Armagetron Advanced wont launch

Load · Post by **Load** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:59 am

I recently decided to finally upgrade to 2.8 because the one I was running was seriously out-dated.

Whenever I try to open it (Im on Windows XP) it gives me one of those microsoft "We have encountered an error and must close this program." or whatever, then gives me the option to report it or not. I clicked on the "Get more details" button and got a bunch of computer lingo that nearly gave me a seizure.

It read:
AppName: armagetronad.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: msvcrt.dll
ModVer: 7.0.2600.2180 Offset: 0001a61d

Yep, Im a noob.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:29 am

Load wrote:I clicked on the "Get more details" button and got a bunch of computer lingo that nearly gave me a seizure.

Then you haven't seen a memory dump yet. Try that (it is reachable via the crash dialog) and people who have more experience with obscure Windows problems* will probably be closer to the answer before you've recovered.

*You'll get a better answer from them.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:34 pm

Please go here and fetch one of the older builds; we switched the incuded version of SDL, and that has already been identified as the source of another new Windows-specific problem. So knowing whether the last development release works would be useful.

Knowing which graphics card and which of the two beta versions you are using may be of interest, too.

I'm afraind I'm not a Windows expert; I don't know how to interpret those memory dumps XP gives you. I may have better luck with the output of a real debugger; there is a small, free one called "Debuggy" out there. Someone told me how to get the seizure-inducing data that's sent to microsoft when you report a problem (AFAIR, copy-paste does not work), but I forgot how. And it only contains the versions of loaded libraries and in which module the crash was anyway.

Load · Post by **Load** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:29 pm

Could I get that information in step by step procedures that my brain can understand?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:24 pm

Heh, sure. Most of my last post was just rambling to myself

Get this version:
http://beta.armagetronad.net/fetch.php/ ... x86_32.exe
Install it and see whether it runs.
The version one earlier may also be worth a try:
http://beta.armagetronad.net/fetch.php/ ... x86_32.exe

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:15 am

This is just a mabye, but mabye its like myn. It wont run in fullscreen cuz theyve switched to much..

Guys does it start up and just show a black screen then work when you press f?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:09 pm

Load: I'd like to ask you to take part in the SDL version testing in this thread:
http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=2404

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Armagetron Advanced wont launch

Armagetron Advanced wont launch

Re: Armagetron Advanced wont launch

I dont know.