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Offline Goober5000

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means you have the same issue in all likelihood, Debug builds seem to be immune to the issue iirc

Not completely.  On my machine (when using NVIDIA) it crashes on debug.  I've uploaded several logs to the Mantis ticket.

 

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As for the bug mentioned, I sometimes get the crashes too, but much more less. (with normal build).

The issue appears to have something to do with FS2 using integrated Intel Graphics in cooperation with Nvidia graphic cart... I mean, when I posted debug build log, it shown only Intel Graphics Drivers used, but in fact, my Nvidia software was sure that it was running FS at the same time...

Maybe try other shadow settings as well, that helped me bit here too.
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My intel graphics is deactivated in the Bios of the motherboard and don't even appears under "system-->graphic cards" or Aida64. Also in my FS2 log, only nvidia gtx660 is mentionned ("OpenGL Renderer  : GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2  OpenGL Version   : 4.4.0 NVIDIA 344.75")


 
Another thing I've noted if it can be useful is that I don't crash if the point of origin of the beam is not on my field of view (ie I can look at the beam without crashing as long as the origin isn't in view, but as soon as I turn my ship and look in the direction of the ship firing the beam, the game crash).

 
Question:
Is the 3.7.2 RC4 release supposed to be stuck in a single, unchangeable resolution, or is that the fault of the wxLauncher (since the normal Launcher is just crashing without opening)?

I tried using 3.7.1 (AVX BP), and that works fine without being stuck in that apparently 4:3 resolution.

 

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Question:
Is the 3.7.2 RC4 release supposed to be stuck in a single, unchangeable resolution, or is that the fault of the wxLauncher (since the normal Launcher is just crashing without opening)?

I tried using 3.7.1 (AVX BP), and that works fine without being stuck in that apparently 4:3 resolution.
That's a feature, not a bug.

Try adding -stretch_menu to your command line.
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Question:
Is the 3.7.2 RC4 release supposed to be stuck in a single, unchangeable resolution, or is that the fault of the wxLauncher (since the normal Launcher is just crashing without opening)?

I tried using 3.7.1 (AVX BP), and that works fine without being stuck in that apparently 4:3 resolution.
That's a feature, not a bug.

Try adding -stretch_menu to your command line.

I see...
Seems silly.

I don't really understand why a resolution that should fill the screen normally would need to be stretched, but I'll give that a try.

 

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The menus have a fixed size (1024x768). 3.7.0 and older versions of FSO stretched these menus to fill the screen by default. This was less than ideal for people with multi-monitor setups, so it was changed to not stretch by default, but with the option to do so for people who preferred the old way. Hence the command-line option.
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The menus have a fixed size (1024x768). 3.7.0 and older versions of FSO stretched these menus to fill the screen by default. This was less than ideal for people with multi-monitor setups, so it was changed to not stretch by default, but with the option to do so for people who preferred the old way. Hence the command-line option.

Ah, that makes sense.
Sounds like a leftover annoyance from the retail version (the fixed size).
(Well, I know the retail version would fill the screen; I guess through stretching)

Anyway, I wouldn't have known how to get that issue fixed without asking around, probably, and it did solve my issue with the game.
So, thanks for the assist.