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[805] [Crash] CTD and now cannot restart

July 1, 2010 9:40:29 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

After adjusting the resolution, Elemental minimized and sent me to my desktop.

I then could not maximize the game. Only the "Close" option was available when right-clicking in the toolbar.

After three attempts, I was able to shut it down from the task manager.

Currently, cannot start the game.

I Select the game in Impulse, press run, click "play game", the play game screen disappears and then nothing happens..

 

EDIT: wrong file. (doh!) See below for memory dump file I meant to put here.

 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8214163/Elemental/DxDiag.txt

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Frogboy
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Reply #1 July 1, 2010 9:50:25 PM
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go to your my documents directory then my games and delete the elemental directory. That should fix it.

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Reply #2 July 1, 2010 10:18:49 PM
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Hmmmm, did so and still will not start.

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Reply #3 July 1, 2010 11:07:05 PM
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Quoting ,
quoting post

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8214163/Elemental/debug.err

 

Yeah, I am kind of a dork.  That is the wrong file.  Here it is again.

 

Memory Dump

 

I need beauty sleep.

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Reply #4 July 2, 2010 12:55:07 AM
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maybe similar problem but i started up first game after update... on the loader program i clicked the update button.. exited program and left me at the impulse program.. i figured it might throw you to impulse to update (even though i already had impulse open in the background).. I tried to load the game again... no response.. nothing.. the game refused to load.. then i went into my task manager and noticed the elemental loader program was sitting there doing nothing.. i killed it and tried loading the game again.. this time is worked fine..

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Reply #5 July 2, 2010 8:58:17 AM
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Quoting Vaul_Darkhour,
reply 4
maybe similar problem but i started up first game after update... on the loader program i clicked the update button.. exited program and left me at the impulse program.. i figured it might throw you to impulse to update (even though i already had impulse open in the background).. I tried to load the game again... no response.. nothing.. the game refused to load.. then i went into my task manager and noticed the elemental loader program was sitting there doing nothing.. i killed it and tried loading the game again.. this time is worked fine..
Cool, thanks for that, Vaul.  Will try that as soon as I get home.  

 

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Reply #6 July 2, 2010 5:18:04 PM
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Quoting Vaul_Darkhour,
reply 4
. on the loader program i clicked the update button.. exited program and left me at the impulse program.. i figured it might throw you to impulse to update (even though i already had impulse open in the background).. I tried to load the game again... no response.. nothing.. the game refused to load.. then i went into my task manager and noticed the elemental loader program was sitting there doing nothing.. i killed it and tried loading the game again.. this time is worked fine..

 

Yep, the Elemental.exe was running under Processes, killed it and it loaded.  Vaul wins the prize (which is yet to be determined).

 

Thanks Much!!!

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Reply #7 July 2, 2010 5:50:46 PM
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As a place holder I had a similar issue

 

I also have problems loading saved games (some won't load and some won't render correctly); I have a dual core e8400 and 8800gts nvida card.

 

er yea and windows xp sp3

 

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Reply #8 July 3, 2010 12:42:55 AM
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Quoting Tyjenks,
reply 6

Quoting Vaul_Darkhour, reply 4. on the loader program i clicked the update button.. exited program and left me at the impulse program.. i figured it might throw you to impulse to update (even though i already had impulse open in the background).. I tried to load the game again... no response.. nothing.. the game refused to load.. then i went into my task manager and noticed the elemental loader program was sitting there doing nothing.. i killed it and tried loading the game again.. this time is worked fine..
 

Yep, the Elemental.exe was running under Processes, killed it and it loaded.  Vaul wins the prize (which is yet to be determined).

 

Thanks Much!!!

 

no problems amigo, happy i could help

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Reply #9 July 3, 2010 3:13:28 AM
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I had this issue early on.  Since I know that occassionally this sort of issue can happen with Firefox (will not run because part of it is still stuck in memory) I knew what to try to fix it, and it worked.  But still, this is a large bug and needs to be fixed quickly, especially if it's one of the earliest bugs that can happen in a Beta 3 game.


Best regards,
Steven.

 

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Reply #10 July 6, 2010 10:07:50 PM
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I've fixed the hang on exit bug for Beta 3A

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