GZDoom wont start!

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 23:03

Whenever I try to start GZDoom, it starts to load, but before it gets to the main menu, it freezes, forcing me to reboot my computer! And it doesn't give any sort of error log or anything.

Also, I'm running Windows ME.

The HavoX · Post by **The HavoX** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:08

Dump Windows ME, and use Windows XP instead. ME is absolute crap.

Post by **wildweasel** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:27

Some people don't have the money to upgrade their OS, nor the low moral fiber to pirate one.

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 20:41

So that's the problem? GZDoom is incompatible with ME? If that's true, then i'm sunk for the reasons in the above post.

Eriance · Post by **Eriance** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 21:00

Try updating your drivers. I got mine to work after I got Direct X 0.9c

The HavoX · Post by **The HavoX** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:11

wildweasel wrote:Some people don't have the money to upgrade their OS, nor the low moral fiber to pirate one.

Sadly, that is true.

xbolt wrote:GZDoom is incompatible with ME?

I never said that. I was just saying that Windows ME is *horrendously* unstable.

SlayeR · Post by **SlayeR** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:45

Windows ME was no less stable than 98 for me.

NeoHippo · Post by **NeoHippo** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:10

I have been running Windows ME without any problems ever since it came out, go figure.

Try +logfile startup.txt on the command line and then check startup.txt where the run process went awry.

Other then that, reinstall GZDoom and Doom2.wad into a clean directory and see what happens, and let us know.

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:53

Okay, here it is, startup.txt:

Log started: Sun Apr 16 23:03:33 2006

adding gzdoom.pk3
adding ./doom2.wad (2997 lumps)
CPU Speed: 1694.865795 MHz
CPU Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz 4 CPU 1700MHz
Family 15, Model 0, Stepping 10
Features: MMX SSE SSE2
I_InitSound: Initializing FMOD
Setting DirectSound output succeeded
Setting driver 0 succeeded
Initialization succeeded
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GeForce3/PCI/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 1.2.2
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_vertex_weighting GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_evaluators GL_NV_fence GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_program GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_swap_control GL_Autodesk_valid_back_buffer_hint
Resolution: 640 x 480
Init DOOM refresh subsystem.
Init miscellaneous info.
Init Playloop state.
Setting up sound.
S_Init
Checking network game status.
player 1 of 1 (1 nodes)

NeoHippo · Post by **NeoHippo** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 13:52

Hmmm, that looks normal enough.

Just to make sure, you did install into a clean directory, by which I mean a directory with nothing in it? As Eriance suggested, which version
of DirectX are you running? If you have an older version, then upgrade to 9.0c!

And after that, what happens? What do you see on the screen?

The normal process would be, that GZDoom then cycles through the title and credits screens. At which point you hit Enter to see the menu.

One of the things that Windows ME is extremely good at is, that it collects all kinds of garbage files which it does not get rid off on its own.
A freeware program called CCleaner (which stands for Crap Cleaner), see http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ , does an excellent
job to get rid of these files and it also can resolve various issues. Get it from http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ and run it.

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 22:13

I reinstalled it in a new directory, it worked once, then I restarted the computer and it busted again.

I have DirectX 9.0c.

As for what's on the screen when it freezes, in the background is the titlepic and in front it says:

OS:Windows Me 4.90 (Build 3000)
Adding gzdoom.pk3
Adding ./doom2.wad (2997 lumps)
CPU Speed: 1694.878529 MHz
CPU Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700 MHz 4 CPU 1700 MHz
Family 15, model 0 stepping 10
Features: MMX SSE SSE2
I_INITSOUND: Initializing FMOD
Setting Directsound output succeeded
Setting driver 0 succeeded
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GEFORCE 3/PCI/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 1.2.2
GL_EXTENSIONS: (Tons of GL_ stuff that I didn't feel like writing down but it looks just like the stuff in the log)
Resolution: 640 X 480
INIT DOOM REFRESH SUBSYSTEM.
INIT MISCELLANEOUS INFO.
INIT PLAYLOOP STATE.
Setting up sound.
DOOM 2: HELL ON EARTH

And in the bottom right hand corner of the screen:

V2.0.99R20 (1.0.04)

NeoHippo · Post by **NeoHippo** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:11

On the line just above V2.0.99R20 (1.0.04), but on the left hand side, do you have a square bracket with a flashing cursor?

If yes, then pressing the ~ or ESC key, should get you to the menu.
If no, then I would think that either you have a video hardware problem or the driver for your video card needs to be reinstalled
or updated. Since you have a PCI card, updating seems the more likely route to follow. Download the latest drivers from NVIDIA.

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 23:05

No. No flashing cursor.

I downloaded the latest drivers, but it still doesn't work.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 23:15

I don't believe there is a Geforce 3 PCI card... this might mean that you have yet to install the AGP GART on your system.

It also looks like the driver you are using is very very old and possibly not installed properly. I'm pretty sure the GL version of the newer version has a GL version of at least 1.3 (most likely 1.4, and probably 1.5).

It is recommended that you uninstall the older drivers via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.. reboot and then install the newer drivers... and reboot again.

xbolt · Post by **xbolt** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:28

I updated the drivers to the latest version, I have DirectX 9.0c, and it still doesn't work!

Here is the log after I updated the drivers:

Log started: Tue Apr 18 22:30:59 2006

adding gzdoom.pk3
adding ./doom2.wad (2997 lumps)
CPU Speed: 1694.853287 MHz
CPU Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz 4 CPU 1700MHz
Family 15, Model 0, Stepping 10
Features: MMX SSE SSE2
I_InitSound: Initializing FMOD
Setting DirectSound output succeeded
Setting driver 0 succeeded
Initialization succeeded
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GeForce3/PCI/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 1.5.5
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_swap_control
Occlusion query enabled.
Resolution: 640 x 480
Init DOOM refresh subsystem.
Init miscellaneous info.
Init Playloop state.
Setting up sound.
S_Init
Checking network game status.
player 1 of 1 (1 nodes)