(on windows 7) the applications close (without report) strait after opening it

[joshua hawthorne]

(using windows 7) I open the game the window opens half a second later it closes again, its the same with the map editor, I've tried running it in compatibility mode with every setting (windows Vista and its packs as well as the service packs) but nothing worked. PS when trying to download the installer on widelands.org (https://wl.widelands.org//) website from Firefox it always fails so I ended up downloading it off google chrome.

[joshua hawthorne (sprokermk1)]

its the official build.

[kaputtnik (franku)]

Hi joshua,

could you provide some more information about your hardware? Especially the processor and used graphics card is important.

Normally you don't need to run a compatibility mode.

I could download the installer with firefox 53.0.2 without any problems.

[GunChleoc (gunchleoc)]

It's probably the same bug as this one:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bug/1685527

The best way to test this is with a debug build, for example this one: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/widelands-dev/widelands/build/job/7yskgifi1ny5mlnf/artifacts

This will give you some log output like in the other bug. On how to access the log output in Windows, see our FAQ:

https://wl.widelands.org/wiki/Technical%20FAQ/#how-do-i-get-log-output-in-windows-for-debugging

Windows Vista is end of life, but it would still be interesting to see what the problem is and if we can at least display an error message somehow.

[joshua hawthorne (sprokermk1)]

processor: intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80Ghz 2.79GHz
System type: 64 bit
graphics card: NVIDIA GeForse 7300 LE

Hope it helps

[SirVer (sirver)]

Have you tried running the game as administrator?

> Am 18.05.2017 um 09:23 schrieb joshua hawthorne <email address hidden>:
>
> processor: intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80Ghz 2.79GHz
> System type: 64 bit
> graphics card: NVIDIA GeForse 7300 LE
>
> Hope it helps
>
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> (on windows 7) the applications close (without report) strait after
> opening it
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> New
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> Bug description:
> (using windows 7) I open the game the window opens half a second later
> it closes again, its the same with the map editor, I've tried running
> it in compatibility mode with every setting (windows Vista and its
> packs as well as the service packs) but nothing worked. PS when trying
> to download the installer on widelands.org
> (https://wl.widelands.org//) website from Firefox it always fails so I
> ended up downloading it off google chrome.
>
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[joshua hawthorne (sprokermk1)]

yes

[joshua hawthorne (sprokermk1)]

I had a look through the files in data and I have found that only maps and music had thing other then other folders that were either blank or had another folder that was blank, is this how its is or is it a problem with the installer? however I'm going to reinstall it and see what happens.

[joshua hawthorne (sprokermk1)]

same ting happened but I found the graphics report

This is Widelands Version build-19 (Release)
Set home directory: C:\Users\kids\.widelands
There's no configuration file, using default values.
Widelands executable directory: C:\bin\Widelands
Adding directory: C:\bin\Widelands\data
selected language: (system language)
Could not read locale fontset for: ga
Graphics: Try to set Videomode 800x600
Graphics: OpenGL: Version "(null)"
Graphics: SDL_GL_RED_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ALPHA_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_BUFFER_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_STENCIL_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ACCUM_RED_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ACCUM_GREEN_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ACCUM_BLUE_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_SIZE is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_STEREO is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLEBUFFERS is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLESAMPLES is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_ACCELERATED_VISUAL is 1
Graphics: SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION is 2
Graphics: SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION is 1
Graphics: SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK is 2
Graphics: SDL_GL_SHARE_WITH_CURRENT_CONTEXT is 0
Graphics: SDL_GL_FRAMEBUFFER_SRGB_CAPABLE is 0
Graphics: OpenGL: Double buffering disabled
Graphics: OpenGL: Max texture size: 0
Graphics: OpenGL: ShadingLanguage: "(null)"
**** GRAPHICS REPORT ****
 VIDEO DRIVER windows
 pixel fmt 370546692
 size 800 600
**** END GRAPHICS REPORT ****

[GunChleoc (gunchleoc)]

The problem here is the line: Graphics: OpenGL: Version "(null)"

The graphics driver lies about the OpenGL version supported. So, unless you can find a better driver for your graphics card, you won't be able to play Widelands :(

Also, according to this page:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/7300_features.html

the card can only do OpenGL 2.0, but we need at least version 2.1.

You should still be able to Play Widelands Build 18, although this means that you will miss out on our new features, and you won't find anybody to play with in multiplayer.