Spiral Knights - Spiral Knight's Won't Start At All

Spiral Knight's Won't Start At All

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Sun, 10/02/2011 - 12:35

Teihyung

Right, spiral knight's won't start. I normally play through steam but that's recently stopped working too. I can't use the online launcher, installing it from SK website doesn't work either... What happens is when i launch spiral knights from steam or from the version installed from the SK website the logon screen comes up for a split second and then closes again. The online launcher just doesn't work at all which is really weird. I've been able to play through steam for quite a while before this issue. All my friends can still play it as well. I've tried deleting every trace of SK, Java and steam too, but nothing seems to work. I've also tried disabling AVG and Windows Firewall. I know i can run this game because i have in the past. Specs are as follows :

AMD Phenom ii 3.4ghz quad core
4GB 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
ATI Radeon 5870 1GB GDDR5
500 GB hard drive, not even half used up right now...

If anyone can shed any light it would be highly appreciated :D

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 05:28

Starlinvf

Look in the SK directory for

Look in the SK directory for an hs_errPID####.log file. Could be something as minor as an autoupdate in AVG or Windows that slipped in under your nose, or even changes in anti-malware

Tue, 10/04/2011 - 08:21

Teihyung

That's what it says in that

That's what it says in that log file, what does it mean? :L

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x69756fdf, pid=3544, tid=5824
#
# JRE version: 6.0_25-b06
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (20.0-b11 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [atioglxx.dll+0x726fdf]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x1a6aec00): JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_in_native, id=5824, stack(0x1ae20000,0x1ae70000)]

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x00000030

Registers:
EAX=0x00000000, EBX=0x00000002, ECX=0x00000010, EDX=0x2081d7c8
ESP=0x1ae6f238, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x1f23bda8, EDI=0x1f3b1980
EIP=0x69756fdf, EFLAGS=0x00210202

Top of Stack: (sp=0x1ae6f238)
0x1ae6f238: 1f2360a4 1ae6f284 1f236058 00000003
0x1ae6f248: 00000010 00000001 696e72e3 1f2360a4
0x1ae6f258: 1f230e18 00000017 00000000 1ae6f27c
0x1ae6f268: 1f23bda8 00000001 00000001 1f2360a4
0x1ae6f278: 00000001 1f250170 00000007 1ae6f2f8
0x1ae6f288: 690bad26 1f236058 1ae6f2a0 6a0dff28
0x1ae6f298: 00000000 6941d348 00000017 1a6aec00
0x1ae6f2a8: 15277540 15277540 1a6aed28 18d9af19

Instructions: (pc=0x69756fdf)
0x69756fbf: 4f 4b 3b df 0f 84 9a 00 00 00 40 83 c1 04 83 f8
0x69756fcf: 08 72 e7 8b 3d d0 cd 12 6a 85 ff 74 03 ff 47 04
0x69756fdf: 8b 45 30 8b 4e 0c 8b 11 50 8b 82 e0 02 00 00 ff
0x69756fef: d0 8b 4e 0c 8b 11 8b d8 8b 45 08 50 8b 82 f8 02

EAX=0x00000000 is an unknown value
EBX=0x00000002 is an unknown value
ECX=0x00000010 is an unknown value
EDX=0x2081d7c8 is an unknown value
ESP=0x1ae6f238 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x1a6aec00
EBP=0x00000000 is an unknown value
ESI=0x1f23bda8 is an unknown value
EDI=0x1f3b1980 is an unknown value

Stack: [0x1ae20000,0x1ae70000], sp=0x1ae6f238, free space=316k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C [atioglxx.dll+0x726fdf] DrvPresentBuffers+0x6dab0f

[error occurred during error reporting (printing native stack), id 0xc0000005]

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.nglClear(IJ)V+0
j org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.glClear(I)V+15
j com.threerings.opengl.compositor.b.renderQueues(II)V+88
j com.threerings.opengl.compositor.b.renderPrevious(I)V+75
j com.threerings.opengl.compositor.b.renderView()V+146
j com.threerings.opengl.e.renderView()V+4
j com.threerings.opengl.n.updateFrame()V+11
j com.threerings.projectx.client.ProjectXApp.updateFrame()V+1
j com.threerings.opengl.p.run()V+24
j java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch()V+47
j java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Ljava/awt/AWTEvent;Ljava/lang/Object;)V+21
j java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Ljava/awt/EventQueue;Ljava/awt/AWTEvent;Ljava/lang/Object;)V+3
j java.awt.EventQueue$1.run()Ljava/lang/Void;+12
j java.awt.EventQueue$1.run()Ljava/lang/Object;+1
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
j java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Ljava/security/PrivilegedAction;Ljava/security/AccessControlContext;)Ljava/lang/Object;+0
j java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Ljava/security/PrivilegedAction;Ljava/security/AccessControlContext;Ljava/security/AccessControlContext;)Ljava/lang/Object;+28
j java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Ljava/awt/AWTEvent;)V+46
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(I)Z+204
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(ILjava/awt/Conditional;Ljava/awt/EventFilter;)V+30
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(ILjava/awt/Conditional;Ljava/awt/Component;)V+11
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(ILjava/awt/Conditional;)V+4
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Ljava/awt/Conditional;)V+3
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run()V+9
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub

--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------

Java Threads: ( => current thread )
0x1a9b3800 JavaThread "Thread-6" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=6012, stack(0x21470000,0x214c0000)]
0x0052a000 JavaThread "DestroyJavaVM" [_thread_blocked, id=5648, stack(0x00390000,0x003e0000)]
=>0x1a6aec00 JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_in_native, id=5824, stack(0x1ae20000,0x1ae70000)]
0x1a6ae800 JavaThread "samskivert Interval Timer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1780, stack(0x1ad50000,0x1ada0000)]
0x1a6ae000 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=4112, stack(0x1acc0000,0x1ad10000)]
0x1a6adc00 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=2636, stack(0x1ac70000,0x1acc0000)]
0x1a60bc00 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5248, stack(0x1ab50000,0x1aba0000)]
0x18bf4800 JavaThread "SoundManager.Loader" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5184, stack(0x1a570000,0x1a5c0000)]
0x02504000 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5684, stack(0x189b0000,0x18a00000)]
0x024ff800 JavaThread "C1 CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5676, stack(0x18920000,0x18970000)]
0x024fc800 JavaThread "Attach Listener" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5688, stack(0x18890000,0x188e0000)]
0x024f9800 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5280, stack(0x18800000,0x18850000)]
0x024cf400 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5296, stack(0x18770000,0x187c0000)]
0x024ca800 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5692, stack(0x186e0000,0x18730000)]

Other Threads:
0x024c6400 VMThread [stack: 0x18650000,0x186a0000] [id=5432]
0x0251dc00 WatcherThread [stack: 0x18a40000,0x18a90000] [id=5672]

VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)

VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None

Heap
def new generation total 19840K, used 14473K [0x04530000, 0x05ab0000, 0x09a80000)
eden space 17664K, 81% used [0x04530000, 0x0534f768, 0x05670000)
from space 2176K, 0% used [0x05890000, 0x05892d38, 0x05ab0000)
to space 2176K, 0% used [0x05670000, 0x05670000, 0x05890000)
tenured generation total 44000K, used 41344K [0x09a80000, 0x0c578000, 0x14530000)
the space 44000K, 93% used [0x09a80000, 0x0c2e0020, 0x0c2e0200, 0x0c578000)
compacting perm gen total 16640K, used 16558K [0x14530000, 0x15570000, 0x18530000)
the space 16640K, 99% used [0x14530000, 0x1555b840, 0x1555ba00, 0x15570000)
No shared spaces configured.

Code Cache [0x02530000, 0x02778000, 0x04530000)
total_blobs=1473 nmethods=1180 adapters=228 free_code_cache=31163200 largest_free_block=128

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0x77b90000 - 0x77d10000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
0x757d0000 - 0x758e0000 C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
0x75350000 - 0x75396000 C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
0x771a0000 - 0x77240000 C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll
0x76fd0000 - 0x7707c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
0x75c50000 - 0x75c69000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll
0x76030000 - 0x76120000 C:\Windows\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll
0x75280000 - 0x752e0000 C:\Windows\syswow64\SspiCli.dll
0x75270000 - 0x7527c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\CRYPTBASE.dll
0x75540000 - 0x75640000 C:\Windows\syswow64\USER32.dll
0x75fa0000 - 0x76030000 C:\Windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll
0x77b60000 - 0x77b6a000 C:\Windows\syswow64\LPK.dll
0x75e70000 - 0x75f0d000 C:\Windows\syswow64\USP10.dll
0x752e0000 - 0x75340000 C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
0x75640000 - 0x7570c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll
0x7c340000 - 0x7c396000 c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\java_vm\bin\msvcr71.dll
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0x6d850000 - 0x6d85c000 c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\java_vm\bin\verify.dll
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0x701c0000 - 0x701f0000 C:\Windows\system32\wdmaud.drv
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0x6ffb0000 - 0x6ffb7000 C:\Windows\system32\midimap.dll
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0x702b0000 - 0x702c0000 C:\Windows\system32\napinsp.dll
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0x73360000 - 0x73367000 C:\Windows\system32\WINNSI.DLL
0x70240000 - 0x70267000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDNSP.DLL
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0x1b320000 - 0x1b336000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\native\jinput-dx8.dll
0x5ec70000 - 0x5eca0000 C:\Windows\system32\DINPUT8.dll
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0x1ceb0000 - 0x1cec5000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\native\jinput-raw.dll
0x6d250000 - 0x6d273000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\java_vm\bin\dcpr.dll

VM Arguments:
jvm_args: -Dcom.threerings.getdown=true -Xmx256M -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=10 -Djava.library.path=c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\./native -Dorg.lwjgl.util.NoChecks=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dappdir=c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\. -Dresource_dir=c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\spiral knights\./rsrc
java_command: com.threerings.projectx.client.ProjectXApp
Launcher Type: SUN_STANDARD

Environment Variables:
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
PATH=c:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared
USERNAME=George
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3, AuthenticAMD

--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------

OS: Windows 7 Build 7601 Service Pack 1

CPU:total 4 (4 cores per cpu, 1 threads per core) family 16 model 4 stepping 3, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, sse3, popcnt, mmxext, 3dnow, 3dnowext, lzcnt, sse4a

Memory: 4k page, physical 4193460k(2067468k free), swap 8385072k(5613264k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (20.0-b11) for windows-x86 JRE (1.6.0_25-b06), built on Apr 14 2011 01:04:32 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 7.1 (VS2003)

time: Tue Oct 04 16:11:26 2011
elapsed time: 7 seconds

Tue, 10/04/2011 - 16:13

Dogrock

Problematic frame: C

Problematic frame: C [atioglxx.dll+0x726fdf]

That's your graphics driver giving you grief. I'd try a graphics driver re-install and then install SK. If there was a driver update you installed around the time this issue started I'd roll it back.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:19

Teihyung

No luck, the same outcome...

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:23

Teihyung

Sorry that was a bit vague.

Sorry that was a bit vague. What i did was i uninstalled any trace of the graphics drivers, reinstalled 11.9. That didn't work, same thing happened. So i uninstalled the drivers again and then decided to try 11.6 or something like that, and that doesn't work either. So now i've just gone back to the latest drivers. I may as well? I can always change everything again if needs be. You got any more ideas? :)

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:27

Teihyung

-_- it's because i had triple

-_- it's because i had triple buffering enabled in the Catalyst Control Center?! I find that a bit stupid to be fair :L Anyway, thanks for your help guys, it was appreciated :)

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:37

Starlinvf

Are you kidding me? Its been

Are you kidding me? Its been triple buffering thats been messing things up this whole time? I'm gonna start suggesting this more, and if it works I'm gonna lose all respect for ATI.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 04:38

Teihyung

Yeah i just tested it again

Yeah i just tested it again with and without triple buffering, and it doesn't work when it's on. That's a fail :D

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 06:04

Dogrock

Just... wow. I know Triple

Just... wow. I know Triple buffering works no problem with every driver from 11.2 to 11.8 preview with an HD 6000 series card. At this point I'm wondering if the special Rage Performance Driverrelease would be the best drivers for SK too. Apparently the "version released prior to October 4 included very old OGL files" as per some of the news I've been reading.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:38

#10

Starlinvf

They'd be fools not to do an

They'd be fools not to do an optimization for Rage, but to have major over-arching improvement for OpenGL in that one patch....... I know most people will play it off as "see, AMD cares!", but had it been a game developer, they'd be crucified for taking so long.

Dogrock, can we get this added to the Wiki?

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:45

#11

Dogrock

I'll fire up a copy of the

I'll fire up a copy of the Rage drivers tonight to see if it's worthwhile. I strongly suspect yes, but I want to try them first on my computer before I give them the wiki blessing.

Edit:
The drivers are provided "as-is" from AMD. That means they do not officially support them same as a beta release. I don't want to put them on a recommended list without proper support on a recommended list just in case something goes wrong for someone. Hopefully they will keep the improvements in for the October Catalyst release.

I have tried them and it looks like there's less hiccup now when a wave of monsters spawn, so looks like texture loading may have gotten a nice tweak (figures if you've looked into Rage's megatextues). No change in framerate and I'm able to run with Triple Buffering, Catalyst A.I. and Supersampling going. No framerate changes to note.

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