OL faq

[Kasarve]

Originally Posted by Supernatur4L

A. BSOD are usually hardware/drivers caused and not the fault of OL and
B. That section dosent really help us, we need the log that is saved in
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\logs\
and looking at the xray_<username>.log and look for the *FATAL ERROR* part at the very bottom.

Lastly, i ask now are you using a NoDVD? because lately people have been getting nice errors (not as severe as a BSOD but crashes) in Pripyat, Army Warehouses, the northern parts. And NoDVDs have been known to cause errors.

ok thanks i'll have a look for that now and get back to you, and no i'm using a normal purchased version, it could be drivers its just odd that it hasn't happened before

[FourAces]

Originally Posted by abandonator

*swears out loud at himself*

It's better than Flaming yourself in a PM!

Cheers for doing a great job!

[Abandonator]

Originally Posted by FourAces

It's better than Flaming yourself in a PM!

Cheers for doing a great job!

I tried neg repping myself, but it didn't work

thanks, but it keeps getting updated, i'm going to add the fact of the no dvd exe to it,

and I'm going to ask to put a link to this on the oblivion lost page

[Kasarve]

Originally Posted by Supernatur4L

A. BSOD are usually hardware/drivers caused and not the fault of OL and
B. That section dosent really help us, we need the log that is saved in
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\logs\
and looking at the xray_<username>.log and look for the *FATAL ERROR* part at the very bottom.

Lastly, i ask now are you using a NoDVD? because lately people have been getting nice errors (not as severe as a BSOD but crashes) in Pripyat, Army Warehouses, the northern parts. And NoDVDs have been known to cause errors.

ok sorry for the delay.. been very busy, i'm a complete noob when it comes to this kind of stuff, but when i found the log archive this file "xray_finch mckee" (my username) was the only one i could open that seemed to have any relevance as it said in properties that it had been modified at the same time this crash occured...

* Detected CPU: GenuineIntel P3 family, F6/M15/S11, 2999.00 mhz, 63-clk 'rdtsc'
* CPU Features: RDTSC, MMX, SSE, SSE2
Initializing File System...
using fs-ltx fsgame.ltx
--found external arch mp_military_2.xdb0
FS: 31067 files cached, 5553Kb memory used.
Init FileSystem 1.121124 sec
'xrCore' build 3188, Oct 26 2007
Initializing Engine...
Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
[c:\documents and settings\all users\documents\stalker-shoc\user.ltx] successfully loaded.
Starting INPUT device...
Loading DLL: xrRender_R2.dll
Loading DLL: xrGame.dll
* [win32]: free[2006032 K], reserved[22632 K], committed[68424 K]
* [ D3D ]: textures[0 K]
* [x-ray]: crt heap[7837 K], process heap[1142 K], game lua[0 K], engine lua[0 K], render[0 K]
* [x-ray]: economy: strings[1489 K], smem[0 K]
Executing config-script "c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx"...
[c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx] successfully loaded.
Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
Executing config-script "c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\rspec_extreme.ltx"...
! Unknown command: r__dtex_range
! Unknown command: r__ssa_glod_end
! Unknown command: r__ssa_glod_start
! Unknown command: r__wallmark_ttl
! Unknown command: rs_detail
! Unknown command: rs_skeleton_update
! Unknown command: vid_bpp
[c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\rspec_extreme.ltx] successfully loaded.
Executing config-script "c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx"...
[c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx] successfully loaded.
[c:\documents and settings\all users\documents\stalker-shoc\user.ltx] successfully loaded.
SOUND: OpenAL: enumerate devices...
SOUND: OpenAL: EnumerationExtension Present
devices Generic Hardware
SOUND: OpenAL: system default SndDevice name is Generic Hardware
SOUND: OpenAL: default SndDevice name set to Generic Software
SOUND: OpenAL: All available devices:
1. Generic Hardware, Spec Version 1.1
2. Generic Software, Spec Version 1.1 (default)
SOUND: OpenAL: SelectBestDevice is Generic Software 1.1
SOUND: OpenAL: Required device: Generic Software. Created device: Generic Software.
* sound: EAX 2.0 extension: absent
* sound: EAX 2.0 deferred: absent
* sound : cache: 32773 kb, 3805 lines, 8820 bpl
Starting RENDER device...
* GPU [vendor:10DE]-[device:400]: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
* GPU driver: 6.14.11.6371
* CREATE: DeviceREF: 1
* Vertex Processor: PURE HARDWARE
* Texture memory: 678 M
* DDI-level: 9.0
* GPU shading: vs(fffe0300/3.0/30), ps(ffff0300/3.0/30)
* GPU vertex cache: unrecognized, 16
* DVB created: 1536K
* DIB created: 512K
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\def_aref'
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\def_aref_v'
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\def_trans'
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\def_trans_v'
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\def_trans_v_tuchi'
! Version conflict in shader 'def_shaders\lod_old'
! Renderer doesn't support blender 'effects\shadow_world'
! Version conflict in shader 'effects\watertest-1'
count of .thm files=4
load time=36 ms
* NULLRT supported
* ...and used
* HWDST/PCF supported and used
* NV-DBT supported and used
- r__tf_aniso 16
- r2_tf_mipbias 0.
Starting engine...
Loading DLL: xrGameSpy.dll
* DVB created: 1536K
* DIB created: 512K
- r__tf_aniso 16
- r2_tf_mipbias 0.
* GPU shading: vs(fffe0300/3.0/30), ps(ffff0300/3.0/30)
* GPU vertex cache: recognized, 24
*** RESET [359 ms]
"c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\bin\xr_3da.exe"
* phase time: 0 ms
* phase cmem: 94766 K
Prefetching objects...
Loading objects...
Loading models...
* [prefetch] time: 3194 ms
* [prefetch] memory: 84990Kb
* phase time: 3217 ms
* phase cmem: 170424 K
SERVER: Starting...
* phase time: 55 ms
* phase cmem: 157029 K
SERVER: Loading alife simulator...
* phase time: 5 ms
* phase cmem: 157029 K
Loading saved game "finch oblivion lost.sav"...
stack trace:
001B:010EFAF9 xrCore.dll, rtc9_decompress()

[error][ 259] : No more data is available.



i know its a lot of text but it looks like theres a few errors happening in different places and i wasn't sure which parts were important..
sorry for bothering you all with this

[Sgt Doom]

Originally Posted by Kasarve

ok sorry for the delay.. been very busy, i'm a complete noob when it comes to this kind of stuff, but when i found the log archive this file "xray_finch mckee" (my username) was the only one i could open that seemed to have any relevance as it said in properties that it had been modified at the same time this crash occured...

errorlog

i know its a lot of text but it looks like theres a few errors happening in different places and i wasn't sure which parts were important..
sorry for bothering you all with this

Generally the content in the middle of an error log is worthless, the important bits are either at the top or bottom. Do you have any other error logs apart from the one with your username, because this one doesn't show much that can help.

[Kasarve]

Originally Posted by Sgt Doom

Generally the content in the middle of an error log is worthless, the important bits are either at the top or bottom. Do you have any other error logs apart from the one with your username, because this one doesn't show much that can help.

sorry, all the other logs are MDMP files and i don't know what program to use to open them...

[Supernatur4L]

Originally Posted by Kasarve

sorry, all the other logs are MDMP files and i don't know what program to use to open them...

Actually we just suspect that you havent posted all of the *.log file You dont need to open the MDMP files, i think its some sort of a weird format for previous logs. If you do post the WHOLE log, from top to bottom, please put em in spoiler tags as the text gets very long

[ spoiler][/spoiler ]

Just without the spaces.

[Kasarve]

well i did post the whole log... is it possible that theres several versions of the log or something and i posted the wrong one?

[Supernatur4L]

Id recommend trying to recreate the error and checking the log again because if thats the whole log then it is incomplete and we dont really know whats causing the problem.

BSOD is generally related to operating system not the game so id recommend doing some cleaning up on your computer, scan for viruses, unneeded service, etc. Try updating drivers or even reinstalling the same ones. Get another log to us if its any different, depending on how abrupt the crash is you may get different length log.

Beyond that we're still at square one.

[dra6o0n]

Searched this thread, and no Vehicle FAQs... Kind of odd that when I installed OL 2.2, I can go inside vehicles, but cannot start their engines, even if i can turn on the lights.