PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Timmywraith on July 23, 2003, 05:44:03 pm

Title: Help!
Post by: Timmywraith on July 23, 2003, 05:44:03 pm

Errors I\'m getting

When I try to run pssetup.exe:
\"pssetup.exe has generted errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program.\"

When I try to run PS in Safe (Slow) mode:
crystalspace.video.software: 8-bit palette mode no longer works in the software renderer!

Updater says that everything is updated.  Any ideas?

-Timmy

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Post by: CadRipper on July 23, 2003, 06:21:03 pm

Timmywraith, you probably have a driver problem if you can\'t even run the pssetup.exe program !

Anyway, you can use this nice tool (http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=4631&boardid=13&styleid=3) made by Jefka to change the resolution and depth settings, along with the keys, mouse sensitivity, FPS display and more...

Just place the vb6fr.dll file into your system directory (/system32 for XP and other NT brands, probably /system for 9x). Place the executable in your Planeshift directory and run it.

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Post by: Keldorn on July 23, 2003, 06:58:25 pm

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Originally posted by CadRipper
you probably have a driver problem if you can\'t even run the pssetup.exe program !

not necessarily, i remember having the same problems with PlaneShift on a pc at my work.
Turns out the desktop was set to 24-bit (CS doesn\'t support 24-bit), which prevented pssetup.exe from starting up. Changed it and it worked.

The 8-bit palette mode message he is getting kinda suggests in that direction aswell, but i\'m not sure.

Not saying that that is the case here, this can just aswell be a driver problem.

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Post by: CadRipper on July 23, 2003, 08:33:40 pm

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Originally posted by Keldorn
PlaneShift on a pc at my work.

Mmmm, Keldorn, is PS now an official testbench ? It\'s a bad sign having PS installed at work ;)

You have to be right. That was the 1st message which puzzled me, the pssetup doesn\'t need opengl but it uses directDraw though, so I thought *drivers*. But I\'m not convinced at all.

Like you\'ve pointed out, \"In general, Crystal Space requires a 15, 16, or 32-bit display and will not work with other displays modes\" (from CS documentation (http://crystal.sourceforge.net/docs/online/manual/cs_293.php#SEC787)). So if the display is 8-bit, none of the PS programs will work. It should be that, thanks !

Title: Thanks guys
Post by: Timmywraith on July 24, 2003, 11:04:16 am

Thanks changing the color depth worked and now it will run in Safe mode!