Demo crashing/problems

[LNDavout]

You are running it as Administrator in the compatibilitymod ?

[mike1997]

yes and I still get the client stopped working message.

[JMM]

Could you send the spyboard.txt file (folder tracking) to histwar@histwar.com

THX

[JCM101]

I've been running it OK on Win7 x64 & Vista x64.  Only thing I have had to do is use nHancer to get the gfx & res right via the gfx card drivers.

[mike1997]

Sent it JMM.  I don't know what Nhancer is.

[JMM]

Received... THX... No idea at this time.. but it's a dark night 

JMM

[mike1997]

It's also pretty darn late where you are.  Get some sleep

[Alfiere]

Have you tested with other games ?
Also I have window 7 and work fine.

[Cpl Steiner]

JMM, I am still having this problem running under Windows 7 as well. I just checked my SpyBoard.txt file and it hasn't been modified since 30/12/09 even though I just ran the game today (04/01/10). Here are its properties:

Created: ‎30 ‎December ‎2009, ‏‎17:33:47
Modified: ‎30 ‎December ‎2009, ‏‎17:37:10
Accessed: 30 ‎December ‎2009, ‏‎17:33:47

I therefore think you need to be careful about reading anything into the SpyBoard.txt file people send you without checking it has actually been written to.

I think the file security system used in Windows 7 must be the reason for the problem but I can't pin down what needs to be changed.

To clarify, my game runs fine when the "Hussar" splash-screen appears but fails with the "Client has stopped working" message when the other splash-screen appears.

[EDIT]

OK JMM, I found where my SpyBoard.txt file was being written to. It's in C:\Users\<myname>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Tracking.

Here is the output when I get the fail:

OS 6 1 7600 2
Pack:
Version HistWar ************** Version Exe:0.G00
Mode HSB 0 0 0
Résolution Debug N Width 1280 Height 1024
D3DAPP : Pass1
D3DEnum : NbCartes= 1
Caps Caps                      20000
Caps Caps2                     E0020000
Caps Caps3                     3A0
Caps DevCaps                   1BBEF0
Caps PrimitiveMiscCaps         2FCEF2
Caps RasterCaps                7732191
Caps ZCmpCaps                  FF
Caps SrcBlendCaps              3FFF
Caps DestBlendCaps             3FFF
Caps AlphaCmpCaps              FF
Caps SahdeCaps                 84208
Caps TextureCaps               1ECC5
Caps TextureFilterCaps         3030700
Caps TextureAddressCaps        3F
Caps MaxTextureWidth           2000
Caps MaxTextureHeight          2000
Caps MaxAnisotropy             10
Caps StencilCaps               1FF
Caps FVFCaps                   180008
Caps TextureOpsCaps            3FEFFFF
Caps MaxTextureBlendStages     8
Caps MaxSimulatneousTextures   8
Caps MaxUserClipPlanes         8
Caps DevCaps2                  51
D3DAPP : Pass2

Driver nvd3dum.dll
Nom Carte NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Version 80011 b255a
Affichage W=1280
Affichage H=1024
Affichage F=16
Stencil= 4b
MSamTyp= 0
MSamQly= 0
D3DCD3DSet StartFS:O FoundFS:O FoundW:O isW?:N

D3DAPP : Pass3
OTSI : C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\SetUp.txt
Lecture C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\SetUp.txt
Lecture C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\Menu.txt
47 chapitres 494 lignes

D3DAPP : Pass4
D3DParam : W N BBCount 1 MSType 0 MSQlt 0 SwapE 1 ESten 1
D3DParam : Wid= 1280 Hig= 1024 Fmt= 21 Frq= 60 PI= 0
Out : BuildPresentParamsFromSettings
Out : CreateDevice Phase!=2
INIT OK Param : 1 0
INIT Device
Sprite
Texture1
Restore In ... Restore Out
D3DAPP : Pass5
Entre ds les SetUp
Lecture Pref
DialogueOut
Immediat ffef
Meteo 12
Camp 0 1
Munit 1
Net 0

Etat 0
Place 10
Lecture Objets
DLL Load
DLL Exe


Here is the output when the game works:

OS 6 1 7600 2
Pack:
Version HistWar ************** Version Exe:0.G00
Mode HSB 0 0 0
Résolution Debug N Width 1280 Height 1024
D3DAPP : Pass1
D3DEnum : NbCartes= 1
Caps Caps                      20000
Caps Caps2                     E0020000
Caps Caps3                     3A0
Caps DevCaps                   1BBEF0
Caps PrimitiveMiscCaps         2FCEF2
Caps RasterCaps                7732191
Caps ZCmpCaps                  FF
Caps SrcBlendCaps              3FFF
Caps DestBlendCaps             3FFF
Caps AlphaCmpCaps              FF
Caps SahdeCaps                 84208
Caps TextureCaps               1ECC5
Caps TextureFilterCaps         3030700
Caps TextureAddressCaps        3F
Caps MaxTextureWidth           2000
Caps MaxTextureHeight          2000
Caps MaxAnisotropy             10
Caps StencilCaps               1FF
Caps FVFCaps                   180008
Caps TextureOpsCaps            3FEFFFF
Caps MaxTextureBlendStages     8
Caps MaxSimulatneousTextures   8
Caps MaxUserClipPlanes         8
Caps DevCaps2                  51
D3DAPP : Pass2

Driver nvd3dum.dll
Nom Carte NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Version 80011 b255a
Affichage W=1280
Affichage H=1024
Affichage F=16
Stencil= 4b
MSamTyp= 0
MSamQly= 0
D3DCD3DSet StartFS:O FoundFS:O FoundW:O isW?:N

D3DAPP : Pass3
OTSI : C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\SetUp.txt
Lecture C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\SetUp.txt
Lecture C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Langage\HW\English\Menu.txt
47 chapitres 494 lignes

D3DAPP : Pass4
D3DParam : W N BBCount 1 MSType 0 MSQlt 0 SwapE 1 ESten 1
D3DParam : Wid= 1280 Hig= 1024 Fmt= 21 Frq= 60 PI= 0
Out : BuildPresentParamsFromSettings
Out : CreateDevice Phase!=2
INIT OK Param : 1 0
INIT Device
Sprite
Texture1
Restore In ... Restore Out
D3DAPP : Pass5
Entre ds les SetUp
Lecture Pref
DialogueOut
Immediat ffef
Meteo 12
Camp 0 1
Munit 1
Net 0

Etat 0
Place 10
Lecture Objets
DLL Load
DLL Exe
Version HistWar *****3*****     Dll: 08/4.500
DialogueOut
Fin INIT
INIT Device
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\81.dds
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\82.dds
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\83.dds
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\B1.dds
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\B2.dds
Pb C:\Program Files (x86)\HistWar\HistWar La Demo\Graphics\T_Flags\B3.dds
Scene
La Boucle
Entre ds les SetUp
Lecture Pref
InvalidateDev In ...InvalidateDev Out ... DeleteDev
Cleanup3D Résident 2

Hope this helps!

[JCM101]

Sent it JMM.  I don't know what Nhancer is.

http://www.nhancer.com/  Allows you to alter gfx setting outside the app, you can search my posts on this forum for screens & a profile setup I uploaded.

[mike1997]

Thanks JCM I'll check that out.  And yes, all other games run great!

Edit:  I went to the site above and nhancer is for nvida cards.  I have ATI

[JCM101]

Try this -
http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html
might give you some ideas....

[mike1997]

Per what I think is a lucky guess from Hook I moved the game from the program files to the desk top and the game runs fine now.

[Hook]

Per what I think is a lucky guess from Hook I moved the game from the program files to the desk top and the game runs fine now.

LOL!!  Lucky guess my ***!  How many times have I told people to try this?

Glad you got it working, and I think JMM should probably install to C:\Games\HistWar rather than the Program Files folder.

Hook

[EDIT by DoE] Merged Histwar and windows 7 thread with Demo crashing/problems thread

[eblingus]

The is no spyboard.txt.  Only a nullfile.txt, which is blank.

I can get the game to run by browsing to the location where I installed the program (E:\demos\HistWar\HistWar La Demo) and double-clicking on the LGDN.exe.  Only the shortcut on my desktop causes it to crash.  I checked its properties, and it is pointed to the correct location.