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Julmuri

Joined: 22 January 2006
Posts: 5 		22 January 2006 00:14 (UK time)

here's the crash report i hope you can fix it:

21/01/2006 - 23:59:30: ------------------------
21/01/2006 - 23:59:30: ** Launching Meteor 2 **
21/01/2006 - 23:59:30: Loading fonts...
21/01/2006 - 23:59:30: Target res is 640 by 480
21/01/2006 - 23:59:30: VID_SetMode: Applying specified video mode
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: VID_SetMode: The specified video mode has been applied
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: VID_SetMode: Creating console window
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: VID_SetMode: Set graphics mode 640 by 480
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: VID_SetMode: Building trans table
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: Meteor 2 v1.21 (built: Jan 15 2006, 19:29:59 UK time)
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: Allegro 4.0.3, MSVC
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: JDIR (Win32), 18 December 2005, (C) 2000 to 2005 by James Bunting
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: VID_SetMode: Creating light map
21/01/2006 - 23:59:31: Initialising audio...
21/01/2006 - 23:59:38: Initialising application...
21/01/2006 - 23:59:38: APP_Startup: Allocating memory for game data
21/01/2006 - 23:59:38: APP_Startup: Loading game data
21/01/2006 - 23:59:46: FIL_ReadPowerUpsFile: Reading 43 items
21/01/2006 - 23:59:47: FIL_ReadPowerUpsFile: Reading 61 power ups
21/01/2006 - 23:59:47: ITEMS_Init: Loaded power ups/items from base\items.ini
21/01/2006 - 23:59:47: FIL_LoadGameData: Using game defs file base\game.ini
21/01/2006 - 23:59:50: Error Loading image from base\graphics\buttons\folder.txt
22/01/2006 - 00:00:04: Loaded 839 images(s) from "base\graphics\"
22/01/2006 - 00:00:04: Loaded 314 textures(s) from "base\textures\"
22/01/2006 - 00:00:21: MISC_NewBitmap: Unable to create bitmap (165 by 165)
22/01/2006 - 00:00:49: APP_Shutdown: Shutting down water animation
22/01/2006 - 00:02:48: APP_Shutdown: Destroying minimap buffer
22/01/2006 - 00:02:48: MM_DestroyMinimap: Not destroying minimap because it is not allocated
22/01/2006 - 00:02:48: APP_Shutdown: Shutting down audio
22/01/2006 - 00:02:48: AUD_StopMusic: No music is currently playing
22/01/2006 - 00:03:00: APP_Shutdown: Unloading game data
22/01/2006 - 00:03:00: APP_Shutdown: Freeing game data memory
22/01/2006 - 00:03:00: APP_Shutdown: Exiting graphics mode
22/01/2006 - 00:03:01: VID_SetMode: Destroying light map
22/01/2006 - 00:03:01: LT_DestroyLightMap: Light map is not allocated
22/01/2006 - 00:03:01: VID_SetMode: Shutting down JGUI
22/01/2006 - 00:03:01: VID_SetMode: Applying specified video mode

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mike323
Joined: 23 January 2005
Posts: 745 		22 January 2006 00:32 (UK time)

Mind telling us what you were doing?

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me_mantis

Joined: 26 September 2003
Posts: 1152 		22 January 2006 00:44 (UK time)

You seem to be out of memory. I'd say you have 256 mb or less.(I saw the same prob on a computer that tried to load a mod. It only had 256 mb.)

You may be able to fix this problem be increasing your paging file, but since I don't know all you computer statistics, all I can do now is inform you of the reason of your crash.

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nyasudah
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Joined: 06 February 2005
Posts: 832 		22 January 2006 04:37 (UK time)

I can play Meteor2 with 96 MB RAM.
nyasudah / masuda / mp / PetiX / PtX


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arezey

Joined: 16 June 2005
Posts: 1599 		22 January 2006 10:20 (UK time)

I played M2 with <b>just</b> 60 MB ram. Now I have doubled it to 120 MB ram.

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nyasudah
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Joined: 06 February 2005
Posts: 832 		22 January 2006 13:10 (UK time)

60 MB!! Wasn't it too sloow? Because sometimes (esp. WareHouse) mine was sooo sloooow... Maybe because i run it in a window but i am unable to switch to fullscreen. This is my problem with M1 too :(
nyasudah / masuda / mp / PetiX / PtX


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arezey

Joined: 16 June 2005
Posts: 1599 		22 January 2006 14:45 (UK time)

Yeah. <b>Especially</b> the reload took 10 minutes to do. I could even have lunch while it was doing it. Now it's better with 120 MB. :)

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VR_Rat

Joined: 20 January 2006
Posts: 396 		22 January 2006 16:54 (UK time)

I also had that problem with starting for a while. I'm currently at 254MB and it's working fine.

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Assain

Joined: 02 November 2003
Posts: 979 		22 January 2006 19:51 (UK time)

Sounds like a video problem... whats your video card?

Try playing with the "non-fblend" version of M2.

If this works, then the light sourceing is your problem. Although, non-fblend doesnt support dynamic lighting however.

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Julmuri

Joined: 22 January 2006
Posts: 5 		23 January 2006 15:44 (UK time)

I'll first try that "non-fblend" version and maybe get the computers staticts, btw the video card is NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400.

AFTER: ok non-fblend didn't work. My comps info:

System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service pack 2

Computer:
Intel Pentium II processor
334 MHz, 128 Mb of RAM

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I have two computers at home but this is the crappyer what im using

Edited: 23 January 2006 15:59

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Assain

Joined: 02 November 2003
Posts: 979 		23 January 2006 16:43 (UK time)

Hmm not sure...

Mabey its your processor?

It wont affect much usually as far as things not starting, but mabey M2 refuses to load on PII computers? This is somthing that james might know, not me :p

EDIT: Although, WinXP pretty much NEEDS atleast 256MB of RAM to run anything more than BASIC websurfing to work right... XP was designed to run on atleast 512MB (its what I can minimally reccomend for XP, as anything less on XP will run quite poorly, unless know what your doing and turn off several of XP's features), otherwise you can expect to see problems. That is the main reason why I still have Win98 on my 320MB PC, is because XP wouldnt run well at all on it (win98 is less "stable" than XP and doesnt offer much, but it wont have any problems running on low amounts of RAM).

Edited: 23 January 2006 16:47

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mike323
Joined: 23 January 2005
Posts: 745 		24 January 2006 01:47 (UK time)

That sounds right to me...
Especially because M2 is an older game which requires strict memory

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Julmuri

Joined: 22 January 2006
Posts: 5 		24 January 2006 13:26 (UK time)

As I have the XP I have desabled all the visual things what comes with XP so it would run quicklyer, but it's weird that Tribes 1 runs fine , Blitz 1942 (Here http://www.blitz1941.com/Blitz.1941) and GunBound WC (There http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/s/jsa161/xanga/gunbound%20small.jpg)

just copy and paste.

Edited: 24 January 2006 13:26

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nyasudah
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Joined: 06 February 2005
Posts: 832 		24 January 2006 14:30 (UK time)

I think it is because of the source code is not optimalised or something like that..
This was a little problem in my early (and simple) programs.
nyasudah / masuda / mp / PetiX / PtX


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me_mantis

Joined: 26 September 2003
Posts: 1152 		24 January 2006 14:53 (UK time)

"22/01/2006 - 00:00:21: MISC_NewBitmap: Unable to create bitmap (165 by 165"

This means that Meteor 2 doesn't have enough memory to make another image. When I run meteor 2, it takes tons of memory. There may be a memory leak, but I'm not sure. I have a 3gigabyte paging file, and it takes up to 500mb of that.

How big is your paging file?

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arezey

Joined: 16 June 2005
Posts: 1599 		25 January 2006 20:09 (UK time)

I quess it grows up after starting windows... I would ask you.

<b>Do you start meteor right after starting up windows?</b>

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mike323
Joined: 23 January 2005
Posts: 745 		25 January 2006 21:34 (UK time)

Okay, don't tell us what you were doing.
Rightclick My Computer and hit properties. Copy all text in Properties and put it here.

Edited: 25 January 2006 21:34

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Julmuri

Joined: 22 January 2006
Posts: 5 		28 January 2006 14:37 (UK time)

@me_mantis: What's paging file?

@Aleksanteri: No I don't start it after starting.

@Mike: See my post up, there's all properties.

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mike323
Joined: 23 January 2005
Posts: 745 		29 January 2006 18:37 (UK time)

If you have two computers, try running M2 on the other one. It might also help if you copied the startup console from each PC here.

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Julmuri

Joined: 22 January 2006
Posts: 5 		30 January 2006 13:25 (UK time)

I'll might try that, but i belieave that it dosen't have enough memory.

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me_mantis

Joined: 26 September 2003
Posts: 1152 		30 January 2006 15:01 (UK time)

A paging file is a extra bunch of memory thats on your hard drive. I have a 3gig paging file, and meteor 2 usually uses 1/2 gig.

you can adjust your paging file in your environmental vairiables options in the properties of "My Computer"

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