[Cruzz]

I've been trying to get my newly "acquired" (why aren't there any shops which would stock Freespace 2 anymore? ) version of Freespace 2 working, without much luck. Installation works just perfectly (if a bit slow), so does the setup utility after that, but when I try to start the game the screen goes dark for a few seconds and then pops up this message:

Error: Could not load animation cursor for the mouse pointer

File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\FREESPACE2\FreeSpace.cpp
Line: 7086

If I select cancel, the game quits. If I select Debug, the game continues for about 10 seconds into the intro movie and then crashes again with the message:

Error: Too many fonts!
See John, or change MAX_FONTS in Graphics\Font.h

File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\Graphics\Font.cpp
Line: 753

Here it doesn't matter if I hit debug or cancel, either way the game won't work any further.

Anyway, I've tried to run it with 2 PCs, same problem on both.

AMD Thunderbird 1400MHz/Asus A7M266/512 MB DDR/Geforce 3(29.42 & 30.82 drivers tested, for some reason the newer detonators generally don't work on this pc)/Soundblaster Live! 5.1/WinME/DirectX 8.1

P-III 550MHZ/Asus P2B-F/256 MB SDR/TNT 2 (40.72)/Soundblaster Live Value/Win98SE/DirectX 7.1

I'm going to ask a friend of mine for his FS2 CDs tomorrow but frankly I'm not convinced that the problem is in the installation files.

EDIT:

Hmm, if the problem would be in the files, wouldn't they most likely differ in size compared to the real ones?

Here are the sizes of all the files on the CDs:

CD1: 607 MB (636 512 644 bytes)
CD2: 680 MB (713 719 921 bytes)
CD3: 671 MB (704 331 683 bytes)

Anyone feel like checking how much the files size totals on their CDs are?

/EDIT

I've already tried:
Installing with full and minimum amount of files
Copying all the CDs on my HDD and installing from there
Patching up to 1.2 before trying to run the game
Defragmenting

There were 2 threads about this problem on these boards, but neither was of any real help . If you have any bright ideas regarding my problem, please let me know .

Why does it always have to be so difficult to get anything to run

[kasperl]

try another version, goto http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4150
and download that version. or try an SCP build and see if that works.
out of curiousity, were did you acquire those cd images?

[Cruzz]

Originally posted by kasperl
try another version, goto http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4150
and download that version. or try an SCP build and see if that works.
out of curiousity, were did you acquire those cd images?

They're the ones recently released on Bittorrent (the 2 CD rip plus the seperate 3rd CD by someone else)

I'll try SCP but somehow I imagine it requiring an already working installation of FS2 to function

[kasperl]

well, yeah, uhm, you might want to try the HOTU build, and then suplement that with data from the cd rips.

[Cruzz]

Originally posted by kasperl
try another version, goto http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4150
and download that version. or try an SCP build and see if that works.
out of curiousity, were did you acquire those cd images?

Tested SCP and was like I thought, exactly the same error message.

Downloading the HotU version now. Maybe I should test the demo, I know it used to work on my old pc but if it doesn't work now I know the problem is something I most likely cannot fix.

[kasperl]

use the HOTU build, that's a reliable FS2 rip.

[Cruzz]

Woooh, the HoTU build does work, now I just need to see if I can put in all of my vp files without it starting to crash at start again.

[Cruzz]

Well, after transferring every single .vp from my previous installation and even copying the FS2.exe (because the HotU one refused to patch) it's still working quite nicely. I wonder what's wrong with the other installation, it's weird

Ah well, finally after nearly 5 hours of struggling to get it to work I have mmmyyy preeeeciiiooouussss, going to have to play a bit before installing fs open

[Cruzz]

Now that I have a more or less working installation of FS2(some minor problems with briefings and the intro not playing for more than 20 seconds but otherwise I haven't run into any major bugs), I've been trying to get fs_open to work too. Without much luck as usual

Anyway, my problem is rather simple:

When I start up with fs2_open_3_5.exe everything works fine up to the "menu". If I try to access either the Campaign Room or the Ready Room here, the game boots me back in to windows without any error message. The barracks, options and the info area work just fine.

EDIT: me and my engrish

[Woolie Wool]

*Fire Control, target Cruzz.  Power up photon beam cannons. Commence plasma core insertion. OPEN FIRE!*

Exits are to the sides and rear.  Personal flamethrowers are located beneath your seat in case of emergency or naughty disposition.  If you run into any Shivans while crawling through the ductwork, it's probably just Carl.  Give him your lunch, back away slowly, and you'll be fine.

[Cruzz]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
*Fire Control, target Cruzz.  Power up photon beam cannons. Commence plasma core insertion. OPEN FIRE!*

Exits are to the sides and rear.  Personal flamethrowers are located beneath your seat in case of emergency or naughty disposition.  If you run into any Shivans while crawling through the ductwork, it's probably just Carl.  Give him your lunch, back away slowly, and you'll be fine.

Well thanks, but you could've tried answering my question too