need help getting wz running

[KillerChinchilla]

I have downloaded and installed 2.1 beta 5 , i tried to run it and it is giving me some weird resullts...
the game loads and only shows the background, no menu. it plays music and makes the noise when you click where the menu should be.
I've actually goten the game to load the campaign by clicking randomly, but when it loads I cannot see the world, its just the loading screen. I can do ctrl a and select units and move them around, so the game works, its just not displaying what it should.

I run windows Vista, and have a decent computer so i know it should be able to run it.


any and all help is appreciated

[Buginator]

I have downloaded and installed 2.1 beta 5 , i tried to run it and it is giving me some weird resullts...
the game loads and only shows the background, no menu. it plays music and makes the noise when you click where the menu should be.
I've actually goten the game to load the campaign by clicking randomly, but when it loads I cannot see the world, its just the loading screen. I can do ctrl a and select units and move them around, so the game works, its just not displaying what it should.

I run windows Vista, and have a decent computer so i know it should be able to run it.


any and all help is appreciated

Please elaborate on the 'decent computer' List the vid card, and so on.
Are you running in admin mode or as a user account?
What do the stderr.txt (or stdout.txt) files say when the above happens?
Add --debug all to the END of the shortcut ("c:\whatever the path is\warzone2100.exe" --debug all )
and then attach the stderr.txt file it will create.

[sokari]

Hi, my friend is haveing this exact same issue. here is the contense of his stderr.txt:

error : [rebuildSearchPath] Failed to remove path C:\Program Files/data/\ again, because of No such entry in search path
error : [rebuildSearchPath] Failed to remove path C:\Program Files/share/warzone2100/\ again, because of No such entry in search path


any help would be GREAT lol.
thanks if u can help and thanks if u cant but want to lol.

i would also like to point out, he is useing the newist version of warzone this site has listed. (as of feb 7th 09)

[Buginator]

Get one of the debug nightly builds, and enter --flush-debug-stderr --debug all on the shortcut or command line, and when they crash, post the info needed in Trac.
You create a new ticket, with all the requested info I mention above.

[sokari]

firstly, thank you for the quick awncer.

and um, where can i get ahold of one of the debug nightly builds?
after a chat with Zarel it sounds like he needs to get a new graphics card. (he's useing an intel at the moment.)

[Buginator]

firstly, thank you for the quick awncer.

and um, where can i get ahold of one of the debug nightly builds?
after a chat with Zarel it sounds like he needs to get a new graphics card. (he's useing an intel at the moment.)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1664

Which intel chipset does he have anyway?
For intel, it almost always is a gfx driver problem with them.

[stiv]

If you are running Vista, try turning off Aero. Compositing window managers like Aero and compiz tend to do poorly with on-board graphics.

Updating your video driver is also helpful. If video problems persist, try turning down graphics hardware acceleration.