Allegiance.exe randomly crashes on launch

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Aluminaire
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Post by Aluminaire »

Windows Version (and Service Packs): Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
Processor Speed: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
RAM: 3072MB
Video Card (Make and Model#): NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Sound Card (Make and Model#): Headset Earphone (5- Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 )
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Connection Type (Dialup, Cable, DSL, other): Cable
Modem (Make and Model#): Terayon TJ720x
Router (Make and Model#): Linksys WRT54G version 2
Internet Service Provider(company name): UPC
Location(State/Province/Locality, and Country): Budapest, Hungary
Installed Mods: CortUI

Make and Version of firewall: Zonalarm version 9.2.057.000
Make and version of anti-virus: Avast version 5.0.677

.NET 4.0.30319 installed

Problem Encountered at Step #: 5 When Allegiance is supposed to open
Which Program (ASGS/Allegiance): Allegiance
What Error Message: The Microsoft Allegiance Game has stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
(...)
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 001d060e
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1038
Additional Information 1: 8d86
Additional Information 2: 8d86df2b1cd0e4a24f12009d83564bb3
Additional Information 3: 4db9
Additional Information 4: 4db9a1e7d0d1973394aa097f4f8b7602

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(ASGS says • Allegiance exited with code: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)


Allegiance.exe crashes right on start most of the time. I could find no pattern, sometimes it works properly right off the bat when I launch ASGS and press Login, sometimes it fails several consecutive times - screen goes black as if starting the game, loads a bit and then returns to desktop and the ASGS, throwing the above error message. It sometimes fails to launch after several restarts of ASGS and even the entire system.
When it does start, the game runs without any noticeable problems. After a successful launch and exiting the game normally, it usually (but not always) will start up correctly a few (so far up to 4) more times then it's back to throwing the error.

I have set both Allegiance.exe and ASGS to Windows server 2003 compatibility mode, running ASGS as admin, tried disabling the antivirus, no luck.

What I have noticed and may or may not be related, is that every time I press Login in ASGS and Allegiance.exe begins to launch, a new Allegiance.exe Process will start whether the game actually starts up or not. These Processes will keep running and adding up each time I press Login, even if it started up properly and then the game is closed, so long as ASGS is running. Closing ASGS ends all these Processes.

My internet connection is also a bit dodgy, router and cable modem are both suspect, but I don't think that could cause such an error - the problem occurs even when the connection is working okay
sr71
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Post by sr71 »

Make sure you have .Net 2.0 installed. Try running it in windowed mode.
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pkk
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Post by pkk »

sr71 wrote:QUOTE (sr71 @ Oct 17 2010, 11:02 PM) Make sure you have .Net 2.0 installed. Try running it in windowed mode.
He said, Allegiance (which doesn't need .net framework 2.0, but Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable) crashed, not ASGS. :roll:

Edit:
Try to reinstall Allegiance, maybe an issue with artwork.
Make sure your allegiance folder is deleted completely, before reinstalling.
Last edited by pkk on Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.
Aluminaire
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Post by Aluminaire »

Deleted the folder entirely, after the clean install the error still persists

ASGS however remembered my login details, where does it keep that data? I could try wiping that too, just in case
FreeBeer
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Post by FreeBeer »

It keeps that in a registry key.
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Aluminaire
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Post by Aluminaire »

I reinstalled my video and mobo chipset drivers and that seemed to have solved the issue. Sorry for wasting your time
notjarvis
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Post by notjarvis »

No Problem.

Glad you've solved your issue (and thanks for telling us it was fixed). locking this as resolved.
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