Illegal exception running Barn Runner 2 (SOLVED)

biorogue · Sat 20/05/2006 19:13:07

I'm having problems running this one. The message I get is:

Quote from: AGS v2.61
an exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0xBFF9BB6B (strcpy/strcat); program pointer is +0, ACI version 2.61.747, gtags (0,0)

All I did was double-click on the icon to run game...

Pumaman · Sun 21/05/2006 11:25:54

Thanks for reporting this. Unfortunately, it's made with quite an old version of AGS so it's no longer supported. You could try turning the sound off in the Setup program and see if that helps.

Ponch · Mon 19/06/2006 20:39:01

I reinstalled the game on my newer system, and it ran just fine.

CJ, what is the error and what causes it? Is there a way I could easily patch it?

Pumaman · Mon 19/06/2006 21:18:21

I'm not sure, to be honest. You could try using the AGS 2.71 ACWIN.EXE to run the game, following the steps here:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/kbview.php?id=22

Ponch · Mon 19/06/2006 21:53:21

Would recompiling the game with the new version of AGS do the trick? I still have the complete game files laying around here somewhere.

Thanks for such a quick response!

EDIT: The game was made with AGS 261 by the way.

Pumaman · Tue 20/06/2006 20:02:29

Oh sorry, I didn't realise you were the game's author

Yep you could try recompiling with 2.71, it's certainly worth a try.

Ponch · Mon 26/06/2006 21:01:30

UPDATE: The recompiled version works just fine for biorogue. Anyone have any idea what the crucial difference was? I'm stumped.

- Ponch

Pumaman · Tue 27/06/2006 19:14:22

AGS has had various bug fixes between 2.61 and 2.71, it's hard to say which bug exactly it might have been.

Ponch · Wed 28/06/2006 21:04:26

Ah! Maddeningly vague, but it answers the question. Thank you, CJ.

Whatever it was, the new version did the trick. I guess I'll have to recompile the old games with the new build of AGS and replace the old links on the games page.

Now I have a project to work on during lunch!

- Ponch