What to look for in hw2.log if you are having graphic problems.

[Motte]

Hi,

If you are having graphic problems, it may be because you don’t have the latest video card drivers. Please look into your hw2.log file. (I.e. it’s the file that UberJumper has been asking you to post the content of on the forums). By default it is located in your C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release folder. The useful lines of text that we are looking for are at the top of the file:

Case #1:
Using ATI Technologies Inc.'s 1.3.3842 WinXP Release RADEON 9000 PRO DDR x86/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is atioglxx.dll 6.14.10.3842)

Or

Case #2:
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.3.1 GeForce4 MX 440/AGP/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.13.10.2940)

Solution:

Case #1: These are old ATI drivers (3842). The latest known working version for ATI is 3878.

Case #2: These are very old nVidia drivers (2940). The latest known working nVidia drivers are 4523.
The nVidia driver will report either AGP or PCI. You want AGP.

I have also read reports of a slideshow problem. It may be related to the PCI motherboard problem. Please read the following thread and make sure your motherboard has the latest drivers.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...threadid=14517

Thanks for your feedback, and I hope this will help some of you.
-
Stephane (yes with an "e" at the end, and yes it's a guy name)

[tearinheaven]

i got problem, please check for me, i can't understand them:
Homeworld2.exe caused an Access Violation in module Homeworld2.exe at 001b:004316ef.
Error occurred at 9/3/2003 20:32:10.
Homeworld2.exe, run by jesse.
Microsoft Windows XP?.
1 processor(s), type 586.
256 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 00000100 caused an access violation.

MiniDump saved to file 'D:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\9-3-2003_20_32_10_MiniDump.dmp'

Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=004316ef EFLGS=00010202
EBX=0074e34c SS=0023 ESP=0012f488 EBP=0012f5bc
ECX=00000000 DS=0023 ESI=051a8640 FS=003b
EDX=00000001 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
39 88 00 01 00 00 75 11 8b f8 85 ff 74 0b 80 7d

Call Stack:
0x004316EF: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()
0x004874F3: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()
0x00487CA6: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()
0x00572DD9: getLibraryID ()
0x00573C7F: getLibraryID ()
0x0059307F: getLibraryID ()
0x005946D6: getLibraryID ()
0x00492BD2: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()
0x0048E6B5: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()

0x0048EC76: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()

[Krackbaby]

I'm having the slideshow problem (graphics are moving verrrry slowly as soon as I start the game). I've tried all the in game video settings none of which fix it. And yes, my AGP card is in AGP mode, the aperture size is 256mb in my BIOS settings.

2.8Ghz Pentium 4 w/ HyperThreading

ASUS P4P800 Deluxe - Latest BIOS is installed (I just flashed last week).

1024MB DDR3200 RAM running at 800mhz (it's a dual speed motherboard)

GeForce 4 4200 - Latest release drivers - 45.23 - confirmed in both desktop settings and DXDIAG - no conflicts.

Onboard soundcard (I doubt its this, I ran the game with the -noSound parameter and the problem continued)

Various other games run just fine.

HW2.LOG as follows:

Thu Sep 04 01:47:51 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'D:\games\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Krackbaby
Changing from a 16 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 Buzz/emulated by GeForce4 Ti 4200/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : D:\games\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 120 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 240 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
Starting Level: Data:\LevelData\Campaign\tutorial\M01\M01.level
Warning, screen with name ObjectivesPopup does not exist
Screen with that name was not found in the m_loadedScreens list ObjectivesPopup:
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (GraviticAttractionMines)
parameter: 0
stack traceback:
1: function `HW2_SetResearchLevel' at line 672 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\Scripts\SCAR\SCAR_Util.lua']
2: function `OnInit' at line 124 [file `...d2\Data\LevelData\Campaign\Tutorial\M01\M01.lua']
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (DestroyerTech)
parameter: 0

It goes on from here but I'll cut it short.

[Midnight_Falcon]

I too am having the slideshow problem, but my video card is running at 4x AGP.

Athlon 1700XP (1.47)

MSI K7T266 Pro2

512MB DDR RAM @ 267 MHz

Geforce 3 Ti200 - latest drivers (45.23)

Hercules Gametheatre XP 5.1 soundcard/rack with latest drivers


logfile:

Thu Sep 04 20:31:01 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\SIERRA\HOMEWO~2\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Midnight
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 Buzz/emulated by GeForce3/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\SIERRA\HOMEWO~2\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 120 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 240 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
Starting Level: Data:\LevelData\Campaign\tutorial\M01\M01.level
Warning, screen with name ObjectivesPopup does not exist
Screen with that name was not found in the m_loadedScreens list ObjectivesPopup:
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (GraviticAttractionMines)
parameter: 0
stack traceback:
1: function `HW2_SetResearchLevel' at line 672 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\Scripts\SCAR\SCAR_Util.lua']
etc.

[Motte]

Hi,

It shows that you are running with the GeForce4 emulator:

Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 Buzz/emulated by GeForce4 Ti 4200/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)

The keywords here are "Buzz/Emulated"
There's another emulator called BoomBoom (if memory serves me right)

Here's how to fix it:
You need to download the NVEmulate.exe and disable the emulation

Here's the link

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv30_emulation.html

Good Luck!

[Revoked]

thanks for the help motte. one question tho. what should people report if they have tried the 45.23 and 44.03 (#s?) drivers and still get the save errors?

[Sebas_V]

SlideShow

Thu Sep 04 20:03:58 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'D:\Homeworld2 Demo\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Player1
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using ATI Technologies Inc.'s 1.3.3842 WinXP Release RADEON 9700 PRO x86/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is atioglxx.dll 6.14.10.3842)
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : D:\Homeworld2 Demo\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine: -nosound
Starting Level: Data:\LevelData\Campaign\ascension\M01_Tanis\M01_Tanis.level
RESEARCH ERROR: target of "ShipyardBUILDSPEEDUpgrade1" is invalid (target is ""), setting to no upgrade target
RESEARCH ERROR: target of "ShipyardSpeedDowngradeSPGAME" is invalid (target is ""), setting to no upgrade target
RESEARCH ERROR: target of "VaygrCaptureHack" is invalid (target is ""), setting to no upgrade target
RESEARCH ERROR: target of "VaygrReduceCaptureHack" is invalid (target is ""), setting to no upgrade target
HGN_HSCORE is marked as salvageable in the shiptuning but has no salvage points!
Sound Manager could not create a handle to play data:Sound/Music/ANIMATIC/A00_01
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (GraviticAttractionMines)
parameter: 0
stack traceback:
1: function `HW2_SetResearchLevel' at line 672 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\Scripts\SCAR\SCAR_Util.lua']
2: function `PostNISInit' at line 368 [file `...Data\Campaign\Ascension\M01_Tanis\M01_Tanis.lua']
3: function `Rule_NIS01AComplete' at line 389 [file `...Data\Campaign\Ascension\M01_Tanis\M01_Tanis.lua']
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (DestroyerTech)
parameter: 0
(and a wholw lot more)

Drivers for ati are: Catalyst 3.6 just downloaded them from ati.com
specs:
P4 2.5
1 gig Pc2700
At 9700 Pro

[Sebas_V]

got Omega drivers:
still the same

Thu Sep 04 20:53:20 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'D:\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Player1
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using ATI Technologies Inc.'s 1.3.3874 WinXP Release RADEON 9700 PRO Prototype x86/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is atioglxx.dll 6.14.10.3874)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : D:\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
binding for hotkeyId:9 not found
binding for hotkeyId:19 not found
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'D:\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(E) over(E)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(H) over(H)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(H) over(H)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(H) over(H)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(D) over(D)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(D) over(D)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(N) over(N)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(D) over(D)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(A) over(A)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(N) over(N)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(Z) over(Z)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(Z) over(Z)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(T) over(T)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(L) over(L)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(L) over(L)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(T) over(T)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(W) over(W)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(G) over(G)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(U) over(U)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(M) over(M)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(Q) over(Q)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(Q) over(Q)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(R) over(R)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(B) over(B)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(D) over(D)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(T) over(T)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(T) over(T)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(P) over(P)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(F) over(F)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(S) over(S)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(D) over(D)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
KeyBinding: binding keycombo(C) over(C)
GAME -- Using player profile Player1
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using ATI Technologies Inc.'s 1.3.3874 WinXP Release RADEON 9700 PRO Prototype x86/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is atioglxx.dll 6.14.10.3874)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : D:\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Starting Level: data:LevelData\Multiplayer\Deathmatch\2P_HOSTILITIES_END.LEVEL

[Sebas_V]

SOLVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was a background program.
The: TtecX.com Keyboard-HDD-LED
i shut it down and whoops it run good

[motiv-8]

Slideshow

ed Sep 03 21:17:33 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile motiv-8
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.

[Reddragon5002]

Ok... i am having trouble even getting past that annoying black screen. I downloaded the latest drivers for my TnT2. I checked the log... here is what it says...

Homeworld2.exe caused a Breakpoint in module Debug.dll at 001b:003719b6.
Error occurred at 9/4/2003 17:51:20.
Homeworld2.exe, run by Owner.
Microsoft Windows XP?.
1 processor(s), type 586.
256 MBytes physical memory.

MiniDump saved to file 'C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\9-4-2003_17_51_20_MiniDump.dmp'

Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=003719b6 EFLGS=00000202
EBX=00000000 SS=0023 ESP=0012f32c EBP=0012fde4
ECX=7c014444 DS=0023 ESI=00000007 FS=003b
EDX=010098b0 ES=0023 EDI=000003ee GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
cc 83 4d fc ff 8d 8d 5c fe ff ff e8 9b fc ff ff

Call Stack:
0x003719B6: dbFatalfAux ()
0x00820DC2: RenderTexture::RenderTexture ()
0x025F15C4: getLibraryID ()


Stack dump:



Module list: names, addresses, sizes, time stamps and file times:
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Platform.dll, loaded at 0x00320000 - 98304 bytes - 3f4c04c9 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:30
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Memory.dll, loaded at 0x00340000 - 33280 bytes - 3f4c0447 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:07:20
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Localizer.dll, loaded at 0x00350000 - 94208 bytes - 3f4c04bc - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:18
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Debug.dll, loaded at 0x00370000 - 10752 bytes - 3f4c0429 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:06:50
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\FileIO.dll, loaded at 0x00380000 - 155648 bytes - 3f4c04a3 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:54
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\ZLib.dll, loaded at 0x003b0000 - 49152 bytes - 3f4c0481 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:20
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\lua.dll, loaded at 0x003c0000 - 73728 bytes - 3f4c0484 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:22
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\LuaConfig.dll, loaded at 0x003e0000 - 53248 bytes - 3f4c04ba - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:16
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Util.dll, loaded at 0x003f0000 - 36864 bytes - 3f4c04d7 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:44
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe, loaded at 0x00400000 - 3674112 bytes - 3f4d40a2 - file date is 8/27/2003 16:38:04
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Objects.dll, loaded at 0x007a0000 - 1097728 bytes - 3f4c0505 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:10:34
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\HW2Box.dll, loaded at 0x00950000 - 9728 bytes - 3f4c0466 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:07:52
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\DivxMediaLib.dll, loaded at 0x00960000 - 86016 bytes - 3f3bc007 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\DivxDecoder.dll, loaded at 0x00980000 - 397312 bytes - 3f3bc002 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\FileParser.dll, loaded at 0x009f0000 - 86016 bytes - 3f3bc005 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\GSLobby.dll, loaded at 0x00a10000 - 135168 bytes - 3f4c04db - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:50
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nView.dll , loaded at 0x01b30000 - 852038 bytes - 3f25afde - file date is 7/28/2003 15:19:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dxdiagn.dll , loaded at 0x01d80000 - 1675264 bytes - 3ed7d010 - file date is 5/30/2003 09:00:02
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\GL.dll, loaded at 0x025f0000 - 294912 bytes - 3f4c04e6 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:10:00
C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\seFDAudio.dll, loaded at 0x07580000 - 40960 bytes - 3f4c04a5 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:54
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Console.dll, loaded at 0x10000000 - 5632 bytes - 3f4c04d0 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:38
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll , loaded at 0x51000000 - 257536 bytes - 3dedc926 - file date is 12/12/2002 00:14:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dsound.dll , loaded at 0x51080000 - 336384 bytes - 3dedc968 - file date is 12/12/2002 00:14:32
C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll , loaded at 0x5ad70000 - 202752 bytes - 3b7dfecf - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll , loaded at 0x5ed00000 - 685568 bytes - 3b7dfeb3 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:28
C:\WINDOWS\System32\OLEPRO32.DLL , loaded at 0x5edd0000 - 106496 bytes - 3b7dfeb1 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:28
C:\WINDOWS\System32\KsUser.dll , loaded at 0x5ef80000 - 4096 bytes - 3dedcbf6 - file date is 12/12/2002 00:14:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\GLU32.dll , loaded at 0x68b20000 - 116736 bytes - 3b7dfe60 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:16
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvoglnt.dll , loaded at 0x69500000 - 3850240 bytes - 3f25a6c1 - file date is 7/28/2003 15:19:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dbghelp.dll , loaded at 0x6d510000 - 486400 bytes - 3b7dfe51 - file date is 8/18/2001 07:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.0.0_x-ww_1382d70a\comctl32.dll, loaded at 0x71950000 - 921088 bytes - 3b7dfe32 - file date is 8/18/2001 07:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll , loaded at 0x71aa0000 - 18944 bytes - 3b7dfe32 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:36
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll , loaded at 0x71ab0000 - 75264 bytes - 3b7dfe31 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:36
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WSOCK32.dll , loaded at 0x71ad0000 - 21504 bytes - 3b7dfe31 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:36
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msacm32.drv , loaded at 0x72d10000 - 20480 bytes - 3b7dfe2a - file date is 8/18/2001 00:37:04
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdmaud.drv , loaded at 0x72d20000 - 22016 bytes - 3b7dfe2a - file date is 8/18/2001 07:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DCIMAN32.dll , loaded at 0x73bc0000 - 7680 bytes - 3b7dfe25 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:12
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll, loaded at 0x74ed0000 - 48128 bytes - 3b7dfe1d - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\wbemprox.dll, loaded at 0x74ef0000 - 28160 bytes - 3b7dfe1d - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\wbemcomn.dll, loaded at 0x75290000 - 214528 bytes - 3b7dfe1c - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\fastprox.dll, loaded at 0x75690000 - 585216 bytes - 3b7dfe1a - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:16
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll , loaded at 0x76200000 - 593920 bytes - 3b7dfe16 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll , loaded at 0x762a0000 - 51200 bytes - 3b7dfe16 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:22
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll , loaded at 0x762c0000 - 554496 bytes - 3b7dfe16 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:12
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll , loaded at 0x76b40000 - 170496 bytes - 3b7dfe13 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\System32\PSAPI.DLL , loaded at 0x76bf0000 - 17408 bytes - 3b7dfe13 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:28
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll , loaded at 0x76c90000 - 126976 bytes - 3b7dfe12 - file date is 8/18/2001 07:00:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Secur32.dll , loaded at 0x76f90000 - 52224 bytes - 3b7dfe11 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:30
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CLBCATQ.DLL , loaded at 0x76fd0000 - 468480 bytes - 3b7dfe10 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:10
C:\WINDOWS\System32\COMRes.dll , loaded at 0x77050000 - 792064 bytes - 3b7dfe10 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:10
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll , loaded at 0x77120000 - 569344 bytes - 3b7dfe10 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:28
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll , loaded at 0x771b0000 - 1141248 bytes - 3b7dfe10 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:28
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll , loaded at 0x772d0000 - 397824 bytes - 3b7dfe10 - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:32
C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll , loaded at 0x77340000 - 557568 bytes - 3b7dfe0f - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:10
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll , loaded at 0x773d0000 - 8322560 bytes - 3b7dfe0f - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\midimap.dll , loaded at 0x77bd0000 - 17920 bytes - 3b7dfe0f - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:20
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSACM32.dll , loaded at 0x77be0000 - 67072 bytes - 3b7dfe0f - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:22
C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll , loaded at 0x77c00000 - 16384 bytes - 3b7dfe0f - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.DLL , loaded at 0x77c10000 - 322560 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:26
C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll , loaded at 0x77c70000 - 250880 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:16
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll , loaded at 0x77cc0000 - 463872 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:30
C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll , loaded at 0x77d40000 - 561152 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:34
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll , loaded at 0x77dd0000 - 549888 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:10
C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll , loaded at 0x77e60000 - 926720 bytes - 3b7dfe0e - file date is 8/18/2001 00:36:18
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll , loaded at 0x77f50000 - 674304 bytes - 3b7de01e - file date is 8/18/2001 07:00:00
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\MSVCR70.dll, loaded at 0x7c000000 - 344064 bytes - 3c36e574 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50

PLZ help! I really dont know what to do and i really need to play this game. (also cant afford a new video card at this time)

[Motte]

RedDragon: aah! TNT2, I'm afraid to inform you that it is below min-spec and will not run Homeworld2.

motiv-8: I have read the info you've posted in another thread, and I can't think of anything that would make your system crawl. By any chance do you have programs running in the background.

Your setup should be more then enough to handle the game.
Sorry that's not the answer you were looking for.

[FafnirDragon]

Please help. I've got a Intel Centrino 1400 w/ a Geforce 4 420 Go and 512 of Ram. The game runs extremely slowly, even at 800x600, and i've shut down nearly every process running in the background. My HW2.log file is included below.

Thu Sep 04 18:32:19 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Fafnir
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
error executing GetAssumedLatestDll() in driverConfig.lua
error executing GetAssumedLatestDllVersion() in driverConfig.lua
error executing AdjustForBadDrivers() in driverConfig.lua
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.3.2 GeForce4 420 Go/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is 0)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
parameter:
stack traceback:
1: function `ResearchDemandAdd' [C]
2: function `DoUpgradeDemand' at line 342 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
3: function `CpuResearch_DefaultResearchDemandRules' at line 73 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
4: function `CpuResearch_Process' at line 105 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\cpuresearch.lua']
5: function `SpendMoney' at line 211 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']
6: function `doai' at line 246 [file `X:\Homeworld2\Data\AI\default.lua']

[The5thElephant]

Have you guys at relic figured out how to fix ATI Radeons (I have 9800 PRO) not showing shadows correctly (major zigzags and framerate loss)? There have been many complaints about this.

[motiv-8]

Originally posted by Motte
motiv-8: I have read the info you've posted in another thread, and I can't think of anything that would make your system crawl. By any chance do you have programs running in the background.

Your setup should be more then enough to handle the game.
Sorry that's not the answer you were looking for.

Perfectly fine answer. There's really little else to be done.

I used Max-Mem to free up about a hundred megs worth of RAM, and tweaked my system with a proggie called CacheBooster. They helped tremendously. Now, I can run at 10x7 with full detail and a little AF/AA. Still kinda jaggie, but at least now the opening sequence is less choppy and the only problems I have are at Tanis and during close-up cinematic sequences. Good enough for me!

Thanks for trying.

[ÜberJumper]

Fafnir:

Note the "Suspected driver is 0" line... that indicates (to me anyway) that you don't have the latest drivers. Try to install newer ones?

5th:

I heard there were new drivers coming for the ATI cards to fix some HW2 problems... don't know if they're the ones that were released today or not.

[Motte]

Fafnir: First it looks like you have old openGL drivers:

"Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.3.2 GeForce4 420 Go/AGP/SSE2 renderer "

with an nVidia card it should be 1.4.0

Also if that doesn't help there is another odd thing happening, from your log file:

"error executing GetAssumedLatestDll() in driverConfig.lua
error executing GetAssumedLatestDllVersion() in driverConfig.lua
error executing AdjustForBadDrivers() in driverConfig.lua "

This means the video settings never get initialized properly.

It is possible that driverConfig.lua got modified and is no longer of the proper format. You could try reinstalling the demo.

I hope this will help.

[LordHaHa]

Hello, I think I am having a "slight" problem with my Graphics Card, in relation to HW2. It's a GeForce MX440 Go (I have a laptop). Here is the information from the log file.

---

Thu Sep 04 00:36:40 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile LordHaHa
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.3.1 GeForce4 440 Go/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.13.10.3240)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 120 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 240 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
Starting Level: Data:\LevelData\Campaign\tutorial\M01\M01.level
Warning, screen with name ObjectivesPopup does not exist
Screen with that name was not found in the m_loadedScreens list ObjectivesPopup:
luaplayer 72: Player_RestrictResearchOption: unable to restrict (GraviticAttractionMines)
parameter: 0

----

I have looked for newer drivers, but have not found any that will bring it up to spec. I downloaded the newest version of the Detonator drivers, but they don't have anything for my MX440 Go card. Any suggestions?

LordHaHa

[AstroBoy]

Ok.. here is a screenshot of what happens:
http://astroboy.neorift.net/images/HW_goodGameRelic.jpg


And here is my log ^_^
Thu Sep 04 20:33:37 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'D:\Games\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile Astro-Boy
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 GeForce4 Ti 4400/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4467)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : D:\Games\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:




Plz help

[Motte]

Hopefully good news for both of you, (I like it when it's easy):

LordHaha: You are using ancient nVidia drivers
"Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.3.1 GeForce4 440 Go/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.13.10.3240) "

the latest version is 1.4.0 and 4523.

Astro-Boy: Same thing
"Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 GeForce4 Ti 4400/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4467)"

Just update to the latest.

[LordHaHa]

Where can I find the latest drivers? I checked nVidia's and Toshiba's (the company that manufactured my laptop) websites and did not find the current drivers for my Go card.

[motiv-8]

Lord, you can download any Detonator driver. They cover every nVIDIA card from the TNT to the 5900 Ultra.

[LordHaHa]

I have downloaded the latest Detonator drivers, but they do not seem to support my card. Indeed, a cursory check of the area of nVidia's website where one can download the said drivers reveals a line of text that loosely states that "The GeForce 2 Go and the GeForce 4 Go series cards are not supported by these drivers, contact the people who manufactured your laptop and buzz off."

After searching Toshiba's website, I only found a pair of 9 month old drivers, hopelessly out of date.

I have seen some "very 3rd-party", "modified" Detontator drivers floating around some webpages that would be compatible with my laptop. However, they are most definately not official and I am leary about installing them on my laptop. But I also want to play HW2 rather badly, so I may give them a try.

But if anyone knows the location of official and current Go-compatible drivers, I would appriciate it. I haven't found anything in my search, and I'm getting desperate to play the demo properly.

[AstroBoy]

Newer drivers did not change a thing I'm afraid.

[Reddragon5002]

Sorry for replying so late... but basically... with a tnt2..im screwed? :rage: Damn... especially after following HW2's progress for so long.... and that long download process.... wish you guys would have warned us before hand... By the way... Can anyone reccomend an affordable graphics card that WILL work, keeping in mind that I am 16, and really dont have much money at my disposal...

[monkey]

I have a Trident Video Accelerator. does anyone know where i can go to update it.

THis is used in my satellite 1800 laptop.
I have already checked toshiba.

[handyman24]

please can we have some reconition that some people with nvidia drivers are having having problems with aa

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...793#post212793

[lrdgrd]

hi... i have another problem... i can load the game.. change the settigns and all... but when i want to start a mission.. the loader gets up to UNIVERSE.. then i get booted back to windows... ;\

heres the hw2.log

Thu Sep 04 22:49:36 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\HOMEWO~2\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
LUA 'bin:driverConfig.lua' -- parameter: malformed number;
last token read: `1.3' at line 86 in string ""
error executing GetAssumedLatestDll() in driverConfig.lua
error executing GetAssumedLatestDllVersion() in driverConfig.lua
error executing AdjustForBadDrivers() in driverConfig.lua
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 GeForce3/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! renderer (Suspected driver is 0)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\HOMEWO~2\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
LUA 'playerlayercfg.lua' -- parameter: <name> or `[' expected;
last token read: `70000' at line 232 in string ""
GAME -- Using player profile Greed
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 120 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
LOCALIZER -- Duplicate string line 240 in locale:leveldata/campaign/tutorial/m01.dat
Starting Level: Data:\LevelData\Campaign\tutorial\M01\M01.level
LUA 'data:Ship\HGN_MOTHERSHIP\HGN_MOTHERSHIP.madState' -- parameter: malformed number;
last token read: `41.33' at line 80 in string ""
MadStateStatic: Error: Could not load (data:Ship\HGN_MOTHERSHIP\HGN_MOTHERSHIP.madState) -- FATAL EXIT -- madstate/643:! --stack trace-- 0x00560497: getLibraryID () 0x00474524: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x004418A6: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x0043171B: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x004874F3: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x00487CA6: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x00572DD9: getLibraryID () 0x00573C7F: getLibraryID () 0x0059307F: getLibraryID () 0x005946D6: getLibraryID () 0x00492BD2: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x0048E6B5: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= () 0x0048EC76: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()


any help is apreciated !


forgot to tell... im on a Xp2100 512 ram, Gf3 ti200.. latest nvidia drivers.. (45.xx) and dx9b..

[Motte]

lrdgrd :

A couple of things look corrupted. You will need to re-install the demo
LUA 'bin:driverConfig.lua' -- parameter: malformed number;
last token read: `1.3' at line 86 in string ""

This is not supposed to happen.

It also looks like your player profile got corrupted:
LUA 'player1\playercfg.lua' -- parameter: <name> or `[' expected;

[lrdgrd]

what seems strange... is that i reinstalled the game 345346 times... downloaded ir again twice...
each time i install it i place the game into a new random dir and creat a new random name profile... and the error ALWAYS apears...

what else could be the problem ??

mobo drivers are the latest... latest nvidia drivers...
could it be soundcard ??
btw... i just made a winxpsp1 clean install.. and im still getting the same results...
it is frustrating not being able to play something you have been w8ing for almos 3 years.


PLEASE TELL ME THAT THE FULL GAME DOESNT RUN ON THE SAME BASIS.... or else im mostrly screwed with the game :\

[Dr Bombcrater]

Originally posted by Reddragon5002
Sorry for replying so late... but basically... with a tnt2..im screwed? :rage: Damn... especially after following HW2's progress for so long.... and that long download process.... wish you guys would have warned us before hand...

HW2's requirement for a card that uses hardware T&L was known well in advance of the demo...

By the way... Can anyone reccomend an affordable graphics card that WILL work, keeping in mind that I am 16, and really dont have much money at my disposal...

Radeon 9000/9100/9200/8500. All of these are quite cheap and do a fairly good job of running HW2.

[ÜberJumper]

lrdgrd:

Note that it's also not getting your correct graphics card driver info. You might want to double triple check for things like viruses or what not.

Try deleting the HW2 demo download file from your cache, and downloading it again also.

[remy]

Originally posted by AstroBoy
Ok.. here is a screenshot of what happens:
http://astroboy.neorift.net/images/HW_goodGameRelic.jpg

The 45.23 nVidia drivers should solve that black problem.

If it doesn't then try running HW2 with the -noVBO parameter. What motherboard do you have?

[lrdgrd]

this is depressing. ;\

ive done everything 345345 times... and it ALWAYS stops at the same point...
it loads up to UNIVERSE... then crashes.. ;\


ahhhhh

hope the retail version does a little better.. or it would be a bad investment (even though it might be a great game... if it doesnt run... what is it good for :\ )

[lrdgrd]

this was in the isntall log.... has it anything to do with the errors ?

C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe | 0 | 1 | 0 | /W1 "C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\INSTALL.LOG"
Could not Self-Register: C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\ExeTie.dll
Could not Self-Register: C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\HW2Box.dll
Could not Self-Register: C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\Memory.dll


any help to determin whats going on is welcome

[ÜberJumper]

lrdgrd:

Add the -noVBO command line switch, it just helped fix A176's problem.

You still haven't acknowledged that your video card drivers are still screwed up (at least to the game anyway). Make sure you try re-installing them.

[lrdgrd]

yeap.. already tried... and no go...
ill try re re re re re re re re re re re re installing the drivers....

but i find this really strange.... its the fist time i can recall that a game wont run under any sircumstances.... just weird..

[Midnight_Falcon]

Originally posted by Motte
The keywords here are "Buzz/Emulated"
There's another emulator called BoomBoom (if memory serves me right)

Here's how to fix it:
You need to download the NVEmulate.exe and disable the emulation

Woohoo! That's fixed it, thanks heaps! Odd though that this is the first game to complain about it.

[KLoWn]

Game Crashes in Player against CPU

Homeworld2.exe caused an Access Violation in module nvoglnt.dll at 001b:695ebf4b.
Error occurred at 9/5/2003 20:16:38.
Homeworld2.exe, run by Administrator.
Microsoft Windows XP?.
1 processor(s), type 586.
512 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location c04e393f caused an access violation.

MiniDump saved to file 'C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\9-5-2003_20_16_38_MiniDump.dmp'

Registers:
EAX=05574804 CS=001b EIP=695ebf4b EFLGS=00010206
EBX=c04e393f SS=0023 ESP=0012fc5c EBP=03069500
ECX=7ffde000 DS=0023 ESI=035900c0 FS=003b
EDX=698726d8 ES=0023 EDI=13dd27a0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 33 8b 7e 10 83 63 20 fe ff 4e 08 8b 4b 08 85

And again..

Homeworld2.exe caused a Breakpoint in module Debug.dll at 001b:003719b6.
Error occurred at 9/5/2003 21:43:04.
Homeworld2.exe, run by Administrator.
Microsoft Windows XP?.
1 processor(s), type 586.
512 MBytes physical memory.

MiniDump saved to file 'C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2 Demo\Bin\Release\9-5-2003_21_43_04_MiniDump.dmp'

Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=003719b6 EFLGS=00000202
EBX=00000000 SS=0023 ESP=0012edfc EBP=0012f8b4
ECX=7c014444 DS=0023 ESI=00000005 FS=003b
EDX=059913f8 ES=0023 EDI=000003ef GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
cc 83 4d fc ff 8d 8d 5c fe ff ff e8 9b fc ff ff

Call Stack:
0x003719B6: dbFatalfAux ()
0x004949EF: GSLobbySessionDesc::operator= ()

Now the graphics look like hell...

Here is hw2.log
Fri Sep 05 22:11:29 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
GAME -- Using player profile KLoWn
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE2 renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:

Driver Updated to : 4.5.2.3 reinstalling

[Lepricon]

Greetings to everything, I apologize for my English, I write with the help of the online translator. I have the same problem as lrdgrd game is loaded up to Universe and then crashes, I searched for the reason and have found her. I had disc in the CD-rom, I have pulled out it, began to load homeworld demo and at loading a level game has deduced the message - Insert a disk with game. What disk is necessary for it I do not understand, in fact it is a demo version....

[vellon]

As my Dell Dimension 2100 with Celeron processor, 128 RAM and an Intel Graphics Controller card doesnt seem fit at all for this game (does anyone know if its possible to add a GeForce card to it?), I might buy a new Dell LAPTOP (as i will be travelling alot soon).

Will this be suitable and which minimal model do you guyz recommend ?

Bear in mind, regarding to hardware, i am a complete N B

[Kirtar]

From what i've gathered the main problem would be drivers that arnt up to date. But I have 4523 and when i try to run the demo the screen goes black and then goes back to the desktop. This is what it says in Hw2.log.

Sun Sep 07 07:23:30 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\SIERRA\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using NVIDIA Corporation's 1.4.0 RIVA TNT2/AGP/SSE renderer (Suspected driver is nvoglnt.dll 6.14.10.4523)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\SIERRA\HOMEWO~1\data
unable to create pbuffer -- FATAL EXIT -- rendertexture/27:! --stack trace-- 0x00820DC2: RenderTexture::RenderTexture () 0x029E15C4: getLibraryID ()


I can't figure out what is wrong. any help is greatly appreciated.

[Dr Bombcrater]

Originally posted by Kirtar
I can't figure out what is wrong. any help is greatly appreciated.

Homeworld2 won't run on a TNT2. You need to buy a better graphics card.

[LordKaliber]

I played the Homeworld 2 demo a couple days ago (and haven't stopped sense) but I noticed that in the beginning of the campaign that the game seemed to be slowing down. I saw the requirements and I did not understand how these slowdowns could be happening.

Required Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP, 2000, 98, and ME
Processor: Pentium III 833Mhz or AMD Athlon 833Mhz
RAM: 256 Mb RAM or greater
Video: 32 MB OpenGL Supported hardware GE Force or better (with Transform & Lighting) ATI Radeon 7500 or better (with Transform & Lighting) Requires DirectX 9.0 and a compatible driver.
Hard Drive Space: 1.2 Gb Hard Drive Space, plus space for Direct X 9.0 drivers, saved games and Windows SWAP file.

What I have:
-Windows XP
-Asylum GeForce FX 5600 (256MB)
-Penitum 4 (2.4Ghz)
-Ram: 1024MB DDR
-80GB (25GB free) and a 60GB(1.44GB free) <<<HW2 is NOT here
-Direct X9.0

I have all of the gfx settings maxed except the resolution. (1024x768)

I experience slowdowns when looking too close to the mothership and on the first mission when the mothership is docked to that huge friggen thing (I don't remember what it's called). I also experience slowdowns with a couple of frigates flying around.

Also... is there anyway i can see the FPS in HW2?

[ÜberJumper]

Shin has reported the same error, and he had some luck going back to the 44.03 drivers for his vid card.

Also, see how it runs with no AA or AF turned on.

[Ammon Ra]

UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'

I dont have a problem, just asking. i see the above line in almost every log file that people post. doesnt have anything to do with it does it?

Also how can you tell if the sound card drivers are messing up Hw2 Demo?

[lrdgrd]

well... the solution to my problem was.... ehhhh.... actualy, there was no solution. BUT... i can play the game in Win98... but NOT in winxp... the drivers are the same and all.... si i really dont get it why it does work on an older OS instead of the newer one.

if some of you are running winxp/2k..... try installing in another partition (or any other method) an older OS like Win98... and see if that does the trick... (i know... installing a whole OS just for a DEMO... but... some of us really want to play HW2 :P__).

hope it works for you too.

my 2 cents.

[Killjoys4]

Originally posted by remy

If it doesn't then try running HW2 with the -noVBO parameter. What motherboard do you have?

THANKS!!! This just solved my problem, I could run HW2 but only without shadows or Lighting Detail. Game looks great now. So what is VBO stand for VeryBadOperation?

[ÜberJumper]

See this thread for a list of command line options and their descriptions.

[LG22]

I'm getting about 2/3 fps
I'm running it on a:
Windows XP 2.4ghz
256mb RAM
Name Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2562&SUBSYS_4000107B&REV_03\3&267A616A&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Direct X 9.0b

The game starts but even at the lowest settings, I get really low fps =/

HW2.log:
Thu Sep 11 11:48:31 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600), Service Pack 1
Using Intel's 1.3.0 - Build 4.14.10.3619 Intel Brookdale-G renderer (Suspected driver is 0)
SOUND -- created destination [ fdaudio ], handle [ 4 ] with [ 48 ] channels created
SOUND -- created destination [ fda streamer ], handle [ 5 ] with [ 8 ] channels created
Build name: Pride of Hiigara
Built by : smmatte
Data path : C:\PROGRA~1\Sierra\HOMEWO~1\data
No mapping for font 'GenericSubtitleFont' - using 'default'
GAME -- Using player profile Lg22
Resetting fp control word.
CmdLine:
binding for hotkeyId:9 not found
binding for hotkeyId:19 not found
Starting Level: data:LevelData\Multiplayer\Deathmatch\2P_HOSTILITIES_END.LEVEL

Any suggestions? (btw, I updated the drivers for the Name Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller 2 days ago from their website, no change.