Unable to open shipmaker

CheesyErwin · Post by **CheesyErwin** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:45 pm

I had recently fomatted my computer(And reinstalled a Windows XP), and re-installed the Battleships Forever. However, when I am trying to open the Ship Maker, a dozen of error messages pops up and then it crashed(Access Violation Error), and I don't know what the problem is, can anyone help?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:56 pm

Im no expert, but Access Violation Error sounds like you're not using an Administrator account, which I think is required for BSF.

Could be wrong tho.

Pyront · Post by **Pyront** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:42 am

Thats not right, i'm not an administrater and I can use it, but i'm on the Windows Vista

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:39 am

there is a specific directory it must be installed to on vista. I don't remember off the top of my head, but it should be in the readme.

Post by **th15** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:50 am

Yea you can still get access permissions problems with XP.

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:05 am

Thats not right, i'm not an administrater and I can use it, but i'm on the Windows Vista Rolling Eyes

same here. still, some computers might behave differently.

Swamp Fox · Post by **Swamp Fox** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:53 am

FIREST0RM000 wrote:there is a specific directory it must be installed to on vista. I don't remember off the top of my head, but it should be in the readme.

There is a way to get around this though. I never really installed it, I'm just running it straight out of the folder, and it doesn't seem to care where it goes.

That said, CheesyErwin: Does it work if you download the zip and run it straight from the folder? I've found it sometimes behaves a little more nicely for me that way.

X-14 · Post by **X-14** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:03 pm

I don´t no why you have with winvista. i have winvista to but i don´t have problems. -.-

CheesyErwin · Post by **CheesyErwin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:55 pm

Swamp Fox wrote: That said, CheesyErwin: Does it work if you download the zip and run it straight from the folder? I've found it sometimes behaves a little more nicely for me that way.

I tried it, but it doesn't work, the same error pops up.

CheesyErwin · Post by **CheesyErwin** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:31 pm

Sorry for a double post... but can anyone give me some advice on this problem?

Here's a screenshot of the problem:
(There are two variants of it)

Pyront · Post by **Pyront** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:53 pm

Try checking the game_errors.txt and log.txt file. If it says anything useful then tell us what it says.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:34 am

Looks like a bad install or corrupt data. Try reinstall.

...or don't listen to my inexperienced ass and wait for an answer from someone with actuall computer knowledge.

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:23 am

do you ever get similar errors while running other programs?

CheesyErwin · Post by **CheesyErwin** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:49 am

FIREST0RM000 wrote:do you ever get similar errors while running other programs?

I rarely had such a problems before, it appears only when I open the shipmaker

And this is what I got from the error_log.txt:

Code: Select all

ERROR in
action number 1
of Key Press Event for E-key Key
for object obj_sidebar:

Error in function real().

Pyront · Post by **Pyront** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:06 am

Do you have, bfdefault.ini in your Battleships forever folder? (I once had similer error to yours when using CT's shipmaker, but I fixed it.)