Theryndan

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Go to C:\Documents and Settings\Usuario\Mis documentos\Eternal Lands\main and delete the files el.ini and el.cfg, then try starting the game; if it still crashes, please post here the content of the file C:\Documents and Settings\Usuario\Mis documentos\Eternal Lands\error_log.txt

This is a laptop, I have had it for nearly 7 years now, always have it up to date with everything. Runs fine with other games i've downloaded also. Links other gave me don't work at all also. If it's a laptop you don't get the drivers from the ATI website: you need to go to the laptop manufacturer website, and see if there are newer drivers available for your video card.

Open the options (ctrl+o) and in the "Video" tab turn on the "mouse bug" option. If you are ingame, you can ask for help on the help channel putting @ before your message, or sending an help request with the #help_me command

I have no experience with Macs and have never seen that problem before (looks like the edges and the diagonals of the tiles are not displayed correctly), so consider these just as guesses: - try to toggle on/off the options you have in Ctrl+o -> Adv Video - could you post here the content of your error_log.txt file? About the missing extension, that's usually not a problem (at least on windows and linux): it just means that your video card doesn't support that feature.

Not sure of what you mean with "connection to server is red", but looking at that log, even if you connect you won't be able to play since your system is lacking openGL support at the moment: you must go to the website of the manufacturer of your video card (usually www.nvidia.com, www.ati.com or www.intel.com) and download the latest drivers for your video card/system - note that if you have a laptop, you'll find the drivers you need on the website of the laptop manufacturer.

Go to the "Devices Manager" and look at the section 'Display Adapters' which list your video card model. If you don't know how to get to the Device manager, just put in google "how to access the device manager on windows xp/vista/7" (choose the version of Windows that's installed on your pc).

Have you edited the file mapedit.ini so that the path points to your EL installation? that #datadir option is separate from the one for the client in el.ini

Have you already tried updating the drivers for your card? Also, what video card do you have?

/usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so would point to a problem with your video driver; when you start EL from terminal, could you copy here the whole line with which you start the game? For example for me it is thery@localhost:~/games/el_linux$ ./el.x86_64-cvs3.linux.bin The error log is in ~/.elc (note the . which means it's an hidden folder)

Could you post the content of ~/.elc/error_log.txt ? Could you try running EL through gdb and post the backtrace you get? Open a terminal, go to the folder where the EL binary is, type gdb el.x86.linux.bin (or the name of the binary you are using), type r to launch it - when it crashes, type bt full. Also, looks like you are running EL as root? (shouldn't make you crash though)

Client: cvs compiled less than 24 hours ago OS: Slackware 13.1 64bit Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 OpenGL Version: 3.3.10151 Compatibility Profile Context Today, during the contest in KF, the client crashed with segmentation fault many times; not sure if it's relevant, but I was in demigod mode and several times the game crashed as soon as I turned demigod on - other times the crash happened when approaching the central fort where there was lot of fighting/ranging/spells going on - other times the game was fine with no crash for 10-15 minutes; I have custom cloting off and also removed the "custom" folder in .elc/main. Here is the backtrace of one of the crashes: $ gdb el.x86_64-cvs2.linux.bin GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-slackware-linux". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /home/theryndan/Download/el_linux/el.x86_64-cvs2.linux.bin...done. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/theryndan/Download/el_linux/el.x86_64-cvs2.linux.bin [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7ffff0700710 (LWP 18871)] [New Thread 0x7fffefeff710 (LWP 18872)] Too much commands in the queue for actor 288 (Entreri TeK) => resync! 0th command in the queue: 45 1th command in the queue: 52 2th command in the queue: 55 3th command in the queue: 45 4th command in the queue: 52 5th command in the queue: 55 6th command in the queue: 45 7th command in the queue: 52 8th command in the queue: 55 9th command in the queue: 45 10th command in the queue: 52 11th command in the queue: 55 12th command in the queue: 45 13th command in the queue: 52 14th command in the queue: 0 Too much commands in the queue for actor 459 (MufossA) => resync! 0th command in the queue: 42 1th command in the queue: 52 2th command in the queue: 55 3th command in the queue: 42 4th command in the queue: 52 5th command in the queue: 55 6th command in the queue: 42 7th command in the queue: 52 8th command in the queue: 55 9th command in the queue: 42 10th command in the queue: 52 11th command in the queue: 55 12th command in the queue: 42 13th command in the queue: 52 14th command in the queue: 0 Too much commands in the queue for actor 459 (MufossA) => resync! 0th command in the queue: 42 1th command in the queue: 52 2th command in the queue: 42 3th command in the queue: 52 4th command in the queue: 55 5th command in the queue: 42 6th command in the queue: 52 7th command in the queue: 55 8th command in the queue: 42 9th command in the queue: 52 10th command in the queue: 55 11th command in the queue: 42 12th command in the queue: 52 13th command in the queue: 55 14th command in the queue: 0 Too much commands in the queue for actor 399 (Ozmondius VeX) => resync! 0th command in the queue: 41 1th command in the queue: 52 2th command in the queue: 41 3th command in the queue: 52 4th command in the queue: 55 5th command in the queue: 41 6th command in the queue: 52 7th command in the queue: 55 8th command in the queue: 41 9th command in the queue: 52 10th command in the queue: 55 11th command in the queue: 41 12th command in the queue: 52 13th command in the queue: 55 14th command in the queue: 0 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00000000004b36b5 in add_enhanced_actor_from_server (in_data=0x7fffe8095a83 "!\001J\020.", len=44) at new_actors.c:1178 1178 MY_HORSE(i)->fighting=1; (gdb) bt full #0 0x00000000004b36b5 in add_enhanced_actor_from_server (in_data=0x7fffe8095a83 "!\001J\020.", len=44) at new_actors.c:1178 actor_id = 289 buffs = 2 x_pos = 74 y_pos = 46 z_rot = 270 max_health = 330 cur_health = 287 actor_type = 42 skin = 5 '\005' hair = 0 '\000' shirt = 50 '2' pants = 35 '#' boots = 14 '\016' frame = 15 '\017' cape = 8 '\b' head = 2 '\002' shield = 9 '\t' weapon = 56 '8' helmet = 10 '\n' neck = 100 'd' i = 6 dead = 0 kind_of_actor = 1 this_actor = 0x6517000 playerpath = "custom/player/blaze1/\000n/", '\000' <repeats 56 times>, "жÿÿÿ\177\000\000ÍeéL\000\000\000\000 \000\000\000\060\000\000\000°·ÿÿÿ\177\000\000à¶ÿÿÿ\177\000\000@£·õÿ\177\000\000\n\000\000\000\000\000\000\000À­º\001\000\000\000\000E\000\000\000\000\000\000\000Ë\001\000\000\000\000\000\000Ð\021\026èÿ\177\000\000©I", '\000' <repeats 14 times>, "`ÊÀ\005\000\000\000\000Pc±\002", '\000' <repeats 12 times>, "\200ò@\000\000\000\000\000\200Þÿÿÿ\177\000\000\220·ÿÿÿ\177\000\000rïK\000\000\000\000\000\200ò@\000---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- \000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\000\000\000" guildpath = "custom/guild/4941140/\000/", '\000' <repeats 232 times> onlyname = "blaze1", '\000' <repeats 25 times> j = 6 uniq_id = 0 guild_id = 4941140 f_x_pos = 37 f_y_pos = 23 f_z_rot = 270 scale = 0.899963379 pose = 0x0 attachment_type = 255 #1 0x00000000004ac2e5 in process_message_from_server (in_data=0x7fffe8095a80 "3-", data_length=47) at multiplayer.c:575 text_buf = "\207CherUT got mana burned by the Black Bear\000her armor!\000armor!\000\000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\200\064C\006\000\000\000\000\000Áÿÿ\003\000\000\000\000FJ\006\000\000\000\000S5\210õÿ\177\000\000ÿFJ\006\000\000\000\000¥Ë\222öÿ\177\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000P2\006\002\000\000\000\000\060b\005\002\000\000\000\000z\025£òÿ\177\000\000Ðd\004\002\000\000\000\000\227ž\022òÿ\177\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000¥Ë\222öÿ\177\000\000ÿôR\006\000\000\000\000"... #2 0x000000000049d2a0 in start_rendering () at main.c:173 message = 0x7fffe82862b0 event = {type = 24 '\030', active = {type = 24 '\030', gain = 0 '\000', state = 184 'ž'}, key = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', state = 184 'ž', keysym = {scancode = 1 '\001', sym = 4119458538, mod = 32767, unicode = 0}}, motion = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', state = 184 'ž', x = 1, y = 0, xrel = -3350, yrel = -2679}, button = { type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', button = 184 'ž', state = 247 '÷', x = 1, y = 0}, jaxis = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', axis = 184 'ž', value = 1}, jball = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', ball = 184 'ž', xrel = 1, yrel = 0}, jhat = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', hat = 184 'ž', value = 247 '÷'}, jbutton = {type = 24 '\030', which = 0 '\000', button = 184 'ž', state = 247 '÷'}, resize = {type = 24 '\030', w = 1, h = -175508758}, expose = { type = 24 '\030'}, quit = {type = 24 '\030'}, user = {type = 24 '\030', code = 1, data1 = 0x7ffff589f2ea, data2 = 0x0}, syswm = {type = 24 '\030', msg = 0x7ffff589f2ea}} ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- done = 0 network_thread_data = {0x2c8e1e0, 0xa83a10} last_frame_and_command_update = 380787 network_thread = 0x2f03430 message_queue = 0x2c8e1e0 #3 0x000000000049d848 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffde88) at main.c:354 No locals. (gdb) q A debugging session is active. Inferior 1 [process 18857] will be killed. Quit anyway? (y or n) y EDIT: I just noticed that the backtrace mention a path to custom/player/blaze1, not sure why that happens since I have no custom folder, both "Show custom clothes" and "Custom Clothing Updates" are off, and my custom_server.lst is set to www.eternal-lands.com and not to any custom clothing service.

What video card do you have? Try going to the website of your card manufacturer (like www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com), download and install the latest drivers for your card. If that doesn't help, could you post the content of the file documents\Eternal Lands\error_log.txt ?

This is probably why you are crashing: The datadir is invalid (should be #data_dir = "/usr/share/games/elc-data" according to what you said), so the client search for the data in the folder from where you are starting the game (~/.elc/ apparently).If you go to /usr/share/games/elc-data before starting the game, it should load fine even without fixing the datadir.

It sounds like the game crashes: try going to the Nvidia website www.nvidia.com and installing the latest drivers for your video card. If that still fails, would be useful if you post the content of the file Documents/Eternal Lands/error_log.txt

Could you post the content of Documents\Eternal Lands\error_log.txt ? And also check Options (ctrl+o) -> Video -> Limit FPS to be sure that you haven't set a low limit to your framerate (a limit of 0 means unlimited).

This means that your PC is trying to run the game without 3D acceleration (if you manage to login, your framerate will be about 1 or 2), are you sure you have the latest drivers installed? You need to go to the website of your video card manufacturer (www.nvidia.com) and download the drivers for your video card/operating system; if you have a laptop instead, you'll find the drivers on the website of your laptop manufacturer.

Your counters, chatlog, questlog, spellbar, counters and notepad notes are in the eternal lands.backup folder: you can just copy them back in the new Documents\Eternal Lands\main folder that the game has created (copy the files while the game is NOT running). Note that if after copying those files back, the game starts crashing again, one of them is probably corrupted - in such case you'll have to try copying those files one at a time, until you find the source of the problem.

Could you post the content of your error_log.txt file? It's located in Documents/Eternals Lands/

Have you tried setting the Camera Rotation Deceleration (in Ctrl+o -> Controls) to something between 0.10 and 0.20 ?

The 3dobjects/structures/banners*.bmp messages are related to the missing images of the map banners in the encyclopedia (to fix that, you'd need both a cvs client and an updated version of the encyclopedia). Near the end of the error_log there is a "glReadBuffer(GL_BACK) problem" message: did you recently change your video drivers? Have you tried turning on/off the framebuffer and setting the color-depth to 16/32 bits?

- did you extract the content of the archive to where EL is installed? - did you edit the mapedit.ini file to point to where EL is installed? - if you launch it from terminal, do you get any error message? Sorry but atm I don't have a 64bit system where to test it

The game closes as soon as starting to load the blue bar? Usually that's a problem with openGL: try updating the drvers for your video card. For a desktop, go to the website of the card manufacturer (www.nvidia.com, www.ati.com or www.intel.com) and download the latest version available for your operating system; for a laptop, usually you download the drivers from the website of the laptop manufacturer. Posting more information, like your operating system, video card model and the content of Documents\Eternal Lands\error_log.txt could make it easier to identify the problem.

I've just tested both mirrors with firefox, and they work fine - you could maybe want to check your firefox settings, or clearing its cache.

I don't see why formatting should help at all: you should instead try to find what the problem is. - Other than connecting to EL, does internet work? (can you view websites? please try to google for some random words and open a few of the websites you get - don't just check using your bookmarks) - What is your operating system? (windows Xp, Vista, ....) - If you can connect to EL from the gateway PC, but not from yours, sounds like the issue is in the connection between the 2 PCs - Start menu -> click Run -> type cmd, you should get a DOS window, there please type: -- ping game.eternal-lands.com -- tracert www.game.eternal-lands.com -- telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000 Could you please copy&paste the output of those 3 commands here?