Crashes on main menu under Windows 7. Mouse movement seems to trigger this.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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widelands |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have a slightly old laptop and I thought I would try running Widelands on it. I downloaded the install executable for Windows from the https:/
I then started up Widelands from the start menu. The initial splash screen loads fine and displays the "Press ESC or click to continue..." message. When I click the next screen loads but none of the buttons have text visible on them. When I move the mouse over the window the game exits or crashes. This behaviour was repeatable each time I tried.
-- A Word Around --
I tried running in a few compatibility modes but that did not help. When I set the "Run in 256 colors" option I was able to load the game and see the main menu correctly. I say correctly, the colours were all wrong but it worked. I tried changing a few in game settings and restarting without the '256 colors' setting to see if things could be improved. I discovered that unselecting "OpenGL Rendering" under the Options > Advanced menu allowed me to start the game without the '256 colors' option set.
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Once I have the game running, choosing OpenGL Rendering again causes it to crash once it reaches the main menu again. I have attached stdout-
As this looks like it might be related to eithey my Windows setup or hardware, here are all the details I can find.
Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7500
4GB RAM
HP Compaq 6910p laptop
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family Display Adapter, Driver Date 23.09.2009, version 8.15.10.1930
DxDiag says I have DirectX 11
Approx 358 MB video memory
I am no sure how to check OpenGL versions but I have faint memories that Microsoft has not updated the standard ones in ages and I don't have any drivers installed other than the standard Intel ones. That probably makes it the Windows default version.
Changed in widelands: | |
milestone: | none → build19-rc1 |
Changed in widelands: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Could you please try one of the current development builds?
https:/ /wl.widelands. org/wiki/ Download/ #windows_ 1
A lot has happened since then (e.g. we switched from SDL to SDL2), so the bug might already be fixed.