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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: c H e F on February 04, 2017, 08:26:24 PM
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Tonight, since I installed the reqrd patch or update (and I've done everyone since forever with no problems) , as soon as I click on desktop icon to launch game...it pops up a large white window as if to start game but then a small window in the middle pops saying...
"Initialization failed with -9 main WLD_FAILED-1"
This has never happened to me before that I can remember, since 1999?
So I sit here and can't play. :/ I have no idea about computer issues like this.
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This is what Skuzzy says about that error.....
"Just FYI. That error is usually caused when someone tries to create a shortcut and accidentally drags the game executable from its installation folder.
Usually, not always. Like HiTech suggested, installing the full installation over the top of the existing one will fix the problem."
Download and reinstall OVER the game. It should fix it, and will save your settings.
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This also means the patch may have failed, but it would tell you if it did. If you are running any anti-xxxx software or are running the game from an SSD, or running the game from the "C:\Program Files" folder(s), then a patch can fail.
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I am getting this same error.
Not doing anything differently than I usually do with an update. The 3020 update killed it.
I clicked directly on the .exe file as well. Same error.
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Once you get that error, all you can do is download and install the full game over the top of your existing installation.
I suspect the patch is failing on a file, but I cannot get anyone to tell me which one. It does report any files which failed to patch at the end. If there are no errors, then something really bizarre is happening as checksums are generated each step of the way to insure data integrity.
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Once you get that error, all you can do is download and install the full game over the top of your existing installation.
I suspect the patch is failing on a file, but I cannot get anyone to tell me which one. It does report any files which failed to patch at the end. If there are no errors, then something really bizarre is happening as checksums are generated each step of the way to insure data integrity.
Will do. :salute
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Once you get that error, all you can do is download and install the full game over the top of your existing installation.
I suspect the patch is failing on a file, but I cannot get anyone to tell me which one. It does report any files which failed to patch at the end. If there are no errors, then something really bizarre is happening as checksums are generated each step of the way to insure data integrity.
The patch doesn't fail on mine and everything seems to work ok, but I get a failed popup window that says the patch failed on the ahskview.exe. I do have that file, and it does open the viewer, but I don't know why I get the error window.
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Full reinstall. It skipped 20 and went to 21. Works now.
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The patch doesn't fail on mine and everything seems to work ok, but I get a failed popup window that says the patch failed on the ahskview.exe. I do have that file, and it does open the viewer, but I don't know why I get the error window.
That is a failure. The skin viewer may work, but it is not getting updated. One day it will not work or start having all kinds of problems.
The failure with this error message is probably going to be a failure to patch the standard shapes file.
I need to look at where we put our temp files as they are currently going to the user folder on drive C:\. Many people are using SSD's for the OS drive and that could be a source of the failures. More often than not it is anti-xxxx software. Unless you can add the patch file to the exclusion list on the anti-xxxx software, which will not happen if you use the auto-updater, then it could also cause a failure.
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I had the same problem yesterday and I decided to reinstall the program. I'm in the fourth attempt to download because always at the end of the download an error occurs and I lose the whole process. I'm very frustrated.
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I had the same problem yesterday and I decided to reinstall the program. I'm in the fourth attempt to download because always at the end of the download an error occurs and I lose the whole process. I'm very frustrated.
are you using chrome as a browser? chrome seems to have a problem and corrupts the download. try a different browser
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Chrome does have a tendency to corrupt the download, but anti-xxxx software can also do it.
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Yes, I was trying with Chrome. This time I'm using Firefox. I hope it will work now.
Thanks guys.
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I have chrome, always used that. I'm dead in water. Can't play. XP pro OS. Exact failure window again says what I listed in first post. I have no abilities to fix this situation.
I reinstalled the game. Identical window and failure.
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We cannot do anything about Chrome corrupting the download.
If Chrome is your only option, then you can always order the DVD install of the game. After that, it will auto-patch.
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We cannot do anything about Chrome corrupting the download.
If Chrome is your only option, then you can always order the DVD install of the game. After that, it will auto-patch.
Ok, I installed Firefox and downloaded again from that.
Opened the package & it began installing and stopped at: stdshape.res
It asked if I wasted to: abort retry ignore
So, this is the same issue with Chrome yet now still with FireFox
I selected retry 20 times, it won't. Chose "Ignore" then it resumes but this must be
vital to even opening the game. Get the same error I originally mentioned in the first post.
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The browser should already be closed down before you launch the installer, unless you are trying to run the installer over the Internet connection, which is not going to work.
If you are not trying to run the installer over the Internet connection here are other reasons it can fail.
1) Not enough free memory. The installer loads each file into system RAM which will require 2GB of free system RAM in order to run.
2) Your C: drive is out of free space. Needs, at least, 3GB of free space.
3) You are running the installer from an SSD which has a firmware issue. There are a number of SSD drives in the field with a firmware bug the installer will run into, especially if you are running the installer from an SSD and installing to the same SSD.
4) You are trying to install the game over a wireless LAN. Too many packet retries will result in the error you are seeing.
There are other reasons, but those should be the most common.
For a couple of the above, a DXDIAG out would be helpful.
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The browser should already be closed down before you launch the installer, unless you are trying to run the installer over the Internet connection, which is not going to work. I don't know if I could be doing that.
If you are not trying to run the installer over the Internet connection here are other reasons it can fail.
1) Not enough free memory. The installer loads each file into system RAM which will require 2GB of free system RAM in order to run.
2) Your C: drive is out of free space. Needs, at least, 3GB of free space.
3) You are running the installer from an SSD which has a firmware issue. There are a number of SSD drives in the field with a firmware bug the installer will run into, especially if you are running the installer from an SSD and installing to the same SSD.
What is an SSD?.
4) You are trying to install the game over a wireless LAN. Too many packet retries will result in the error you are seeing.
Not doing that.
There are other reasons, but those should be the most common.
For a couple of the above, a DXDIAG out would be helpful.How to do that?.
Should I try to shut everything down, restart and try opening the installer again?
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Browser) Basically neither Chrome nor Firefox would allow for running the installer prior to fully downloading it into the Downloads folder.
3) SSD stands for Solid State Disk. There's no moving parts such as the platter in spinning hard drives. The technology is much like that of USB memory sticks.
DxDiag) look here: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,270056.msg3375880.html#msg3375880 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,270056.msg3375880.html#msg3375880)
A restart is most often a good idea. When shutting down, keep the Shift button pressed while clicking Shutdown. That will make your computer start fresh.
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Browser) Basically neither Chrome nor Firefox would allow for running the installer prior to fully downloading it into the Downloads folder.
3) SSD stands for Solid State Disk. There's no moving parts such as the platter in spinning hard drives. The technology is much like that of USB memory sticks.
DxDiag) look here: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,270056.msg3375880.html#msg3375880 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,270056.msg3375880.html#msg3375880)
A restart is most often a good idea. When shutting down, keep the Shift button pressed while clicking Shutdown. That will make your computer start fresh.
Based on Skuzzie's last post I shut all windows down, browser, any applications and did a restart.
I then restarted the computer, upon opening up, I shut down virus software and Carbonite.
I then deleted the AHIII desktop link/icon, found the installer file in downloads for aceshighIII and then started re-installation
It didn't stall out at the res file processes like before. It finished on its own and I selected a reinstall of the icon link on desktop and then selected to enter game.
So far, it is working, booted up the game fine, about to go into the game.
My computer was high end, 13 years ago. LOL It has a new resurgent vid card for it, reproduced, back by pop demand, but it is not like units today. I hope to create another up-to-date machine this year, going all out. I am told it will take $2000. I will also get a new stick. My trigger has been broken for 3 years ...just using space bar or "f" key. If I kill you know it was just a space bar. :evil:czok
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Whoa! 13 years is an honorable age for a computer! Mine is five years younger and with a newer video card it can run AH3 quite well.
$2000 sounds quite a lot for an AH3 capable system, but if you're planning to keep it for another 13 years the cost per year isn't too much.
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Latest update just did the same to me as the OP. Second update in the last three tries to blow up on me. Information-only post. Will do another full-reinstall as before to fix it. :bhead
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What failed to patch correctly? stdshapes? It will be the most likely to fail if there are resource issues, or an SSD involved.
The OP's computer had resources issues. We cannot fix that.
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What failed to patch correctly? stdshapes? It will be the most likely to fail if there are resource issues, or an SSD involved.
The OP's computer had resources issues. We cannot fix that.
I got the exact error bug message he received. It happened to me with patch 20. I did a full reinstall. Update 21 worked fine. Update 22 popped up the same error as 20. I didn't screenshot it I just did a full reinstall and it is working now.
Never had any issues prior to patch 20.
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This is not something we have any control over. We detect the errors, but as to why they happen, it has something to do with the computer it is running on.
The patcher is really simple, but it can require up to 2GB of free memory to run properly. If the computer strapped for resources, then a patch failure will not be uncommon.
There are a lot of things which impact resources in a computer, and we have no control over any of them.
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This is not something we have any control over. We detect the errors, but as to why they happen, it has something to do with the computer it is running on.
The patcher is really simple, but it can require up to 2GB of free memory to run properly. If the computer strapped for resources, then a patch failure will not be uncommon.
There are a lot of things which impact resources in a computer, and we have no control over any of them.
Well, next time I run it I will close everything else and see what happens.
Just seems odd since I've never had an error in all these years, now all of a sudden two of the last three have blown up. My computer isn't any different than it was then other than being MORE capable than when I started.
No biggie, but thanks for being on top of it.
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The big difference is the size of the files, which means more memory and more disk space will be used by the patcher.
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The big difference is the size of the files, which means more memory and more disk space will be used by the patcher.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. :salute
Is each patch larger than the previous one or are updates incorporated eventually into the main version?
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It all depends on the files being patched. If we patch "stdshape.res", even if only one byte changes, it still takes 2GB of free memory to do the patch. It is the largest file we have and the most resource intensive when we need to patch it.
The patch data is derived from the differences between the versions of the game. So, yes, the main version always has the patch data incorporated.
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Wow. Now it all makes sense. Goood info. :aok Thanks again for explaining.