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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: MoodyB on April 05, 2002, 07:55:08 am
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Hey all,
I apologise in advance for my first post being so long....
I'm hoping that somebody can offer some help on the above subject,it's driving me nuts.
My config :
Celeron 433 / Win98(build 4.10) / 192mb / GeForce256 /
Detonator v28.32 / DirectX v8.1(tried with v7 as well) /
Desktop at 1024x768x16 / FreeSpace v1.20 / 32x Teac CD-Rom
First of all,after doing an install of FreeSpace2,should the folders
inside the data/ directory be empty?Mine are here.I have a lot of .vp files the the root directory though.And sometimes
the installation will crash at the end with the percentage at 99.
I have un-installed / re-installed FreeSpace about 8 times now picking different variations on the selection,and changing the path to where its put with no success.
Here's a rundown of what happens.
I open the Launcher and select the D3D 640x480x16 screen and click play.I get the following error dialogue on the desktop after about 15 seconds :
Error: Could not load animation cursor for the mouse pointer
File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\FREESPACE2\FreeSpace.cpp
Line: 7086
Call stack:
If I click debug,then I get the following messages until it quits itself:
Error: Too many fonts!
See John, or change MAX_FONTS in Graphics\Font.h
File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\Graphics\Font.cpp
Line: 753
Call stack:
Error: Could not load in Pop3!
File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\UI\WINDOW.cpp
Line: 232
Call stack:
KERNEL32.DLL bff8b537()
KERNEL32.DLL bff8b3e9()
KERNEL32.DLL bff89dac()
And then the screen goes black for about 2 seconds,then I'm returned to my desktop.
If anybody can offer any advice,I would really appreciate it.
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hmm....odd. Never happened to me.
what are your install options?
Is the CD damaged or scracthed atall?
BTw, the data directory should be empty - only a bunch of empty folders - the actual information is help on the VP files.
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Well I'm your angel then. Yes the folders are empty.
Hmm, I helped a guy out of trouble like this in VBB a year ago. I'm not sure about the kernell errors (I hate those) but the poor guy just deleted some fonts and I send him the cursor files (now he can play FS) :p
Keep your head and welcome to HLP man :D
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Originally posted by aldo_14
hmm....odd. Never happened to me.
what are your install options?
Is the CD damaged or scracthed atall?
BTw, the data directory should be empty - only a bunch of empty folders - the actual information is help on the VP files.
I've used all the different install options.Tried just basic,basic and music,all ticked,etc....
The cd's are fine.
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
I'm not sure about the kernell errors (I hate those) but the poor guy just deleted some fonts and I send him the cursor files (now he can play FS) :p
Keep your head and welcome to HLP man :D
Cheers.I just hope I can get this sorted,or it's FreeSpace1 on the Amiga for me...:)
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What resolution is FS2 running at? I knew a guy who had some call-stack problems too, running at a different resolution fixed it for him.
And again, is your CD not scratched???
And, since anyone hasn't said that:
;7 ;7 ;7 WELCOME TO HLPBB ;7 ;7 ;7
I'll leave the shotgun routine to someone else, I'm kinda busy here. :D
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Originally posted by Stunaep
What resolution is FS2 running at? I knew a guy who had some call-stack problems too, running at a different resolution fixed it for him.
And again, is your CD not scratched???
And, since anyone hasn't said that:
;7 ;7 ;7 WELCOME TO HLPBB ;7 ;7 ;7
I'll leave the shotgun routine to someone else, I'm kinda busy here. :D
Thanks for the welcome:)
I've tried FreeSpace at both 640x480 and 1024x768(with hires
installed from cd).Neither makes a difference.
Here's a couple of things I fogot to post earlier:-/
This sometimes appears during installation.Around 40-55%
00328B9D caused an invalid page fault in
module ZDATAI51.DLL
And when I pick my destination for where FreeSpace2 is installed,
Setup show that I have around 300mb of space,when I really have 3.9gig!If I try and install FreeSpace2 and it crashes during this,and I run setup.exe again,this time it shows the correct amount of space....
I'm looking at a re-format aren't I....:-(
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Well, I'm sure someone smarter than me can come up with someting better, but I'd say you're looking at a bad disk/file here.
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Finally!!!:).....it works.......!:)
Ended up copying the 3 cd's to my hd and installing it from there.
I guess my cd drive's a bit flakey.
Thanks to all that offered advice and tips.I appreciate it.
Regards,
ALan