[Norm]

I tried sending this message to Mantis, but haven't received a confirmation email for registering there for over 5 hours.  Assuming the response would be within minutes, I gave up and am posting it here since it may not be a bug problem anyway:

On 3/29/08, I used Turey's installer to obtain Freespace 2 via the link below:

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/FreeSpace_Open_Installer

My file for Freespace 2 now contains 3.63 GB of data after choosing to download all files offered by the installer.  

Starting the Launcher an error message said, "The launcher must be in the same directory as the binary you are trying to use."  I was still able to start the Launcher and run the program.  A title screen said, "Freespace 2 SCP".  An introductory movie played.  Then a screen said, "Choose Pilot".  There was a flashing cursor with no pilot name.  Below this it said, "Type callsign and press enter".  I typed "NORM" and pressed enter.  The program crashed.

This pop-up message was displayed:

       Error: couldn(t load pilot file, bailing.
       File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\MenuUI\PlayerMenu.CPP
       Line: 857
       Call Stack: kernal32.dll   7c816ff7( )

In the pop-up message screen, I then clicked "OK to use debugger".  This also crashed.


Below are some of my system specifications:

Main Circuit Board: ECS P4M890T-M2 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080013 07/11/2006
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
3.07 gigahertz Intel Pentium 416 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
83.85 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS [Display adapter]


Error log created by your program:

fs2_open_3_6_9 caused an Access Violation in module fs2_open_3_6_9.exe at 001b:004075ca.
Exception handler called in FreeSpace 2 Main Thread.
Error occurred at 4/1/2008 14:23:22.
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\Games Downloads and Saves\FreeSpace2\Freespace2.fs2open3.6.9\fs2_open_3_6_9.exe, run by User.
2 processor(s), type 586.
1024 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 000000d0 caused an access violation.

Registers:
EAX=00010000 CS=001b EIP=004075ca EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000025 SS=0023 ESP=0012fa50 EBP=0012ff34
ECX=00000000 DS=0023 ESI=00000001 FS=003b
EDX=00000000 ES=0023 EDI=00000002 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8a 8a d0 00 00 00 51 e8 3a de 16 00 83 c4 0c 5e
Stack dump:
0012fa50: 3f800000 00000000 00000001 004dc38c 00000025 00000001 00000025 00000001
0012fa70: 00000025 00000000 ffffffff 00406750 00000001 00000000 5ed00000 00000064
0012fa90: 0012fb78 7e41c950 ffffffff 0012ff34 00504539 0012fabc 00000000 00000000
0012fab0: 00000000 00000001 00000000 004080db 00000001 004dc5dd 00000025 00000000
0012fad0: 0012fb78 00000000 004089f0 00000020 0000002c 3ff4b000 23930000 99c28000
0012faf0: 7f628000 7ffe0000 7c8fb000 00408ae8 00142491 00380033 00000000 7ffdb000
0012fb10: 02000200 445c3a43 6d75636f 73746e65 646e6120 74655320 676e6974 73555c73
0012fb30: 445c7265 746b7365 475c706f 73656d61 776f4420 616f6c6e 61207364 5320646e
0012fb50: 73657661 6572465c 61705365 5c326563 65657246 63617073 662e3265 706f3273
0012fb70: 2e336e65 00392e36 5f327366 6e65706f 365f335f 652e395f 00006578 02bf07d8
0012fb90: 02bf0000 02bf4900 0012fb88 02bf0000 0012fdcc 7c90ee18 7c910738 ffffffff
0012fbb0: 7c910732 7c9106ab 7c9106eb 02bf48e0 0000001f 02bf48e0 00000003 02bf0178
0012fbd0: 02bf0000 02bf7010 0012fbc8 02bf0640 0012fe0c 02bf0000 0012fc1c 02bf0000
0012fbf0: 7c910732 00000007 02bf07d8 02bf0000 02bf48c8 0012fbf4 00140778 0012fe38
0012fc10: 7c90ee18 7c910738 ffffffff 7c910732 7c9106ab 7c9106eb 02490878 02490878
0012fc30: 7ffdb001 7c9106eb 02490b30 0012ff14 00000000 0012fc78 0012fc7c 02bf0000
0012fc50: 7c910732 00000015 02bf6bb8 02bf0000 02bf7010 00000448 00000001 0012fe98
0012fc70: 7c90ee18 7c910738 ffffffff 02bf6bb0 0012fcb0 02bf6bb0 02bf6bb0 0012fcbc
0012fc90: 7c917e77 02bf0000 02bf7328 02bf6bb0 000000ed 02bf0000 00000740 00000760
0012fcb0: 02bf23a0 0000019b 0112fea4 0012fea8 7c917c0c 02bf0000 00000001 7c917bf5
0012fcd0: 02bf0608 7c917bb0 00000000 00000770 02bf6bb8 02bf01d0 00000010 00140178

0012fcf0: 02bf01a0 7c8448b1 00000008 00000000 02bf0178 02bf6bb8 02bf0178 02bf4880
0012fd10: 02bf6ba0 0014da30 00000008 02bf0188 00000020 02bf0178 02bf01a0 02bf6bb8
0012fd30: 0014d9e8 00000008 0064006e 02bf0178 02bf0318 00140178 0012fd64 0014da10
0012fd50: 00000002 02bf3dd8 0012fd68 00000000 00140178 02bf48c0 0014da38 0012fd7c
0012fd70: 00000000 7c9105c8 00000007 0012fe48 7c910551 02bf1138 00000008 00000001
0012fd90: 00000008 00000008 00730065 02bf6580 02bf6bb0 02bf38b0 02bf6bb0 02bf6bb0
0012fdb0: 02bf6ba0 02bf0318 00000038 020041a0 02bf0000 0012fbbc 00140178 0012fe08
0012fdd0: 7c90ee18 7c9106f0 ffffffff 7c9106eb 00667d85 02bf0000 00000000 00000030
0012fdf0: 02bf48e0 0000001f 02bf48e0 00000000 02bf6b80 0012fbfc 0012fe50 00666d58
0012fe10: 006c87d8 ffffffff 0012fe5c 00667c7c 00000021 00667177 00000021 02490878
0012fe30: 00000000 00000000 000000e9 000000ed 00000000 02bf6bb8 02490878 02490878
0012fe50: 7ffdb001 006c0b10 00000000 00000001 7c80979a 024914e8 00000000 02bf0000
0012fe70: 02bf0000 00000740 00000760 000000ef 01000758 00000778 0249096c 0012fcd4
0012fe90: 0012fcd8 0012fef0 0012fef4 7c90ee18 7c917bb8 ffffffff 7c917bb0 0066ab98
0012feb0: 02bf0000 00000001 02bf6bb8 00000770 00380033 00000764 7c910945 7c91094e
0012fed0: 00380033 00020000 7ffdb000 7ffdb000 00380033 7ffdb000 7c901005 0012fed0
0012fef0: 0012ffb0 0012ff30 7c90ee18 7c910970 7c97e4c0 7c8021b5 7c802011 00380033
0012ff10: 00000000 ffffffff 006dae18 0012fb04 0012f674 0012ffb0 00666d58 006c66a0
0012ff30: 00000000 0012ffc0 00667319 00400000 00000000 00142491 00000001 00380033
0012ff50: 00380034 7ffdb000 ff676980 00142491 c0721300 00000044 00144890 00143780
0012ff70: 00144918 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0012ff90: 00000401 00000001 00000000 00000000 00010001 00000000 0012ff4c b9b54d08
0012ffb0: 0012ffe0 00666d58 006c87b0 00000000 0012fff0 7c816ff7 00380033 00380034
0012ffd0: 7ffdb000 8054a6ed 0012ffc8 85d55020 ffffffff 7c839a30 7c817000 00000000
0012fff0: 00000000 00000000 00667239 00000000

Module list: names, addresses, sizes, time stamps and file times:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\Games Downloads and Saves\FreeSpace2\Freespace2.fs2open3.6.9\fs2_open_3_6_9.exe, loaded at 0x00400000  3534848 bytes  45a7185d  file date is 3/29/2008 20:39:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wrap_oal.dll, loaded at 0x03210000  413696 bytes  46927487  file date is 3/31/2008 12:15:52
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ATKOGL32.dll, loaded at 0x039c0000  37888 bytes  43cf5249  file date is 1/19/2006 19:48:10
C:\Program Files\GlobLink\GlobLink One Take V2.0.7\GLRFKBH.dll, loaded at 0x05cf0000  45056 bytes  40018620  file date is 1/12/2004 02:21:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenAL32.dll, loaded at 0x10000000  110592 bytes  4630e466  file date is 3/31/2008 12:15:52
C:\Program Files\GlobLink\GlobLink One Take V2.0.7\RFKBMH.dll, loaded at 0x20000000  36864 bytes  3e30cb44  file date is 1/24/2003 14:12:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\iertutil.dll, loaded at 0x42990000  267776 bytes  4758ae3f  file date is 12/6/2007 22:21:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll, loaded at 0x42cf0000  1159680 bytes  4758ae3c  file date is 12/6/2007 22:21:48

C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll, loaded at 0x5ad70000  218624 bytes  43ed5a8c  file date is 4/6/2006 10:54:08
C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll, loaded at 0x5b0a0000  13312 bytes  3b7dfeb9  file date is 8/23/2001 01:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll, loaded at 0x5b860000  337408 bytes  44e4631d  file date is 8/17/2006 08:37:50
C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll, loaded at 0x5cd70000  14848 bytes  3b7dfebb  file date is 8/23/2001 01:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll, loaded at 0x5d090000  617472 bytes  44ef1b36  file date is 8/25/2006 11:45:58
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll, loaded at 0x5ed00000  713728 bytes  411096f8  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mslbui.dll, loaded at 0x605d0000  25088 bytes  4110972f  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll, loaded at 0x662b0000  344064 bytes  411096a0  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL, loaded at 0x688f0000  20992 bytes  4110969c  file date is 7/1/2006 01:18:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll, loaded at 0x68b20000  122880 bytes  41109697  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvoglnt.dll, loaded at 0x69500000  5394432 bytes  43a0a71e  file date is 12/14/2005 02:51:00
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\sapi.dll, loaded at 0x6d6e0000  741376 bytes  411096b0  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll, loaded at 0x6d990000  8192 bytes  41109692  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8.dll, loaded at 0x6d9a0000  1179648 bytes  41109692  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll, loaded at 0x71a50000  245248 bytes  41109758  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll, loaded at 0x71a90000  19968 bytes  411096fd  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll, loaded at 0x71aa0000  19968 bytes  411096f3  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll, loaded at 0x71ab0000  82944 bytes  411096f2  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll, loaded at 0x71ad0000  22528 bytes  411096ff  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT.dll, loaded at 0x72280000  159232 bytes  411096af  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv, loaded at 0x72d10000  20480 bytes  3b7dfe2a  file date is 8/23/2001 01:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv, loaded at 0x72d20000  23552 bytes  411096c6  file date is 8/4/2004 01:56:58
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll, loaded at 0x73760000  266240 bytes  411096a0  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll, loaded at 0x73bc0000  8704 bytes  4110969f  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll, loaded at 0x73ee0000  4096 bytes  411096ad  file date is 8/4/2004 01:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dsound.dll, loaded at 0x73f10000  367616 bytes  411096d4  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll, loaded at 0x74720000  297472 bytes  41b4e2fe  file date is 10/15/2005 07:50:04
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime, loaded at 0x755c0000  177152 bytes  411096eb  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:14
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL, loaded at 0x76390000  110080 bytes  411096ae  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHFOLDER.dll, loaded at 0x76780000  25088 bytes  411096b8  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll, loaded at 0x769c0000  723456 bytes  411096b9  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll, loaded at 0x76b40000  176128 bytes  411096d6  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll, loaded at 0x76c30000  176640 bytes  411096b9  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll, loaded at 0x76c90000  144384 bytes  411096a9  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll, loaded at 0x76d60000  94720 bytes  446dcc40  file date is 5/19/2006 09:46:40
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll, loaded at 0x76e80000  44032 bytes  411096b4  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll, loaded at 0x76e90000  61440 bytes  411096ad  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll, loaded at 0x76eb0000  181760 bytes  411096b6  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll, loaded at 0x76ee0000  236544 bytes  411096a9  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL, loaded at 0x76fd0000  498688 bytes  43f1761e  file date is 2/25/2006 11:27:32
C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll, loaded at 0x77050000  792064 bytes  411096b4  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll, loaded at 0x77120000  550912 bytes  47559e94  file date is 12/4/2007 14:38:14
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.CommonControls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_xww_ac3f9c03\comctl32.dll, loaded at 0x773d0000  1054208 bytes  44ef1b33  file date is 8/25/2006 11:45:56
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll, loaded at 0x774e0000  1286144 bytes  43f17620  file date is 2/25/2006 11:27:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL, loaded at 0x77920000  983552 bytes  411096b0  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll, loaded at 0x77a80000  597504 bytes  41109691  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll, loaded at 0x77b20000  57344 bytes  411096e3  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll, loaded at 0x77bd0000  18944 bytes  411096a9  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll, loaded at 0x77be0000  71680 bytes  411096cf  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll, loaded at 0x77c00000  18944 bytes  411096b7  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:48
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll, loaded at 0x77c10000  343040 bytes  41109752  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msv1_0.dll, loaded at 0x77c70000  129536 bytes  4110974f  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:44
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll, loaded at 0x77dd0000  616960 bytes  411096a7  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll, loaded at 0x77e70000  582656 bytes  46923520  file date is 7/9/2007 09:16:16
C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll, loaded at 0x77f10000  282112 bytes  4677dc0f  file date is 6/19/2007 09:37:22
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll, loaded at 0x77f60000  474112 bytes  470dbb51  file date is 10/11/2007 01:57:40
C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll, loaded at 0x77fe0000  55808 bytes  411096c1  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:46
C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll, loaded at 0x7c800000  986112 bytes  46239f3f  file date is 4/16/2007 12:07:28
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll, loaded at 0x7c900000  708096 bytes  411096b4  file date is 8/3/2004 20:56:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll, loaded at 0x7c9c0000  8460288 bytes  47216027  file date is 10/25/2007 23:34:02
C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll, loaded at 0x7e410000  578048 bytes  45f03054  file date is 3/8/2007 11:48:36

I have a promotional CD titled "Freespace 2 Colossus" that plays fine on my computer.

Thanks ahead for your help,

Norm

[Jeff Vader]

The desktop is not a good place for FreeSpace. Try moving the whole damn thing to C:\Games\FreeSpace2 or something. Not sure if it's related to this error, though.

[Wanderer]

If that does not help make sure game has created following directories for itself.. Where <FS root> is the place where the retail VP files and the executive files are located.

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<FS root>\data\players\multi
<FS root>\data\players\single
<FS root>\data\cacheFreeSpace needs to generate several directories for various files (model cache files, pilot related files etc)

[Norm]

Thank you, Lobo and Wanderer for offering assistance .  Lobo's recommendation worked so I didn't need to try Wanderer's suggestion.

The game is working fine after removing it from the DESKTOP and putting it in the GAMES directory.

Sincerely,

Norm

[Wobble73]

Let that be a lesson to you in future, it's always a bad idea to install stuff to the desktop. 


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