Topic: HELP ME! (Read 7354 times)

Capt_Spade · « **on:** March 29, 2004, 05:46:42 pm »

Ok, here is my prob. When I try to join a multi skirmish game on game spy for SFC3 and the game gets started up I get suck at the TCP/IP screen and have to exit the game. Now if i host a game I make it to the game setup screen but my name does not appear and I cannot setup the game (change points or game speed or select the type of arena). Then if hit the yes button on the are you ready pannel the game crashes and I get this unhandled exception:

Unhandled Exception! in Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500
SFC3.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module SFC3.exe at 001B:0049A3DC

EAX=00000000 EBX=00000000 ECX=00A52658 EDX=00000000 ESI=00000000
EDI=009A149C EBP=0012FD44 ESP=0012FD28 EIP=0049A3DC FLG=00010246
CS=001B DS=0023 SS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000

001B:0049A3DC (0x00000000 0x009A149C 0x00A52658 0x0086E6A8) SFC3.exe
001B:00497015 (0x0012FDCC 0x77D44381 0x0171F200 0x00000000) SFC3.exe
001B:00496CC0 (0x77D44381 0x0171F200 0x00000000 0x0012FE24) SFC3.exe
001B:00478647 (0x00A52658 0x00000000 0x004058FD 0x0171F200) SFC3.exe
001B:00478627 (0x009A1680 0x00407231 0x77D43DFA 0x00634F55) SFC3.exe
001B:0040585E (0x00400000 0x001423A4 0x00000001 0x00000000) SFC3.exe
001B:00635A43 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x7FFDF000 0xA9CF6CF0) SFC3.exe
001B:77E814C7 (0x007BC5C9 0x00000000 0x78746341 0x00000020) kernel32.dll, GetCurrentDirectoryW()+0068 byte(s)
~

Now I have renstalled the game and looked through files to see if anything is amiss and I could not find anything. I did not have any problems with this before and I don't understand why this is happening now. Someone please help!

Toasty0 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2004, 05:50:17 pm »

Check in the SFCIII forums for your answer. It is there.

Best,
Jerry

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2004, 04:46:36 am »

Quote:

Check in the SFCIII forums for your answer. It is there.

Best,
Jerry

Thanks for replying ToastyO. What is the address to the site where the answer to my problem can be answered? I have posted my problem on the gamespy forums and on gamingforums.com in the SFC3 section but have not been able to get the answer I need to fix my problem

. Dont get me wrong, I appreciate the replies I have gotten from this and other forums

. It is just frustrating not being able to play online with my friends

. Thanks again man!

__________________________________

The Internet? What the f*** is the Internet?

Praxis · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2004, 10:13:51 am »

Not good.

The error occured in Kernel32.dll...

Praxis · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2004, 02:28:54 pm »

well the Kernel is the core of the operating system...
Don't know if the kernel has a problem, or if something in the game is screwy and telling the kernel to do something wrong.

I'd expect the latter, because if the kernel was corrupted you'd have something much more serious than being unable to run one game

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2004, 02:43:24 pm »

Wow. Thanks for the info Praxis, havent had much luck in answers from the other forums I have posted at. Now if I try another cleen reenstall (assuming that the problem is the game is misscommunicating with the kernel) should that fix the problem? Or am I up sh*t creek? And if so is there anything I can do (if it is not the misscomunicaton problem), short of buying another computer, to fix it? I appreciate your help man, thanks!

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2004, 05:30:04 am »

Bonk · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2004, 10:10:28 am »

I don't play SFC3 myself but I searched the D3 forums and found some similar situations to yours but none seem exactly the same: Search D3 Experiences for "kernel32.dll"
Search D3 Experiences for "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION"
Search D3 Experiences for "Version 1.01 Beta 2 Build 500"

Perhaps it will help if you post your system specs, connection type etc... Maybe someone will be able to tell you what the problem is with a little more info. I'm thinking stuff like a firewall or video drivers maybe?

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #9 on:** April 03, 2004, 12:09:55 pm »

Thanks for responding Bonk. Well I ran a dxdiag (I should have done this earler but one brain fart and I didnt even think about it

) and found this on the network tab in the Registered Direct Play Service Providers:

NAME| Registry
--------------------------------------------------------------
/!\ DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider| Error
/!\ DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider| Error
/!\ DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider| Error
/!\ DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider| Error

And this under Notes:

The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider' is missing or damaged.
The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider' is missing or damaged.
The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider' is missing or damaged.
The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider' is missing or damaged.
You should reinstall DirectX to get the latest version.

Any thoughts on how to go about this?
Thanks again to ToastyO, Praxis and Bonk for your help, you rock!

feargusf · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2004, 01:21:57 pm »

Don't worry too much about your OS. Virtually every SFC3 crash occurs in kernel32. I would hazard a guess that what causes it to crash is that the kernel has fits when it's told to do something that it can't, like call a model that is mistagged or load one that has a bad .x file (the version of the MOD file that is actually called into the mission).

Bonk · « **Reply #11 on:** April 03, 2004, 04:55:39 pm »

Wow that defintely seems wrong! I'd reinstall directx, but be careful here
there is some issue with directx and SFC3 - you must use compatible versions.
I think that is what others may have been hinting at. Something about the beta
patch and directx... (bundled in the beta?)

I know there are SFC3 players out there who know which directx version goes with which SFC3 version...

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #12 on:** April 03, 2004, 05:16:06 pm »

I think it is because I have dx9.0b. It ran fine with 9.0a, but how do I uninstall 9.0b because trying to install 9.0a wont overwrite a newer version of dx. But than again how would dx9.0b affect online skirmish? I can still play the game offline. Hmmmm.......

Age · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2004, 02:27:14 pm »

How come you are Flying Hornets now instead of TomCats.There is nothing wrong with the Tomcats are there?I guess Tom Cruise liked the TomCats because they had Tom in there name being Maverick he was like a TomCat.BTW my nieces husband is on the John C Steiness doing what I don't know classified.

FFZ · « **Reply #14 on:** April 04, 2004, 03:23:35 pm »

The Tomcat is a forty-something year old design, and it's manufacturer, Grumman, went out of business.

The Hornet is state of the art.

Age · « **Reply #15 on:** April 04, 2004, 04:11:23 pm »

I think some one took over Grumman and they just came out with F14 F I believe and it is the best strike fighter for a carrier.I will check this out more on the web thank for the reply though .

Age · « **Reply #17 on:** April 05, 2004, 02:02:45 am »

I thought that you would keep the Tomcat around because of its speed considering it can go mach2.4 and the Hornets go
at mach 1.8 even a little slow than the Falcon.I thought that is why the USN would keep the aswell as the phenoix missles guidance system that is good for protecting the carrier which carrier do belong to?

Capt_Spade · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2004, 03:18:52 am »

Well speed is not really a factor to the Navy anymore, They are going for maneuverability, electronic countermeasures and electronic jamming, stuff like that. I am not too sure but I think they want all F-14s gone by 2008, don't quote me on this though. Yes the Phoenix missile is an extreme range missile, but it has never been used in combat and the hornet and super hornet have some fairly good ranged missiles. It is a waste of money because the F-14 is the only aircraft that can carry the Phoenix. Well my squadron is attached to the USS Nimitz and before that (when we had the F-14s) we were attached to the USS Enterprise. (kind of cool that I can say that I was apart of the crew of the USS Enterprise.

)

nexa1 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2004, 04:25:58 am »

You are correct there bud. The Navy has "tentative" plans to phase out all of the 14's by 2008. As well as all of the F-18 A-D. Actually how I should say it is that the USMC is getting some of the F18C & D.
Right around that time is when we are supposed to take delivery of our first F35's as well.

News:

Topic: HELP ME! (Read 7354 times) var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};

Capt_Spade

Toasty0

Capt_Spade

Praxis

Capt_Spade

Praxis

Capt_Spade

Capt_Spade

Bonk

Capt_Spade

feargusf

Bonk

Capt_Spade

Age

FFZ

Age

Capt_Spade

Age

Capt_Spade

nexa1

Topic: HELP ME! (Read 7354 times)