Author Topic: RA2 DSL 2.1 Crash (Read 7145 times)

Not-Really-Livi · « **on:** April 10, 2011, 12:56:08 AM »

I'm sure that a problem like this has all ready been posted, but I'm lazy tonight and don't feel like digging through hundreds of threads, so I'm just gonna do a new one. First off, I downloaded the DSL 2.1 directly from here, extracting it into the correct destination for the regular RA2 (for organization's sake), getting everything running nice and dandy, at least until I get to a certain critical point in the robot building process. I have Vista (32-Bit), so the problems with getting the thing going in the first place can be quite numerous. Thankfully, there's only one problem (not exactly thankfully, but in Vista's terms, you know what I mean). When I get to the Performance Test Area, the game crashes, with the usual error window that I dread: Robot Arena 2.exe has stopped working, blah blah blah. I've tried everything from compatibility mode, to running it from the desktop. it always crashes when I go into the PTA. Now, I thought that it may just be that, so I tried another instance where the robot is in a workable space, but upon starting an exhibition match, the game freezes, and the four UI stat message things (whatever you call them) appear, with the name "Peanut Botta" and exactly 8888 points on each. This doesn't happen on my other computer (this one has 64-Bit Vista), but there are a few problems on that computer which will be discussed in a later post.

Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. ~NRL

P.S. Sorry for such a long and verbose post. It's my first time reporting an error with a game.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2011, 05:42:33 AM »

Try this full download courtesy of Sage: http://raw.gametechmods.com/Shhhh/DSL21.rar

Sage · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2011, 02:33:45 PM »

Yea, everyone here on the community has had trouble installing DSL or other mods at one point or another. We decided it was far easier just to download a new version of the game, ready to play.

Once you download this, drag the folder to your desktop. Find the .exe in there, make a shortcut, rename it to DSL or whatever. Should work perfectly.

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:51:02 PM »

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on April 10, 2011, 05:42:33 AM

Try this full download courtesy of Sage: http://raw.gametechmods.com/Shhhh/DSL21.rar

Ah, you mean the one that I downloaded twice all ready.

But still, I'll do a clean download, extraction directly to the desktop, and I'll follow the instructions that Sage has given, to create a shortcut and change the name (not sure if you meant the shortcut or the .exe) to DSL. Wish me luck!

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:58:33 PM »

Good Luck!

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:59:05 PM »

This is just a guess, but I think you're dead.

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:13:53 PM »

Quote from: Sypher878 on April 10, 2011, 08:59:05 PM

This is just a guess, but I think you're dead.

Well, technically I'm not dead. I'm just not actually alive either, since I cannot die.

Sage · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:27:25 PM »

I think it was the extraction that messed your game a bit... or the fact you put it in a program files folder instead of just the desktop. If it doesn't work this time, we'll have to figure something else out. (And probably bring in help from the really techy guys!)

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:45:09 PM »

Well, if it is the extraction itself that's messing it up, then I'll use a different program to do so. I'll still use the desktop, and I shall see if that works.

Edit: Okay, it seems that extracting it differently didn't help. It still crashes upon opening the PTA. I don't know what to do by now, so I'm just gonna see if posting the error message details will help diagnose this problem.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DSL.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 45131420
Fault Module Name: DSL.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 45131420
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000163ee
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1fe3
Additional Information 2: a018c1b5fd3c41720f6f3bdbb74541f1
Additional Information 3: 23e9
Additional Information 4: 75dc93941d65445272cfc7f82e8a072b

Sage · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2011, 10:25:38 PM »

Hmm. Well if the problem is the practice arena, what would happen if you downloaded a new (better/cooler) practice arena? This guy named Madiaba put together this really sweet practice arena. Read the readme in the download, and install it. see if it works!

http://www.madiaba.gametechmods.com/SCstuff-9.rar

Also, try dragging/dropping the folder to your desktop instead of "Extracting." It might work?

And just making sure you're using WinRAR...?

Thyrus · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2011, 10:46:02 PM »

I have a problem with RA and/or DSL too. I never had those by using Windows XP. Now I got Win7 and the RA version I copied from my external harddrive tends to freze randomly. any suggestions?

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2011, 10:06:00 PM »

The thing is that it crashes (or freezes, for the instance of the exhibition) whenever I enter an arena. No matter which version of RA2 I use, the DSL 2.1 (Sage's download included), the RA2 1.4, and the CD installation (patched or not), the game always crashes or freezes in an arena.

ty4er · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:17:04 AM »

Quote from: Not-Really-Livi on April 11, 2011, 10:06:00 PM

The thing is that it crashes (or freezes, for the instance of the exhibition) whenever I enter an arena. No matter which version of RA2 I use, the DSL 2.1 (Sage's download included), the RA2 1.4, and the CD installation (patched or not), the game always crashes or freezes in an arena.

Hmm...
Go take a look inside your RA2 folder for the 'Arenas' folder and the problem may become clearer for you.

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:46:00 PM »

Quote from: ty4er on April 12, 2011, 01:17:04 AM

Hmm...
Go take a look inside your RA2 folder for the 'Arenas' folder and the problem may become clearer for you.

What be I looking for? Everything seems to be in order there. Wait! There are plenty of Python files, and I believe that my Python is out of date. I honestly don't know if it will, but if that does work, then I won't be complaining.

ty4er · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:50:27 PM »

Quote from: Not-Really-Livi on April 12, 2011, 01:46:00 PM

Quote from: ty4er on April 12, 2011, 01:17:04 AM
Hmm...
Go take a look inside your RA2 folder for the 'Arenas' folder and the problem may become clearer for you.

What be I looking for? Everything seems to be in order there. Wait! There are plenty of Python files, and I believe that my Python is out of date. If that doesn't work, then I don't know what will.

Have you had a look inside the arena files to see if any files are missing or have you edited any of the Python files?

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:59:47 PM »

So I looked in the practice arena folder, and I have the following files/folders: maps, practice_arena.gmf, and practice_arena_txt.gmf. Anything missing in there?

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2011, 02:06:09 PM »

Just out of curiosity... is there another computer in the household that you can try to install it on just to see if it is an extraction problem.

If you can successfully install it on another computer, then you will know that you at least have the steps nailed... then the problem really becomes trying to find out why your original computer doesn't like the game (Vista related maybe...)

Just a thought.

ty4er · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2011, 02:06:58 PM »

Quote from: Not-Really-Livi on April 12, 2011, 01:59:47 PM

So I looked in the practice arena folder, and I have the following files/folders: maps, practice_arena.gmf, and practice_arena_txt.gmf. Anything missing in there?

Looks fine...
In the Maps folder is there 42 items in there?
What type of computer are you using because i'm a bit stuck >.<

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2011, 02:30:23 PM »

I installed the game on a laptop, which has Windows XP (obviously it works with that perfectly), and on another desktop with Vista 64-Bit, which it works more so than this one, but it does have problems with using certain ai bots. The computer with Vista 64x is dead right now, so I'm stuck with this one.

Not-Really-Livi · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2011, 02:31:32 PM »

And yes, there are 42 files in the folder.