)
1093 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron20aa_0.png (using cast)
1128 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/insignia15LTaa_0.png (using cast)
1158 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron12_0.png (using cast)
I have tried to launch the game as admin. Also upgraded my java. Tried to tell my NVidia driver to use Intel graphics. I have Nvidia Gforce GTX 1050. The problem is isolated to my laptop, as on my desktop computer everything works properly. Has anyone else got the same issue ? Am I missing something obvious ?