For those having Lugaru problems on Windows...

TomyLobo · Post by **TomyLobo** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:15 pm

as far as i can see all those crash-on-mapload reports are from amd people using windows xp, me included, beefnobroccoli excluded

BeefNoBroccoli what exactly are the symptoms for you?

BeefNoBroccoli · Post by **BeefNoBroccoli** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:26 pm

i have the same problem...everything works fine until i load a level. once the level is loaded, before i can do anything, it crashes.
the only workaround i've found is to run the game in windowed mode, but that's a big pain

TomyLobo · Post by **TomyLobo** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:24 am

how do i run the game in window mode?

BeefNoBroccoli · Post by **BeefNoBroccoli** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:51 pm

TomyLobo wrote:how do i run the game in window mode?

david posted saying you can run the game in windowed mode by adding "-windowed" to the shurtcut

TomyLobo · Post by **TomyLobo** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:05 am

i tried -w and -window
and i searched the forums but found nothing really

that worked i think, thx broccoli

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but it did not fix the problem

did you do anything else that might have helped?
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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:38 pm

cool, it works in windowed mode for me!

hope this gets fixed soon, but I'm going to go ahead and register now anyway.

BeefNoBroccoli · Post by **BeefNoBroccoli** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:00 am

Anonymous wrote:cool, it works in windowed mode for me!

hope this gets fixed soon, but I'm going to go ahead and register now anyway.

awesome! it's a great game, have fun with the registered version

i'm sure there will be a fix out soon, david is working on it

oddsock · Post by **oddsock** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:20 pm

doh, not working anymore windowed or otherwise. now I just get a black screen as soon as I hit the shortcut, and a few seconds later it closes. no error message or anything. it was great while it worked though....

I'd try reinstalling it but I don't want to lose my scores. are they in a file I can easily backup?

(I am guest above)

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:57 pm

The first thing to try is to delete the config.txt file in the data folder, and let Lugaru create a new one. If this doesn't help, then you can back up the users file and reinstall.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:10 pm

removing config.txt didn't work. I backed up the users file and uninstall/reinstalled, and it worked fine with the default users file but when I put in the old users file (the one I backed up) it has the same problem again. So... I guess there is something wrong with my users file. Oh well... at least it works again.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am

update: i installed win2k on my main machine but lugaru still crashes at the same point

so the OS is definitely not the problem for me
the only other different things are:

the mainboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe vs epox 8KHA+
the cpu: athlon 64 3000+ vs athlon xp 1700+
gfx card: club3d gf6600gt vs gf3 ti200

did anyone here get lugaru running with any of the components on the left side?

TomyLobo · Post by **TomyLobo** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:17 am

for reference: the post above was me

MadKing · Post by **MadKing** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:00 pm

I've searched the entire forum and none of the solutions provided has worked as yet (and it seems that nobody has described quite the same problem):

The game runs just fine for a while each time (about 30 minutes at once was the longest I've gotten, it's usually about 5), then at a random point, just crashes the entire computer - and I mean REALLY crashes, I don't even get an error message or anything, the whole system just shuts off and restarts.

Here are my system specs:

Intel x86 ~2793 MHz
Win XP Professional SP 2
Radeon 9800 AGP Pro (Omega 2.6.53 Drivers)
1.5 GB RAM

I'm running the registered version of the game and have tried tweaking each of the config settings, resolution, window/fullscreen, etc.

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:29 pm

MadKing wrote:[...]then at a random point, just crashes the entire computer - and I mean REALLY crashes, I don't even get an error message or anything, the whole system just shuts off and restarts.
[...]

Sounds like your RAM is not working correctly. Please test it. I recommend Memtest86, a stand-alone bootable memory tester.
Use it, it does no harm if your RAM is alright. Even runs on a floppy disc. Just consumes time.
If your RAM is broken, it also does no harm, but tells you about it (the number of errors is > 0 then).

If your RAM is broken, it's time to check warranty...

I hope it's not broken, that is really annoying.

MadKing · Post by **MadKing** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:24 pm

Ugh, me too... downloading now, I'll let you know how it turns out.