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Archive => Bugs prior to release 2.3 => Topic started by: suliman on June 19, 2010, 10:48:31 pm

Title: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: suliman on June 19, 2010, 10:48:31 pm

Hi
It crashes when entering battlescape (almost every time but some time it doesnt). If i run scirmish it goes back to menu, if i enter battle from campaign it crashes to desktop. No message at all.

I run vista 7 64 bits. I try to run in comp. mode for win xp, try to remove all graphical effects etc. but no difference.

Any known fix? I didnt have this problem with 2.2 ver.

Erik

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: geever on June 19, 2010, 11:24:39 pm

Quote from: suliman on June 19, 2010, 10:48:31 pm

Any known fix?

For the fix, we need to know what the problem is. How does it crash? to desktop, to menu or so?

Check ufoconsole.log (http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/FAQ#General) if there is any useable info (upload it here maybe).

I would also suggest starting it from command line, but not sure how the windows version works...

-geever

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: suliman on June 20, 2010, 08:06:30 am

This I state in my post, first line.
It crashes to desktop from campaign battlescape (no message, just goes to desktop)
It crashes to menu from skirmish battlescape (no message)

Erik

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: suliman on June 21, 2010, 01:19:33 pm

Soooo noone knows? Game is not much playable if you cannot use battlescape.

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: H-Hour on June 21, 2010, 01:27:05 pm

Quote from: geever on June 19, 2010, 11:24:39 pm

Check ufoconsole.log (http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/FAQ#General) if there is any useable info (upload it here maybe).

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: Kobold on June 21, 2010, 05:22:50 pm

Quote from: suliman on June 19, 2010, 10:48:31 pm

Hi
It crashes when entering battlescape (almost every time but some time it doesnt). If i run scirmish it goes back to menu, if i enter battle from campaign it crashes to desktop. No message at all.

After you changed video settings, did you restart the game?

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: suliman on June 21, 2010, 07:48:02 pm

after disabling all graphical effect AND restarting, the crashes disappears :)

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: NearDark on June 23, 2010, 11:28:27 pm

Same on my PC. - ufoconsole.log attached. - I hope you could find something.
Kind Regards ND

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: geever on June 23, 2010, 11:31:11 pm

Quote from: NearDark on June 23, 2010, 11:28:27 pm

Same on my PC. - ufoconsole.log attached. - I hope you could find something.
Kind Regards ND

Bug#3019699 (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3019699&group_id=157793&atid=805242) ERROR: Unknown model type in R_DrawEntities entity chain: 0

-geever

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: Logaff on June 26, 2010, 10:53:08 am

i've got the same error. i tryed some different settings but anything helps -.- my pc is an windows xp with an Geforce 8600GT. i prefer to run this with ubuntu but the download is offline.

i added the ufo log and waits for a quick help and a fix^^^^

Title: Re: Crashes when entering battlescape
Post by: Precisionist on July 02, 2010, 08:40:08 pm

I had the same problem, and scoured the boards for fixes.  Turns out there are a lot of threads about this problem.  I found this thread the most helpful: http://ufoai.ninex.info/forum/index.php?topic=4988.0

One important thing is to restart the game after any graphics change.  I started to panic when the fixes didnt work, and gave up.  Later I fired up the game again to see if I'd get lucky, and sure enough I havent had the problem since.

Another note, the Ufoconsole.log is a pain to find (at least with Vista).  The AppData folder is hidden by default, I had to log in Administrator mode, change Folders to view all.  Also strangely, the Ufoconsole.log did not show the crash, only a switch to Team (1), then nothing.  It may be that it doesnt catch all the crashes.

Anyways I hope this helps, I think there should be a consolidated thread for this problem as it seems to be a common bug.