[Daemonhunter]

Hi,

i installed fs2open via the Turey's FreeSpace Open Installer and everything runs fine, when i play without any mods. but as soon as i try to start the game with a mod like mediavps_3612 or fsport-str the game crashes directly at the beginning. this means, just for 1 second appears a black screen as if the game would start properly, but the game returns to the desktop.
i'm so confused that the normal fsport and fs2 do start and the rest of the most mods produce this error.

my system:

Ubuntu 10.10
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2 GB DDR 800
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

fs2_open.log is attached

Someone any idea what this may cause or what i'm doing wrong?





[attachment deleted by ninja]

[General Battuta]

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.
==========================================================================
Opened log '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/data/fs2_open.log', Mon Jan 31 19:50:31 2011 ...
FreeSpace version: 3.6.12
Passed cmdline options:
  -spec_exp 8.2
  -spec_static 3.5
  -spec_point 8.6
  -spec_tube 1.0
  -ambient_factor 70
  -env
  -mipmap
  -missile_lighting
  -glow
  -spec
  -normal
  -3dshockwave
  -targetinfo
  -3dwarp
  -warp_flash
  -snd_preload
  -mod fsport-mediavps,fsport-str,fsport,mediavps
  -cap_object_update 0
  -window
Building file index...
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-mediavps/mv_fsport.vp' with a checksum of 0xb5009f03
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-str/fsport-str-voice.vp' with a checksum of 0xe72dc0dc
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-str/fsport-str.vp' with a checksum of 0x08d3d38c
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport-missions.vp' with a checksum of 0xfa6606cf
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport3_2-fix.vp' with a checksum of 0xb8bacea2
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport3_2.vp' with a checksum of 0xfd80cf91
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/odeon_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x6b0eb146
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/sparky_hi_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x39438fdb
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/stu_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x060994cb
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/tango_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0xac31d566
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/tango_hi_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x44e81e9f
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/warble_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x0b608285
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' with a checksum of 0x07e72699
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' with a checksum of 0xd06bf123
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' with a checksum of 0xc9e372bb
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' with a checksum of 0x0dc7bb8f
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' with a checksum of 0xa3141c30
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' with a checksum of 0x4dbbbe96
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/multi-mission-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0x377695e0
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/multi-voice-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0xd50e7442
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/root_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xe9c03ec4
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/smarty_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x0098ee1f
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/sparky_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x749032a2
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/sparky_hi_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x566add58
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/stu_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xf2983309
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango1_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xd4e3ad49
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango2_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x799e46a1
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango3_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x825f5ee0
Found root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/warble_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xa7037300
Searching root '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/fsport-mediavps/' ... 0 files
Searching root '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/fsport-str/' ... 0 files
Searching root '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/fsport/' ... 48 files
Searching root '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/mediavps/' ... 0 files
Searching root '/home/ralph/.fs2_open/' ... 3 files
Searching root '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-mediavps/' ... 0 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-mediavps/mv_fsport.vp' ... 487 files
Searching root '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-str/' ... 0 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-str/fsport-str-voice.vp' ... 943 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport-str/fsport-str.vp' ... 59 files
Searching root '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/' ... 0 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport-missions.vp' ... 160 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport3_2-fix.vp' ... 7 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/fsport3_2.vp' ... 866 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/odeon_fs1.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/sparky_hi_fs1.vp' ... 1229 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/stu_fs1.vp' ... 1539 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/tango_fs1.vp' ... 85 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/tango_hi_fs1.vp' ... 33 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/fsport/warble_fs1.vp' ... 111 files
Searching root '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/' ... 0 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' ... 180 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' ... 2868 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' ... 1810 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 146 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' ... 1046 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/' ... 33 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/multi-mission-pack.vp' ... 110 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/multi-voice-pack.vp' ... 307 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/root_fs2.vp' ... 157 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/smarty_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/sparky_fs2.vp' ... 3027 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/sparky_hi_fs2.vp' ... 1337 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/stu_fs2.vp' ... 1777 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango1_fs2.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango2_fs2.vp' ... 15 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/tango3_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/usr/local/games/Freespace_2/warble_fs2.vp' ... 52 files
Found 39 roots and 18529 files.
AutoLang: Language auto-detection successful...
Setting language to German
TBM  =>  Starting parse of 'mv_strings-lcl.tbm' ...
Initializing OpenAL...
  OpenAL Vendor     : OpenAL Community
  OpenAL Renderer   : OpenAL Soft
  OpenAL Version    : 1.1 ALSOFT 1.12.854

... OpenAL successfully initialized!
Failed to init speech
Initializing OpenGL graphics device at 1680x1050 with 32-bit color...
  Initializing SDL...
  Requested SDL Video values = R: 8, G: 8, B: 8, depth: 24, double-buffer: 1, FSAA: 2
  Actual SDL Video values    = R: 8, G: 8, B: 8, depth: 24, double-buffer: 1, FSAA: 2
  OpenGL Vendor     : ATI Technologies Inc.
  OpenGL Renderer   : ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
  OpenGL Version    : 3.3.10317 Compatibility Profile Context

  Using extension "GL_EXT_fog_coord".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_multitexture".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_env_add".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_compression".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_env_combine".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_draw_range_elements".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object".
  Using extension "GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_framebuffer_object".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_rectangle".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_bgra".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_texture_cube_map".
  Using extension "GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_point_sprite".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_shading_language_100".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_shader_objects".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_vertex_shader".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_fragment_shader".
  Using extension "GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod".
  Found special extension function "glXSwapIntervalSGI".

  Initializing Shaders Manager...
  Loading and compiling main shaders...
    Compiling main shader ->  null-v.sdr (null-v.sdr) / null-f.sdr (null-f.sdr) ...
    Compiling main shader ->  b-v.sdr (b-v.sdr) / b-f.sdr (b-f.sdr) ...
    Compiling main shader ->  b-v.sdr (b-v.sdr) / bg-f.sdr (bg-f.sdr) ...
    Compiling main shader ->  l-v.sdr (l-v.sdr) / lb-f.sdr (lb-f.sdr) ...

The game is choking while compiling the shaders, which indicates a probable hardware issue.

Are your graphics card drivers up to date?

If not, could you add the -no_glsl flag to your command line?

[Daemonhunter]

thank you for the quick help

adding the -no_glsl flag did help me very well.

however, i will try to update my graphics-driver., although they weren't so old. maybe then the shaders will work.

if not, i hope there's not such a big difference between playing with or without shaders ^^

[General Battuta]

Without shaders you won't get normal maps or postprocessing. I don't know if your video card is powerful enough for them, I'm not familiar with the model.

[Zacam]

ATi cards are notoriously difficult with shaders, either from the .12 MediaVPs or the MediaVPs shaders test thread.

"Compatibility Profile Context" is an interesting thing to note. nVidia cards had the same issues with a particular series where it would enable the highest possible OpenGL mode without properly supporting deprecated features. Such a card as that should be able to handle SM2.0 as well as SM3.0, but I'm not yet familiarized with tthe supported range of extensions on that card to make a certain statement.

You might find the shaders in the MediaVPs Shaders thread to be more useful, but the best results on those would be with a Nightly Build, not .12 Final.

[Daemonhunter]

seemed to be, that the graphics driver from the package manager i was using in ubuntu was too old. because after updating to an actual version,  i can play the game without adding the flag to the commandline

[Topgun]

Be sure to use the open source drivers. The proprietary ones for older cards suck