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[Solved] Black Screen of Death
on: April 05, 2010, 06:56:10 pm
I was playing FS 2 Open on my Mac (Snow Leopard) when, all of a sudden, I got this:


It's the same for all mediavps.

Any ideas?
« Last Edit: April 25, 2010, 01:19:40 pm by Jeff Vader »
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #1 on: April 05, 2010, 07:15:53 pm
Can you reproduce this issue using the debug build, then post the fs2_open.log it writes here?
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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 07:20:42 pm
Uh-oh. This sounds markedly similar to a problem we've been having during Blue Planet development, but we thought it was linked to bad assets.

You can't target anything, can you? If you can, do they appear at distance and speed of -1?
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 08:05:47 pm
I can't even open the debug build.

I can target things, but they have no speed or distance, and the little preview icon (you know, the ship picture) appears in the upper-right.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #4 on: April 10, 2010, 03:49:17 pm
I re-installed FS2, but now it won't even start. It says, "Flag file not found."
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #5 on: April 10, 2010, 03:51:09 pm
That's usually a pretty fix, but I need to defer to a Mac expert on how exactly to get it done.

I assume you're launching via the launcher?
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #6 on: April 10, 2010, 03:53:19 pm
Yes, I am. How would you fix it on a PC? It might be similar.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #7 on: April 10, 2010, 03:54:20 pm
Make sure you're running the launcher and the .exe from the same folder as the FreeSpace install. Make sure the FreeSpace install is patched to 1.2.

Hrm, what else...
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #8 on: April 10, 2010, 03:57:53 pm
"Failed to read flag file" is usually caused by OpenAL not being installed. On Windows, anyway; not sure about Mac.
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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #9 on: April 10, 2010, 03:59:16 pm
On a Mac, which application path am I supposed to be using?
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #10 on: April 10, 2010, 04:02:51 pm
We really need a Mac user here. Maybe blowfish could help out, try PMing him.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #11 on: April 10, 2010, 04:06:19 pm
[notamacperson]Actually, these "flag not found" things are a "feature" of Soulstorm's Launcher. OK-ing yourself through them might work. The release thread for the Launcher at the Cross-platform development subforum under the SCP board might have more info on the matter.[/notamacperson]
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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #12 on: April 10, 2010, 04:08:06 pm
I tried just OKing myself through them. It didn't work.

The PM is sent.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #13 on: April 10, 2010, 04:23:38 pm
OK, it's fixed. Apparently, the installer was downloading a bad app. Runs fine now.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #14 on: April 10, 2010, 04:25:48 pm
I've seen that happen on occasion.  I'm not sure what causes it. Might be a bad pilot file...
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #15 on: April 10, 2010, 04:29:59 pm
Just by the way: Where can I download FRED 2 Open for Mac? The installer didn't include it. And I need to stop posting here soon. This is no longer about one issue, but more general support.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #16 on: April 10, 2010, 04:31:33 pm
There isn't one.  FRED is a Windows only app. 
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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #17 on: April 10, 2010, 04:32:38 pm
OK, thanks. No more posting here!!!
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #18 on: April 10, 2010, 04:35:35 pm
Don't worry about it, we're here to help.
 

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Re: Black Screen of Death
Reply #19 on: April 12, 2010, 09:37:51 am
Dunno if it'll work for you, but:

http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX

(lets you run M$ apps on Linux, but has been ported to work on Mac)
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