Stuck on "Finalizing..." loading screen section

[Kron]

Spring v0.82.6.1

Windows 7
Intel Core i3 processor 330M
4 GB Memory
(I'm unsure of my video card; it's a default Intel one of some sort...)

This seems to be a repeat of an earlier bug.

Basically, whenever I try to load a Complete Annihilation game, it will move through all the different stages of loading on the loading screen, reach "Finalizing...", produce an audio cue for the game starting ("Interface online" or something similar in a female voice)... and then simply not progress further.

It chews up a lot of computer resources while it does it too, but that may not be a bug.

It's worth noting that this issue arises when attempting Complete Annihilation games, but not when attempting Kernel Panic games. These are the only two games I have, and I cannot test any others at this moment.

I've attacked my infolog.txt, hope it helps. (Edit: just noticed the typo, but thought it was too hilarious to remove...)

Update: Tried Evolution RTS; that failed too. This looks like a graphics problem? But I've minimized my graphics settings entirely... (and disabled the Lua graphics stuff)

[aegis]

might be a heavy widget initializing or something, how long did you leave it there before deciding it wasn't going to finish?

[Kron]

Around 30 minutes the first time. Also update: Evolution RTS creates the same problem too.

Either Evo has the same widgets, or this isn't a widget issue.

[aegis]

[ 0] (0) C:\Windows\system32\ig4dev32.dll(devProcessAttach+0xd034) [0x0768C8C4]
[ 0] (1) Unknown [0xE885C7FF]
[ 0] (2) Unknown [0xFFFFFFFE]
[ 0] (3) Unknown [0x89FFFFFF]
[ 0] (4) Unknown [0xFCE82414]
[ 0] (5) Unknown [0x8D006740]
[ 0] (6) Unknown [0xFFFF2485]
[ 0] (7) Unknown [0x240489FF]
[ 0] (8) Unknown [0xFEE885C7]

the only not unknown thing in stacktrace is intel graphics? <_< which card do you have? Intel HD generic?

[Kron]

Well, whatever came inbuilt in my Gateway NV59...

"Intel HD integrated graphics"... Yeah I think it's Intel HD generic thing you were referring to.

[knorke]

might be these games GUI.
you can try pressing F11 and disabling "chili UI"
other games to try: XTA, BA - these are quite reliable in working on all computers.

[luckywaldo7]

We already tried starting with all widgets disabled; did not help.

[Kron]

New information!

I tried the Conflict Terra "CT Test Mission"... and it almost worked!

The entire game loaded, and I could pan across the map and zoom. But when the timer finished counting down from 3 to 0, the game froze!

[hoijui]

try newer/older GFX driver

[knorke]

press crtl+b to see FPS

[Kron]

Alright, it appears BA works fine.

Summary:

• Balanced Annihilation and Kernel Panic just work.
• Conflict Terra works right up till the point where the start-game countdown reaches zero.
• Evo and CA don't seem to progress past the "Finalizing..." loading screen (though CA does produce an audio confirmation of the game interface starting up).

Edit: I don't know how to use a new/old GFX driver, and I can't even enter the game to check FPS on CA/Evo.

[Licho]

Its likely related to either lups or normal mapping.

[Kron]

Tried disabling normal mapping, that did nothing.

How do I disable all of lups?

[Kron]

BUG FIXED.

I required a driver update.

Updated from 8.15.0010.2082 to 15.17.12.64.2226, that seems to solve the problem!