game will not launch

[thecoolmiester]

anyone else not able to launch the game? i tried openGL and software and the game will never launch once i hit start after selecting the screen size.

[dwtietz]

Just a question...

Were you playing around with the group file by chance? I've accidentally done this to myself where I've renamed Fury.grp to Fury.zip to grab a file out of the group file, but then I forgot to rename the group file back to Fury.grp before launching the game. When I then go to launch the game it does the same thing that you're describing here.

If this is not the cause, what does the Fury.log file say?

[thecoolmiester]

Originally posted by dwtietz:

Just a question...

Were you playing around with the group file by chance? I've accidentally done this to myself where I've renamed Fury.grp to Fury.zip to grab a file out of the group file, but then I forgot to rename the group file back to Fury.grp before launching the game. When I then go to launch the game it does the same thing that you're describing here.

If this is not the cause, what does the Fury.log file say?

i was not. i tried launching it right after it finished downloading.

when i look at these files i noticed that the file you are referring to is titled "fury.grpinfo" should i name it "fury.grp" and take out the word info?

log says this:

Ion Fury r8018
Built Aug 15 2019 01:54:02, GCC 9.2.0, 64-bit
Using D:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Ion Fury/ for game data
Using C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Ion Fury/ for game data
Running on Windows 10 (build 10.0.18362)
Initializing SDL 2.0.10
Searching for game data...
Using "fury.grp" as main game data file.
Compiling: scripts/main.con (50245 bytes)
Including: scripts/tokens.con (27554 bytes)
Including: scripts/names.con (59980 bytes)
Including: scripts/sounds.con (191808 bytes)
Including: scripts/music.con (3666 bytes)
Including: scripts/text.con (12575 bytes)
Including: scripts/levels.con (7633 bytes)
Including: scripts/customize.con (6567 bytes)
Including: scripts/subroutines.con (16878 bytes)
Including: scripts/surfaces.con (110651 bytes)
Including: scripts/draw.con (24750 bytes)
Including: scripts/sectors.con (374828 bytes)
Including: scripts/weapons.con (403793 bytes)
Including: scripts/pickups.con (74629 bytes)
Including: scripts/switches.con (152869 bytes)
Including: scripts/props.con (293032 bytes)
Including: scripts/dialog.con (40999 bytes)
Including: scripts/player.con (340291 bytes)
Including: scripts/screens.con (42167 bytes)
Including: scripts/menu.con (40291 bytes)
Including: scripts/inventory.con (1355 bytes)
Including: scripts/particles.con (292072 bytes)
Including: scripts/enemies.con (598362 bytes)
Compiled 1991640 bytes in 142ms
Initialized 256.0M cache
Loading "fury.def"
........Error: file "/3dr_480.png" does not exist

Definitions file "fury.def" loaded in 84 ms.
Initializing OSD...
Loaded game controller database
No game controllers found
Loading clip map: _clipshape0.map
Loaded clip map.
Executing "settings.cfg"
Setting video mode 1920x1080 (32-bpp fullscreen)
Refresh rate: 144Hz
OpenGL information
NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 4.6.0 NVIDIA 436.15
Opened "texturecache" as cache file
Generating voxel models for Polymost. This may take a while...
Initializing music...
Initializing sound... 64 voices, 2 channels, 16-bit 44100 Hz

Wrote fury.cfg
Wrote settings.cfg



shows some file named "/3dr_480.png" does not exist. i wonder if that is the issue that wont let the game launch.

[LeoD]

Originally posted by thecoolmiester:

shows some file named "/3dr_480.png" does not exist. i wonder if that is the issue that wont let the game launch.

No, that's harmless. Everybody gets it. Your log file shows nothing unusual and the game seems to close normally. Try selecting a windowed mode like 1280x960. Does this issue occur since install or did the game once run for you? If so, remove the cfg files from "C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Ion Fury/".
There's a small chance the debug executable I've made gives more info in the log[s]. Get it from here[forums.duke4.net]. You need eduke32-if.debug.exe and ebacktrace1-64.dll from the archive. Put them to where your fury.exe is and start eduke32-if.debug.exe from there.

[thecoolmiester]

Originally posted by LeoD:

Originally posted by thecoolmiester:

shows some file named "/3dr_480.png" does not exist. i wonder if that is the issue that wont let the game launch.

No, that's harmless. Everybody gets it. Your log file shows nothing unusual and the game seems to close normally. Try selecting a windowed mode like 1280x960. Does this issue occur since install or did the game once run for you? If so, remove the cfg files from "C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Ion Fury/".
There's a small chance the debug executable I've made gives more info in the log[s]. Get it from here[forums.duke4.net]. You need eduke32-if.debug.exe and ebacktrace1-64.dll from the archive. Put them to where your fury.exe is and start eduke32-if.debug.exe from there.

windowed mode in that resolution doesnt work so i will try the method you outlined.

my game has never launched since purchase even before rummaging through the files.

[thecoolmiester]

i deleted the cfg files and it didnt do anything, but they were recreated with launch. im now going to stick those files where you suggested.

[dwtietz]

Originally posted by thecoolmiester:

shows some file named "/3dr_480.png" does not exist. i wonder if that is the issue that wont let the game launch.

This is also normal and nothing to be concerned about.

If the debug doesn't provide any significant tips, I'd probably try a simple clean install. To do this, delete the following two folders on your system:

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\steam\steamapps\common\Ion Maiden\
%appdata%\Ion Fury\

After removing these folders you'll receive an error message the next time that you try to launch the game from Steam stating that the files can't be found. Ignore this error message and close it. Launch the game a second time and it will re-download all of the game files.

[thecoolmiester]

Originally posted by LeoD:

Originally posted by thecoolmiester:

shows some file named "/3dr_480.png" does not exist. i wonder if that is the issue that wont let the game launch.

No, that's harmless. Everybody gets it. Your log file shows nothing unusual and the game seems to close normally. Try selecting a windowed mode like 1280x960. Does this issue occur since install or did the game once run for you? If so, remove the cfg files from "C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Ion Fury/".
There's a small chance the debug executable I've made gives more info in the log[s]. Get it from here[forums.duke4.net]. You need eduke32-if.debug.exe and ebacktrace1-64.dll from the archive. Put them to where your fury.exe is and start eduke32-if.debug.exe from there.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that worked!!! thanks, man!

[dwtietz]

You should post the new log file. Maybe it'll provide more info as to why fury.exe is failing.

[LeoD]

Originally posted by thecoolmiester:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that worked!!! thanks, man!

OK, this is compiled from a slightly more recent code base. Using the non-debug exe might give you a small performance improvement. Since it might help elsewhere:
- Do you have a game controller attached?
- Do you have a non-English keyboard layout?

Originally posted by dwtietz:

You should post the new log file. Maybe it'll provide more info as to why fury.exe is failing.

Yes, please do so.

[dwtietz]

It certainly doesn't hurt to go through this troubleshooting, and maybe it'll even uncover a potential bug, but I'm still curious to see what a straight up clean reinstall would do.