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Title: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 04, 2014, 10:45:25 pm
Hey guys, I just read about Diaspora for the first time today, so I apologize if this has been addressed already - I looked over this forum and reddit, and couldn't find any other posts.

I installed R1, then the 1.1 patch, then the 1.1.1 patch. From the patch descriptions it seemed this was the correct order, am I wrong?

I didn't try to launch it until both patches had been installed. The launcher (wxlauncher.exe) comes up but freezes immediately. I cannot change the settings or tabs, it crashes before I'm able to click on anything.

I'm running Windows 7 x64, i7-4770k, asus z87 sabertooth, 32g ram, two R9 290x's, using the 14.4 AMD display drivers. I have 6 monitors hooked up so sometimes that causes issues, so I turned off crossfire and eyefinity, but it didn't seem to make any difference...I mean, it's the launcher that's immediatley crashing so I'm assuming I didn't install things correctly.

Any help would be appreciated, I'll probably try uninstalling and reinstalling all the patches in the meantime. Thanks.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 04:15:19 pm
After reinstalling, the launcher was still crashing, so I found the wxlauncher folder stored in AppData and deleted it.

So now I have the R1 release without any patches, and mmediately after I select the FS2 executable under basic settings the launcher freezes.

Can anyone help? I can't find anyone else with this problem. Thanks.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: General Battuta on June 05, 2014, 04:32:00 pm
This is a new one to me!
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: niffiwan on June 05, 2014, 04:35:33 pm
Could you produce a wxLauncher debug log?  Details are in the  OP of this thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67950.0), under "Troubleshooting". Hopefully that'll give some clues as to why its crashing.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 04:46:57 pm
Here's the debug log. Thanks very much, I hope this helps:
http://pastebin.com/tvrPJPLs
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: niffiwan on June 05, 2014, 04:59:57 pm
Thanks for the debug log.  Unfortunately, I can't see any obvious errors in it :(  The only thing I can suggest for now is that you're running an older version of wxlauncher (0.9.2).  Try installing version 0.9.4, download links are on the same page I linked previously.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 05:26:12 pm
Thanks, sorry, I got that debug version from another troubleshooting post, here's the log from .94: http://pastebin.com/W4c1VFZZ
I don't see anything obvious, though...
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: niffiwan on June 05, 2014, 05:46:19 pm
Hmm... I can't really see anything in the log either.

What happens if you attempt to run C:\apps\Diaspora\fs2_open_Diaspora_R1.exe?
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 06:16:15 pm
Nothing obvious happens - the process is running in the background but no interface opens. The launcher won't let me "activate" the Diaspora mod without selecting the FS2 exe so I can't set any options.
The 0.94 launcher also throws an ASSERT that the mod isn't active on launch, but I assumed that would go away when I was able to select the exe.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: niffiwan on June 05, 2014, 07:10:13 pm
Oh - I meant to run that .exe without using the launcher at all.  It probably won't look very pretty, but it would give some more info.  And actually, could you run this one instead (fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe) and then paste the resulting fs2_open.log?
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 07:20:54 pm
Yes, that's what I did, nothing appears on the screen after running it.
Here's the debug log, looks like it is stuck trying to launch OpenAL - is that something that needs configuration in the launcher?
http://pastebin.com/WVy6UrFu
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: Iss Mneur on June 05, 2014, 07:34:13 pm
What are you using for a sound card?

Can you try disabling any realtime anti-virus or anti-malware software.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 08:29:33 pm
I don't have any realtime virus/malware software running - I am using the onboard sound from the ASUS board: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z87/specifications/, however, both the 290x's have audio drivers for the HDMI output, and my device manager just crashed when I tried to disable them. We may have a winner! I will reboot and brb.
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: AngusT on June 05, 2014, 08:44:07 pm
Disabling AMD's audio drivers that are bundled with the 14.4 release fixed the crash.
Thanks for the help!
Title: Re: Launcher crashes immediately
Post by: Iss Mneur on June 05, 2014, 08:57:27 pm
Your welcome.  Thank you for posting what fixed it for you.

Interesting source for a program to hang though...