UFO:Alien Invasion

Technical support => Feature Requests => Topic started by: brpemerson on March 13, 2007, 01:40:44 am

Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 13, 2007, 01:40:44 am: Hi people,

I use Windows Vista Ultimate, 1,5Gb of Ram, P4 Prescott 3.4Ghz...
ATI Radeon X800 256Mb...
And when I try to start UFO:AI I receive the error:

"Couldn't register windows class"

I know that error is when we not have the 3D drivers, but I have!!!
I play COD, NFL2007, Age 3, Flight Simulator X, and all perfect...
Anybody help-me?
thanks a lot.

Emerson
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 13, 2007, 07:08:28 am: do you have aero activated? please try to deactivate it.

which version are you using (ufo version) the one from http://mattn.ninex.info ? if not you should use it - otherwise you would not be able to save games.

please let me know whether you encountered any more problems (if you get ufo to run) - because i did the vista patches without owning vista. it would be nice to get some feedback,
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 13, 2007, 10:39:38 am: Yes, I have aero activated...
I have the UFO 2.0 RC6, from sourceforge, the full pack...
From that site (http://mattn.ninex.info) you think that version is better to me?! (2.1?)

Now, I'm work (I live in Portugal, GMT), but at nigh I will test it.

Thanks a lot.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 13, 2007, 02:38:05 pm: yes - that version has some file-save-patches for vista included - with rc6 you won't be able to save a multiplayer team or a game state (at least if you are not the administrator - which you should be)
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 14, 2007, 01:56:49 am: my friend...

First I disable the aero...

That version (mattn..) does not work in vista.. when I try start come to message "this programs not responding" and don't open.

The normal version (sourceforge) don't work too...

Now, what can I do?
thanks a lot
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 14, 2007, 07:19:35 am: there was a wrong zlib1.dll packed into this installer. replace the zlib1.dll with the one from zlib.net or grab this version of hte installer: http://mattn.ninex.info/download/ufoai-2.1-dev-win32-r6697.exe

thanks again for testing this for vista
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 14, 2007, 10:34:58 am: ok, at night I will test and tell you the results...
it is a pleasure to test the game..
thank you
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 15, 2007, 01:01:58 am: well...well... I make a download of full package (rev 6697)

I'm very sad... does not work again...
Now I receive the error:

"NSIS ERROR

The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.
This could be the result of a damged disk, a failed download or a virus.
You may want to contact the authot of this installer to obtain a new copy.
It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch (NOT RECOMMENDED)."

and the OK button...

I make the download 3 times and the same... and in the two last times, I make the download in my home, where I have a 24Mbits of link...
Not is a problem in download.
:(
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 15, 2007, 07:14:14 am: did you verify the md5 sum?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 15, 2007, 07:15:34 am: you are right - the upload was broken, the md5 sums does not match here, too - i will reupload a new version
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 15, 2007, 11:11:50 am: When the upload is done, tell me something...
thank you.

Emerson
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 15, 2007, 12:12:11 pm: i'm just waiting for some patches - i think in the evening
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 15, 2007, 11:43:53 pm: so??? done??
thanks
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 16, 2007, 07:55:04 am: i'm currently uploading - will be online in ~ 2 hours
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 16, 2007, 11:31:03 am: it's online at http://mattn.ninex.info
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 18, 2007, 08:13:51 pm: Not work yet...

The install is perfect, but when I try run the game, the display stay black, later the display back to the desktop, and nothing... I see in task manager and the process not listed.
No errors appear...

Thank you...

Emerson
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 19, 2007, 07:07:42 am: which one did you try? http://mattn.ninex.info/download/ufoai-2.1-dev-win32-r6798.exe ?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 19, 2007, 10:29:59 am: I download this version... and not work....

Emerson
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 19, 2007, 10:37:21 am: please try to start with the parameters +set vid_fullscreen 0 +set snd_init 0
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 19, 2007, 09:24:36 pm: Not work too...
:(
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Mattn on March 20, 2007, 07:42:06 am: please try to extract the base/*zip files

in a way that you have:
base/maps
base/music
base/textures
base/sounds
[....]

and retry please

please also have a look at the ufoconsole.log which should be in your home dir (application data) in ufoai/.ufoai/base

thanks
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: chungng on March 20, 2007, 04:29:14 pm: I tried some of the stuff you suggested, but no dice. Here's the snippet of the log that seemed most useful:

...could not set to language:
...could not set to system language
Console initialized.
couldn't load history
------- Loading ref_gl.dll -------
ref_gl version: GL 0.12
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 6: 1024 768 FS
...attempting fullscreen
...using desktop frequency: 50 hz
...using desktop display depth of 32
...calling CDS: ok
GLimp_Init() - no hardware acceleration detected
VID_CreateWindow() - GLimp_InitGL failed
ref_gl::R_SetMode() - invalid mode
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480 W
ref_gl::R_Shutdown() - wglMakeCurrent failed
...setting windowed mode
GLimp_Init() - no hardware acceleration detected
VID_CreateWindow() - GLimp_InitGL failed
ref_gl::R_SetMode() - could not revert to safe mode
ref_gl::R_Init() - could not R_SetMode()

Seems like OpenGL isn't working very well. I'm running on a thinkpad T43P, so the FireGL v3100 card in it should be able to do OpenGL just fine. Could it be that the Vista drivers don't have OpenGL support just yet?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: chungng on March 20, 2007, 04:56:29 pm: I went to ATI and installed the Radeon Mobility X300 drivers (they didn't have any FireGL drivers for some reason, so I used the enthusiast equivalent), and the game works now.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: brpemerson on March 20, 2007, 11:07:23 pm: WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But now, I'm not sure what make the game work, because I extract the *.zip files and update the ATI drivers...
But now, works perfectly...

Thanks a lot,
best regards...
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: chungng on March 21, 2007, 07:45:28 pm: I tried unzipping the files before, but doing that alone did not work. Not sure if only replacing the driver will fix things. If not, then there could be a bug in the installer. Ah well, it's still a dev build, so I'm not overly concerned as long as I can get it to work!
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: neomunk on March 23, 2007, 12:44:09 am: Hi there. I've been running ufo:ai on vista too, but I've been running RC6, not the latest beta. I don't remember any specific install issues, but I've installed quite a bit of software and lots of issues have come up. If there was something amiss, I fixed it without a big hassle.

I'm going to grab up the latest beta and try it out for a bit. I've been experiencing lock ups of my video driver (but vista resets it w/o crashing) but that probably has more to do with this laptop's video arrangement. Anyways, I think this game is a great piece of work. Improving on a really excellent game is hard to do, but it's obvious you'll have succeeded as soon as you're 'finished' (the quotes are there cause I know how these open source things go, you're never fully finished until it has every appropriate feature imagined).

So thanks, and though I'm not a strong programmer, I'll do what I can to chip in.