Closed Launch error for Windows 8: Could not create HAL device

Does anyone have any idea what the below means? This error is coming up as soon as I click on the launcher button:

GraphicsException: Could not create a HAL device: Back buffer not supported/Hardware acceleration is not available.Back Buffer Format: 22 00408BB0

E:/Steamworks/Starbound/git/starbound/soucrce/graphics/StarGraphicsComon.hpp:8)
00408E10
E:/Steamworks/Starbound/git/starbound/source/application/StarApplicationBase.cpp:645
0040990E
E:/Steamworks/Starbound/git/starbound/source/application/StarApplicatiBase.cpp:
0040779F
E:/Steamworkds/Starbound/git/starbound/source/client/main.cpp:49)
004DB891 (c:\SDL-1.2.15/./src/main/win32/_win32_main.c318)

 

Turn the Hardware acceleration off, http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/microsite.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=15392
Where it says lower you turn it off,

 

Thanks heaps JohnnyKill - we tried doing this but it seems my graphic card doesn't have the option to turn the acceleration off.

 

Then what can be causing that error...
Can you drop your system specs?

 

I have this same problem :/
Specs:
Toshiba l775d-s7226
Windows 7 ultimate
6 gb Ram
AMD A6 3400m APU With Radeon HD graphis/ 1.4ghz

 

Tried that fix, sadly didnt work for me. any other recommendations?

 

Operating System
Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3630QM @ 2.40GHz 66 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
TOSHIBA QFKAA (SOCKET 0)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Toshiba)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (Toshiba) 58 °C
Storage
931GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 (SATA) 51 °C
3GB SDHC Card (US
7GB USB Device (US
Optical Drives
MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

Intel HD Graphics 4000
Manufacturer Intel
Model HD Graphics 4000
Device ID 8086-0166
Revision A
Subvendor Toshiba (1179)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Driver version 10.18.10.3308

 

i used to get this problem but now it gets me a loading screen that wont load

 

Same here

 

When I got the error I just relaunched and it was fine, took a little while to load up first time though, just gotta be patient.

 

how long did it take for you?

 

Only about 5mins

 

When I launch the game it instantly says that error im on Windows 7 Ultimate.

 

I'm running Windows 8.1

 

I found my solution i uninstalled and reinstalled my graphics driver and it works. Hope this helps you guys!!

 

I'm having a very similar problem. I bought the pixel tier off of the starbound preorder website and i downloaded it on steam after i put my key in. Every time i click play it comes up with ,i guess its the beta starting screen, and at the bottom i click "launch starbound" and then an error window comes up with all theses numbers and it says - invalid handle in dirlist of '../assets/objects/minibiome/sandstone/sandstonechair' - it keeps going for a bit but that's it. I've tried updating everything on my computer and restarting and nothing seemed to work. please help

 

At least one of you has switchable graphics. If they don't auto-switch, there should be an option to switch manually to your better GPU. Otherwise, try reinstalling the drivers like Spartan-M777. I know some notebooks have an option in the BIOS to force the gaming GPU to always be active. You may have to do that.

Open up Computer/My Computer, right-click the drive on which you have Starbound installed, click Properties, and make sure the "File system" is NTFS. If it isn't, you'll either need to convert the drive to NTFS (don't ask, I absolutely will not help with this), or install Starbound to a drive that IS using NTFS.