Spring RTS Engine

I can't get BA 18 or 19 to work. 17 works fine.

Here's the infolog:


LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.82.6.1 (0.82.6.1)
Build date/time: Oct 15 2010 20:04:51
Available log subsystems: CollisionVolume, unit, ArchiveScanner, VFS-detail, VFS, Sound
Enabled log subsystems: Sound
Enable or disable log subsystems using the LogSubsystems configuration key
or the SPRING_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variable (both comma separated).
using default configuration source "F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\/springsettings.cfg"
[CMyMath::Init] CPU SSE mask: 127, flags:
SSE 1.0: 1, SSE 2.0: 1
SSE 3.0: 1, SSSE 3.0: 1
SSE 4.1: 1, SSE 4.2: 1
SSE 4.0A: 0, SSE 5.0A: 0
using streflop SSE FP-math mode, CPU supports SSE instructions
OS: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition, 64-bit (build 7600)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz; 6135MB RAM, 12268MB pagefile
OS: emulated 32bit mode
Using read-write data directory: F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\
Using read-only data directory: F:\Users\se5a\Documents\My Games\Spring\
Scanning: F:\Users\se5a\Documents\My Games\Spring\maps
Scanning: F:\Users\se5a\Documents\My Games\Spring\mods
Scanning: F:\Users\se5a\Documents\My Games\Spring\packages
Scanning: F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\maps
Scanning: F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\base
Scanning: F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\mods
Supported Video modes: 1920x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1600x1024, 1600x900, 1440x900, 1360x768, 1280x1024, 1280x960, 1280x800, 1280x768, 1280x720, 1152x864, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
Video mode set to 1024x768/32bit
[ 0] SDL: 1.2.10
[ 0] GL: 4.0.0
[ 0] GL: NVIDIA Corporation
[ 0] GL: GeForce GTX 460/PCI/SSE2
[ 0] GLSL: 4.00 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
[ 0] GLEW: 1.5.4
[ 0] Joysticks found: 1
[ 0] Using joystick 0: Microsoft PC-joystick driver
[ 0] Connecting to local server
[ 0] Starting GameServer: 5 ms
[ 0] Starting demo recording
[ 0] Using map AncientArena
[ 0] Recording demo demos/20101126_090549_AncientArena_0.82.6.sdf
[ 0] Using mod Balanced Annihilation V7.19
[ 0] Sound: OpenAL info:
[ 0] Sound: Vendor: OpenAL Community
[ 0] Sound: Version: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.11.753
[ 0] Sound: Renderer: OpenAL Soft
[ 0] Sound: AL Extensions: AL_EXTX_buffer_sub_data AL_EXT_EXPONENT_DISTANCE AL_EXT_FLOAT32 AL_EXT_IMA4 AL_EXT_LINEAR_DISTANCE AL_EXT_MCFORMATS AL_EXT_OFFSET AL_EXTX_sample_buffer_object AL_EXT_source_distance_model AL_LOKI_quadriphonic
[ 0] Sound: ALC Extensions: ALC_ENUMERATE_ALL_EXT ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT ALC_EXT_CAPTURE ALC_EXT_disconnect ALC_EXT_EFX ALC_EXTX_thread_local_context
[ 0] Sound: ALC_EXT_EFX found (required for air absorption): yes
[ 0] Sound: Device: DirectSound Software
[ 0] Sound: Available Devices:
[ 0] Sound: DirectSound Software
[ 0] Sound: air absorption enabled: 0.1
[ 0] Using mod archive abf67d870567f7644f846fc121c84a1a.sdp
[ 0] Loading client data: 43 ms
[ 0] User number 0 (team 0, allyteam 0)
[ 0] Sound: parsed 25 sounds from gamedata/sounds.lua
[ 0] Spring 0.82.6.1 (0.82.6.1) has crashed.
[ 0] Exception: Access violation (0xc0000005)
[ 0] Exception Address: 0x00a48dee
[ 0] DLL information:
[ 0] 0x00400000 spring
[ 0] 0x77430000 ntdll
[ 0] 0x75a70000 kernel32
[ 0] 0x75420000 KERNELBASE
[ 0] 0x10000000 DevIL
[ 0] 0x76e10000 MSVCRT
[ 0] 0x75000000 ADVAPI32
[ 0] 0x755d0000 sechost
[ 0] 0x75ec0000 RPCRT4
[ 0] 0x74fa0000 SspiCli
[ 0] 0x74f90000 CRYPTBASE
[ 0] 0x748e0000 GLU32
[ 0] 0x74040000 OPENGL32
[ 0] 0x75ba0000 GDI32
[ 0] 0x75810000 USER32
[ 0] 0x76dc0000 LPK
[ 0] 0x75e20000 USP10
[ 0] 0x73f50000 DDRAW
[ 0] 0x74930000 DCIMAN32
[ 0] 0x76c20000 SETUPAPI
[ 0] 0x75b70000 CFGMGR32
[ 0] 0x75d90000 OLEAUT32
[ 0] 0x75470000 ole32
[ 0] 0x75760000 DEVOBJ
[ 0] 0x72c20000 dwmapi
[ 0] 0x76ec0000 IMAGEHLP
[ 0] 0x6fbc0000 mingwm10
[ 0] 0x75fb0000 SHELL32
[ 0] 0x750a0000 SHLWAPI
[ 0] 0x76dd0000 WS2_32
[ 0] 0x75800000 NSI
[ 0] 0x61b80000 zlib1
[ 0] 0x70780000 vorbisfile
[ 0] 0x68140000 ogg
[ 0] 0x64cc0000 vorbis
[ 0] 0x6b600000 OpenAL32
[ 0] 0x72ac0000 WINMM
[ 0] 0x66fc0000 freetype6
[ 0] 0x62aa0000 glew32
[ 0] 0x00330000 SDL
[ 0] 0x7c340000 MSVCR71
[ 0] 0x75d30000 IMM32
[ 0] 0x759a0000 MSCTF
[ 0] 0x63710000 dsound
[ 0] 0x72bb0000 POWRPROF
[ 0] 0x75100000 CLBCatQ
[ 0] 0x72360000 MMDevApi
[ 0] 0x724e0000 PROPSYS
[ 0] 0x72330000 wdmaud
[ 0] 0x74a60000 ksuser
[ 0] 0x74a50000 AVRT
[ 0] 0x722f0000 AUDIOSES
[ 0] 0x722e0000 msacm32
[ 0] 0x74a30000 MSACM32
[ 0] 0x6cc60000 midimap
[ 0] 0x72a50000 profapi
[ 0] 0x69500000 nvoglv32
[ 0] 0x6d8c0000 DINPUT
[ 0] 0x6ca80000 HID
[ 0] 0x75970000 WINTRUST
[ 0] 0x75640000 CRYPT32
[ 0] 0x76c10000 MSASN1
[ 0] 0x72a90000 ntmarta
[ 0] 0x755f0000 WLDAP32
[ 0] 0x72cc0000 dbghelp
[ 0] Stacktrace:
[ 0] (0) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe(aiInterfaceCallback_DataDirs_getWriteableDir+0x287ee) [0x00A48DEE]
[ 0] (1) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe(aiInterfaceCallback_DataDirs_getWriteableDir+0x1dea8) [0x00A3E4A8]
[ 0] (2) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe(aiInterfaceCallback_DataDirs_getWriteableDir+0x1ed21) [0x00A3F321]
[ 0] (3) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe(aiInterfaceCallback_DataDirs_getWriteableDir+0x20461) [0x00A40A61]
[ 0] (4) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x0001652C]
[ 0] (5) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x00090899]
[ 0] (6) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x000916AD]
[ 0] (7) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x005869F1]
[ 0] (8) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x00591D39]
[ 0] (9) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x00592064]
[ 0] (10) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x00592840]
[ 0] (11) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x000010A7]
[ 0] (12) F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\spring.exe [0x00001123]
[ 0] (13) C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll(BaseThreadInitThunk+0x12) [0x75A83677]
[ 0] (14) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll(RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x63) [0x77469D42]
[ 0] (15) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll(RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x36) [0x77469D15]

I would guess it's related to the AI missing a config file for the mod, or something like that...

But it happens in multiplayer games too.

in the future, please attach your infolog.txt as file attachment to the forum post.
it is indeed not AI related. looks like it is sound:
http://pastebin.com/K1Jqw3Aw
cant upload as html in attachment, cant upload as html.txt, and pastebin said the text triggers the spam filter!

try specifying NoSound=1 in your spring config file, and see if it runs ok. if so, maybe try to get other sound drivers (except you are fine playing without sound ).

get further with nosound=1 but then I hit "Could not load texture from file bitmaps/greenexplo.tga"

the greenexplo.tga looks fine in the BA719.sd7

Also, the infolog this time is also coming up with:

Scanning: F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\mods
Failed to scan F:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Spring\mods\Air Raid v1.02.sd7 (missing files, could not determine archive type)

there's about 20 or so older mods it's saying it failed to scan.
why would it be attempting to scan these anyway?

Edit: new audio drivers did not make any difference, still crashes with nosound=0
also, only crashes with BA, and only 7.18 and 7.19

always post whole infolog as file attachment please.

if it would not scan the mods, how would it know they are too old?

You make no sense.

Why's it trying to scan mods I'm not using? I'm trying to use BA not the other ones.
I know they are old, because they ARE old. why would spring know or care they are old.

Ok, I've got around to sitting down and testing this again,
still don't know what's up with the scanning mods, it doesn't do it every time and probably irrelevant to the problem I'm having now.

The sound issue seems to have disappeared, I was messing around with the number of sounds, when I dropped it I stopped getting the crash, to check I put it back up to the max, but still not getting that crash.

Still getting the problem with not being able to load textures though.
strangely, now I'm getting a different texture than the one before that it's having trouble with.

Both these tests I did using
Spring 0.82.6.0 (0.82.6) with DSD as the map.
BA7.19 - crashes with error:
Content error
Could not load texture from file bitmaps/shard1.tga

BA7.17 - no problems, runs fine.

I can see from the .sd7 that the shard1.tga is the same file, with the same CRC I can open both files in gimp fine.

I've tried running at different resolutions.
I've tried newer gfx drivers.
I've tried lowering the gfx settings right down to low.

I was having the same problem with one of the s44 versions, though that seems to have disappeared now, don't remember which version but they all seem to be running fine.
I'm stumped.

running win7 64bit
CPU is an intel hexicore i7
6gb DDR3
graphics card is a Geforce 768mbGTX460

Have you tried downloading BA again?

yes, but like I said, CRC seems fine, also I'm having a problem with both 18 and 19.

Could it be vista UAC getting in the way?

Doubt it, if that were the case it wouldn't be able to open the sd7.
also doesn't explain why I don't have a problem with 17, but do with 18 and 19. they're all in the programfiles\spring\mods folder, rather than the \Documents\My Games\Spring\mods (though I did try both locations).

Even tried disabling the AV incase that was causing it to be locked out.

when were the AO ground plates introduced? I started crashing games when they were adopted.

What are the AO ground plates?

looks like the problem is fixed in spring 0.82.7
any ideas what it could have been though?