BSF constantly getting error reports

Gordon Frohman · Post by **Gordon Frohman** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:00 am

This is strange. Whenever I load BSF I get a message saying that an error has occured and it must close the program. Would anyone have a suggestion on where I should go from here? Because I'm getting really bored of just making ships.

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:45 pm

Could you please elaborate on the error so that we can help you better? I don't think just telling us that your game can't load will exactly assist you.

Post by **Arcalane** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:52 pm

Some system information would also be useful - are you using a laptop or a desktop, WinXP or Vista, etc. etc.

Zeron · Post by **Zeron** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:02 am

He's using a laptop with Vista.

Daxx · Post by **Daxx** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:08 am

Are you still running shipbuilder? I find that I can only run one of them at a time. The other option is to restart and see if that fixes things, it usually clears errors up in my experience.

Post by **th15** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:03 am

BSF has trouble running on Vista laptops after you hibernate the thing. Just restart the computer from scratch before playing. Also, if you have Vista's VAC enabled, you have to install the game to a folder to which you have read/write privileges such as your personal user folder (c:\username or somethign like that)

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:48 pm

th15 wrote:Vista's VAC

Correction: UAC (User Account Control)

Gordon Frohman · Post by **Gordon Frohman** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:51 am

Okay! Thanks guys I think it should work now.

Koross · Post by **Koross** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:49 pm

Ok guys, BSF stopped working for me out of the blue! I uninstalled and reinstalled it 3 times and it is still giving me the same errors. The second time I uninstalled, I deleted the directory and installed fresh.

This is the error report when I open BSF:
___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

Error defining an external function.

My system info are as follows:
Intel C2D 6600
2Gb Ram
Asus 8600 GTS gfx card (169.75 forceware drivers)
Vista SP1

Didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Didn't install anything new, except Notepad ++ but BSF was working fine during that time. One day later, BSF exploded.

UPDATE: Bah ignore me. I restarted my PC and it works again. Phew, crisis averted!

Post by **th15** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:09 pm

Either way, that error is caused by the game either not being able to access or not being able to find the required .dll files to play the game. Specifically, the bgm.dll and bass.dll files that should be in the game folder.

If they are not present, then it's obvious why the game can't access them. The other possibility is that you have restricted access to the game folder, which is usually the case on Vista because the UAC restricts access to the program files folder.

KOS- Abaddon · Post by **KOS- Abaddon** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:01 am

I notice, it doesn't work on Windows ME, either...

Post by **th15** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:27 am

Yea Game Maker 7 doesn't support 95/ME. I didn't know that at the point I upgraded and it's too late now.

Blind Sniper43 · Post by **Blind Sniper43** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:29 am

i keep getting this error message when i load the game...

i have xp and have tried uninstalling about 5 times and even re downloaded the patches...

the error message is

ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

Failed to initialize BGM - Invalid device number.

ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: Game Start
for object GUI_MainTitle:

and it then carries on repeating for ages, then dissapears, then comes back up, then the game either freezes and i have to cntrl alt delete, or it gets to the main menu and then freezes.

help would be very much appreciated...

P.S i can play the ship builder fine...

MOD EDIT; user was warned for this post; I necro to find answers and all I get was this silly red notice, boo hoo!~AD

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:53 am

*facepalms*

EPIC necro. There's a bug report, goddammit.

Blind Sniper43 · Post by **Blind Sniper43** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:56 am

yea, there is a bug report

but i still don't have a clue about how to get the game working...

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BSF constantly getting error reports

BSF constantly getting error reports

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