I''m getting invalid page fault errors when I run the demo, is anyone else getting the same? HardSniper

Nope it runs fine on my computer !!!

AMD 800, Win2k with an ATI rage 128 card !



Cheers !

hmmm...

I have:
Win98
1333 Athlon @ 1553MHz
256MB SD RAM
Viper V770 TNT2 w/ 32MB RAM

HardSniper

Hi...

Sorry you guys are having problem with demo...
But I just cant find the cause of it... It runs on most win2K/XP machines but for some reason crashes on quite some win98(se) machinses... I belive there''s something wrong with compiler/OS combination (I''m using winXP / MS VisualStudio.NET beta2)

I''ve also uploaded new verison of demo to
www2.arnes.si/~ssdmtera/Download/Tech-No.zip


Try it out... I also added another effect... Fireworks... The whole point of this demo was that everything is computer generated.. texture.. fonts ( from windows TT to texture )...

you can switch between scenes using keys 1 and 2 (numbers above letters)


-Mirko

same error...

HardSniper

_DarkWIng_,
A common cause for some programs crashing on Win98 and not on 2k (or even running) is that some API functions require that you pre-initialize certain output variables.
for example, the sixth parameter of RegQueryValueEx();

LONG RegQueryValueEx( HKEY hKey, // handle to key LPCTSTR lpValueName, // value name LPDWORD lpReserved, // reserved LPDWORD lpType, // type buffer LPBYTE lpData, // data buffer LPDWORD lpcbData // size of data buffer);

and the variable we''ll use : dwIrritating;

DWORD dwIrritating;RegQueryValueEx(blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, &dwIrritating);

This compiles perfectly, no errors, no warnings (maybe the blahs
will give you a warning, but ignore those... hehe)
in Win2k this works with no problems.
in Win98, undefined results take place, but none of those include working properly.
to run well on Win98, it should look like this :

DWORD dwIrritating = sizeof(DWORD);RegQueryValueEx(blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, &dwIrritating);

Anyway, other WinAPI functions are just as funny, and you''ll never notice the problems if you''re compiling on Win2k+.

go figure.

I hope this goes to help get Win98 running the demo, I''d really like to see it, but don''t wanna download if Win98 won''t run it!
If it doesn''t help, well, oh well.
Good luck!

HardSniper : I''ll try what you said (I just hope I understand it ) ... But the trouble is that i don''t have win9x system at home.. only XP,.. and there is no way I''m going back..

There are more worlds than the one that you hold in your hand...

You really like xp? Does it run 9x programs well?

Alex Broadwin
A-Tronic Software & Design
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"if you fail in life, you were destined to fail. If you suceed in life, call me."
"The answer is out there."
"Please help, I''m using Windows!"

ATronic : XP si the BEST system evr.. forgat about 9x/me systems.. they are long history (for me they were history when win2k rc2 came out).... XP runs 99% of win9x programs... in fact they run even better.. it even runs DOS programs/games (with sound ) ... so far I realy can''t complain...

There are more worlds than the one that you hold in your hand...

Going off topic, I''m running XP final corporate and this pretty damn nice. The only problem is some games (NFS5, Red Faction demo, WorldDance (demo), etc.) don''t run.. either crash to desktop giving a directx error ( I have DX8) or rebooting my computer (in the case of NFS5)

Overall nice OS, haven''t done any programming yet.