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Title: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on August 28, 2020, 08:17:12 am: Hello All.
I was told to uninstall everything and start over after the last Media VP update was causing issues with several mods I had installed.
Is there a video or tutorial on setting up Knossos?
I am have trouble finding the correct folder to install FS2. My retail version is from GOG and is in the GOG games folder. The auto-detect does not find it so I linked it myself last time and wonder if I did that incorrectly.
I have reinstalled Knossos now and it shows Freespace 2 retail in the Knossos display but it cannot find the exe. to play the game.
If I start FS2 retail from GOG without using Knossos it plays fine.
Just looking for some guidance.

Thanks for putting up with all my newbie questions.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on August 28, 2020, 05:40:12 pm: Here is a debug log if that helps from BTA.
https://fsnebula.org/log/5f49877844e6d941785a5626
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 28, 2020, 06:45:16 pm: Does it run it what is happening now?
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on August 29, 2020, 05:55:49 am: As of now the screen is just black when the programs launch. I have audio but no video.
I hit the escape key and I get the cursor only on a black screen.
Hit escape again and the programs shut down.

This happend for all the programs using the newest media VP.

Thanks
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 29, 2020, 11:45:20 am: Please run it with the "retail" mod and tell me what happens.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on August 29, 2020, 02:39:42 pm: Thanks for the reply.
I know I am being a pain.
The retail mod does the same thing. A black screen and if I hit escape the cursor shows up and nothing else.
If I run it in fast debug it appears to run fine.
Attached are the Knossos settings.

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Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on August 29, 2020, 02:51:58 pm: Here is what I have installed.
All of them go the the black screen a start up.

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Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: Frak_Tastic on September 04, 2020, 06:22:33 pm: Just updated everything myself and also running into this issue - audio runs as normal on all mods & retail but screen remains blank with the FS cursor on it. Resolution isn't the issue; also checked from trilinear to bilinear without success.

Even ran the fast debug and couldn't get it to run.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on September 04, 2020, 11:12:39 pm: I am running an older machine with a AMD Radeon HD 8670 apu. It was crossfired with a XFX Radeon 6670 until a month ago when the 6670 failed. I am still running windows 7 as I am old and hate change , lol.
I was able to get BTA to run by running an older release 1.2.5 and using the stable FSO 19.0.0.
By using FSO 19.0.0 I can run Media VP 4.3.1, I get an error message that I have on the attachment. But the game then runs fine after I click it off.

Hope this helps.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and hope you do not have to go through the same.

Good luck.

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Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: Mobius on September 05, 2020, 09:19:49 am: I'm now experiencing CTDs on startup following the latest FSO build update (and older builds now induce the same error, too).
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: Frak_Tastic on September 07, 2020, 09:19:25 am: Quote from: caine440 on September 04, 2020, 11:12:39 pm
I am running an older machine with a AMD Radeon HD 8670 apu. It was crossfired with a XFX Radeon 6670 until a month ago when the 6670 failed. I am still running windows 7 as I am old and hate change , lol.

Looks like i am running a similar environment with WIN7 and a Radeon 6800. Hope this info helps.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: Mobius on September 07, 2020, 10:34:12 am: Quote from: Mobius on September 05, 2020, 09:19:49 am
I'm now experiencing CTDs on startup following the latest FSO build update (and older builds now induce the same error, too).

It turns out that the issue had been caused by a corrupt pilot files. Knossos was not relevant to it.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: caine440 on September 07, 2020, 05:55:55 pm: Thanks for the update.
I deleted all my old pilots on my last install.
I now just have one pilot for FS2 and one for BTA.
Title: Re: Knossos set up
Post by: Frak_Tastic on September 08, 2020, 12:35:04 pm: Sorry for the dumb question, but where are the pilot files located? I had the issue after a clean install and can't seem to find them.