I had to reinstall EB, because I changed resolution in-game (to something my computer can support), and it gave me the black screen of death, with a message bouncing around informing me of the optimum resolution (which it was, er, set at...). Altering the preferences.txt did nothing...so I had to reinstall (after uninstalling). I didn't install the extras, such as the script or recruitment viewer.
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