Access Violation by Starfuy.exe
 

Well, looks like it might be a good game, but it crashes after picking the ship, ship name and captain name and loading to a screen that says this. Ideas?

(I already have video going to safe mode)

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You didn't mod any of the data files, did you? You shouldn't be able to in the demo, and I don't know what happens if you try, but sometimes modding certain data files would give errors like that in the beta Versions...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hehehe...Um, I think I might have then said great game, but now that I modded it, it doesn't work any more. No, I downloaded it, I installed it, it crashes. If I can't figure it out in the next day or so, it gets deleted.

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What are you're computer's stats?

Also, if you've got a hi-speed connection, download it again and install it. Perhaps the file got corrupted or something zany like that.

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Unfortunately, I am getting the access violation as well when I hit "play". Setup screen works fine. First I get a floating point error, then I get the access violation.

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Hello, I just installed the demo to starfury myself. The first test run went well..although i havent figure out how to mine asteroids yet. (if thats possible..then again i didnt see robo miners on the destroyer lol)

I get the same " Access violation at address 0048a97a in module 'starfury.exe'. Read of address 00000000 " *cough*

Ill try to redownload the file and reboot. It looks promising. Maybe this will be the next step up from an old game called privateer (back in the 480sux days)

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Er oop, i guess i should mention my machine here, just in case they are still working on the graphics engine or etc.

CPU: Amd 1800 (1.53Ghz)
HARDWARE: 512mb of 2700ram & Geforce 4 TI4200
OS: XP Home

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hello, want some cheese?

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if cheese will fix the problem sure thing! heheh

I, did some tackling of the issue. It seems theres something wrong with the regristry entrys. After i removed the entry, starfury ran fine, however when i tried to run it again it crashed. *shrugs* Hey if this were a full verson that i paid for id be upset, but its a beta demo, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ..well i think it is anyway. *shrugs*

Just my 2 cents, oh and btw, dont ram asteroids or other ships..chicken doesnt seem to work lol.

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I can't get into game either. It crashes after name selection and coughs up an error involving division by zero.

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other people say welcome to the forum's. i give out virtual cheese. it seems to fit my avatar, for some reason.

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Hi, for all those having problems running the demo, I am a beta tester, and I think I can help you find or fix the problems, or get bigger guns on the issue.
First off, update all your drivers, Sound/video being most important. WindowsUpdate is a good site to do this at, but if your hardware vendor does not have WHQL drivers, you will have to go hunting. There are a lot of sound card and video card companies out there, if you need help finding the driver you need, just ask. Also, getting your OS patched up probably will not hurt.
If this does not solve your problem, please submit your computer info (processor, RAM, OS, and other info) here or to Aaron, and give the specific error message.

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Narf! hehehe. Ty for the welcome!

So far the demo is pretty cool. I hope they tweak the ship movements though somehow. It just doesnt feel like a destroyer flying around. *shrugs*. After looking at the files, i can see how Mod friendly this game will be, just like space empires. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Replayability is waay up on the scales http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

have fun, im crashin..me eyelids are reminding me, i cant stay awake 24/7 ..doh!

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Ty?

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Drops to desktop with no errors after I select name and ship and the main game screen loads. My specs...

Athlon XP 2800+
XP Home SP1
512mb PC2700 DDR
GeForce 5900 Ultra (driver Version 45.33)
Hercules GameTheatre XP

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ty = Thank you

I have had only one crash, now works fine
Sometimes I get graphic glitches (ie wierd stuff apeearing and sometimes planets/starbases not seeable) which I just restart the game and they are ok</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The invisible object problem was one that I encountered on my machine as well, but one he thought he had fixed. I am currently putting the latest beta Version through its paces and have not encountered this, and my understanding was that it was fixed in the release Version of the demo. Since you are encountering the issue, I would suggest that if you see (don't see?) the problem again, take a screen shot (print screen, then paste to Paint), and save the game. Then send the save, the screen shot and a description of your computer to Malfador. Maybe your system is revealing some portion of the bug that still remains.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I started this post and interestingly I have an AMD 1200 with a Geforce 4 TI4200 running 45.33 and also XP.

I noticed the other person was running the same driver. Maybe some type of video error?

[ September 23, 2003, 17:25: Message edited by: RPGHero ]

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Oh yeah, almost forgot. Get the latest DirectX (9.0b). This could help.

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Have the latest DirectX. Have Detonator Drivers 44.03 (the latest ones have some problems with some of my other games). My sound card drivers are up to date.

My Video Card is a GeForce4 Ti 4600
My Sound Card is a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
My Processor is a 1.1 Ghz Athlon T-Bird
I have 512 MB of RAM
My Operating System is Windows 98 SE

My error occurs after attempting to hit "start" to launch the game.

First error message:
Exception EInvalidOp in module STARFURY.EXE at 00084EEA.
Invalid floating point operation.

Second error message:
Access violation at address 0040561C in module 'STARFURY.EXE'. Read of address 7000B124.

I've downloaded the demo from multiple sources, and this happens every time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Ehh, its kinda silly. I have all the updates to XP home, direct x 9 etc...it still gives me the memory crash. Yet, if I remove all the entrys in the regristry, boom..it works fine..at least until a reboot.

Oh well, its still a decent look at the engine. Seems like this will be very flexible. I still havnt found any remote mining drones or anything to do with mining yet. Although im not sure its necessary.

I wonder, if they will allow us to import a universe from space empires V. either way, it seems this program will do what other software companys said would happen but threw in multi textured objects to cover up the bad gameplay lol. *eg eve Online* Bah, thats a waste of money.

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Hotfoot - I received the same error. Likewise, after d/l from multiple sources and having the latest DirectX/GeForce Drivers. My stats are as follows:

Intel P4 1.9g
ASUS P4TE Motherboard
Intel 850 chipet
VisionTek GeForce 3 ti500
512 mb RAM
Win98SE

The only thing I can think of is that I have the developer SDK Direct 9+ installed on my system since I use it for programming. Hmm...would not think that would make a difference though, just slow it down some, since it contains more debugging functions when running. However, we are both using GeForce cards and running on Win98SE.

-TG

[ September 23, 2003, 22:49: Message edited by: Tampa_Gamer ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ty = Thank you

I have had only one crash, now works fine
Sometimes I get graphic glitches (ie wierd stuff apeearing and sometimes planets/starbases not seeable) which I just restart the game and they are ok

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Don't worry, Aaron works hard at this, so he will get on your problems directly. He helped us testers out a lot.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, I hate to break the news to you, but there aren't any remote mining drones anywhere to be found.

There are mine layers, though... if your ship lacks a rear weapons arc (like most Terran ships, the cocky b*****ds http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), buy a mine layer, let an enemy trail behind you, then lay a mine... BOOM! Out goes his forward shield... or if you modded in an Ion Pulse Mine, you could even disable his engines so you can sneak around behind him and start hitting HIM where it hurts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Same error for me, and I am also using a Geforce (2 MX actually) with Windows XP and DirectX 9.0 Perhaps there is a problem with Geforce graphic cards? (I don't expect my computer to be actually able to run Star Fury though, but who knowns? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

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Same here
Acces violation blablabla 00000 @ startup after selecting ship

Asus something
Gforce 2
1500 Mhz
Etc

[ September 24, 2003, 17:19: Message edited by: SirPeter ]

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That is to say, yet another Geforce user which is having trouble. Is there anyone with a Geforce able to play the demo? If so, with what drivers? Or perhaps it is only a chance occurrence. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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I can. Geforce 4 Ti 4200, 128MB. 45.23 drivers, I think.

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Geforce here, no problem with the Last three driver releases.

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So it was merely a chance occurrence, as Geforce are /were the most used graphic cards. Even with the latest drivers, it is not working for me. But perhaps it is because my computer itself is too slow. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif (700 mhz, not fast nowadays, with Windows XP and common components)

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While upgrading to windows 98 is always an option to improve performance http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif , your system sounds fast enough, and you'll have enough ram.

[ September 24, 2003, 20:28: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

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Sure, "upgrading" to 98 isn't a bad idea, but my connection doesn't work with 98. I should reinstall it though simply for playing a few games when XP is using too many resources. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif (I had to remove 98 to free one of my partitions a few weeks ago)

The problem with Star Fury seems to be when loading sounds for me. Is there a way to remove sounds in the game? Perhaps it would help, or perhaps not.

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You could try to delete the "sounds" folder...

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*Feels incredibly silly* http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif Erh, yes, you are right. It sounds so easy, but it is working for me without sounds. Now, I will have to try to see what is wrong with my sound card. (Bad drivers probably or something around these lines) If only I could remember what is my sound card. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Thanks Mephisto!

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Ups, correction on the Geforce. I just tried the latest beta (which the demo was build on) and now I get the error, too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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GeForce4 (cheap) here with 30.82 running smoothly

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup deleting that worked, but a game without sounds isnt a game :'(

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Here's a problem I doubt many have run into...

I have DO (Dungeon Odyysey). I find whenever I play that, and then try to play the SF demo, SF fails. I have to do a reboot, then I can play the SF demo. Looks like the two games might not play well together in the same sandbox... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Let us know when you lock down the problem, I look forward to playing the game.

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Ok, this is interesting. The issue probably exists between the sound card drivers and DirectSound. Definately driver upgrade, and by any chance are any of you using onboard (on the motherboard) sound? That stuff SUCKS. The drivers stuck to my OS like a hobo on a baked potato.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Using Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, not mobo sound, DirectSound support is OFF. Drivers are completely up to date on my sound card, and I have the latest Version of DirectX.

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I finally got it to run by renaming the Music directory. Something must be wrong with mp3 playback. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Small update:
Finally got it to run by installing the latest Nvidia drivers. Apparently Starfury did not want to play nicely with the 44.03 I had installed. Ah well, it works now, so I'm happy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ September 29, 2003, 00:49: Message edited by: Hotfoot ]

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One thing about the music. I can reload a saved game with the music running normally without the game crashing. Only if I start a new game does it crash immediately upon entering space unless I rename the music directory.

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Sent this info to Malfador, it might help them a lot.

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What drivers does Sharpnel Games want us to be using?

Im using the Nvidia detonator thingy and im an absolute noob @ drivers.

I wanna play with sounds.....
/me starts acting like a little child and starts banging on his desk.

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Updated GeForce 3 drivers to latest 45.23. I got past the intro screens, actually selected and named ship, etc. After that, nothing...more access violations and floating point errors...

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I think its a soundcard problem.
I tried to update my nvidia soundcard drivers. Witch didnt work (it broke down during installation or something).

But it did install some files becaurse my sounds are working now. After replacing the sounds directory in the Starfury directory my sounds were working again.

But you arent missing anything, i dont like the sounds at all.

[TIP] copy/paste your sounds directory out of the starfury directory and the game should work!!!!!!!

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Certain sound cards are notorious for having issues if they don't have current DirectX certified drivers for them. If all else fails try disabling Direct Sound or decreasing acceleration.

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BTW please report any bugs (such as the sound card issues) to sf@malfador.com. That way Aaron can make sure they get included on his list of issues.