Updates for People with problems in 1.5.1 - Get your 1.5.1c here

WaaMatt · Post by **WaaMatt** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:47 am

How often do you guys do new builds of 1.5.1? I have build 261.

Post by **Doobie** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:53 pm

hopefully never again

however, if we're notified of a serious problem, and a good solution is found, another update will likely be released.

Website · Post by **iron** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:50 pm

jaylong its possible that your machine thinks it has a 3dfx device or something, and in trying to scan it Myth is hanging. Seems weird I know, but if that's what you see in the log file all the time ...

Perhaps try installing openglide (http://openglide.sourceforge.net). That will give it a "real" 3dfx device (at least it'll simulate one) and hopefully Myth will move past the problem & work for you.

Edited By iron on 1113015080

Judas · Post by **Judas** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:16 am

Managed to get back on myth to play a few games since my last post about the healing bug with presets. The new patch fixed that problem. Thanks magma. I can play myth again without tempting fate with an ulcer.

I noticed another non-related bug you may want to check out. I was in an autohost game. There were 6 players in the pregame lobby. One was the neutral host. Myself and three other guys were checked. One guy wasn't checked. The game started and the unchecked player was booted, but the engine set us up with 3 teams. It put two players on one team instead of starting them both alone. Don't think it merits a patch, but figured you should know.

shaman blues · Post by **shaman blues** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:51 pm

am runiing 1.5.1c on a dual 1.8 g5. about 30% of my games fail to load either as host or player. the game starts, (progress bar appears sometime) and then i get returned to game room with message game over. i have tried several clean installs and removed 3rd party plugs but the problem still occurs. does anyone have any ideas on this or is anyone else having the same problem? this occurs with and without my firewall

Post by **Myrd** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:42 pm

Sounds like you might have a corrupted install. Do you have these files present in your "tags" folder within your Myth directory:

small install
international large install
international small install
medium install
large install

shaman blues · Post by **shaman blues** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:00 am

yes those are all present along with

cache

the problem also happened in 1.5.1, and always at the same point after loading game data and before waiting for other players

Post by **Myrd** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:55 am

Does it happen if you delete all you prefs, and re-start myth? Can you post the contents of your myth_log.txt file in your Myth directory.

shaman blues · Post by **shaman blues** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:09 pm

i deleted prefs and it worked ok till i restarted myth again today then same problem occured, dont really wanted to be deleting prefs everytime before playing . contents of log as follows

2005-04-22 17:51:35
Myth II Build 261 running under MacOS 1039 ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
Found 1 to use
Loading Patch Files...
Patch 1.2
Patch 1.3
PlayMyth v1.2.1
PMI_Classic
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.4 Interface
Patch 1.5
Loading Patch Files Succeeded
Establishing connection with metaserver at balor.playmyth.net:6321...
Connected.
Running OpenGL at 800 x 600, 124 Hz, 16 bit
Starting mesh "WWII:Recon Elimination (SH) v1.0" with 1 plugin...
WWII_Recon (SH) v1_0
Error: File system Create in tag_files.c, line #2765: couldn't delete local tag file ':preferences:progress'
Error: File system Create in tag_files.c, line #2733: couldn't create local tag file ':preferences:progress'
Error: File system Create in preferences.c, line #173: couldn't write progress preferences
Quitting networked game...
Disconnecting from metaserver.
Closing Myth.

Post by **Doobie** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:00 pm

sounds like a permissions problem to me. I'm sure a mac user will elaborate for you.

father mac · Post by **father mac** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:15 am

seriously, all 1.5.1 has done is screw my host, it's pissing me off

Website · Post by **iron** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:21 pm

father mac, are you shaman blues or someone else with a different problem?

As doobie said, it sounds like a permissions problem - ie the user you're running as doesn't have write permissions on the preferences/progress file. That'd be the first thing to check.

I have a feeling that someone else ran into this problem when 1.5.1 was released, but I can't find the thread that discussed it. Anyway if its not a permissions problem, as a temporary solution remove the preferences/progress file before firing up Myth. All your other prefs files can remain there. I'll keep searching & see if I can find what the answer is ...

father mac · Post by **father mac** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:38 pm

how do i fix that

father mac · Post by **father mac** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:05 pm

and no, i have no idea who shaman blues is

Orlando the Axe · Post by **Orlando the Axe** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:48 pm

he was talking to shaman blues. Why don't you describe your problem a little more in depth father?

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Updates for People with problems in 1.5.1 - Get your 1.5.1c here