Hi
I did not know to post this here or in the bug section
The latest A7 when I use the wed and run the outdoor program it locks up
sometimes in the beginning and sometimes about a mimute of play I have to do an alt crtl delete A couple of times I had to shut off the machine the other ver before this one was fine
I am running a pent 4, 3.2 gig with 1 gig ram with a ati radon express 2000 series video card its a stock hp computer

Run it with -diag option and post the acklog.txt here. Maybe this gives an idea for the reason of the lockup.

Below is the diag file, something I noticed
when I first ran the game through the WED
it said it could not find diag.c so I went
to the SED and ran it, it ran the diag
and when I went back to the WED
it found the diag this time and also
it locks up in full screen after a
while of play
the mouse pointer in the window screen
does not go away. so I have the gun site
and the mouse pointer of the hand.
When the player get shot the blood hit
takes up the whole screen with white and red
and even though I say blood hit fslse it still
shows up, and when you hit esc it does not
have the menu it just ends the game

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Log of A7 Engine 7.70.0 run at Thu Feb 26 10:22:50 2009
HP_Administrator on Windows NT/2000/XP version 5.1 Build 2600
Options myproj.c -nx 30 -diag

App C:\Program Files\GStudio7\acknex.exe in C:\DOCUME~1\HP_ADM~1\Desktop\777\
MM mixer opened
DSOUND device opened
DI interface opened
Start Window opened
(c)Conitec . Dieburg . San Diego . www.3dgamestudio.com
A7 Engine - Pro Edition V7.70.0 - Feb 5 2009
Development version
Registered to: Michelle Petrik

Mouse found
Realtek HD Audio rear output opened
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series pure T&L device 1ff9 detected
D3D device ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series 1ff9 selected.
ackwii.dll opened
t7.dll opened
Compiling MYPROJ.C - [Esc] to abort..
PATH code\
PATH images\
PATH includes\
PATH maps\
PATH models\
PATH sounds\
PATH textures\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\t7w_outdoor\..
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\acknex_plugins\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\code\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\code\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\images\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\includes\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\maps\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\models\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\sounds\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\textures\
PATH C:\Program Files\GStudio7\templates\xml\.... ...
camera_insert: function not found
camera_next: function not found
camera_prev: function not found
camera_remove: function not found
camera_set_ang: function not found
camera_set_target_vec: function not found
camera_set_vec: function not found. .. 0.474 sec
Running MYPROJ.C.
2 objects
Main started at 2.665
D3D_Init Window: 800x600 -> Window: 1x800x600x32
Video memory found: 281 MB
LevelInit at 3.091...cmap,357 ents,0 lmaps,4 texs,16 verts,24 faces,pvs,hull
Physics restarted...ok
LevelReady at 4.332
def_startup started
Main loop at 4.337...
Server started at 4.338
Client started at 4.339.
1st frame with 281 MB. at 4.496
D3D_Resize Screen: 800x600 -> Screen: 1x800x600x32

Hmm, the acklog does not indicate anything wrong in the engine.

Does the lockup only happen with that project, or also with other projects, such as the shader viewer?

It was the only thing I had done with it was to make the built in outdoor level
project I'll try and see what happens

I tried the race demo that ran ok

So it's something in the outdoor level then. Maybe one of the files in that level were corrupted on your PC and cause a later crash after it's read. The first thing to do is re-installing: remove the outdoor level and Gamestudio completely, also physically delete their folders, then install it again and let the wizard create the outdoor level again.

Also, download and run the newer demos from the download page to be 100% sure that everything else but the outdoor level runs on your PC.

Let us know if this helped.

I ran the venice demo before it ran on the other 7 this one it keeps telling me to use w3d I am going to reinstall the program

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Mouse found
Realtek HD Audio rear output opened
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series pure T&L device ff9 detected
D3D device ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series ff9 selected.
ackwii.dll opened
t7.dll opened
Compiling REFLECTIONPARTICLE.C - [Esc] to abort..
PATH ./gfx/2d\
PATH ./data\
PATH ./level\............... .... ................ .. 1.719 sec
Running REFLECTIONPARTICLE.C.
18 objects
Main started at 3.893
D3D_Init Window: 1024x768 -> 1024x746 failed
D3D_Init Window: 800x600 failed
D3D_Init Window: 640x480 failed
D3D_Init Window: 1280x1024 -> 1028x746 failed
Error E1242: Can't open video device. Try -W3D command line option
Program aborted
def_startup started
Main loop at 6.709...
Server started at 6.711
Client started at 6.711.
Close level,DLL,objects
Free input,funcs,panels,defs,syns,views,strings,vars..ok
Free sounds,bmaps,fonts,hash,defs1,script..ok
Close dx,multimedia,D3D,engine,physics,nexus..ok
A7 Engine - Pro Edition V7.70.0 - Feb 5 2009
(c)Conitec . Dieburg . San Diego . www.3dgamestudio.com
Registered to: Michelle Petrik
Close window at 6.744

Ok, this makes the issue a little more clear. There is something wrong with your video device.

First, you need to install a recent DirectX version. You'll get it from the Microsoft website, or download.com or the like.

Next, install a recent driver of your video card from the ATI website. Your notebook card is quite old and not well suited for 3D games, but will still work with Gamestudio.

Its only 2.5 -3 year old hp desk top with the new direct x on it
the venice demo the compiled one runs it when it in the wed it does this

I'llcheck for a new video driver
the last a7 ver did not lock up as I ran the venice demo on it
and the warehouse demo I really don't think its the ati card though
unless it going bad