traycerb Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Steam had a Ghost Recon package deal over the weekend, so I jumped on it. Tried playing the original GR on my machine (xp/sp3, 2.4ghz c2d, radeon 3850, 4gb ram), but it gave a "ghostrecon.exe has encountered a problem" error and closes to desktop. My Ike.log is below, and searching the forums, I found one person with the same issue, but that was 5 yrs ago and the solution was to revert to DX8 . Steam has an option to "verify integrity" of the game cache, and it checks out. Any ideas? My other non-ghost-recon games on Steam work fine (eg HL2, CS:S, etc). Microsoft support site has an error article about xp+recon, but their advice is to unhelpfully suggest reinstalling. I'll add the a brief version of the dxdiag output, but i don't think thats the problem (the sound tab is mysteriously empty below, but all sound works fine on my system) ********************Ike.log************* ***** User's system configuration ***** CPU: GenuineIntel 2400 MHz Recent Intel RAM: 2048 MB O/S: Microsoft Windows 2000 5.1 Service Pack 3 build 2600 RSOptions: Could not open options file options.xml for reading, using defaults Ghost Recon (RELEASE) version = 1.4.0.0(0) RSDisplayMgr::CreateGameWindow: Creating a 1920x1200 window at 0,0 on monitor Plug and Play Monitor attached to ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series RSDisplayMgr::CreateGameWindow: Game running on primary display Plug and Play Monitor attached to ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series RSDirect3DRenderer::Initialize3DEnvironment: Could not create device RSDirect3DRenderer: Could not initialize 3D environment RSDisplayMgr::CreateRenderer: Could not initialize renderer RSUIMgr::Initialize() : Could not initialize mDisplayMgrIkeGameMgr::Initialize() : Could not initialize UI_MGR: -1 ********************DXDIAG************* ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 2/9/2009, 12:11:31 Machine name: E6600CORE2DUO Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: GBT___ System Model: GBTUACPI BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: IntelĀ® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 3326MB RAM Page File: 1985MB used, 1434MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.6000) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 RSDirect3DRenderer::Initialize3DEnvironment: Could not create device RSDirect3DRenderer: Could not initialize 3D environment RSDisplayMgr::CreateRenderer: Could not initialize renderer I had this a month or two ago. Unlike you I couldn't play any games. I have had GR installed on this format for a year or more. Not sure how I sorted the issue but I did update my vid card drivers. I did not have to reinstall GR. Sound Tab 1: Unsure about this one. GR can be touchy about sound card and vid card drivers. If they are on the oldish side it may improve overall computer performance to update them and may on the off chance let you play GR. As you probably know your computer is more then capable of playing GR. Hope you get it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehgler_AS Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hmmm, it looks like you are trying to play at 1920x1200 and that you do not have an options.xml. I would suggest that you start by creating an options.xml (you may need someone to send you one), and setting it to initially start the game at a lower resolution and to run it in a window. It may well be that GR is just not sure how to initialize DirectX at that resolution properly. The bit about "RSDirect3DRenderer::Initialize3DEnvironment: Could not create device" is a clear indication that the game is having trouble getting DirectX properly initialized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traycerb Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 start by creating an options.xml (you may need someone to send you one), and setting it to initially start the game at a lower resolution and to run it in a window. thanks for the responses all. will try them all out. Thought I'd be out of luck trying to play an older game. anyway, anyone willing to PM me an options.xml? Or, better yet, post one to a file-sharing site, in case anyone else needs one besides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 options.xml http://files.filefront.com/13255475 Allot of this can be set to your liking in Main Menu/Options if it gets the game to launch. It's odd the game didn't install an options.xml. Did you look in the GR main directory to see if it was there or not? Keep posting ike.log if you still have trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 It's odd the game didn't install an options.xml. It's actually normal. Options.xml isn't created during install, it's created on first successful run, as long as you get to the main menu. If you don't get that far, the file won't exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traycerb Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) options.xml http://files.filefront.com/13255475 It's odd the game didn't install an options.xml. Did you look in the GR main directory to see if it was there or not? thanks mate. that did the trick. Changed the full-screen option to FALSE in the .xml file and GR loaded fine. I guess that means no full-screen, but I can change the resolution within the game, including to a windowed 1920x1200 (my monitor's natural resolution). yeah, it's odd the options.xml file wasn't loaded with the game, and it definitely wasn't there before. I had searched not just the ghost recon directory, but all of steam's directories before requesting it. GR probably uses internal settings for the initial defaults, then writes them to file when it successfully loads. It just never got to that point... [EDIT: ah Dannik beat me to it ] Oh, and at least one other person reports the same problem on the Steam's GR forums. I'll point them over here. Edited February 10, 2009 by traycerb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I think I know what the problem is, or at least a major player. GR forces a fixed resolution of 640x480 for all non-in-game screens. If your current video card/drivers/monitor can't accept that resolution, the game will never hit the first menu. Edit: This explains why it worked windowed, but not fullscreen. Displaying a 640x480 window is nothing. But, forcing a modern system to display it fullscreen isn't really that common anymore, and is likely not supported by many people's systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehgler_AS Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Glad to see you got it worked out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Tried to download the options XML file but that link brings up a pop up and then I am kicked to the Filefron main directory and I cannot locate the Opitons XML anywhere on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traycerb Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 http://depositfiles.com/files/c3gcoi363 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 It's not just a issue with the Valve/Steam version of the game. The same problem occurs with the original versions once you install "Island Thunder" or upgrade to version 1.4. I know, it happened to me. But I might have good news: I because of another thread here, tried changing, once the game had ran (I had the same problem) the full screen false to full screen true in the XML file and the game ran perfectly! Apparently once the game has ran with the false full screen, the video card can "understand" the menu resolution, and you can then change it back to true. But back up you options file just in case. BTW the same trick works for Sum Of All Fears. In fact the downloaded options film works fine for getting SOAF to run for the first time. I have a feeling what happened was that the 1.4 patch somehow messed up the XML options file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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