Do you have a joystick connected? They tend to do that sometimes.

Cheers

Crash in start but I fix

The problem are with the video codecs
I tell you why probably other peoples have the same problem

I reinstall other codec package and change the options for the decoders

If you have the same problem crash in start are the video decodec

I think you need to codec the video in a window videoformat (.asf) for prevent to users make a brain heat

also are a good demo
you sell the sourcecode and/or the game?

@PHeMoX: thanks for the info, i switch`d the gamepad off and then i can play the game. So the game is nice. The gameplay and the graphics are not bad, no shader but it is ok. More ingame sound was better i think. But this game is really cool. Nice work !

I erased the beta and installed the demo.
I managed to talk with the russian scientist, this time.
But after a few seconds the game slowed down and frooze; ctrl + alt + canc did not work and I had to restart my system.

I have a better system at home and checked the demo a second time. It runs faster but still has some loading issues when entering rooms.

I can talk to the Russian scientist but after that it crashes exactly when the first monster should appear downstairs. This bug is reproducible. It crashes every time when I re-try it.

Patience...they 're working on it

Yes I know.

But the interesting part is: It does not crash on my slower system at my office. There it has unplayable frame rates but it does not crash and I can see those monsters and agents later on.

I really hope that you can fix this and the frame rate issues. You will beat all templates with one strike then. We all are very excited about this great product.

Hello everyone,

thanks for the great support. considering there's a bug crashing the game in the middle of it, i'm pretty pleased with the whole turnout

We're working on a new patch that should fix most of the bugs mentioned here.. Meanwhile, here's something you can do right now to get past the crashing bug at lab A:

Right click on the Mother's Den shortcut created at your desktop, and select Properties. Under the "Target:" field, you'll see something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Intense Illusions\Mother's Den\MothersDen.exe"

add: -d realgame at the end of it, so now it should read

"C:\Program Files\Intense Illusions\Mother's Den\MothersDen.exe" -d realgame

click ok and play again. Normally, you'll be able to play the game to the end this time, but make sure you don't die (and load back to the last checkpoint) or click New Game from the in-game main menu, or it may become unstable again.


Regarding everything else...

@frazzle, Hit Alt+enter then, and see if it goes full screen now.

@Damocles, good catch. I'll get that fixed

@Frank_G and everyone else, the scene where it crashes is pretty heavy as it is. Even though i don't get the crash here, it does jerk for 1 second. There's plenty of room for optimization in the game and IntenseX, and i'm pretty sure that i'll be able to eliminate all slowdowns eventually.

However, in Ex citer's case that you say that the game is actually unplayable, the problem may not be IntenseX code. I had an ati radeon card on my old laptop, and it lagged a hell lot, especially when looking at particles(and there's quite a lot particles in Mother's Den). Every model isn't purged and loaded back though, the only thing that is dynamically created on the fly is sounds. How much memory does your laptop have?

For lower spec. computers, disabling Stencil Shadows from the display menu might help as well.

@Felixsg, thanks for the info. If more people are getting this bug, i'll go ahead and change codecs. We will be selling the tools which we used to create Mother's Den and i recently got contacted by a publisher about selling Mother's Den although that wasn't my intention at all. I guess we'll just see where it takes us from here..

Cheers,
Aris

Thxn for fixing those bugs so fast Larry

Cheers

Frazzle

Yeah, I disabled the stencil shadows and it was a little faster. I don´t know how much RAM my laptop has. I am not sure if it is because of the sound, because when I went back from B to A there was again some big lag. There wasn´t any guys talking. There wasn´t anyone, just me and that buddy (game start).

And a hint for the defines. It´s much easier to start a game with defines via a .bat file. Some time ago 3DGS automaticly created bat files but now you have to create them by yourself. I am using them in my latest game and it works wonderful.