QFG2 ogg theora Crash on game load

[zeteginara]

QFG2 consistently crashes when it starts.  The QFG2 splash screen comes up, and then the legal information.  There is a slight pause, and then there is a crash.

There are 2 different possiblities.

Either I get an "illegal exception" message box with this:

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Illegal exception
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An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x7C911053 ; program pointer is +1004, ACI version 2.72.920, gtags (35,20)

AGS cannot continue, this exception was fatal. Please note down the numbers above, remember what you were doing at the time and notify CJ on the Tech forum.

in Room script (line 51)


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OK
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Or I get the standard (Qfg2vga.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

After this, the Application Event Log has an error that states:

Faulting application qfg2vga.exe, version 2.72.920.0, faulting module libavcodec.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x001a56fd.

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I am using Windows XP and using the games default settings.  I have also tried every combination of windows and fullscreen + a different graphical filter.

I have also tried reinstalling my graphics card driver, and I have installed the latest version of directx.

[Pumaman]

This problem is usually caused by some sort of dodgy video codec, sometimes ffdshow. The AGDI FAQ has some tips for renaming the video files to get around this problem.