bought Black Shark today and only problems

[JG11Preusse]

Your serial only activates the german one.

 

Recheck md5 on both setup.exe and data1.cab files.

 

 

dont need to recheck .. i tested it allready

 

may familiy is quite happy, that i spend all my sparetimes to mkle this game working

[JG11Preusse]

maýbe because the "desktop resoluion issue" i will tell you all, that i use a native resolution of 1600*900

 

usin 800*600 and other resolution, the "launcher.exe" problem dont will pop up, but the game still wont start after waiting for a long time.

 

tested it with some different nresolutions and got with some the launcher.exe problem and with others i dont got the error message, burt the game never started-

Edited April 13, 2010 by JG11Preusse

[Distiler]

Do you have any game or aplication that uses opengl? (single player UI uses opengl, the simulator in itself uses directx). I'm wondering if those tohiba drivers have a good opengl implementation.

 

Do you have any strange codec pack, etc anything unusual installed in your computer that you can remember? I'm really getting out of ideas.

Edited April 13, 2010 by Distiler

[Distiler]

Ok do this:

 

Download "notepad++" (to edit .lua files without any probability of corrupting them, advised by Eagle Dynamics)

 

Open with notepad++ \DCS\Ka-50\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua and edit those lines:

 

-line 49: set color to 32

-line 53: try first fullscreen true and if doesen't work try false

-line 80: set aspect to 1.7777777777778

-line 99: set height to 900

-line 100: set resolution to 1600x900

-line 102: set width to 1600

 

EDITED: i was looking at FC2 optiions.lua, changed line numbers for ka-50.

Edited April 13, 2010 by Distiler

[JG11Preusse]

Do you have any game or aplication that uses opengl? (single player UI uses opengl, the simulator in itself uses directx). I'm wondering if those tohiba drivers have a good opengl implementation.

 

Do you have any strange codec pack, etc anything unusual installed in your computer that you can remember? I'm really getting out of ideas.

 

yes i use il-2 . it uses opengl ... works fine. never installed any codec pack

[JG11Preusse]

Ok do this:

 

Download "notepad++" (to edit .lua files without any probability of corrupting them, advised by Eagle Dynamics)

 

Open with notepad++ \DCS\Ka-50\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua and edit those lines:

 

-line 49: set color to 32

-line 53: try first fullscreen true and if doesen't work try false

-line 80: set aspect to 1.7

-line 96: set width to 1600

-line 97: set height to 900

-line 100: set resolution to 1600x900

 

can you do me a favour and do it at you computer ?

i will send you this file and you can send it back after you changed it ???

 

ma emailadress is andipr(ätt)t-online.de

 

thank you very much

andi

[Distiler]

I've edited the line numbers at the aspect. I've sent you a private missage.

[JG11Preusse]

I've edited the line numbers at the aspect. I've sent you a private missage.

 

thx you.

 

looks like the resolution of the desktop makes problems ?

 

after i changed it, i can start without success, but also without launcher.exe problem

[Distiler]

Ok sent you the edited options.lua. Strange thing, line numbers are not the same, perhaps because it is the german version. Weird tho

 

Let's see if using your native resolution, correct aspect and full screen works (default res in options.lua is 1024x768 in windowed mode, should work but who knows)

Edited April 13, 2010 by Distiler

[JG11Preusse]

Ok sent you the edited options.lua. Strange thing, line numbers are not the same, perhaps because it is the german version. Weird tho

 

Let's see if using your native resolution, correct aspect and full screen works (default res in options.lua is 1024x768 in windowed mode)

 

no launcher.exe error with this file, start screen ist at full resolution, but game wont start :(

[Distiler]

Are there any files created in /temp folder this time?

 

BTW can you confirm that in the root folder you have a readme1.01 text file?

 

Also try to disable "AI" and play with other options from Ati catalyst control panel.

Edited April 13, 2010 by Distiler

[JG11Preusse]

Are there any files created in /temp folder this time?

 

BTW can you confirm that in the root folder you have a readme1.01 text file?

 

Also try to disable "AI" from Ati catalyst control panel.

 

sry no files inside the temp folder, readme1.01 file is there

[Distiler]

Tell your antivirus to exclude blackshark folder from resident/automatic/continuous scan. (lol now I'm getting ideas out of the hat, I don't even know if you have an antivirus!)

[JG11Preusse]

Are there any files created in /temp folder this time?

 

BTW can you confirm that in the root folder you have a readme1.01 text file?

 

Also try to disable "AI" and play with other options from Ati catalyst control panel.

 

 

tried ai off with your options file and with the original one ... no change

Edited April 13, 2010 by JG11Preusse

[JG11Preusse]

Tell your antivirus to exclude blackshark folder from resident/automatic/continuous scan. (lol now I'm getting ideas out of the hat, I don't even know if you have an antivirus!)

 

no idea how to o this, but heard from many german version users, that antivir dont makes any problems

[JG11Preusse]

im a bit wondering, that i dont get the "launcher.exe" problem, after changing resolution or changing this option file, you mentioned.

 

all in all, the game only starts in multiplayer version, not single player

[Distiler]

launcher.exe is the single player interface, and it's opengl. Multiplayer is dcs.exe, the same executable used when you're in the helicopter cockpit, and it's directx. The most plausible hipothesis is something related to ati drivers (ati has never been very good with opengl) but who knows.

 

I'm really out of ideas. Well, you could install Vista 64 in another partition and see if it works (vista + service pack 2 has the same perfomance as W7)

[JG11Preusse]

launcher.exe is the single player interface, and it's opengl. Multiplayer is dcs.exe, the same executable used when you're in the helicopter cockpit, and it's directx. The most plausible hipothesis is something related to ati drivers (ati has never been very good with opengl) but who knows.

 

I'm really out of ideas. Well, you could install Vista 64 in another partition and see if it works (vista + service pack 2 has the same perfomance as W7)

 

 

i use ol-2 since amny many years .. this also uses openpl and it also works very fine with my system

 

as said before ... if everything works, only this peace of software wont work, its a bs problem in i hope the bs people solve the problem.

 

all in all i never got an anser from the bs support team, only here someone tries to help me.

[Distiler]

i use ol-2 since amny many years .. this also uses openpl and it also works very fine with my system

 

as said before ... if everything works, only this peace of software wont work, its a bs problem in i hope the bs people solve the problem.

 

all in all i never got an anser from the bs support team, only here someone tries to help me.

 

I really really doubt it's a problem in BS. The fact that other software works doesen't mean anything. Many games work with a version of a driver and fail with the next version.

 

I'm still thinking but I think my last idea is just going to Vista.

 

Good luck!

[JG11Preusse]

I really really doubt it's a problem in BS. The fact that other software works doesen't mean anything. Many games work with a version of a driver and fail with the next version.

 

I'm still thinking but I think my last idea is just going to Vista.

 

Good luck!

^

you will understand, that i dont go back to vista only because 1 software, which dont wants to work.

 

as we learned, the simulator itself works, only the launcher makes trouble.

so i also cant imagine, that the video drivers are a problem, because in the game itselfs, they are working normal.

 

i have a problem with the "launcher.exe" and ich i use google, it looks like tonns of others also have problem with this launcher.exe.

 

maybe the programmers can correct this issue .... is not normal i guess

[JG11Preusse]

I really really doubt it's a problem in BS. The fact that other software works doesen't mean anything. Many games work with a version of a driver and fail with the next version.

 

I'm still thinking but I think my last idea is just going to Vista.

 

Good luck!

 

may games ... i listed them almost all (forgot to mention jutland, which i also own) are all working excellent with my sytem.

 

if opengl or not .. nowhere i had or have any problem.

 

im 100% sure, that bs is the problem, otherwise it makes no sence and if i know now, that the game itselfs works in multiplayer, only the single player dont womnts to start, im 100% more sure than the 100% i mentioned before.

 

39 usd for this software and if i count the hours i tried to make this funny kind of software working, it maybe costs me more than 1000 usd without working until now.

 

very angry now

andi

[JG11Preusse]

killed almost every tadk in the taskmanager, that keeps the system running. only 5 tasks left and still the problem.

 

flew 10 minutes with the mig-29 in lock on fc2 ... woks perfect .... only to makes me a little bit calm down from this problems with this bs software.

 

someone have an idea, how long the bs supprt needs to answer ???? its now some days ago without any response

[EtherealN]

Some further suggestions:

 

If you have not done so already, please disconnect all peripherals - joystick, mouse, network cables - everything. If the problem goes away you'll know it was one of them, and you can then re-connect them one at a time to see what it was.

 

If possible, use the same installer to install on another computer (wife/friend etc) and try to start Launcher.exe there (not multiplayer, since you don't want to activate). Obviously you would want to uninstall afterwards though.

Edited April 13, 2010 by EtherealN

[EtherealN]

never installed any codec pack

 

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
[b][u]Cinepak Codec von Radius,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385[/u][/b]
Fraps Video Decompressor,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV Codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV Codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
[b][u]K3CC K3Soft Video Codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385[/u][/b]
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

 

Those two lines in your list of codecs make me slightly suspicious.

[Slayer]

As is typical with store bought PC's his computer is loaded to the gills with bloatware/shovelware. Wildtangent, Mcaffe, video zooming software etc etc all make me cringe. Even if junkware like this isn't running it often installs stuff like codec's, on screen displays and other stuff that is loaded regardless if the program is running or not. As EtherealN pointed out I am also suspicious of the codecs. I know for a fact that some codec packs will make it so BS can't run, just do a forum search. K-lite for instance has a little utility you need to run to make an exception list so that games don't try to use the codecs.

 

I have dealt with so many problems like this that are unsolvable on family and friends computers I have lost track. Usually the only fix is a clean format and ONLY use the OS install CD and get the latest drivers. Then make a restore point and a back up of your clean configuration so you always have something to fall back on. I know you probably don't want to hear that but I'd bet money that it would fix your problems..