Anachronox crashes on start-up

Kuuso on 15/4/2009 at 14:48

Hey! Installed Anachronox, patched it (in correct order) up to version 46.

Whatever settings I try, the game crashes right as you I try to start it. There's only a grey screen and the error message.

Rig:
AMD Athlon 3000+
ATI Radeon X1650 with latest drivers. (I hope I don't have to downgrade?)

Since the problem persists unchanged even after trying compatibility modes, ticking and unticking the launcher options and trying different resolutions, I don't really know what to do. I have unticked antializing off from x1650 options since that's supposed to be a problem for some, no dice.

I'm running Windows XP.

Ladron De La Noche on 15/4/2009 at 15:24

Locate the game .exe, right click, select properties, select "compatibility" tab, check "run this program for compatibility mode for:", select "windows 98". See if that works.

Boo, you already did, hehe.

Well, what's the error message?

Kuuso on 15/4/2009 at 15:43

Quote Posted by Ladron De La Noche

AppName: anox.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: atioglxx.dll
ModVer: 6.14.10.8494 Offset: 0051140e

[spoiler]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
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Dunno, if that's of any use.

Ladron De La Noche on 15/4/2009 at 18:06

Well, I grabbed the demo of Anachornox off of Download.com since I don't have the full game. Game runs fine in windowed mode in Hi-res. Nvidia video drivers.

Quote:

MATCHING_FILE NAME="metagl.dll" SIZE="319488" CHECKSUM="0x79420BF0" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="4.99" FILE_DESCRIPTION="OpenGL Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Metabyte, Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="Opengl32" FILE_VERSION="4.99" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="opengl32" INTERNAL_NAME="opengl32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1999-2001 Metabyte, Inc."

Did you install the metabyte wickedgl driver in the game folder? That pertains to Voodoo video cards of days past. Delete it if installed and try to run it.

Kuuso on 15/4/2009 at 21:36

I did not install any drivers, so that should not be the problem. I grabbed the demo and tried it. Same problem, although there's not crashing per se, it just gets stuck in the grey window and I have to manually terminate the process.

Edit: No wait, the lack of crashing is due to me downloading the newest ATI drivers again. So crashing in it's self is fixed, but the game won't start anyways.

Ladron De La Noche on 16/4/2009 at 09:21

Quote:

I want more resolution options than Low Res and High Res.

You can modify your user settings to run in other resolutions, although you may experience seams in some of the 2d interface graphics.

First, run the game at least one time. Then, edit Anachronox\anoxdata\save\global\settings.cfg There should be a line:

set u_gl_mode "x" - where x is an integer.

Change this to suit your needs:

3 - 640 x 480
4 - 800 x 600
5 - 960 x 720
6 - 1024 x 768
7 - 1152 x 864
8 - 1280 x 960
9 - 1600 x 1200

(http://www.planetanachronox.com/anox1/files/gamedemo/) Source: Planet Anachronox

Set u_gl_mode to "8" and u_vid_fullscreen to "0". If any opengl32.dll or metagl.dll file in Anachronox game folder, delete it. Run it.