Author Topic: SOLVED MWLL Desktop Launcher (Read 4565 times)

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2010, 12:06:19 PM »

Same thing...

Seraph · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2010, 03:37:34 PM »

Man that is frustrating

Any chance you have access to another computer with the files you downloaded? Maybe it's an issue with your OS or drivers?

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2010, 04:54:23 PM »

I just went through and took a screen shot of task manager during each of (4) states:(1) before starting the game, (1) during the first start of the game, (1) after shutting the game down and (1) during attempted restart. The only difference I see is when the game is running there are 2 files that are not on the other screens....so I guess I will look somewhere else.

Rad
p.s. - nope do not have access to another system....at this time.

(TLL)KitLightning · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:32:12 PM »

Quote from: 1FSAC Rad on March 03, 2010, 04:54:23 PM

... there are 2 files that are not on the other screens...

Can you give us the name of the two files? And if possible the name of the movie that is stated to be running.

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2010, 09:42:45 PM »

The 2 files running while the mod is running are Crysis.exe and wuauclt.exe. There is no movie name stated, it is just a window that comes up when I shut my system down that says "Activemovie is running if you end now all unsaved data will be lost". But I do have new developements....I am now able to start MWLL through Crysis mod without a crash. So I can get in game. But every time I try to edit the actionmap file so I can use my joystick, as I did in the last release, it does a major malfunction where Crysis will not even start. I renamed the original files and put in the file from "EXAMPLES" and it does the same thing. I thought I knew what I was doing there but I guess I need to re-read the 21 pages of joystick info.
But this is good.....at least I can get in the game to see what it's like! Thanks all!

Rad

(TLL)KitLightning · « **Reply #20 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:41:09 AM »

wuauclt.exe is Windows Update AutoUpdate Client, also called a virus by some

Try disabling your auto update and update your OS as per need.

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #21 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:19:30 PM »

That made no difference...I don't mind starting from Crysis, but it keeps overwriting my actionmaps file.....is there any way to stop that?

(TLL)KitLightning · « **Reply #22 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:33:52 PM »

Afaik Crysis does that per default. The only way to keep it intact is Launching the MOD via the MWLL_Launcher or a shortcut with -mods mwll (see reply #2).

2nd_Avatar · « **Reply #23 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:05:58 PM »

I think it's possible that you could keep Crysis from overwriting the action maps but it could cause crashes or become troublesome.

These are only suggestions, I have not tested.
#1 Make a copy of your actionmaps for safekeeping.
#2 Set the actionmaps for read only. (may cause crash?)
OR:
#3 Make multiple profiles then,
a. launch crysis
b. launch MWLL from within Crysis
c. switch to (load) a profile with your action maps from within MWLL.
d. switch to the profile that you used to originally launch Crysis before you exit the game.

Crysis will always load the last active profile so you will need to switch to the dummy profile every time you exit the game.

This is a work around, not a fix.

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #24 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:52:04 PM »

Kit, I have tried that shortcut approach with the same results. Suspect that sounds like a workable solution, I'll have to give that a shot. I'll let you know if it works or not.

Rad

Threesan · « **Reply #25 on:** March 04, 2010, 09:00:37 PM »

ActiveMovie appears to be an ancient version of DirectShow, which would be used to show the background movie. I wonder why the ActiveMovie name would be used instead of DirectShow -- if you are using the old system for some reason it might be causing trouble. Maybe you installed a codec pack or video player or something that made it choose ActiveMovie instead of DirectShow? But it could very well be the expected name for the current version. At any rate, it sounds like the thing is not properly exiting or cleaning up after itself, causing subsequent runs to hang.

Potential workaround:

After MWLL crashes the first time and you can't run it again, open TaskMgr and see if you can find Activemovie in the Processes tab, and if so, right click -> End Process Tree. (Also kill any extra MWLL/Crysis apps, or maybe pay attention to if any other new processes show up after running MWLL once. -- I'm also assuming that the original Crysis.exe is no longer present after crashing.)

Potential fix:

Figure out if/why Activemovie is being used instead of DirectShow... ??... profit.

Quote from: Microsft DirectShow FAQ

How does DirectShow relate to Microsoft ActiveMovie?

ActiveMovie was the original name for DirectShow. The term ActiveMovie is no longer used.

But if vanilla Crysis can be run repeatedly... Assuming MWLL isn't handling the movies any differently from vanilla Crysis, this might be a bug in Crysis mod support.

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2010, 01:13:07 AM »

Quote from: Threesan on March 04, 2010, 09:00:37 PM

ActiveMovie appears to be an ancient version of DirectShow, which would be used to show the background movie. I wonder why the ActiveMovie name would be used instead of DirectShow -- if you are using the old system for some reason it might be causing trouble. Maybe you installed a codec pack or video player or something that made it choose ActiveMovie instead of DirectShow? But it could very well be the expected name for the current version. At any rate, it sounds like the thing is not properly exiting or cleaning up after itself, causing subsequent runs to hang.

Potential workaround:

After MWLL crashes the first time and you can't run it again, open TaskMgr and see if you can find Activemovie in the Processes tab, and if so, right click -> End Process Tree. (Also kill any extra MWLL/Crysis apps, or maybe pay attention to if any other new processes show up after running MWLL once. -- I'm also assuming that the original Crysis.exe is no longer present after crashing.)

Potential fix:

Figure out if/why Activemovie is being used instead of DirectShow... ??... profit.

Quote from: Microsft DirectShow FAQ
How does DirectShow relate to Microsoft ActiveMovie?

ActiveMovie was the original name for DirectShow. The term ActiveMovie is no longer used.

But if vanilla Crysis can be run repeatedly... Assuming MWLL isn't handling the movies any differently from vanilla Crysis, this might be a bug in Crysis mod support.

OK You peaked my interest, so I looked it up and supposedly that was from back on internet explorer 4.0 and directX 8. I can assure you that my system is beyond that, XP service pack 3 IE 8.0 and directX9 or 10...maybe 11..not sure. But you got me thinking maybe there was an old program running in the background or something. So I used a program called CCleaner and toally cleaned my registry and all the features it can do. Guess what.....it also made NO difference. I can run from the launcher 1 time then nada. So.....back to square 1!

Rad

Seraph · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:48:38 PM »

Did you try NOT using the launcher? It's not a must but rather a way to make it easier for newcomers.

1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #28 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:54:18 PM »

I started looking around the files in my MWLL folder to see if there was anything that jumped out at me. When I selected the MWLLauncher.exe file and clicked on properties I got this picture:

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1FSAC Rad · « **Reply #29 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:55:19 PM »

oops......anyway it says it is a config file.....shouldn't that be an executable?

Rad

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