Scribblenauts Unmasked crashing at startup and producing a dump (Scribblenauts Unlimited runs fine).

[T0nedude]

To anyone that can help..

As per the above I have recently bought both games in Steam and while Unlimited runs and plays fine, Unmasked refuses to do much else except crash immediately with an unhandled exception error. I have tried to verify the game cache and even went so far as to uninstall and re-install with no change whatsoever. I am now faced with being unable to play the game and unable to refund since the 2 hours since I bought it has expired. But why does Unlimited run and not this? I even tried to change it to the Beta option which I assume is long since defunct but still selectable and still failing and then back again, no change whatsoever.

Any assistance that can be provided will be appreciated.

I even produced my dxdiag and crash dumps to send to support but the email is now defunct.

Kind regards,

Tony Hume.

[T0nedude]

Don't worry I fixed it.

[Joshua]

how i fix it

[T0nedude]

All I can say is that I checked out a potential solution on YouTube by Aiman Asril. Do a search on YT with the problem....

[Freenet_2k]

Gee Thanks for helping your fellow Steamers. I'll be sure to retunr the favor if Iever see your name.

[T0nedude]

I'm not a streamer and my comment genuinely points to a user that helped me with the problem, because Joshua asked me how I did it. The reason I don't explain in more detail is because in some quarters it could be seen as a potential crack....which could get me in hot water, even though I bought the game. It's called discretion. So you necroposted just to be a ♥♥♥♥? You must be a hoot at parties - PS: Go ♥♥♥♥ yourself.

[cleveland brown skylander]

how i fix it

[pink ♥]

Originally posted by Joshua:

how i fix it

have you found out how fix this

[cleveland brown skylander]

Originally posted by pink ♥:

Originally posted by Joshua:

how i fix it

have you found out how fix this

All I can say is that I checked out a potential solution on YouTube by Aiman Asril. Do a search on YT with the problem....

[pink ♥]

Originally posted by enimem the real ♥♥♥♥ slady:

Originally posted by pink ♥:

have you found out how fix this

All I can say is that I checked out a potential solution on YouTube by Aiman Asril. Do a search on YT with the problem....

useless. i asked for a fix and you have responded with vague ramblings. The ONLY way you can help me is if you provide me with a DIRECT link. NOT a suggestion on where to look. knobhead,

[cleveland brown skylander]

Originally posted by pink ♥:

Originally posted by enimem the real ♥♥♥♥ slady:

All I can say is that I checked out a potential solution on YouTube by Aiman Asril. Do a search on YT with the problem....

useless. i asked for a fix and you have responded with vague ramblings. The ONLY way you can help me is if you provide me with a DIRECT link. NOT a suggestion on where to look. knobhead,

choomfie

[-[SaD]- IOA]

Originally posted by pink ♥:

Originally posted by Joshua:

how i fix it

have you found out how fix this

Just a tip for anyone who's having issues with this error in Scribblenauts Unlimited:

"An unhandled exception has occurred. A crash dump has been saved to..."


1.) Download dxcpl.exe from any reputable website, I got mine here: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_directx_control_panel.html
2.) Right click dxcpl.exe -> Run as Administrator
3.) Go to the Direct3D 9 Tab at the top, then uncheck "Software Only".
4.) Go to the DirectDraw tab at the top, then check "Use Hardware Acceleration"
5.) Click "Apply", then "OK".

The game should launch. Enjoy!

[Joshua]

Originally posted by -SaD- IOA:

Originally posted by pink ♥:

have you found out how fix this

Just a tip for anyone who's having issues with this error in Scribblenauts Unlimited:

"An unhandled exception has occurred. A crash dump has been saved to..."


1.) Download dxcpl.exe from any reputable website, I got mine here: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_directx_control_panel.html
2.) Right click dxcpl.exe -> Run as Administrator
3.) Go to the Direct3D 9 Tab at the top, then uncheck "Software Only".
4.) Go to the DirectDraw tab at the top, then check "Use Hardware Acceleration"
5.) Click "Apply", then "OK".

The game should launch. Enjoy!

that was 6 years go.....

[PhoebeTheFairy]

Originally posted by Joshua:

Originally posted by -SaD- IOA:

Just a tip for anyone who's having issues with this error in Scribblenauts Unlimited:

"An unhandled exception has occurred. A crash dump has been saved to..."


1.) Download dxcpl.exe from any reputable website, I got mine here: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_directx_control_panel.html
2.) Right click dxcpl.exe -> Run as Administrator
3.) Go to the Direct3D 9 Tab at the top, then uncheck "Software Only".
4.) Go to the DirectDraw tab at the top, then check "Use Hardware Acceleration"
5.) Click "Apply", then "OK".

The game should launch. Enjoy!

that was 6 years go.....

That may be, but the issue is still happening to this day. I came to this thread because it's happening to me.

[SpeedyDragon9k]

Yeah I can't get the game to actually start, it just gives me the same handling error over and over. And I tried to find this "Aiman Asril" the OP wrote about but I can't.

[Sir Vyvre the Lone]

Oki-dokey, leave it to me because I'm motivated to play this game.

My issue is that the game runs slow on startup, then crashes when I select 'Options' but plays fine when I select 'Play' until I get to the part where I access the Notebook to summon a doctor, at which point it crashes with the same error message as before.

For starters, I went into the game files and figured out that the .dmp files in the /dumps/ folder were empty, which shouldn't have been the case.
Next, I found that there were .mdmp files in the game's folder. Why? No clue, but I decided to change permissions for the folder so that all contents and subfolders' contents were no longer 'read-only'. Next, I ran the application "ScribbleRestart" which prompted me to install DirectX version 3.5, so I did that.
Once finished, I attempted to launch "Scribble.exe" from inside the folder rather than from Steam. It crashed immediately, but this time it wrote a .dmp file that was NOT EMPTY (hey, that's progress!!).
I then researched to see what files could read the .dmp and .mdmp files. Apparently "Debugging Tools for Windows" comes with Windows SDK, which is like 4GB or something, but there's also WinDbg which can be obtained from the Microsoft Store application.
I proceeded to revisit the folder and noticed there were now icons next to the .dmp and .mdmp files (more progress!!) so I launched them. It told me that the dump file has an exception of interest stored in it which can be accessed via .ecxr, but idk what that is. After that, it said "For analysis of this file, run !analyze -v" so I did, which is how I obtained the following information:

0:000> !analyze -v
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Exception Analysis                                   *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************


KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

    Key  : AV.Dereference
    Value: NullPtr

    Key  : AV.Fault
    Value: Read

    Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
    Value: 733

    Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 6712

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb
    Value: 3

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb
    Value: 0

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb
    Value: 22

    Key  : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
    Value: 108

    Key  : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 26931

    Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
    Value: 90

    Key  : Failure.Bucket
    Value: NULL_POINTER_READ_c0000005_Scribble.exe!Unknown

    Key  : Failure.Hash
    Value: {9e09d0c1-9c3c-1550-4df2-5673d8cdf7c1}

    Key  : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec
    Value: 93


FILE_IN_CAB:  scribble_4294967295_crash_2024_3_25T21_6_56C0.mdmp

COMMENT:  

CONTEXT:  (.ecxr)
eax=00000000 ebx=08ff993c ecx=08ff98e8 edx=00000001 esi=08ff98e8 edi=08ff98e8
eip=00cc5847 esp=012ff1f0 ebp=00000000 iopl=0         nv up ei ng nz na po nc
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00010282
Scribble+0x3f5847:
00cc5847 8b08            mov     ecx,dword ptr [eax]  ds:002b:00000000=????????
Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  (.exr -1)
ExceptionAddress: 00cc5847 (Scribble+0x003f5847)
   ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
  ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
   Parameter[0]: 00000000
   Parameter[1]: 00000000
Attempt to read from address 00000000

PROCESS_NAME:  Scribble.exe

READ_ADDRESS:  00000000 

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The memory could not be %s.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR:  c0000005

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  00000000

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2:  00000000

STACK_TEXT:  
00000000 00000000     00000000 00000000 00000000 Scribble+0x3f5847


STACK_COMMAND:  ~0s; .ecxr ; kb

SYMBOL_NAME:  Scribble+3f5847

MODULE_NAME: Scribble

IMAGE_NAME:  Scribble.exe

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  NULL_POINTER_READ_c0000005_Scribble.exe!Unknown

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x86

OSNAME:  Windows 8

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {9e09d0c1-9c3c-1550-4df2-5673d8cdf7c1}

Followup:     MachineOwner
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It seems that this game was designed for use on Windows 8, for which Steam no longer supplies updates or support.
Still, this is progress and I'm happy to share what I can.
Here's Microsoft's resource for this particular Failure Bucket ID: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/inside/c0000005