Unable to start in any Mod/Game

[GBscientist]

I attempted to start Spring games in both XTA 9.5 and SimBase 0.5 using version 0.77b5 and neither would start. As soon as the load screens completed, the game crashed back to my desktop.

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Using script script.txt
using configuration source "Software\SJ\Spring"
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Hardware: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+; 1023MB RAM, 1692MB pagefile
Using read-write data directory: C:\Spring\
Scanning: C:\Spring\maps
Scanning: C:\Spring\base
Scanning: C:\Spring\mods
Video mode set to  1024 x 768 / 32 bit
[      0] SDL:  1.2.10
[      0] GL:   2.1.7976 Release
[      0] GL:   ATI Technologies Inc.
[      0] GL:   Radeon X1600/X1650 Series
[      0] GLEW: 1.4.0
[      0] Connecting to local server using number 0
[      0] Became player 0
[      0] Using map Castles.smf
[      0] Recording demo demos/20081130_124718_Castles_0.77b5 (spring_0.77b5-R6842).sdf
[      0] Using script Commanders
[      0] Using mod SimBase b0.5
[      0] Connecting to server .
[      0] Parsing unit icons
[      0] Duplicate side name: spaem
[      0] WARNING: removed mine2 unitDef, missing cob script
[      0] Loading all definitions:  0.110000
[      0] Spring 0.77b5 (spring_0.77b5-R6842) has crashed.
[      0] Exception: Access violation (0xc0000005)
[      0] Exception Address: 0x694802e5
[      0] DLL information:
[      0] 0x00400000	spring
[      0] 0x7c900000	ntdll
[      0] 0x7c800000	kernel32
[      0] 0x77dd0000	ADVAPI32
[      0] 0x77e70000	RPCRT4
[      0] 0x73f10000	dsound
[      0] 0x77c10000	msvcrt
[      0] 0x77d40000	USER32
[      0] 0x77f10000	GDI32
[      0] 0x774e0000	ole32
[      0] 0x76b40000	WINMM
[      0] 0x77c00000	VERSION
[      0] 0x68b20000	GLU32
[      0] 0x5ed00000	OPENGL32
[      0] 0x73760000	DDRAW
[      0] 0x73bc0000	DCIMAN32
[      0] 0x76c90000	IMAGEHLP
[      0] 0x6fbc0000	mingwm10
[      0] 0x7c9c0000	SHELL32
[      0] 0x77f60000	SHLWAPI
[      0] 0x71ad0000	WSOCK32
[      0] 0x71ab0000	WS2_32
[      0] 0x71aa0000	WS2HELP
[      0] 0x6ed80000	glew32
[      0] 0x10000000	SDL
[      0] 0x7c340000	MSVCR71
[      0] 0x00df0000	DevIL
[      0] 0x66fc0000	freetype6
[      0] 0x61b80000	zlib1
[      0] 0x003d0000	ILU
[      0] 0x01490000	avgrsstx
[      0] 0x773d0000	comctl32
[      0] 0x5d090000	comctl32
[      0] 0x74720000	MSCTF
[      0] 0x01de0000	GameHook
[      0] 0x10100000	lgscroll
[      0] 0x7c3a0000	MSVCP71
[      0] 0x02000000	nost_FSH
[      0] 0x69020000	atioglxx
[      0] 0x71a50000	mswsock
[      0] 0x662b0000	hnetcfg
[      0] 0x71a90000	wshtcpip
[      0] 0x72d20000	wdmaud
[      0] 0x76c30000	WINTRUST
[      0] 0x77a80000	CRYPT32
[      0] 0x77b20000	MSASN1
[      0] 0x72d10000	msacm32
[      0] 0x77be0000	MSACM32
[      0] 0x77bd0000	midimap
[      0] 0x73ee0000	KsUser
[      0] 0x59a60000	DBGHELP
[      0] Stacktrace:

I will be happy to provide a stacktrace if someone can tell me how to output one.

[caldera]

have you tried Balanced Annihilation 6.5, I'm not sure if the mods you tried are compatible with current vrsion of spring. Also you could try updating your graphics card driver(or just try anothe one, ati cards dont work well with spring, sometimes...).

[FrOzEnTaCo]

im just happy that im not the only one getting this specific error.

it all started about a month and a half ago, i was playing spring and usually i use the ''alt'' key to minimize spring while im in-game, usually to open up a internet window or something. then, almost suddenly, it got off the in game session and ''unhandled expectation''. so i tryed to play spring again, and just like you, i get that error everytime i try to play. then about 1 month later i tryed to play nota 1.53 and IT MAGICALLY FIX'D IT SELF :DD. so i played for a few weeks, tryed to ''alt'' out of the game, and i got the same error. so now i know that it could be related to ''alt-ing'' out of the game. i still have the error to this day, but it might magically fix itself again one day. (lol its like the rrod). you know how you can make a lot of accounts on your main computer start up screen? i made a guest account, tryed to run spring, and it worked. (but all the settings deleted them self). so im guessing that theres a corrupt file somewhere that got made on our comps. i think it is the exe file, but im not sure. so i have 3 questions: how can i fix this, do u use the ''alt'' key when ur ingame, and lastly, how did it fix it self for one month then come back

[GBscientist]

I do not use the alt key when playing.

If SimBase 0.5 and XTA 9.5 don't work with Spring 0.77b5, why were they included as download options on the installer?

[FrOzEnTaCo]

i dident say this before, but like you, ALL MODS arent working working, and i cant get ingame