Hi all,

I have downloaded the trial verison and thx to the resources and tutorials contributed that help me to build lots of things. But I found that after I run scripts for couple of minutes, the run window suddenly close without any warning message! Why is that? Will this happen on commerial version? Pls share your experience on unwarned shutdown or fix.

Another concern is can I produce executable in commerial version?

Thx and the enginee is good!
Edison

Hello edisontsui,

I have the professional version and I have not had this happen to me. I have been using GameStudio for years and I use it professionally. Perhaps there is something else going on with your system. Could you tell us a bit more? Perhaps list your system specs?

Hi edisontsui,
start the engine with the -diag flag, and post the acklog.txt after the crash,
which can be found in the folder where your level is.

old_bill

Below is the content in acklog.txt. Pls kindly have a look and see if there is any hint.

Log of A6 engine 6.31.4 run at Thu Aug 25 16:36:26 2005
Administrator on Windows NT/2000/XP version 5.1 Build 2600
Options demo.wdl -nx 200 -wnd -d hires -diag

App F:\Program Files\GStudio6\bin\acknex.exe in Z:\Edison\working\PROTOT~1\RESTAU~1\Demo\28_8_05\
MM mixer opened
CD audio device opened
DSOUND device opened
DINPUT interface opened3D GameStudio ?Conitec . Dieburg . San Diego . www.3dgamestudio.com
A6 engine V6.31.4 / Nov 20 2004 - trial version

F:\Program Files\GStudio6\ackutl.dll -> F:\Program Files\GStudio6\ackutl.dll(pwd倧wG拉w(拉w?`FB): 0
21 days left

Mouse found
SoundMAX Digital Audio opened
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 pure T&L device 1ff9 detected
D3D device NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 1ff9 selected
Loading DEMO.WDL....
Script DEMO.WDL compiled
Debug.dll opened
1 objects
D3D_Init Window: 800x600x32 -> Window: 1x800x600x32
Video memory found: 176 MB
DI standard mouse initialized
Build video tables
Main started
Main loop......
Level(demo.wmb)...cmap,1 ents,647 verts,lmaps,7 tex,ptls,hull
Physics restarted...ok....ok
1st frame - 180224K... ok

there is a time limit on the trial version

because i have the same problem

Well, but from the acklog it looks more like a problem somehwere, because the engine closes without any message,
and this shouldnt be, also not in the demo, AFAIK.

old_bill

yup, I feel strange when I copy and paste the log as i cant see any terminating msg. And this is one of my concern. I have no knowledge/hint on why it is terminated and I fail to replicate terminating condition. Any suggestion?

p.s. the script used(demo.wdl) is A* search contributed in the contribution zone. I have modified it by placing a model and walk to the destination. I wonder if it is the problem of the script as I experienced shutdown running other demos.
And if there is a time limit, how long is it?

Well, you should check your system, that all drivers are up-to-date.
Does the DirectX test work properly?
And what about some other scripts, that come with 3dgs, the templates for example, do the work?
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old_bill

No need to check your system, it is probably perfectly fine. It is indeed a bug of the trial version. It intentionally terminates after 8 minutes, but it also non-intentionally terminates after 7680 frames, in the latter case without warning.

This will be fixed in the next update to the trial version.

I thought that was supposed to happen. I mean, even back on the a5 trial it terminated after 8 minutes. I was under the impression that was to make it annonying so you would buy it.