Instant crash on login

Hi everyone,

I had the problem several hours ago and I still have it.

As soon as I try to login, the window opens, I see the sky and then the game instantly crashes and asks me to send a crash report. I have send a few already.

I have:
- deleted my world cache
- updated all files (with force update)
- recalled my character through launcher
- either blight or order update, both crash on login

Still no help. Anyone else with the issue?

the last few lines from my debug log:

Code:

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STAT dprintf [[10/11/14 01:38:36] ] 20.00 FPS
DEBUG TCompositeTexturePile::Update We're not doneImageResSetup for pile: body with ownerID: -1
DEBUG TCompositeTexturePile::Update Something madeChanges for pile: head with ownerID: -1
DEBUG TCompositeTexturePile::Update We're not doneImageResSetup for pile: head with ownerID: -1
DEBUG TAGFModelResource::LoadImmediate Loading AGF model skydome_inner_cloudsthick.agf immediately
DEBUG TAGFModelResource::LoadImmediate Loading AGF model skydome_fog_soft.agf immediately
DEBUG TClient::CheckGlobalLoadStatus Still loading (no player creature)
WARNING TCompositeTexturePile::Update Aborting Texture Composite because marked as needToUpdate but there's no changes and no items to update for pile: body with ownerID: -1 and number of items: 0 and number of subchannels: 2
WARNING TCompositeTexturePile::Update Aborting Texture Composite because marked as needToUpdate but there's no changes and no items to update for pile: head with ownerID: -1 and number of items: 0 and number of subchannels: 2
DEBUG TClient::CheckGlobalLoadStatus Still loading (no player creature)
STAT dprintf [[10/11/14 01:38:37] ] 43.20 FPS
DEBUG TClient::CheckGlobalLoadStatus Still loading (no player creature)
STAT dprintf [[10/11/14 01:38:38] ] 58.80 FPS

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Just logged in with no problem - some 16 other visible players on Order Shard - looks like you should submit a suport ticket..

Knossos

Try grabbing the latest 'test' istaria.exe and overwrite yours: http://community.istaria.com/forum/s...63-Test-Client

I believe one of the issues this would fix is the infamous crash at login. If I recall, there was a bug for folks who had there graphics settings on minimum, but the game was trying to load a low quality version of the graphics, which did not exist, thus the crash. The debug log, seems to be crashing while loading graphics, which makes me think that. The ones who I think didn't get those crashes, were those that had their graphic performance above minimum. I'm not sure if it was the Graphic Detail or the Texture detail that was the issue (set at minimum).

If still no luck, try making a backup of your prefs first. Then reset 'Global Prefs' from the troubleshoot button (Not character, but Global). This will reset your ClientPrefs_Graphic.def.

By the way, the link to the .exe file is the same as from previous posts, but it is now on the 3rd update. So even if you might have updated it once before, can't hurt to try again.

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A drastic last resort, is this experiment you can try. While I don't normally recommend swapping ClientPrefs_Graphic.def between computers, here is a copy of mine, that has the details set on max. Maybe if you make a backup of yours first, then replace with this, might also get you in the game. And of course a support ticket if all else fails. Good luck!

You may not need to copy the entire code. I am thinking that the first two lines might be the key (int globalGraphicDetail = 2 and int globalTextureDetail = 2) .

Also the latest test istaria.exe puts many more checks around where it crashes. So might get better debug logs as well.

Code:

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TClientGraphicPrefs
{
        int globalGraphicDetail = 2
        int globalTextureDetail = 2
        int screenResolution = 10
        int maxFullCharacters = 20
        bool displayFullRemoteCharItems = true
        int maxCharLOD = 0
        int mainWinSizeX = 1440
        int mainWinSizeY = 848
        int mainWinPosX = 1
        int mainWinPosY = 2
        int debugWinPosX = 200
        int debugWinPosY = 200
        bool fullscreen = false
        float loadDist = 274.67532
        float unloadDist = 424.67532
        float terrainLoadDist = 922.07794
        float terrainUnloadDist = 972.07794
        bool terrainTimeSlice = true
        bool terrainLodEnabled = true
        int terrainLODTextureRes = 128
        float terrainLodSwitchDist = 386.03897
        int terrainLodGeomRes = 25
        int terrainTextureDetail = 32
        float chunkLoadTimeStep = 0.003
        int terrainLines = 0
        bool plotLines = true
        bool clutterEnabled = false
        float clutterDistMult = 5
        float fogStartDist = 347.43506
        float fogEndDist = 772.07794
        float fieldOfView = 90
        float camZoomMaxSpeed = 15
        float camZoomAccel = 40
        float mouseWheelZoomMaxSpeed = 60
        float mouseWheelZoomAccel = 180
        float mouseWheelZoomDamping = 30
        float camPitchMaxSpeed = 60
        float camPitchAccel = 120
        float camYawMaxSpeed = 90
        float camYawAccel = 360
        bool turnToSidestepInMouselook = true
        float keyboardFreeLookSpeedUpMult = 4
        bool invertPitch = false
        bool firstPersonRotationSmoothing = false
        float firstPersonRotationSmoothingTension = 9.5
        float firstPersonFieldOfView = 90
        float firstPersonVerticalRangeOfView = 160
        float firstPersonHorizontalRangeOfView = 180
        bool firstPersonCombatAutoTargeting = true
        float mouseLookSpeed = 1.05
        int numMouseFilterPositions = 2
        float yawAutoPanSpeed = 3
        bool headBobbingEnabled = false
        bool headBobbingInCombatOnlyEnabled = true
        float thirdPersonLookAtPitchOffset = 0
        float thirdPersonCameraFollowTension = 7
        float thirdPersonVerticalRangeOfView = 140
        float thirdPersonFieldOfView = 90
        bool thirdPersonInvertYaw = false
        bool enableCameraCollision = true
        int currentCameraMode = 1
        bool enableCameraSnapback = false
        bool noRotateThirdPersonCameraWithCharacter = false
        bool displayHandItemsInFirstPerson = false
        bool displayHandItemsInFirstPersonCombatOnly = true
        bool charCreationWithNormalCamera = false
        bool useMouseForMouseFreeLook = true
        vector fogColor = 0, 0, 0
        vector lightDiffuseColor = 1, 1, 1
        vector lightAmbientColor = 0.5, 0.5, 0.5
        vector lightDirection = 0, 0, -1
        bool backfaceCullingEnabled = true
        string defaultSkyDome = "default_skydome.ent"
        bool celestialLighting = false
        float globalMipmapBias = 0
        bool enableMouseOver = true
        bool selectionGlow = false
        bool selectionBrackets = true
        string selectionEnt = "selection_godray.ent"
        bool autoSelectAttacker = true
        bool gammaEnabled = true
        float renderGamma = 1.3
        float renderBrightness = 0
        float renderOverBright = 1.3
        vector defaultObjectColor = 0.3, 0.3, 0.3
        bool lodEnabled = true
        bool charactersEnabled = true
        bool charLODEnabled = true
        bool charFrameSkipEnabled = true
        bool charTextureLODenabled = true
        int charTextureLOD = 1
        float charTextureLODdist = 15
        float textureLODScale = 2
        bool visMgrEnabled = true
        bool visMgrTerrainEnabled = true
        bool displayWorldCoastline = true
        bool renderedTexturesEnabled = true
        int displayShadowDetail = 0
        bool enableBackBufferCopy = false
        bool consolidateDefaultAttributes = true
        bool globalShareShaders = true
        float hydroFadeDistance = 2
        float decalFadeDistance = 30
        bool decalsEnabled = true
        bool clothSimEnabled = false
        bool useLowestLevelShader = false
        bool globalReflectMapEnabled = false
        int globalReflectMapUpdateInterval = 10
        bool useGlobalReflectDebugMaps = false
        int maxTextureSize = 2048
        bool effectsOn = true
        float effectMaxLoadRange = 50
        bool environmentSystemLightingSystemOff = false
        bool environmentSystem = false
        bool environmentSystemDebug = false
        bool combatFloatingNumbers = true
        bool combatRegenFloatingNumbers = true
        bool combatFloatingActions = true
        bool combatFlashing = true
        bool combatSpellEffects = true
        bool combatSpellEffectsChangeStage = true
        bool flipCharacterUVs = false
        bool OnlyUserLight = false
        bool CharacterLights = true
        string floatingFont = "GaramondMed"
        int floatingFontSize = 16
        float nightTimeSlider = 0.5
        int playerLightSources = 1
        float effectMaxRange = 250
        float effectMinRange = 75
        int renderBitsAlpha = 0
        int renderBitsDepth = 24
        int renderBitsColor = 24
        int renderBitsStencil = 0
        bool enableObjectFading = false
        int screenResolutionW = 1440
        int screenResolutionH = 900
        int minimumTextureLevel = 0
        int minimumCharTextureLevel = 0
}

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I had the test client from there. As well as normal blight istara.exe, both crashed instantly.

Today I suddenly could login without any problems again, even so I didn't change anything. Very strange