problem with starting game - found the error and get it work : look !

[Rei Ayanami]

Hi,

ok i have a problem to start the Demo on the PC of my Brother. It is the Bug that the game short shows a balck screen, a error sound came and it jumps back to the Desktop. So i installed all new Drivers for the Vid Card and DX 9.0b. The other specs are here :

1800+ Athlon
Ati Radeon 9000 Pro
512 SD-RAM
(if you need the main bourd i need to search but its a realy new one)

Now i port the Hw2.log
Thu Sep 04 19:23:00 2003
UTIL -- filepath failure, path doesn't exists 'C:\HOMEWO~1\data\locale\english'
Uing ..profiles\ for profiles folder
Changing from a 32 bit colour depth in winNT (5.1 build 2600),

Not more. After this last line nothing more comes. Then i have some 9-4-2003_18_49_30_ErrorLog.txt and 9-4-2003_18_49_30_MiniDump.dmp files. The txt shows me that :


Homeworld2.exe caused an Access Violation in module Platform.dll at 001b:00326bea.
Error occurred at 9/4/2003 18:49:30.
Homeworld2.exe, run by Imion.
Microsoft Windows XP?.
1 processor(s), type 586.
512 MBytes physical memory.
Write to location 00000020 caused an access violation.

MiniDump saved to file 'C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\9-4-2003_18_49_30_MiniDump.dmp'

Registers:
EAX=00000001 CS=001b EIP=00326bea EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000001 SS=0023 ESP=0012f548 EBP=0012f570
ECX=0000001c DS=0023 ESI=0000001c FS=003b
EDX=00000040 ES=0023 EDI=0000001c GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
88 5e 04 74 19 ff 46 08 e8 89 d9 ff ff 8b 10 8d

Call Stack:
0x00326BEA: InputInterface::i ()
0x003247E1: SharedLibraryInterface::i ()
0x003254C4: Timer::`default constructor closure' ()
0x77D13A5F: CreateWindowExA ()
0x77D13B2E: CreateWindowExA ()
0x77D13D6A: CreateWindowExA ()
0x77D13DD0: DispatchMessageW ()
0x77D1F58C: DrawStateW ()
0x77D3AAAE: SoftModalMessageBox ()

Stack dump:
0012f9ac: 0000002b 00000093 00000012 00152150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000320
0012f9cc: 0000023a 00000000 00000000 000000cf 0000000d 00000000 00000000 00000000
0012f9ec: 0000002f 0000000d 0000023a 00000000 00000020 00157c98 50022080 00000009
0012fa0c: 00000103 0000011a 00157d1c 0012faec 77d3ac40 00000030 00000000 ffffffff
0012fa2c: 00000001 00157b80 00000000 0012fb20 77f71165 00000000 00010000 0012fab0
0012fa4c: 7ffdf000 77f45d43 77e755fc 77fb5128 77f45cdf 00000000 77f45ce2 77eb6618
0012fa6c: 00650057 00740073 00000022 00000110 00e40070 00730069 00680063 00000000
0012fa8c: 00fdf000 9ea5c7f7 00000b4d 9e37eaf7 00000b4d 5a7c3fc4 7ae452b4 0012fad0
0012faac: 77f42a03 9e37eaf7 00000b8e fa67b90e c6d750eb 0000001a 00000000 684a6370
0012facc: 021003ad 12ce97f0 00000000 00000000 0000003c 12ce97f0 00000012 00000000
0012faec: 00000008 00000067 77e41635 000000f6 00000147 0012fbf0 020fabbf 3f577afe
0012fb0c: 00000009 00000004 00000012 00000030 0000002e 00000001 022b0000 0012fb7e
0012fb2c: 0012fb74 00000001

Module list: names, addresses, sizes, time stamps and file times:
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Platform.dll, loaded at 0x00320000 - 98304 bytes - 3f4c04c9 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:30
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Memory.dll , loaded at 0x00340000 - 33280 bytes - 3f4c0447 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:07:20
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Localizer.dll, loaded at 0x00350000 - 94208 bytes - 3f4c04bc - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:18
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Debug.dll , loaded at 0x00370000 - 10752 bytes - 3f4c0429 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:06:50
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\FileIO.dll , loaded at 0x00380000 - 155648 bytes - 3f4c04a3 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:54
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\ZLib.dll , loaded at 0x003b0000 - 49152 bytes - 3f4c0481 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:20
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\lua.dll , loaded at 0x003c0000 - 73728 bytes - 3f4c0484 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:08:22
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\LuaConfig.dll, loaded at 0x003e0000 - 53248 bytes - 3f4c04ba - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:16
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Util.dll , loaded at 0x003f0000 - 36864 bytes - 3f4c04d7 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:44
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe, loaded at 0x00400000 - 3674112 bytes - 3f4d40a2 - file date is 8/27/2003 16:38:04
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Objects.dll, loaded at 0x007a0000 - 1097728 bytes - 3f4c0505 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:10:34
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\HW2Box.dll , loaded at 0x00950000 - 9728 bytes - 3f4c0466 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:07:52
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\DivxMediaLib.dll, loaded at 0x00960000 - 86016 bytes - 3f3bc007 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\DivxDecoder.dll, loaded at 0x00980000 - 397312 bytes - 3f3bc002 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\FileParser.dll, loaded at 0x009f0000 - 86016 bytes - 3f3bc005 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\GSLobby.dll, loaded at 0x00a10000 - 135168 bytes - 3f4c04db - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:50
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.0.0_x-ww_1382d70a\comctl32.dll, loaded at 0x01090000 - 921088 bytes - 3b7dfe32 - file date is 11/3/2001 13:52:22
C:\Programme\AutoMate 5\AM5TrgHk.dll, loaded at 0x01c20000 - 221235 bytes - 3de3a95f - file date is 11/26/2002 13:36:10
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\GL.dll , loaded at 0x01f40000 - 294912 bytes - 3f4c04e6 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:10:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll , loaded at 0x01fd0000 - 1564672 bytes - 3f2acf11 - file date is 8/1/2003 13:35:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\D3D8.DLL , loaded at 0x02170000 - 1156608 bytes - 3dedc941 - file date is 12/12/2002 00:14:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d8thk.dll , loaded at 0x022a0000 - 8192 bytes - 3df82460 - file date is 12/12/2002 00:14:32
C:\WINDOWS\System32\gldsplash.dll , loaded at 0x022b0000 - 135168 bytes - 3f2acfa6 - file date is 8/1/2003 13:38:00
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\Console.dll, loaded at 0x10000000 - 5632 bytes - 3f4c04d0 - file date is 8/26/2003 18:09:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll , loaded at 0x5b0f0000 - 203264 bytes - 3b7e5710 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:42
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dbghelp.dll , loaded at 0x6da00000 - 486400 bytes - 3b7e569e - file date is 11/3/2001 12:53:06
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll , loaded at 0x71a00000 - 18944 bytes - 3b7e567f - file date is 11/3/2001 12:58:50
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll , loaded at 0x71a10000 - 75264 bytes - 3b7e567e - file date is 11/3/2001 12:58:50
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WSOCK32.dll , loaded at 0x71a30000 - 23552 bytes - 3b7e567e - file date is 11/3/2001 12:58:50
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll , loaded at 0x761a0000 - 599552 bytes - 3b7e565f - file date is 11/3/2001 12:58:30
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll , loaded at 0x76240000 - 51200 bytes - 3b7e565f - file date is 11/3/2001 12:55:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll , loaded at 0x76260000 - 559616 bytes - 3b7e565f - file date is 11/3/2001 12:52:58
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll , loaded at 0x76af0000 - 172544 bytes - 3b7e565c - file date is 11/3/2001 12:58:30
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll , loaded at 0x76c50000 - 126976 bytes - 3b7e565c - file date is 11/3/2001 12:54:10
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Secur32.dll , loaded at 0x76f50000 - 52224 bytes - 3b7e565a - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:00
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CLBCATQ.DLL , loaded at 0x76f90000 - 468480 bytes - 3b7e565a - file date is 11/3/2001 14:52:36
C:\WINDOWS\System32\COMRes.dll , loaded at 0x77010000 - 846848 bytes - 3b7e565a - file date is 11/3/2001 12:52:56
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll , loaded at 0x770f0000 - 569344 bytes - 3b7e5659 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:56:26
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll , loaded at 0x77180000 - 1092608 bytes - 3f0723c8 - file date is 7/5/2003 12:15:24
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll , loaded at 0x772a0000 - 398336 bytes - 3b7e5659 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:04
C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll , loaded at 0x77310000 - 557568 bytes - 3b7e5659 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:52:38
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll , loaded at 0x773a0000 - 8363520 bytes - 3b7e5656 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:04
C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll , loaded at 0x77bd0000 - 16384 bytes - 3b7e5656 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:42
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.DLL , loaded at 0x77be0000 - 322560 bytes - 3b7e5655 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:55:54
C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll , loaded at 0x77c40000 - 250880 bytes - 3b7e5655 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:53:54
C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll , loaded at 0x77d10000 - 562688 bytes - 3b7e5655 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:57:40
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll , loaded at 0x77da0000 - 610816 bytes - 3b7e5655 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:52:12
C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll , loaded at 0x77e40000 - 1000448 bytes - 3b7e5654 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:54:24
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll , loaded at 0x77f40000 - 699904 bytes - 3b7e5654 - file date is 11/3/2001 12:56:14
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll , loaded at 0x78000000 - 439296 bytes - 3f0723ca - file date is 7/5/2003 12:15:24
C:\HOMEWO~1\Bin\Release\MSVCR70.dll, loaded at 0x7c000000 - 344064 bytes - 3c36e574 - file date is 8/18/2003 09:45:50

OK dont know what this mean but i hope someone here knew how i can remove this error and get the Game work

Thank you !

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the smilies are not wanted ^^

[Rei Ayanami]

IS there realy no one who could helb me ?

[FallenSoloSLS]

What you provided may be helpful to the devs, but don't expect them to jump in and solve your problem.


Have you uninstalled and then re-installed?

[Rei Ayanami]

Found the Error !!!

OK people i know the error. Once some of you will know that open GL is not fully working on every Windows XP. I found that out with some games like Jedi Knight II on a private LAN party. some PC could play some get an error that open GL could not load. Now i searched the net for a Program or Emulator to get these OpenGL games work under winXP. I found one Emu that dit this. its called SciTech GLDircet. SciTech Software, Inc. . a littel screen ever appert when HW2 returns to the Desktop. so i uninstalled this "Emu" and whola HW2 works !!!

I hope this will help other people who perhaps have installed this Software and importent of al the HW2 Dev can use this information for suport or patches.