Raven Shield

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 3rd, 2009, 3:10

217.112.95.67:7780

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » February 3rd, 2009, 3:37

almost done installing :D

Do we have any map packs or anything on there? Or is it all just standard for now?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 3rd, 2009, 3:58

Just standard for now.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 13th, 2009, 22:36

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OS: Windows NT 6.0 (Build: 6001)
CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 2400 MHz with 4093MB RAM
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (8122)

General protection fault!

History: UGameEngine::Draw <- UWindowsViewport::Repaint <- UWindowsClient::Tick <- ClientTick <- UGameEngine::Tick <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop

Was the error I was getting whenever switching to full screen. Could run in a window, but no way to move the window so half of it wasn't hanging off the screen.

NOD32 gave no notifications about the EXEs, disabling it and verifying didn't fix it. Running in compatibility mode didn't help, as it applies to the Steam EXE, but will look into applying it to the ravenshield.exe specifically.

Actually if you non-Steam CD copy-owning guys could post your Athena Sword shortcuts, that would be really helpful.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 13th, 2009, 23:09

I have the window problem (but not the horrible crash, it just fucks up), I play windowed and use my OS's maximise shortcut.

Post by **deject** » February 13th, 2009, 23:15

FatherJack wrote:
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OS: Windows NT 6.0 (Build: 6001)
CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 2400 MHz with 4093MB RAM
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (8122)

General protection fault!

History: UGameEngine::Draw <- UWindowsViewport::Repaint <- UWindowsClient::Tick <- ClientTick <- UGameEngine::Tick <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop
Was the error I was getting whenever switching to full screen. Could run in a window, but no way to move the window so half of it wasn't hanging off the screen.

NOD32 gave no notifications about the EXEs, disabling it and verifying didn't fix it. Running in compatibility mode didn't help, as it applies to the Steam EXE, but will look into applying it to the ravenshield.exe specifically.

Actually if you non-Steam CD copy-owning guys could post your Athena Sword shortcuts, that would be really helpful.

I was having this problem when I was using Windows XP. I think it's DirectX 9 related because now that I'm on Fista and DX 10 the game runs fine.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 13th, 2009, 23:47

deject wrote:
I was having this problem when I was using Windows XP. I think it's DirectX 9 related because now that I'm on Fista and DX 10 the game runs fine.

I'm Fista 64

Post by **FatherJack** » February 13th, 2009, 23:48

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I have the window problem (but not the horrible crash, it just fucks up), I play windowed and use my OS's maximise shortcut.

Which is? I press alt+enter and it insta-crashes.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 13th, 2009, 23:49

alt + space + x in older osses

win+ uparrow in W7

Post by **FatherJack** » February 13th, 2009, 23:59

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:win+ uparrow in W7

I do like that in W7.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 14th, 2009, 3:09

Variety of ideas from trolling the webernets -

1 - drivers.

2 - set the game to run one one core of a multi-core cpu.

3 - any overclocking (even low level automatic system stuff) should be told to stop it.

4 - administrator mode for install and game exe.

5 - disable uac completely.

6 - unlock the proper admin mode that Fista has. (I posted how to do this a while ago, couldn't tell you the thread name though

)

7 - Punkbuster being spazzy with it at startup, causing the errorz. Update it for raven shield.

8 - Have a read of [url=http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000224.htm]this[/url. It's very basic but has a few more ideas.

9 - make sure everything points at the right place. I found that the Athena Sword mod for the steam version has a play now thing that might be a separate exe but it goes nowhere in my install and has no extension for the file type. I then checked xfire and found xfire was looking in my C drive at a red storm entertainment file that didn't exist. The mod is of course on a different drive in steam apps.

FJ - did you say on TS that vanilla raven shield does the GPF as well? I seem to recall you said you'd tried both and they both threw a joey.

Post by **deject** » February 14th, 2009, 3:47

I guess I spoke a bit too soon, it's still giving up the ghost apparently.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 14th, 2009, 21:01

HereComesPete wrote:FJ - did you say on TS that vanilla raven shield does the GPF as well? I seem to recall you said you'd tried both and they both threw a joey.

Yep.

Tried different drivers, and I run logged in as Administrator all the time, no UAC. XFire needed manually setting up, the exe is still ravenshield.exe, but it also looks for \mods\AthenaSword.mod

Maximising through either method (ALT+ENTER, ALT+SPACE+X) crashes it immediately. Setting Processor affinity doesn't help either, my GPU is factory overclocked, but nothing else is AFAIK. Game EXE in comp mode didn't help either.

In case I wasn't clear, the GPF is not a Windows one, but one from the Unreal engine:

Only workaround is to play in a window, at a reduced resoultion, like 1440x900 and use ALT+SPACE, Move to stop it hanging off the screen.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 14th, 2009, 21:15

hmm, most odd.

Post by **deject** » February 14th, 2009, 21:56

That's exactly what I get. Ubisoft is absolutely no help, the say that they "know about it" and they're "working on it." I seriously doubt they're ever going to fix it.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » February 14th, 2009, 22:27

Looks like a drawing issue in the engine, and as it's general protection, I'd say either that running at a high res isn't a valid argument for a function or that it's a memory writing issue.

Post by **deject** » February 14th, 2009, 22:41

It's definitely a renderer problem but it has nothing to do with the resolution.