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AGS Support => Advanced Technical Forum => Topic started by: pageajj10 on Fri 16/04/2010 23:51:01

Title: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Fri 16/04/2010 23:51:01
Just finished playing through Trilby's Notes (Windows XP run through Bootcamp with Parallels on a brand new MacBook), LOVED the game and it worked like a charm.  Now I want to play the special edition, but when I try to open the program I get this unholy message:




"An exception 0xC0000005 occurred in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x00425846; program pointer is -16, ACI version 2.62.772, gtags (0,0)

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."



Horror!  Utter lack of hilarious and insightful Yahtzee commentary!  I am duly notifying the tech forum.  Please help...my life will be oh so incomplete with only the boring, standard version of Trilby's Notes therein.

Best,

Ari J.

Pagerock@gmail.com
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: Khris on Sat 17/04/2010 11:17:17
Not that it's going to make a big difference, but is it Bootcamp or Parallels? Both I think not :)
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Sun 18/04/2010 15:06:14
Quote from: Khris on Sat 17/04/2010 11:17:17
Not that it's going to make a big difference, but is it Bootcamp or Parallels? Both I think not :)

I used bootcamp to create the partition, but it's parallels that's running :)
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Sun 18/04/2010 15:21:41
Even more Oh No!  Now 6 Days a Sacrifice won't work either.  I just get a "6das se.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience" message, with an error report too long and incomprehensible to post here (unless someone who knows more than me can direct me to the relevant portion).  I'm a mac guy, I don't know how to deal with this stuff!  Please help.

I tried finding the non-special edition version since it worked with Trilby's Notes, but can't seem to locate it.  If someone would point to that so I can see if it works, I'd appreciate it also.
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Sun 18/04/2010 15:27:56
Quote from: pageajj10 on Sun 18/04/2010 15:21:41
Even more Oh No!  Now 6 Days a Sacrifice won't work either.  I just get a "6das se.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience" message, with an error report too long and incomprehensible to post here (unless someone who knows more than me can direct me to the relevant portion).  I'm a mac guy, I don't know how to deal with this stuff!  Please help.

I tried finding the non-special edition version since it worked with Trilby's Notes, but can't seem to locate it.  If someone would point to that so I can see if it works, I'd appreciate it also.

Update: Yep, I found the original, non SE-version, and sure enough it works like a charm so far.  Why does my computer hate me?  Why does it want to keep me away from author commentary?  WHY???
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: Pumaman on Tue 20/04/2010 22:52:10
Sorry, this game was made with a very old version of AGS and it's no longer possible to offer fixes for this.
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: Sslaxx on Tue 20/04/2010 23:19:13
Quote from: Pumaman on Tue 20/04/2010 22:52:10
Sorry, this game was made with a very old version of AGS and it's no longer possible to offer fixes for this.
What? Trilby's Notes or the Special Edition? Thought the SE was released in 09?
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Wed 21/04/2010 22:27:29
No fixes available for Trilby's notes OR 6 days a sacrifice?  It just seems so odd that 7 days a skeptic SE would work fine and the later special edition games both won't.
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: Gilbert on Thu 22/04/2010 02:20:46
Quote from: Sslaxx on Tue 20/04/2010 23:19:13
What? Trilby's Notes or the Special Edition? Thought the SE was released in 09?
From the error message posted in the first post, the game was using AGS V2.62, which is indeed an outdated and unsupported version (though this is the definitive version that I will use), so it's difficult for us to help anyway, unless Yahtzee recompiles his game with a newer version of AGS.
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: xenogia on Thu 22/04/2010 03:31:18
Quote from: Gilbet V7000a on Thu 22/04/2010 02:20:46
Quote from: Sslaxx on Tue 20/04/2010 23:19:13
What? Trilby's Notes or the Special Edition? Thought the SE was released in 09?
From the error message posted in the first post, the game was using AGS V2.62, which is indeed an outdated and unsupported version (though this is the definitive version that I will use), so it's difficult for us to help anyway, unless Yahtzee recompiles his game with a newer version of AGS.

So all you need to do Sslaxx is nag the crap out of Yahtzee :)
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: pageajj10 on Fri 23/04/2010 15:57:02
So basically, it seems like I'm SOL, at least officially.  Does anyone have any unofficial suggestions for what might be wrong that I could try?
Title: Re: Trilby's Notes SE problem...won't even start program
Post by: Pumaman on Sun 25/04/2010 17:36:12
Try disabling the sound and music in the game Setup program, see if that helps. I remember that could cause problems in older versions of AGS.

QuoteWhat? Trilby's Notes or the Special Edition? Thought the SE was released in 09?

The games may have been released in 2009, but Yahtzee made them using a version of AGS from 2004. Several issues have been fixed since then.