Cant run the Game ! I tried several versions .. all the same

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

I tried the "test" and normal versions to install ... Insallation works but after that i cant run the Game .. ! i can see 2 black windows -- window error " Freeorion.exe funktioniert nicht mehr"

what can i do?

[Geoff the Medio]

Your log includes "FreeOrion v0.3.17+" as the window title. That is several years out of date. Have you tried the v0.4.4 version? Particularly if you have a non-english Windows install, as your error message would suggest...

Have you fully updated your video drivers? From the manufacturer, not windows update.

Try deleting the contents of the directory described here.

Specifying your operating system might help.

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

I tried the most old and new versions ... i updated my video

my system is a : asus p5kc , NVIDIA NVS 310 , Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit

i have uninstalled and deleted all the old files ... installed the new ...

at every version the same error message from WIN

[Geoff the Medio]

Can you run "cmd.exe", navigate to the FreeOrion install directory, and run "FreeOrion" from the command line? Report if there is anything interesting output on the command line...

Also, could you try the test build for the SDL / SDK branch? It might avoid whatever problem is preventing Ogre from starting up on your system... See: viewtopic.php?p=73724#p73724

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

no installed the version you have told me .... the same issue

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

tried at cmd :

main() caught exeception(std::runtime_error): Unable to load the game resources at fault location : C:\ default : Install may be broken.
maib() failed config .

[Chriss]

Did you download the Installer which only includes the binaries, maybe? The Installer should be something between 100 and 200 Megabytes in size.

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

i download the full installer ! 260 MB ... setup exe ...

[Geoff the Medio]

At what path is FreeOrion installed?

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

on my HDD C:\...programme(86)

[Geoff the Medio]

The full path, please...

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeOrion


i think its a video problem ! i also tried Battlecruiser Millenium ... the Game run only in the configration mode if than the Game should start it aboard and the the same windows warning i written

[Geoff the Medio]

Possibly, although that error message on the command line is strange...

What happens if you run "freeorion -g" from the command line? Do you get a config.xml in the same directory mentioned above?

If so, what is on the line with "resource-dir" in it?

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

i cant find a config.xml ... nor on C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeOrion .. either on C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\FreeOrion

[Peter-Ingolstadt]

if i try "freeorion - g" the same ... a black window 5 sec the windows warning "das Programm funktioniert nicht mehr "

resource-dir issnt found ...