Crash on startup

[ReeF666]

Shows startup screen, then closes half a second later.
Any ideas?

Computer
Windows 7 x64
Asus G73JH Laptop

Crash log
Version = 1.03.1

Stack Trace:

1 - 0x6903b212 DrvSwapBuffers
2 - 0x5a97b0f3 wglSwapMultipleBuffers
3 - 0x5a97b1a9 wglSwapMultipleBuffers
4 - 0x5a97c6a4 wglGetProcAddress
5 - 0x5a985658 wglGetPixelFormat
6 - 0x5a985dd4 wglDescribePixelFormat
7 - 0x5a986559 wglChoosePixelFormat
8 - 0x76e358b7 ChoosePixelFormat
9 - 0x68132e25 SDL_RegisterApp
10 - 0x68135b5b SDL_RegisterApp
11 - 0x6812bbb5 SDL_SetVideoMode
12 - 0x004055ff
13 - 0x00405cc0
14 - 0x00406170
15 - 0x00407379
16 - 0x005d5ceb

[Matthew]

Hello! Sorry about the problem It looks like your video drivers are causing the problem and are likely out of date. Have you tried updating them? Send me an email (zasdarq@ftlgame.com) with a dxdiag dump for your system if you want help with that.

[ReeF666]

Ah, I thought as much Matthew, thanks for your help. As you know, laptops don't always play nicely with new drivers, and the latest drivers from AMD love play the BSoD game with me.

I get the exact same problem with Naev, which is a real shame as both of these games remind me of the old Escape Velocity series (R.I.P).

[zealotwarrior]

Same computer, same problem. Factory drivers and im not messing with them. This is not a driver problem for the Asus G73J. I have played this game on this computer with factory drivers a few months ago before I was forced to reinstall the OS. If this is a problem with an update released for FTL then I would very much like to know how to downgrade to the previous version.

Version = 1.03.1

Stack Trace:

1 - 0x6903b212 DrvSwapBuffers
2 - 0x6b98b0f3 wglSwapMultipleBuffers
3 - 0x6b98b1a9 wglSwapMultipleBuffers
4 - 0x6b98c6a4 wglGetProcAddress
5 - 0x6b995658 wglGetPixelFormat
6 - 0x6b995dd4 wglDescribePixelFormat
7 - 0x6b996559 wglChoosePixelFormat
8 - 0x751458b7 ChoosePixelFormat
9 - 0x68132e25 SDL_RegisterApp
10 - 0x68135b5b SDL_RegisterApp
11 - 0x6812bbb5 SDL_SetVideoMode
12 - 0x004055ff
13 - 0x00405cc0
14 - 0x00406170
15 - 0x00407379
16 - 0x005d5ceb

[UltraMantis]

Don't know how you could get an older version. Maybe try emailing the store that sold you the game. Steam, GoG or HumbleBundle. They don't generally offer older versions, but may have them.

If you kept the old installer you could unistall the game then install the old version. The older installer is what you are looking for. If you have the steam version, you will probably have to manually block updates, afaik Steam will allways update the game to the latest version.

[zealotwarrior]

Well the last update seems to have been in december but was there anything in the patch that would have used commands only in the new version of ATI drivers?

If I disabled steam updates and reinstalled the game would it install an unpatched version of the game?

ATI kinda screwed the radeon 5870 people with thier updates

[UltraMantis]

You could try emailing your dxdiag report to zasdarq@ftlgame.com Whatever it is that prevents you from playing 1.03.1 could be sorted out in the next patch.

Unless as you suspect, ATI deprecated some of it's OpenGL support in the latest drivers update. It's really annoying as having up do date drivers is important for gamers and developers, yet they often break games that were working fine before.

About turning off Steam updates. I'm not sure it would have any effect. If you have to download the game again, then it will certainly be the latest version.

[zealotwarrior]

Thanks. I found out my friend who has almost the exact same computer updated his drivers so I will get information from him. If I succede and the game works then Ill post back with that as solution. Which would make me kinda mad but other games are broken too so an update is in order. If all else fails Ill send that email. Heres hoping I dont brick my computer . I have to update bios as well =/