AGS Start Up Error - Clean Install

mastastealth · Sun 13/09/2009 06:48:52

Just downloaded and installed AGS for the first time, only to run into this little prob upon launch. >_< The load screen just stays there and I have to kill it in Task Manager. I have my .Net installed (2 and 3.5) so I'm not sure what exactly else could be the problem? I'm running XP SP3.

Edit: The 3.2 Beta works. So it's just a 3.1.2 SP1 thing?

Rulaman · Mon 14/09/2009 08:08:40

It seems, that you did not have all files.

The error messages says that the 'AGS.Native.dll' file is missing.

Try to install it new, or try to extract all files from the archive.

mastastealth · Tue 15/09/2009 02:45:20

I installed it twice, one with and without demo files (just in case). I checked and the AGS.Native.dll IS in the folder (3.1.2.82) and I replaced all the files once again with the archive version. It doesn't seem to be asking for that version though, it's asking for 0.0.0.0 it seems?

Pumaman · Wed 16/09/2009 20:23:48

Hmm that's strange. The editor must be dependant on some sort of DLL that 99% of people already have installed anyway; unhelpfully, the error message doesn't specify what it is.

Has anyone else had this problem with 3.1.2 SP1?

the ninja cucumber · Sun 22/11/2009 11:43:48

Yes! Exactly this problem. I'm also running XP SP3.
It's strange because the 3.1.2 SP1 worked well and now crashes.
I have recently installed .net 3.5SP1, could be an incompatibility?

Pumaman · Mon 23/11/2009 23:07:44

Can you open the Event Log (under Administrative Tools in Control Panel) and see if any errors are generated there when this error happens?

the ninja cucumber · Tue 24/11/2009 18:47:01

Sorry, I did not find any errors in the Event Log.
As mastastealth has said, the error pops up and the load screen freezes until I kill it with Task Manager, but nothing appears on Event Log.

Pumaman · Tue 24/11/2009 19:22:02

Can you try out the 3.2 RC 2 release from the beta thread and see if you get the problem with that too?

the ninja cucumber · Tue 24/11/2009 20:27:17

The 3.2 RC 2 runs well. I have also tried an old version I had installed, 3.1.1 and it works.
The problem is only with the 3.1.2 SP1.

Pumaman · Wed 25/11/2009 23:11:35

Hmm that's strange. It might be worth trying to un-install AGS 3.1.2 SP1 and re-install it, but I'm not sure why this would be happening...