Crash on startup

[kirixa 0]

Hi there everyone!

I saw a lets play of this game and was intrigued by the story so I decided to give it a try. After downloading and installing it, I never got any further than a black screen. Then I decided to download RPG Maker XP to see if I could run it through that but since I didn't have an rxproj file of the game I thought I couldn't. I started browsing the forum and found a topic in which Ame said that creating a new project and trying to run that could at least help out in finding out whether my laptop simply couldnt run rmxp files so I did and it worked for that project but not for pokereborn yet.

Then I went out on a limb and thought: maybe I can simply replace the data/audio/graphics folders in the new project with the pokereborn folders and it'll work! Tried it, actually was able to load game in rpgmaker making it possible to edit everything but when I hit the "Test Game" button it comes up with an error message:

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Project1

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Exception: Errno::ENOENT

Message: File PBS/townmap.txt not found.

Compiler:612:in `initialize'

Compiler:612:in `open'

Compiler:612:in `pbCompilerEachCommentedLine'

Compiler:718:in `pbCompileTownMap'

Compiler:3944:in `pbCompileAllData'

Compiler:4083

This exception was logged in

D:\Saved Games/Project1/errorlog.txt.

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OK

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Can anyone help me with this? Maybe I just need the townmap.txt file?

Thanks!

[Amethyst 2466]

The replacing file thing won't work; the scripts are completely different. You'd need to replace all the data too, which, well, then that's its own problem all over again

If you already have RMXP then you can try playing the game in Test Play mode. Take the Game.rxproj file from your new project and put it in Reborn. You can then open Reborn in RMXP and try test playing it.

That may or may not work. If not, I don't have an answer for this; I know this error happens on some computers but I haven't been able to find a pattern or a solution yet. In general, unfortuantely, it's probably best in that case to try and find a different computer to play it on :c

[kirixa 0]

Thanks for the quick reply!

If I simply copy the rxproj file of the new project into the folder of reborn, the test game button gives an "Failed to create process" error. Maybe it's an idea to collect all specs of computers which cant run Reborn then, or are you already keeping track of that? If so this is me:

Lenovo W520

Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit

Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz

Nvidia Quadro 1000M

4.00 GB RAM

I've also just tried the DEP solution, still have to restart though. If it worked I'll post, if it doesn't I won't.

Thanks a lot for the support btw!

[Linux 1]

If you're not on default installation, ensure your graphics drivers are up to date also make sure you have no viruses. Viruses are an issue as I've proven in an older thread.

As you say black screen I presume as soon as the window loads, it's showing it's not rendering the images/graphics.

If your drivers are up to date and stuff this next bit requires you to be a little bit tech savvy, open up your nvidia control panel, create a profile for game.exe and fuck around with the options, mainly multisampling, AA and other stuff (depends on your Chip). This might get it to work.

If not, try installing Perl, I think this game is Perl, so if the self contained dependencies are corrupt or missing this will fix it as it should resort to Global.

I'm not too familiar with Enterprise winblows, but maybe it's stripped of some components, like those shitty "Basic" editions they used to make.... That could also be a problem.

[Amethyst 2466]

I'm not sure what the 'Perl' bit is in reference to, but the Perl I know is a scripting language. This game runs on a different language, Ruby.

Iirc the DEP was for the RGSS has stopped working error.

But that at least gives us an error message. Hold on...

..Hm. Maybe that doesn't work. This error apparently appears when parts of the game files are missing, so this probably isn't the actual problem.

Take game.ini from the New Project you started and put that in the Reborn folder along with the .rxproj file. Tell me if that lets you test play it. If not, then this may get messy.

[kirixa 0]

First off: thanks for all the help! I love how supportive you guys are.

As for the solutions... No luck yet.. Copying the game.ini file from the new project into the reborn folder didnt get me any further: it still says "Failed to create process". As for the Nvidia profile, I tried it and messed around with the different options yet nothing changed. Also, Linux, I'm not sure whether what you're presuming is correct. It actually freezes on start up, I can't even minimize or close the window.

Muite obrigado for the help so far guys, appreciate it!

[Amethyst 2466]

I'm beginning to wonder if that Failed to create process error isn't actually just missing a file

Here, I copied my directory, and removed all the files that I usually do - game.ini and game.rxproj

http://prntscr.com/2dwias

Are you missing any of these files in your Reborn thing? (You might be missing the PBS folder, which is fine; it should create that for you on start up- it did for me even after I deleted it)

[kirixa 0]

Hi there,

Sorry I'm replying so late but I was a little bit busy with the holidays! Anyway, I checked my folder and I have all those files.. Maybe it's the files in the PBS folder which somehow dont turn up right? I have no idea...

cheers!

[Amethyst 2466]

Could you screenshot what's in that folder, just to be sure?