Yes I read the FAQ and I've already tried those solutions but just hear me out ok?
First of all I know why it happened, it's because I had a new monitor and was seeing which resolution looked the best. I thought to myself "ah screw it il see the highest resolution" and the second I did that I crashed and I recieved this subsystem error that shows up every time I run Tremulous.
Now theres a twist to this, IF I run it as an administrator...Tremulous works fine ??? but if I try to load one of the custom maps (the ones you download) it spits back a cannot load error (even though the map files are still in the Tremulous folder) no I don't crash here, I can keep playing on the standard maps.
Perhaps if theres a command to change the resolution in the console screen (the startup box) that might fix it, but I really am clueless.
Heres logs for anyone whose tech saavy I'm running vista
------- Input Initialization -------
No window for DirectInput mouse init, delaying
Joystick is not active.
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----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
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----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\Windows\system32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded
...setting mode 9: 1600 1200 FS
...using colorsbits of 32
...calling CDS: failed, bad mode
...trying next higher resolution: failed, bad mode
...restoring display settings
...registered window class
...created window@3,22 (1606x1226)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 24, 8 )
...101 PFDs found
...hardware acceleration found
...PIXELFORMAT 9 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
...WARNING: fullscreen unavailable in this mode
...setting mode 9: 1600 1200 FS
...using colorsbits of 16
...calling CDS: failed, bad mode
...trying next higher resolution: failed, bad mode
...restoring display settings
...window already present, CreateWindowEx skipped
Initializing OpenGL driver
...WARNING: fullscreen unavailable in this mode
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
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GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem
I think thats the cause of the error, its too large for my monitor to handle I suppose
If this isn't in the FAQ, it probably should be. Start Tremulous from the command line with something like
tremulous.exe +reset r_mode
and it should start fine.
The command line? whats that?
If you mean the startup console it's not letting me type anything.
When you run as administrator is uses administrator's settings not yours, and that account has working settings.
Go to %APP DATA%/tremulous/base and find the file autogen.cfg, and remove the line that starts with r_mode
Hold Control and hit the "R" key. Type in "cmd" and hit [Enter]. Type "cd C:\the\path\to\your\tremulous\program\" and then hit [Enter]. Type "tremulous.exe +reset r_mode" and hit [Enter]. That "cmd" program that you go into is the Windows command line.
Thank you David that seems to let me launch it without needing the administrator access.
Einstein I know this is probably going to sound stupid but where do you mean for me to type that ;D
On a side note the downloaded maps still aren't working, but I'm sure you already knew that.
I assume hitting Ctrl-R brings up the thing where you type it.
Nothing happens in any part of tremulous and in the command prompt I get an arrow and R, which does nothing.
The R part is to be used while STILL on the windows desktop.
Quote from: Einstein on December 24, 2008, 12:18:27 AM
Hold Control and hit the "R" key
Quote from: Syntac on December 24, 2008, 03:38:19 AM
I assume hitting Ctrl-R brings up the thing where you type it.
That should be the windows key, not ctrl.
Oh.
What the hell is the point of having a Windows key, anyway? Sheesh. ::)
I think hes running linux thats why he said command
line and also why that executable isn't turning on.
In other words-
QuoteI'm running windows vista
as seen on the second post.
It's used to pop up the taskbar Syntac :P its an alternative to ctrl-alt-delete which can be quite nasty.
windows has a command line. linux has a tty.
Command prompt ;)
Anyways any idea on why the custom maps might not be functioning? I'm actually getting ubuntu tomorrow but I don't want to get it and still have this error. :-\
Quote from: Mistah Thrax on December 24, 2008, 06:55:50 AM
It's used to pop up the taskbar Syntac :P its an alternative to ctrl-alt-delete which can be quite nasty.
Hey, I don't know anything about Windows. I'm trying not to contaminate my soul.
Its fixed (well sort of) someone nice enough on Dretch Storm helped me out by reenabling my downloading. I can't seem to enable the maps already in base but its ok because with TF I can redownload in a few seconds. :)
Thanks to all who helped.
And all I had to do was type "/cl_allowdownloading 1" or something to that effect.
P.S. Add this to the FAQ to help any others out.
Wow. Sorry for my misinformation, I must've been out of it when I typed that, I really did mean the Windows key, not Control. Oops. Anyways, glad you got it to work. For the record, I run Arch 32-bit and OpenSolaris in virtual machines on top of Ubuntu 64-bit, and I actually grew up on and have explored Windows (all versions up to Vista) extensively so I'm quite familiar with both Linux and Windows. I keep my Vista 32-bit for convenience's sake (and because one of my teachers requires me to compile and submit my assignments on Windows), which I dual-boot beside Ubuntu 8.10. I'm glad you figured everything out, in any case. :P
Edit: by the way, the Windows command prompt is the equivalent of the Linux terminal, both of which are interfaces to the command line, which under a *nix environment has multiple processes that each refer to at least one TTY. Windows+R is the shortcut that brings up the "run" dialog box in Windows. It's useful to know all of the keyboard shortcuts in whatever operating system you're on; here's a list straight from the resident authority (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449) on Microsoft's knowledge base. If you have a keyboard with a Windows key on it, you'll find the section of key combinations that use that very useful. It's actually very efficient in Windows especially to work without a mouse at all if you know these "hotkeys" and you can navigate very quickly in most popular operating systems by just using the keyboard.