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recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Wed, 11 October 2006 22:15 Go to next message
JasonC is currently offline JasonC

 
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I was hoping someone else has already encountered this and knows its cause and solution.

I have had no problem up until this week's turns from autohost. Now, when I try to view battles I see a greyed out screen and get a windows error message. If I hit continue anyway, I get a GPF crash with the cause said to be the sound.ddl or whatever it is called.

Rest of the turns are entirely normal. I have all the sound options off, makes no difference. Last week didn't see this.

Any ideas?


Sincerely,


Jason Cawley

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Wed, 11 October 2006 22:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ptolemy is currently offline Ptolemy

 
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 Hi Jason,

Somebody else had this error before - here's the thread:

http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=117 &rid=343&S=a147df33d481ff075da8080055b5e1ef&pl_v iew=&start=0#msg_922

The solution was to download 2.6 jrc4. Your serial number will work in 2.6 also.

Ptolemy


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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Thu, 12 October 2006 18:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JasonC is currently offline JasonC

 
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Thanks. That thread makes mention of a sound file to download, but since the link is 4 years old of course it is dead.

As for downloading 2.6 as opposed to using what I have, does that mean I am supposed to go through that whole patching rigamorale again?

Also, it doesn't explain why I did not have the problem until this week.

Also, I've no idea where 2.6 would be, for download.

So right now I am just not watching battles, which is hardly optimal obviously.

Any further substantive help would be appreciated.

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Thu, 12 October 2006 18:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://starsautohost.org/kn2050.htm

Its miswording that "STARS26JRC4.ZIP is the J RC4 beta patch (English-registered shareware) that is being used on AutoHost.(Stars! 2.6)"

Its (currently most bugfree) stars! executable and no patch (i think).

[Updated on: Thu, 12 October 2006 19:05]

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Thu, 12 October 2006 23:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ptolemy is currently offline Ptolemy

 
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 There is no patch to JRC4. JRC4 was the last released version of Stars!. The file on AH is the complete executable so there is no need to download any previous version and update it.

I may actually have that sound file somewhere though I have only ever used 2.6. Certainly, we can find someone still playing that has the dll.

Ptolemy


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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Fri, 13 October 2006 03:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I have the wavemix.dll file around, so I could send it to you if you want me to.

I can also put it up on my homepage so we can set up a live link for it, but I will not have time for that before sometime next week.

Med venlig hilsen / Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Fri, 13 October 2006 04:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
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Ptolemy wrote on Fri, 13 October 2006 05:27

I may actually have that sound file somewhere though I have only ever used 2.6. Certainly, we can find someone still playing that has the dll.


The dll came with my Stars! CD, and I still carry it around with my Stars files even if I'm playing with JRC4 exclusively. Very Happy

And, as fate would have it, I just located wavemix.dll v1.50 and v1.80 with a lucky googling. Stars uses v1.70, tho. Twisted Evil

http://www.programmersheaven.com/download/6794/download.aspx
http://www.compuphase.com/wavemix.htm

Thing is, if you play with JRC4, sound should never be a problem. Rolling Eyes

[Updated on: Fri, 13 October 2006 04:52]



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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Fri, 13 October 2006 07:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 wavemix.dll is still available from our favourite Stockmann Academic Bookstore too since its a direct file download and not a link to a download page, I assume its the correct version. I've never actually used v2.7x

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Fri, 13 October 2006 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Actually, though the Stockman page does list the files, they are not available for download (I just tried). I live in Helsinki where Stockman's is - I'm actually surprised the page still exists.

Wavemix.dll is a generic file for playing multiple wave files simultaneously in Windows. This has (of course) all been superceded by later versions of Windows after 3.11.

However, newer versions of the wavemix.dll file are available, and, I suspect that a newer version probably would not cause XP to crash or cause the 2.7 version to go 'blinky'. It would maybe worth trying if anyone 'really' cares about the sounds. Since I started with buying Stars! via a phone call to Seattle and a credit card at version 1.3, then simply kept on upgrading, I have never used the boxed 2.7.

I have sent Jason the 2.6jrc4 verson along with the latest help file.

Ptolemy


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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Fri, 13 October 2006 08:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ptolemy wrote on Sat, 14 October 2006 01:10

Actually, though the Stockman page does list the files, they are not available for download (I just tried). I live in Helsinki where Stockman's is - I'm actually surprised the page still exists.


Well bugger. I guess you could just get it here then Wink

Edit: Or not(again) seems to be a permissions problem which I need the admin for grrrr

Edit 2: rar/zip files seem to be unaffected...download away Smile

[Updated on: Fri, 13 October 2006 09:22]

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Sat, 14 October 2006 16:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Kotk wrote on Thu, 12 October 2006 23:56

http://starsautohost.org/kn2050.htm

Its miswording that "STARS26JRC4.ZIP is the J RC4 beta patch (English-registered shareware) that is being used on AutoHost.(Stars! 2.6)"

Its (currently most bugfree) stars! executable and no patch (i think).


Yep. Just download that, unzip it and run it. No patching or anything.

If I'm travelling and need to play a turn from a friend's house or something, I normally just Yahoo email myself my .h file. When I get internet access while away I download STARS26JRC4.ZIP, run the exe, type in my serial number (from memory), download my .h file from email and the turn file from autohost and bingo.

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Sat, 14 October 2006 20:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 USB flashdrive FTW! Work at computer

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Sun, 15 October 2006 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Coyote wrote on Sun, 15 October 2006 01:00

USB flashdrive FTW! Work at computer


Old habits die hard, and I've been playing Stars! longer than USB flashdrives have been available Laughing

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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Mon, 16 October 2006 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 there's always the floppy disk custom formatted to 1.92MB Smile

...if you can find a machine that has a floppy drive...

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gible wrote on Mon, 16 October 2006 14:10

there's always the floppy disk custom formatted to 1.92MB Smile

...if you can find a machine that has a floppy drive...


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Re: recent bug - vcr crash and sound ddl Wed, 08 November 2006 05:11 Go to previous message
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