Crashes when trying to start game engine #43048

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Joe G · 2014-12-28T17:23:35+01:00

Joe G commented

2014-12-28 17:23:35 +01:00

System Information
Intel Core i3-4030u, 1.9GHz
Windows 8.1 w/Intel HD Graphics (w/up to 1792 MB Dynamic Video Memory) (laptop)

Blender Version
2.72 sub 0 9e963ae

Short description of error
I was trying to follow a tutorial on YouTube for a Blender car game. When they ran it (just to test the basic physics and check to make sure it works), it worked fine for them. When I try to run it, it just crashes. I've tested some other Blender games, and they make it crash too. It uses a simple Python script. Working, all that should happen is the wheels should align themselves, flat, beside the car and it should all fall.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Open the file, and run the game

**System Information** Intel Core i3-4030u, 1.9GHz Windows 8.1 w/Intel HD Graphics (w/up to 1792 MB Dynamic Video Memory) (laptop) **Blender Version** 2.72 sub 0 9e963ae **Short description of error** I was trying to follow a tutorial on YouTube for a Blender car game. When they ran it (just to test the basic physics and check to make sure it works), it worked fine for them. When I try to run it, it just crashes. I've tested some other Blender games, and they make it crash too. It uses a simple Python script. Working, all that should happen is the wheels should align themselves, flat, beside the car and it should all fall. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Open the file, and run the game

Joe G commented

2014-12-28 17:23:35 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Joe G commented

2014-12-28 17:23:35 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mrpi64

Joe G commented

2014-12-28 17:26:01 +01:00

EDIT: Something similar has happened before, but with an older version: https://developer.blender.org/T25488 (maybe problem is because I have less than 2GB VRAM?)

Joe G commented

2014-12-28 17:34:56 +01:00

Compiled it as a .exe file, and when I run it, it stops, and a message-box comes up telling me that "Blender has stopped working" and that "Windows is checking for a solution for the problem", although I doubt it will find one.

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-12-28 18:36:02 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-12-28 18:36:02 +01:00

Might be usual OpenGL bugs… Can you please:

Ensure both your OS and drivers are fully up-to-date;
Try to start Blender in factory settings (--factory-startup commandline option).
Try to tweak OGL settings in UserPreferences, System tab.
Try to place this dll next to your blender.exe (software OGL, will be slow, but will show whether this is a driver issue or not).

Might be usual OpenGL bugs… Can you please: * Ensure both your OS and drivers are fully up-to-date; * Try to start Blender in factory settings (`--factory-startup` commandline option). * Try to tweak OGL settings in UserPreferences, System tab. * Try to place [this dll](http://download.blender.org/ftp/sergey/softwaregl/win64/opengl32.dll) next to your blender.exe (software OGL, will be slow, but will show whether this is a driver issue or not).

Joe G commented

2014-12-29 17:45:46 +01:00

Tried it with the DLL, but it still crashes. As does it with --factory-startup Does the file actually run?

Tried it with the DLL, but it still crashes. As does it with `--factory-startup` Does the file actually run?

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-12-29 17:48:42 +01:00

No idea, looks like you did not attach anything so far… Also, which version of Blender is the tutorial based on?

Joe G commented

2014-12-29 19:04:38 +01:00

Latest as I speak, not installed through the .msi installer, but extracted from the zip file.
cargame.blend

Latest as I speak, not installed through the .msi installer, but extracted from the zip file. [cargame.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F134195/cargame.blend)

Joe G commented

2014-12-29 19:10:11 +01:00

Oh, the actual tutorial . . . 2.65.0

Joe G commented

2015-01-03 14:53:33 +01:00

Any ideas? Does the file work?

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-01-03 16:27:00 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2015-01-03 16:27:00 +01:00

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2015-01-03 16:27:00 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-01-03 16:27:00 +01:00

Not sure it should crash, but error message in console is pretty much straight-forward - you have no wheel3 controller.

Rename one of the two wheel1 ones, and everything works as expected.

Closing for now, we cannot handle all possible error in scripts gracefully...

Not sure it should crash, but error message in console is pretty much straight-forward - you have no `wheel3` controller. Rename one of the two `wheel1` ones, and everything works as expected. Closing for now, we cannot handle all possible error in scripts gracefully...

Joe G commented

2015-01-04 18:33:55 +01:00

Sorry ;-p

Joe G commented

2015-01-16 18:17:12 +01:00

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention - this happened with a couple other Blender Car-based games that I tried to run.

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Crashes when trying to start game engine #43048