Help me Andreas

[jcstuntman]

Ive been playing this great game since the start of this year and love it but out of the blue i haven't been able to play my beloved game.
Im always viewing posts from other players on these forums and love the support that they provide each other.

Anyway the problem is when i start the the game using either the 3D or the other icon i get the following message.

TB1 caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:2ae69eff.
Registers:
EAX=81775b90 CS=0167 EIP=2ae69eff EFLGS=00010246
EBX=025f0158 SS=016f ESP=008f4db0 EBP=008f4dec
ECX=db6febf0 DS=016f ESI=008f5064 FS=116f
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=bff7b98d GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

so i uninstalled the game and then reinstalled it and got the following message before the game had finished installing

GLJB071 caused an exception c0000006H in module ELICEN40.DLL at 0167:024810a8.
Registers:
EAX=2ae60000 CS=0167 EIP=024810a8 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000003 SS=016f ESP=0063f4f4 EBP=289b0000
ECX=c14feb80 DS=016f ESI=2ae60000 FS=4da7
EDX=817950c0 ES=016f EDI=00000400 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 48 3c 33 db 03 c8 8b d0 89 54 24 10 66 8b 59
Stack dump:
00000000 02480000 0063f9a4 00000000 00400000 2ae60000 00000000 00100102 00100010 00200010 00000003 004001a8 2ae60000 2ae60000 00000001 00001000

the game installed again but i get the same message at the top of this post when i go to run the game each time.

i look forward to your reply

Cheers
GAZ

[Andreas Raht]

Do you use TB 1.6.0?

Do you have DirectX installed and the latest video card driver software? Did you change anything regarding DirectX or your video card driver software?

[jcstuntman]

yes i was using 1.6.0 patch and yes directX 9.0 is installed. im running the game on windows 98SE, as i type this im reinstalling directX9.0 to see if that fixes the problem
i'l post again when the install is finished to tell you how it went.

Cheers
GAZ

[mh2365]

I'm not going to be any help here but everytime I see this thread I start singing Falco songs in my head.

[jcstuntman]

i reinstall directX 9.0 and then reinstall TBCB but got

GLJB071 caused an exception c0000006H in module ELICEN40.DLL at 0167:024810a8.
Registers:
EAX=2ae60000 CS=0167 EIP=024810a8 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000003 SS=016f ESP=0063f4f4 EBP=289b0000
ECX=c14feb80 DS=016f ESI=2ae60000 FS=4da7
EDX=817950c0 ES=016f EDI=00000400 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 48 3c 33 db 03 c8 8b d0 89 54 24 10 66 8b 59
Stack dump:
00000000 02480000 0063f9a4 00000000 00400000 2ae60000 00000000 00100102 00100010 00200010 00000003 004001a8 2ae60000 2ae60000 00000001 00001000

and the the same error

TB1 caused an invalid page fault in
module at 0000:2ae69eff.
Registers:
EAX=81775b90 CS=0167 EIP=2ae69eff EFLGS=00010246
EBX=025f0158 SS=016f ESP=008f4db0 EBP=008f4dec
ECX=db6febf0 DS=016f ESI=008f5064 FS=116f
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=bff7b98d GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

when i tried to play the game.

?????????????

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by mh2365

I'm not going to be any help here but everytime I see this thread I start singing Falco songs in my head.

Which Falco songs?

[Andreas Raht]

Uninstall your TB, and delete the complete content of the TB program directory except the /data folder.
Then download TB 1.6 full setup, not the patch, and install it.
(No need to un-license/license TB)
Does that work?

[mh2365]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Which Falco songs?

Rock me Amadeus of course.

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Rock me Amadeus of course.

Hm, for me it looks like AC/DC's "Highway to hell"

[jcstuntman]

Just as a reminder

-DirectX9 is installed
-I use Windows 98SE
-Ive run Scandisk and Disk Defragmenter
-Ive changed the database in the config fill to Database=NEWDB1
-Ive checked LicCtrl is ticked in msconfig
-Ive reinstalled the game using the full 1.6 install.
-I get the message well trying to open the game with the 3D icon and non 3D icon.
-The message once again reads as...

TB1

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down

TB1 caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:2ae69eff.
Registers:
EAX=8177acd8 CS=0167 EIP=2ae69eff EFLGS=00010246
EBX=025f0158 SS=016f ESP=008f4db0 EBP=008f4dec
ECX=db6fe930 DS=016f ESI=008f5064 FS=1207
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=bff7b98d GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
7f8410a6 7f845000 c0000000 00000003 00000000 00000003 00000080 00000000 008f4dec 00000000 006d22d8 025f0158 008f4f38 7f991026 008f5064 008f50a8

-Im at my wittes end trying to play my beloved game again.

PLEASE tell me Andreas what else I can do to run the game with out a complete reboot, or purchase of a new computer??

[Andreas Raht]

Did you install the latest version of your video card driver software?

Did you switch off the sound?

"If you're still having problems to run the game, it's a good idea to switch off the sound just to make sure whether this is the reason or not. If you can start the game, just toggle the three settings regarding the sound in the Game Options screen.

If you cannot start the game, open the config.ini file, which is located in the TB program folder. Find the three lines with the sound settings and edit them to get this:

PlayMusic=0
PlayCrowdNoises=0
PlayAnySounds=0

Save and close the file, then start the game."

End Unnecessary Background Tasks and all other apps.

[jcstuntman]

Thanks for replying Andreas but I used the error message as an excuse to reinstall my hard drive and start a fresh.

On my "like new" pc I re-downloaded the game but am having the freezing problem at the license screen. I have flicked through some old posts in the "troubleshooting section" and have read what others have tried to stop it from freezing.
Hopefully what they tried will work for me so I can start playing this excellent game again.

If you know of a way to stop the freezing up at the license screen could you please reply?

I'll keep you posted on the game status over the next day or two so don't go disappearing on me again

[Andreas Raht]

The very first setup file had a bug that caused the game to freeze up when you click on a button at the licensing screen. But later versions should not do that.
Did you already install DirectX 8.1 or higher?

[jcstuntman]

I downloaded the lastest install version, at the top of the purchase/license window it has the numbers 1.6.0.

Yip I have install direct X 9.0c.

I read on one of the posts that if you run a game that uses direct X first and then try to license TB it works, but it still locks up on me.

I've complete uninstalled the game again and am running Scan disk and defrag write now and as soon as thats done im going to re-download the install for TB and give it another shot.
Also I'm running the lastest video and sound drivers for my PC as I had to download them after the reformat.

(I know the game runs on my PC because I had it running happily for 4 months, I'll get this game back up and running again if it takes me a year, thats how much its made an impression on me.) (y)

I'll keep you posted Andreas.

Cheers
GARY

[jcstuntman]

I finally got the game running, I can't wait to put all the ideas I came up with for the game over the period of not being able to play it.

Thank you very much Andreas you are a true champion, its people like you who make the world a better place.

If you ever come to New Zealand and need a place to stay I'm there for you.

If it wasn't for fantasic support from you, Jim and Tom and every body on the TBCB forum I don't know what I would of done, its all of you that make this game so great.

THANK YOU once again

Cheers
GARY

[Andreas Raht]

Glad to hear that it works now, and thanks for the motivating words!
A trip to New Zealand would be really great