Crash on start up

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

hi i am trying to get the demo to work but it crashes on start up in steam
i get TorqueGameBuilder has stopped working

i have added my dxdiag and console.log

thank you

Richard · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:21 am **Posts:** 1977

It seems like openGL is having an issue initializing. Do you have the latest ATI drivers?

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

i am not sure i have catalyst 10.12

Richard · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:21 am **Posts:** 1977

If you haven't done it in a while, chances are there may be an update. You should be able to get drivers from here ..

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Hopefully that will resolve your issue. If not, let me know.

Sorry for the issue.

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

still crashes just installed and rebooted after updateing catalyst

TNSe · **Posted:** Wed 17 Aug, 2011 7:10 am

Spimmy seems to have japanese windows.

Do you use any japanese letters in any part of the path where the game/steam is installed spimmy?

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

no my vista isnt japanese its just the language its set to so i am able to play asian games

and no none on the path were steam is located

opengl appears to be my problem as it appears to effect minecraft and outher games useing opengl

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

any way i changed it back to uk and not japan settings and as i thought game still dieing

is there anyway to fix opengl Richard ?

Richard · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:21 am **Posts:** 1977

OpenGL should come with your latest drivers. Are you sure you installed the drivers for your card and not just catalyst? They are different, but often packaged together.

Is your install directory not on your C-driver per chance?

Dr. The BoB · **Joined:** Thu 18 Aug, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 8

Good evening Richard,

I too just picked up a copy of SPAZ off of Steam, and I'm sorry to say that it also crashes my machine.

There are a couple of small differences, however. In my case I'm trying to run the full game on Win7 Ultimate, 64bit (details attached).

I did not receive an error message when I started the game. A window with a black background opened and my machine completely locked up. (I needed to reboot it the hard way).

Hopefully there's something in there to help you figure out what is going on.

DtB

Blorfy · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:39 am **Posts:** 1767

Hi guys,

Can you post the contents of your console.log file please Dr.? Also be sure that your video card drivers are updated.

Dr. The BoB · **Joined:** Thu 18 Aug, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 8

Absolutely, Sorry about that... Here ya go, one fresh, still in the package, original, one of a kind console.log.

(Yes sir, I confirmed the driver was updated before I posted.)

DtB

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

all i installed was catalyst and as far as i know my install of the demo is in C drive in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\space pirates and zombies demo

TNSe · **Posted:** Thu 18 Aug, 2011 7:28 am

I haven't looked through all console.log's again, but it seems like ATI Radeon 4x00 HD series keeps getting mentioned. Maybe developers should take a closer look at that series of hardware. Not sure what kind of help ATI will give developers directly, but doesn't hurt to check it out.

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

any ideas on what i can try to do to fix this ?

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

hmm i dont know if this will help at all but its the error log i get from minecraft

TNSe · **Posted:** Sat 20 Aug, 2011 8:47 am

Is this a laptop system?

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

no desktop

Blorfy · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:39 am **Posts:** 1767

@spimmy...

Hmm. Sometimes in the past it has been virus scanners causing this kind of thing... Very odd for sure. I am going to go see if I can cobble together a startup file for you to try that "may" get around this issue.

Blorfy · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:39 am **Posts:** 1767

Ok Here is a file.

This will start your game in directX compatibility mode right off the bat. Please send me a console log after you try this. You will need to tick the compatibility mode button on the options screen if this works.

Unzip the file and replace the canvas.cs.dso with this one.

spimmy · **Joined:** Tue 16 Aug, 2011 9:09 pm **Posts:** 11

YES!!! that worked!

Richard · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:21 am **Posts:** 1977

Go forth mighty pirate. DESTROY AND PILLAGE!

Glad you got sorted out

Blorfy · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:39 am **Posts:** 1767

woot

Dr. The BoB · **Joined:** Thu 18 Aug, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 8

Hey guys

Do you reckon this same fix might work for me, or is it a completely different issue?

I rec'd this message when my machine recovered from the last time my machine tried launching the game, and crashed...

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 4105

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 117
BCP1: FFFFFA800AEBD010
BCP2: FFFFF88003C509C8
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\082111-53757-01.dmp
C:\Users\Dr. The BoB\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-172256-0.sysdata.xml

Hopefully it will be of some use to you... (I can also send over either of the files it lists that "help describe the problem".)

DtB

Blorfy · **Joined:** Fri 25 Feb, 2011 3:39 am **Posts:** 1767

Hmm. I don't really know what to do with this, but I would try the fix above to see. Also there should be a console.log file where spazgame.exe is located. That could shed some light on this for us.

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