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Title: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on June 18, 2009, 03:21:13 pm

Hey, after I updated to Vista x64 SP2 I haven't been able to get the launcher to work. The moment I select an executable for the launcher to use, it freezes.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: Jeff Vader on June 18, 2009, 03:25:09 pm

Hmm. Are you trying to run the Launcher with a non-administrator user account?

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on June 18, 2009, 03:32:40 pm

No.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: chief1983 on June 18, 2009, 03:34:48 pm

That's either a good reason for me a) not to upgrade to SP2 or b) to upgrade to SP2 and help figure out what's wrong.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on June 18, 2009, 03:52:01 pm

I'm not even sure if it is SP2, that's just what seems most likely.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: captain-custard on June 18, 2009, 03:55:53 pm

try checking the permissions for the directory its in maybe the upgrade changed them

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on June 30, 2009, 04:36:32 pm

Sooo.... Can anyone else confirm whether or not the launcher isn't working in SP2?

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: chief1983 on June 30, 2009, 07:41:30 pm

I've updated to Vista64 SP2 and have no problems.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: captain-custard on July 02, 2009, 03:56:41 am

just a question , where is your freespace directory installed?

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 03, 2009, 08:05:22 pm

C:\games\freespace2

Was working fine like 4 months ago, the last time I played FS2. But something between then and now killed it.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: captain-custard on July 04, 2009, 05:01:54 am

i know that you have been asked this before , but have you checked the permisions for that folder

also can you take a screen shot of yor folder and post it please

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: Jeff Vader on July 04, 2009, 05:51:20 am

Quote from: hurleybird on July 03, 2009, 08:05:22 pm

Was working fine like 4 months ago, the last time I played FS2. But something between then and now killed it.

Any particularly drastic actions you've taken between 4 months ago and now?

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 04, 2009, 11:18:38 am

Vista SP2... I guess I could try killing a bunch of background programs...

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: captain-custard on July 04, 2009, 11:25:06 am

can you take a screen shot of your freespace folder and post the image here just to see if there is anything that looks out of place

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 05, 2009, 02:05:51 am

(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee255/JGraw/fs2dir.jpg?t=1246777590)

Oddly enough, selecting the retail .exe doesn't cause the launcher to hang, just FS2 open...

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: captain-custard on July 05, 2009, 04:51:47 am

i cant see anything out of place there i would suggest downloading RC3 again and also re downloading the launcher 5.5d to see if either of these are corrupt and just for saftey sake checking that all permissions and the firewall except RC3 im sure we will get to the bottom of this one soon

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 21, 2009, 04:54:09 pm

Ok, it looks like the launcher isn't the problem. FS2Open executables are the problem. Launcher works fine with retail .exe, but none of the FS2Open or Fred2Open executables will launch with or without the launcher. I just recently upgraded to windows 7 and they still don't work. Old installs of KSaga and BTRL also don't work. For some reason my computer decided that it hates FS2Open. Tried upgrading to Win7 and it still won't open, compatability mode also doesn't help. No other programs have been affected, just anything the uses the FS2Open executables!

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: The E on July 21, 2009, 04:59:23 pm

I'm on 7 as well, and I do not see the problems you are having. Make sure you use 3.6.10 final (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,64520.msg1271916/topicseen.html#msg1271916), and the Launcher from that thread. Use a debug build, and see if there is a debug log in your data folder.

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 21, 2009, 06:57:42 pm

Tried the 3.6.10 debug build, got the following log:

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==========================================================================
DEBUG SPEW: No debug_filter.cfg found, so only general, error, and warning
categories can be shown and no debug_filter.cfg info will be saved.
==========================================================================
FreeSpace version: 3.6.10
Passed cmdline options:
  <none>
Building file index...
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\multi-mission-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0x377695e0
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\multi-voice-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0xd50e7442
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\Root_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x747372cc
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\smarty_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xddeb3b1e
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\sparky_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x164fe65a
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\sparky_hi_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xa11d56f1
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\stu_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xd77da83a
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango1_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x4c25221e
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango2_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x86920b82
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango3_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x705e8d71
Found root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\warble_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xd85c305d
Searching root 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\' ... 8 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\multi-mission-pack.vp' ... 110 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\multi-voice-pack.vp' ... 307 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\Root_fs2.vp' ... 157 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\smarty_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\sparky_fs2.vp' ... 3027 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\sparky_hi_fs2.vp' ... 1337 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\stu_fs2.vp' ... 2355 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango1_fs2.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango2_fs2.vp' ... 15 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\tango3_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack 'C:\Games\FreeSpace2\warble_fs2.vp' ... 52 files
Found 12 roots and 7420 files.
AutoLang: Language auto-detection successful...
Setting language to English
Initializing OpenAL...
  Using 'Generic Software' as OpenAL sound device...


So, it looks like maybe the problem was quite silly and all I need to do is reinstall OpenAL, right?

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: hurleybird on July 21, 2009, 07:00:35 pm

Yeah, that did it. Yay! Finally can play FS2 again!

Title: Re: Launcher is freezing
Post by: The E on July 21, 2009, 07:10:31 pm

Nice to hear it.