GameEX 5.15 error during loading

[heula]

With a clean install of the latest 5.15 version I got this error during loading in MCE.

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: GameEx: Version 5.15: Starting Log

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Checking Registration

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Running Randomize()

15:12:13.6 2-11-2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

15:12:13.9 2-11-2005: Kan dll (PlayVideoBak.dll) niet laden.

15:12:13.9 2-11-2005: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

I checked the PlayVideobak.dll and it's right here C:\Program Files\GameEx\PlayVideoBak.dll

What Could bet the problem?

[Tom Speirs]

With a clean install of the latest 5.15 version I got this error during loading in MCE.

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  GameEx: Version 5.15: Starting Log

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Operating System Name: Windows XP

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Checking Registration

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Running Randomize()

15:12:13.6  2-11-2005:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

15:12:13.9  2-11-2005:  Kan dll (PlayVideoBak.dll) niet laden.

15:12:13.9  2-11-2005:  ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

I checked the PlayVideobak.dll and it's right here C:\Program Files\GameEx\PlayVideoBak.dll

What Could bet the problem?

See this thread:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=635

What we inconclusively determined in the above mentioned thread is that this issue can be caused by a certain .Net Framework 2.0 beta version. Installing the latest version of .NET framework 2 may help but it may also be being caused by something else which we haven't determined yet, as this does not fix the issue on Windows Server 2003. Should work fine for XP though.

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers.

Tom

[heula]

See this thread:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=635

What we inconclusively determined in the above mentioned thread is that this issue can be caused by a certain .Net Framework 2.0 beta version. Installing the latest version of .NET framework 2 may help but it may also be being caused by something else which we haven't determined yet, as this does not fix the issue on Windows Server 2003. Should work fine for XP though.

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers.

Tom

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I have installed the released version of net framework 2.o before I installed gameEX. I'll try some things out posted on the other thread and let you know if it fixed this problem.

Thanks

[Tom Speirs]

I have installed the released version of net framework 2.o before I installed gameEX. I'll try some things out posted on the other thread and let you know if it fixed this problem.

Thanks

A little more help. MCE 2005 comes with version 1.0 of the .net framework. You may need to install 1.1

Version 2.0 is still a Beta and has all the usual bugs Beta software normally has. I recommend, that unless your a software developer and you need it for software development people really shouldn't install it at all.

GameEx wont and does not use version 2.0 anyway, it will only use 1.1, or 1.0 if 1.1 is not installed. E.g If 1.0 or 1.1 are not installed at all, even if version 2 is - GameEx wont run.

[heula]

A little more help. MCE 2005 comes with version 1.0 of the .net framework. You may need to install 1.1

Version 2.0 is still a Beta and has all the usual bugs Beta software normally has. I recommend, that unless your a software developer and you need it for software development people really shouldn't install it at all.

GameEx wont and does not use version 2.0 anyway, it will only use 1.1, or 1.0 if 1.1 is not installed. E.g If 1.0 or 1.1 are not installed at all, even if version 2 is  - GameEx wont run.

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I have 1.1 and all updates and servicepack 1 of Net framework installed. I have also installed Framework 2.0.

The problem seems to be Framework 2.0 because when I uninstalled Framework 2.0 GameEx did run again. After reinstalling the Framework 2.o again GameEX didn't work anymore so ít's definitly a Framework 2 0 problem.

Hope you can fix that.

Thanks

[djrobx]

Did you install 2.0 "beta 2" ? Microsoft doesn't make it clear that you're downloading an old version if you install 2.0 "Beta". On my machine it worked fine with 2.0 "Beta 2" but not "beta".

-- Rob

[heula]

Did you install 2.0 "beta 2" ?  Microsoft doesn't make it clear that you're downloading an old version if you install 2.0 "Beta".  On my machine it worked fine with 2.0 "Beta 2" but not "beta".   

-- Rob

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I installed the released version. No beta's on my machine.

[djrobx]

Version 2.0 is still a Beta and has all the usual bugs Beta software normally has

Looks like it's out of beta now and GameEx does not run under the released one.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dow...es/default.aspx

[Tom Speirs]

Looks like it's out of beta now and GameEx does not run under the released one. 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dow...es/default.aspx

Yep, that's how it is.

Ive spent a couple more hours researching and trying various stuff, but can't fix it.

Cant find any reports on anyone else having a similar issue. The exception stack trace does not show anything. For now I am at a loss.

It has to be to do with the MNG dll usage, but dont know whether its a bug in .net, or what. I think it has to be something like that, or something that it installs that has stricter requirements for unmanaged code.

[Tom Speirs]

Yep, that's how it is.

Ive spent a couple more hours researching and trying various stuff, but can't fix it.

Cant find any reports on anyone else having a similar issue. The exception stack trace does not show anything. For now I am at a loss.

It has to be to do with the MNG dll usage, but dont know whether its a bug in .net, or what. I think it has to be something like that, or something that it installs that has stricter requirements for unmanaged code.

I've narrowed it down to the .lib file I am using (included with libmng) that links to libmng.dll

Its not going to be quick or easy to fix.

Only possible solution I can think of for the moment is to catch the exceptions for MNG, let GameEx still run but without MNG support if using 2.0 final.