ctd every startup

[tobamore]

Now I'm getting annoyed. I just spent the last 4 days trying to buy the game and I got it at last today. My problem is that when I installed it, it ran fine and I was impressed, now when I restart my pc it won't run just ctd - please help me out here, this is bloody annoying????? [X(][&:][X(]

[TheDeadlyShoe]

Please post the contents of "Errlog.txt", which is located in the Starshatter install directory

[tobamore]

Hi,

of course, sorry. Also I should have said that I'm using the latest catalyst 4.6 drivers and xp pro.

+====================================================================+
| STARSHATTER 4.0.0 6 Jul 2004, 11:31:56 PM |
+====================================================================+
| |
| Windows XP 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1 |
| |
| Registered Owner: Dave, |
| |
| CPUs Detected: 1 CPU Level: 6.8.1 CPU Speed: 1998 |
| x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 |
| AuthenticAMD |
| |
| 1024 MB RAM 2464 MB Max Swap 2280 MB Avail Swap |
| |
| DirectX 7 installed. |
| DDRAW 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX |
| D3DIM 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) |
| DINPUT 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) |
| DPLAY 5.00.2134.1 |
| DSOUND 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX |
| DMUSIC 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX |
| |
| |
| RADEON 9800 PRO |
| |
+====================================================================+

Initializing Game
Request 1024x768x32 mode
Request DirectX 7 Hardware Rendering mode
Request Primary 3D card
Gamma Level = 140

Initializing instance...
Window created.
Instance initialized.
Initializing game...

********************************
* Direct 3D version 7 *
********************************

SoundCardD3D Primary Buffer Format:
bits: 16
chls: 2
rate: 22050

Created video object.
VideoDX7 Fullscreen: Using double buffered video memory surface
VideoDX7: Found attached surface.
DDSCAPS_3DDEVICE
DDSCAPS_BACKBUFFER
DDSCAPS_COMPLEX
DDSCAPS_FLIP
DDSCAPS_LOCALVIDMEM
DDSCAPS_VIDEOMEMORY
Preparing to enumerate Z Buffers...
driver_index = 1
GUID: 84e63de0-46aa-11cf-816f-0000c020156e
VD3D_ZBufferEnum:
VD3D_ZBufferEnum:
VD3D_ZBufferEnum:
Creating Z Buffer (1024 x 768)
VideoDX7: Created Z Buffer (depth = 32)

Supported Texture Formats:
1) 15-bit True color RGB 555
2) 16-bit True color RGBA 5551
3) 16-bit True color RGBA 4444
4) 16-bit True color RGB 565
5) 16-bit True color RGB 880
6) 16-bit True color RGB 556
7) 24-bit True color RGB 888
8) 24-bit True color RGB 888
9) 32-bit True color RGBA 8888 <== SOLID <== TRANSPARENT <== TRANSLUCENT <== INDEXED
10) Alpha/Luminance Only
11) 0-bit True color RGB 000
12) 0-bit True color RGB 000
13) 0-bit True color RGB 000
14) 0-bit True color RGB 000
15) 0-bit True color RGB 000
16) 0-bit True color RGB 000
17) 0-bit True color RGB 000
18) 0-bit True color RGB 000
19) Alpha/Luminance Only

VideoDX7: Checking for gamma support. ddcaps.dwCaps2 = 004afe78
GAMMA SUPPORTED
Created screen object.
Palette loaded.
Established requested video parameters.

Loading Ranks and Medals
Remapping: 'KEY_CYCLE_PRIMARY' => VK_BACK(8) VK_SHIFT(16) KEY_JOY_7(455)
Remapping: 'KEY_CYCLE_SECONDARY' => VK_BACK(8) null(0) KEY_JOY_8(456)
Remapping: 'KEY_GEAR_TOGGLE' => null(0) null(0) KEY_JOY_5(453)
Remapping: 'KEY_NAVLIGHT_TOGGLE' => L(76) null(0) KEY_JOY_6(454)
Remapping: 'KEY_CONTROL_MODEL' => =0(0) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_JOY_SELECT' => =1(1) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_JOY_RUDDER' => =1(1) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_JOY_THROTTLE' => =1(1) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_JOY_SENSE' => =1(1) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_JOY_DEAD_ZONE' => =500(500) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_MOUSE_SELECT' => =1(1) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_MOUSE_SENSE' => =10(10) (0) (0)
Remapping: 'KEY_MOUSE_ACTIVE' => =192(192) (0) (0)
Mapping: 'KEY_MOUSE_INVERT' => =0(0) (0) (0)
Loaded key.cfg


Starshatter::InitGame() create joystick

*********************************************
FATAL EXCEPTION:

Registers:
EAX: 00000000
EBX: 77e7a671
ECX: 00146a58
EDX: 7228277e
EDI: 001932dc
ESI: 00146a20
EBP: 0012edb4

CS:EIP: 001b:722868e1
SS:ESP: 0023:0012e690
DS: 0023
ES: 0023
FS: 0038
GS: 0000
Flags: 00010246

Exception Code: c0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Exception Addr: 722868e1
Program attempted to READ from address 0x00000001

Loaded IMAGEHLP.DLL

Stack Trace (Symbolic):
Address Frame
722868e1 0012edb4 0001:000058E1 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DINPUT.dll
0012edc0 00000001 0000:00000000

*********************************************
PROGRAM TERMINATED.

[Mehrunes]

What kind of joystick are you using? [&:]

[John DiCamillo]

In the meantime, find the file named "key.cfg" in the Starshatter installation directory. Open it with notepad or wordpad and make the following change:

Code: Select all

KEY_JOY_SELECT           =0
 

Question: Do you have a joystick, and if so, does it work with any other game?

[tobamore]

Hello,
Yes I have a joystick, it is a sidewinder force feedback 2 and seems to work fine with other games. I also tried the key.cfg fix to no avail.[:(]

It's strange that it worked fine on first installed, then after re-starting windows it no longer ran.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

It could be a virus infection. Try running a full system scan. Another possibility is that unusually stringent Anti-Virus measures messed up something in an installation.

hmmmmm

--

Another thing to try (probably easier) is to disconnect the joystick.

Did the Joystick work ingame before Starshatter stopped working?

[tobamore]

I have found that if I remove the sidewinder pro force feedback 2 from device manager and run the game, all is well, is this something that I can download a patch for, possibly from microsoft? Surely I'm not the only person using this joystick?

[TheDeadlyShoe]

I'm pretty sure other people using this joystick have played starshatter.