[Kingdaddy]

Any help would be appreciated. I followed the advice on this thread already:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,48277.0.html

I've played around with different graphic settings, turned the sound off...So far, no luck.

Here's the information from the error log:

fs2_open_r caused an Access Violation in module d3d8.dll at 001b:6d9d5c6b.
Exception handler called in Freespace 2 Main Thread.
Error occurred at 2/15/2008 22:05:26.
C:\Program Files\The Babylon Project\fs2_open_r.exe, run by Owner.
1 processor(s), type 586.
1024 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 00000000 caused an access violation.

Registers:
EAX=02b07550 CS=001b EIP=6d9d5c6b EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000000 SS=0023 ESP=0012fa58 EBP=0012fa58
ECX=00000000 DS=0023 ESI=0017a644 FS=003b
EDX=0017aa18 ES=0023 EDI=0017a640 GS=0000

[karajorma]

In the launcher's video tab switch from D3D8 to OpenGL.

Oh and while you're at it upgrade to version 3.4b if you haven't already.

[Kingdaddy]

Unfortunately, I'm already using 3.4b, and the switch to OpenGL didn't solve the problem.

[Jeff Vader]

Waitwaitwait.

fs2_open_r caused an Access Violation in module d3d8.dll at 001b:6d9d5c6b.

fs2_open_r is a debug build, right? Have you tried other builds? If you have 3.4b, there should be at least fs2_open_3_6_9 that you can use.

[karajorma]

FS2_Open_r is the name we used to use for release builds. AFAIK TBP didn't ship with any builds with that name though. I regularly update my builds for dev purposes but mine are all called FS2_Open_3_6_9_xxxxx

Which makes we wonder if this really is a 3.4 install. And that's before we get to the fact that I'm fairly sure 3.4b used one of my BtRL builds and they won't even run D3D in the first place. It's easy to check. The builds I made for TBP have a B5 icon rather than the Freespace2 one everyone else's builds do.

[Kingdaddy]

Here's the URL to what I downloaded (based on a pointer in these forums):

http://tbp.freespacemods.net/TBP_v3.4b.exe

The fs_open_3_6_9.exe, fs_open_3_6_9_INF.exe, and their two debug equivalents all have the B5 logo. In the same directory are fred2_open_3_6_9.exe, fred2_open_3_6_9_INF.exe, and the two debug pairs, all of which have the Freespace icon.


Here's the directory listing:

 Directory of C:\Program Files\The Babylon Project

02/16/2008  10:33 AM    <DIR>          .
02/16/2008  10:33 AM    <DIR>          ..
07/11/2007  12:56 AM        93,320,135 B5-C-sp-EMW-3_0.vp
01/19/2008  07:36 AM       278,600,995 B5-C-sp-RW-3_0.vp
12/23/2007  05:05 PM     1,349,355,213 B5-Core-3_4.vp
02/16/2008  03:24 AM    <DIR>          data
04/05/2004  03:20 PM           552,960 devil.dll
07/04/2007  01:48 PM        28,510,986 emwintro.ogg
02/17/2008  03:03 PM           323,203 errorlog.txt
12/02/2007  04:00 PM         3,055,616 fred2_open_3_6_9.exe
12/02/2007  04:01 PM        10,334,305 fred2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe
11/03/2007  10:40 AM        10,342,497 fred2_open_3_6_9_debug_INF.exe
11/03/2007  10:39 AM         3,055,616 fred2_open_3_6_9_INF.exe
12/20/2004  02:00 PM                19 fs2open_pxo.cfg
12/02/2007  03:55 PM         3,248,128 fs2_open_3_6_9.exe
12/02/2007  03:59 PM         7,655,951 fs2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe
11/03/2007  10:34 AM         3,248,128 fs2_open_3_6_9_INF.exe
11/03/2007  10:38 AM         7,655,975 fs2_open_3_6_9_INF_debug.exe
04/05/2004  03:20 PM            61,440 ilu.dll
04/05/2004  03:24 PM            28,672 ilut.dll
07/04/2007  05:33 PM        42,006,114 intro.ogg
02/28/2007  01:41 AM           249,856 Launcher.exe
02/15/2008  10:27 PM               259 launcher.ini
02/16/2008  10:34 AM               300 launcher6.ini
03/07/2003  04:15 PM               122 Root_fs2.vp
01/17/2008  08:19 PM        10,777,967 rwcredits.ogg
01/17/2008  08:16 PM         6,385,843 rwlogo.ogg
02/15/2008  10:04 PM                 0 server.txt
02/15/2008  10:18 PM           391,331 ships.tbl
03/07/2003  04:15 PM               122 sparky_fs2.vp
03/07/2003  04:15 PM               122 sparky_hi_fs2.vp
03/07/2003  04:15 PM               122 stu_fs2.vp
02/16/2008  03:26 AM            85,575 UninstallTBP.exe
              30 File(s)  1,859,247,572 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  12,728,459,264 bytes free

[Jeff Vader]

Things just got interesting. Your listing doesn't even include the said fs2_open_r.

[karajorma]

Run the launcher and make sure it's pointing at fs2_open_3_6_9.exe and try again. The D3D8 option will still be in the launcher but it definitely shouldn't give you that error on a crash. You should switch to OpenGL anyway though. Just so you remember which one you're running.

[Kingdaddy]

Thanks for trying to help, but the crashes keep on coming. Followed your advice, even after uninstalling and re-installing. The last crash left the following error log entry:

fs2_open_3_6_9 caused an Access Violation in module fs2_open_3_6_9.exe at 001b:00663da2.
Exception handler called in FreeSpace 2 Main Thread.
Error occurred at 2/19/2008 22:14:52.
C:\Program Files\The Babylon Project\fs2_open_3_6_9.exe, run by Owner.
1 processor(s), type 586.
1024 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 03cbc940 caused an access violation.

I'm ready to give up.

[IPAndrews]

You're actually running the right executable now then. My suggestion to you - give up. The game engine clearly doesn't like your machine.

[Jeff Vader]

The game engine clearly doesn't like your machine.

Speaking of which, Kingdaddy, would you mind posting your computer specs?

[karajorma]

Why do you have a ships.tbl in the main folder while we're at it? And you shouldn't have a launcher.ini file either. Are you sure you wiped all the old TBP stuff from your machine before installing 3.4b? Cause it still seems to be appearing.