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Offline hurleybird

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Launcher is freezing
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.
 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #1 on: June 18, 2009, 03:25:09 pm
Hmm. Are you trying to run the Launcher with a non-administrator user account?
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23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

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00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #2 on: June 18, 2009, 03:32:40 pm
No.
 

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #3 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.
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #4 on: June 18, 2009, 03:52:01 pm
I'm not even sure if it is SP2, that's just what seems most likely.
 

Offline captain-custard

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #5 on: June 18, 2009, 03:55:53 pm
try checking the permissions for the directory its in maybe the upgrade changed them
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #6 on: June 30, 2009, 04:36:32 pm
Sooo.... Can anyone else confirm whether or not the launcher isn't working in SP2?
 

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #7 on: June 30, 2009, 07:41:30 pm
I've updated to Vista64 SP2 and have no problems.
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Offline captain-custard

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #8 on: July 02, 2009, 03:56:41 am
just a question , where is your freespace directory installed?
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #9 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.
 

Offline captain-custard

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #10 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
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #11 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?
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #12 on: July 04, 2009, 11:18:38 am
Vista SP2... I guess I could try killing a bunch of background programs...
 

Offline captain-custard

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #13 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
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #14 on: July 05, 2009, 02:05:51 am


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

Offline captain-custard

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #15 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
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #16 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!
 

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #17 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, and the Launcher from that thread. Use a debug build, and see if there is a debug log in your data folder.
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Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #18 on: July 21, 2009, 06:57:42 pm
Tried the 3.6.10 debug build, got the following log:
Code: [Select]
==========================================================================
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?
 

Offline hurleybird

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Re: Launcher is freezing
Reply #19 on: July 21, 2009, 07:00:35 pm
Yeah, that did it. Yay! Finally can play FS2 again!
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