AGS Not Starting! (SOLVED)

ScottDoom · Sat 21/01/2006 21:43:45

Well I finished my demo up the other day for my game, and today I was going to correct a bug in it and add more to the "tutorial" at the beginning so I double-click agsedit.exe and I see the splash logo screen flash quickly and then it goes away... So I try again, same thing. I restart my computer, and double click agsedit.exe again. Now I get:

Quote
agsedit.exe - Application Error
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The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.
OK

:'(

monkey0506 · Sat 21/01/2006 22:22:15

Have you tried reinstalling AGS?

ScottDoom · Sat 21/01/2006 22:26:28

No, I'm going too... I'm pretty sure that'll fix it. But why would it act up all of a sudden like this? I didn't change anything or do anything differently.

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 07:06:52

I reinstalled AGS and it's still not working. :'( I've never had anything like this happen before.

Gilbert · Sun 22/01/2006 07:09:12

Probably some problem with your computer, can you check if there're other resident programmes running in the background? They may interfere with other programmes.

Pumaman · Sun 22/01/2006 12:40:12

Have you run a virus and spyware check lately?

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 15:32:13

Quote from: Pumaman on Sun 22/01/2006 12:40:12
Have you run a virus and spyware check lately?

That's the first thing I do when something like this goes wrong. I ran AntiVir Personal and Spybot Search & Destroy right away, after updating each of them.

I have no new programs running in the background...

Barbarian · Sun 22/01/2006 16:45:33

Could be some kind of corrupted driver or some similar problem or conflict.

If this is a recent problem, then you may attempt to do a System Restore choosing a date that your computer was still working fine (before the problems occured).

Usually System Restore can be found by clicking on "Start", then "All Programs", "Accessories", "System Tools", then "System Restore".

You might want to make a backup copy of any recent changes you had made to your AGS-made-project before attempting the System Restore.

Good luck.

Haddas · Sun 22/01/2006 16:55:12

That would require XP would it not?

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 17:38:50

Well, I have XP but I do not believe in Windows Restore. That thing is whack and as far as I know don't I have to keep it updated with restore points?

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 19:06:23

Alright, not only is AGS failing to load but when I tried to run my demo game I had made with it but not a few days ago, that won't load. Same error.

The only thing different with my system I have done is plugging in a Logitech Dual Action gamepad, which I unplugged and removed to see if that helped. It didn't.

Pumaman · Sun 22/01/2006 19:54:55

Is it just AGS giving you problems? Do all your other programs and games still work?

The message indicates that AGS isn't even managing to begin to start up, so it indicates some sort of system configuration problem rather than an AGS bug.

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 20:13:01

Every other program works normally. Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mount & Blade, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7, Trillian, and Opera are the only things I really use. eMule and Windows Media Player too, oh and WinAmp. AGS just went whack.

Barbarian · Sun 22/01/2006 20:18:15

Yeah, I forgot to mention that "System Restore" won't be on some older versions of Windows (such as 95, 98). But as far as I know it is on ME, 2000, NT and XP.

System Restore points are usually created automatically from time to time, so if you're still having troubles it might be worth a try, but if you don't have confidence in trying that then you will need to try and figure out what is causing your problems. Ã,Â There's been a few times before when my computer was messed up and I wasn't able to track down what was the cause of the problems and doing a System Restore fixed the problems.

Perhaps try running AGS from "Safe Mode". Ã,Â You can usually get into safe mode by tapping the "F8" key on starting up the computer and before Windows starts loading in, which should bring up a "boot menu" and having Safe Mode as one of the boot-up options.

If AGS does run ok in safe mode, then chances are some other program, drivers or application that would normally load in may be causing some conflict preventing it from running properly.

Another thing to try could be to re-install AGS but into a new/different directory. Maybe for some strange reason the current directory in which the AGS program resides on your computer is messed up somehow?

You might also consider installing the most recent version of drivers for your graphic and sound cards and/or installing the most recent verison of DirectX, but not knowing what the cause of the problem is, that may or may not help.

Good luck.

ScottDoom · Sun 22/01/2006 21:34:41

Ok... I also can't even play any other game made with AGS!

Edit: Woohoo! I fixed it. Although I had tried a restart before, I did another restart again and now it works. Weird stuff, but it's fixed now.

TerranRich · Mon 23/01/2006 21:40:55

If all else fails: restart!

monkey0506 · Mon 23/01/2006 22:48:03

Problems that magically fix themselves tend to come back...so just be careful not to do what you did to break it again

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ScottDoom · Mon 23/01/2006 22:55:01

Well, the last thing AGS-related I did before it messed up was testing the tech demo of Amulet of Kings! So I blame them. Hahah...

No, but I think somehow my Logitech USB gamepad conflicted or something... But I have no clue. I'm just glad it fixed itself.

Pgb · Sat 06/01/2007 09:06:03

(Hello everyone, new to the forum, too bad my first post is a crazy-problem kinda question.)

I have what seems to be the exact same problem as ScottDoom :-/

When I try to start AGS like any other day, the splash screen comes up, one instance of ags shows up in the task bar, and very quickly another one blips up and dissappears next too it. Then nothing. Not even an error message, and I can't right-click it and close it from the taskbar, must end the process.

Things Ive tried:
- Rebooting, many times and also in between all the other things Ive tried.
- Uninstalling programs that I might have installed after using AGS the last time. The only program I can remember installing is blender though.
- Turning off as many background processes as possible.
- Spyware and virus check.
- Starting windows in Safe Mode

Nothing changes. I dont even get the error message SCott got. All other functions and programs in the computer seems to be unaffected.

The only thing I can think of now i formatting the harddrive and reinstalling windows :'(

Any ideas would be insanely appreciated.

Pumaman · Sat 06/01/2007 16:53:24

Do you happen to know if you've installed any applications between when AGS last worked, and when the problem started happening?