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0006509Dwarf FortressTechnical -- Generalpublic2014-06-17 11:402014-07-01 19:59
Reporterdragnoir Assigned Touser6 
PriorityhighSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformWindows 7OSWindows 7 64-bit 
Product Version0.34.11 
Summary0006509: When trying to launch vanilla DF, nothing happens
Description  I felt like playing DF out of nowhere, so I went to reinstall it on my computer. I haven't downloaded any mods for it ever, or had any previously existing files. When I unzipped the folder and extracted the application like normal.
  The problem is when I try to run the application, it ends up doing nothing but load up a process visible from the task manager that disappears after 10 seconds.
Steps To Reproduce1. Open dwarf fortress application
Additional InformationNo mods and no ghost files to haunt from dwarf's past.
TagsNo tags attached.

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user6

2014-06-17 17:37

  ~0024829

Last edited: 2014-06-17 17:43

 Can you provide a screenshot of your file browser that shows the contents and location of the extracted DF directory? You can upload to http://imgur.com/

dragnoir

2014-06-17 18:10

reporter   ~0024830

http://imgur.com/r600ZGx

Lac

2014-06-18 14:32

reporter   ~0024831

My guess is that you haven't extracted the zip file. Make sure you're not running from a 'compressed folder'.

dragnoir

2014-06-18 14:34

reporter   ~0024832

I did extract the zip, which is also why the dwarf fortress icon is a dwarf and not a default exe icon

Lac

2014-06-18 14:39

reporter   ~0024833

oh ok; sorry. All I can say is I just downloaded and ran on Win7 and it worked fine then. Which doesn't help you.

dragnoir

2014-06-18 16:08

reporter   ~0024834

Downloading and running older versions of DF work apparently.

Quietust

2014-06-19 08:00

reporter   ~0024835

It sounds like Dwarf Fortress might be crashing on startup. Check your system's Reliability History and see if there's anything relevant there - if there is, you might consider capturing a crash dump, uploading it somewhere, and posting a link here.

dragnoir

2014-06-19 09:17

reporter   ~0024836

You mean this? http://imgur.com/7OBr5iu

Quietust

2014-06-19 13:53

reporter   ~0024837

Yes, but with the actual .mdmp file (you might need to change some registry settings to make Windows actually save it).

From your screenshot, it looks like something's crashing in the sound code - try editing data\init\init.txt and changing [SOUND:YES] to [SOUND:NO] and see if that helps at all.

user6

2014-07-01 19:59

  ~0024861

dragnoir, we can't do anything without feedback. Please reopen this report when you've tried what Quietust suggested.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-06-17 11:40 dragnoir New Issue
2014-06-17 17:37 user6 Note Added: 0024829
2014-06-17 17:38 user6 Note Edited: 0024829
2014-06-17 17:38 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-06-17 17:38 user6 Status new => feedback
2014-06-17 17:41 user6 Note Edited: 0024829
2014-06-17 17:43 user6 Note Edited: 0024829
2014-06-17 18:10 dragnoir Note Added: 0024830
2014-06-17 18:10 dragnoir Status feedback => assigned
2014-06-18 14:32 Lac Note Added: 0024831
2014-06-18 14:34 dragnoir Note Added: 0024832
2014-06-18 14:39 Lac Note Added: 0024833
2014-06-18 16:08 dragnoir Note Added: 0024834
2014-06-19 08:00 Quietust Note Added: 0024835
2014-06-19 09:17 dragnoir Note Added: 0024836
2014-06-19 13:53 Quietust Note Added: 0024837
2014-07-01 19:59 user6 Note Added: 0024861
2014-07-01 19:59 user6 Status assigned => resolved
2014-07-01 19:59 user6 Resolution open => unable to reproduce