uluuth wrote:

Re-installed 0.7.1 -> launch successful.

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Rubidium wrote:

-s null -m null should really work; I can't find a reason why that wouldn't work though, unless it's some custom build.

What did change is that it doesn't silently ignore not being able to find a driver; problem was that in some cases the 'null' video driver was chosen, which is not what people expect. Why loading the driver fails under windows is beyond my knowledge.

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uluuth wrote:

I was similarly stumped as well as this behaviour.

The build used was the stable build from the download page. I have not used a nightly/custom build since 2007 and play regularly (2-3 times a week).

If there is any additional info about my PC you require please let me know.

AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
2.41 GHz, 2.0GB of RAM
Windows XP Pro SP3

Listed under Device Manager:
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Sound, video and game controllers
Audio Codecs (several codecs installed)
Legacy Audio Drivers (no multimedia devices listed)
Legacy Video Capture Devices (no multimedia devices listed)
Media Control Devices (several dll's listed)
Video Codecs (several dll's and 2 codecs listed)

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glx wrote:

"-d driver1" should display more info about the failure. Please post these informations.

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uluuth wrote:

I do not understand how to execute your request. There is no sound in the PC, thus there is no driver that can be specified.
Attempting to use -d by itself has no discernable effect.

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glx wrote:

Just run "openttd -d driver1" and "openttd -d driver1 -s null"
"-d driver1" enables level 1 debug messages for drivers.

You may need to run convert.exe (http://devs.openttd.org/~glx/convert.zip) to be able to copy the output from a cmd window.

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Rubidium closed the ticket.

Reason for closing: Fixed

In r17788; while we've not made a new release you can use '-s null -m null' as parameters

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