Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: Shellz on April 15, 2013, 03:49:26 pm

Title: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 15, 2013, 03:49:26 pm
as the title states -- it comes up, but then it suffers from crashing before it even gets to the opening screen. also, the system settings pop up every time. I have nothing installed, I deleted all of my old fh stuff, and wanted to use this one to get mods and such working.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Ruby1234 on April 15, 2013, 03:51:14 pm
It was probably a mod you installed.
I noticed that if you make changes to essential files, such as character materials or whatnot, sometimes FH disagrees.
Which mods did you install?
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 15, 2013, 03:56:11 pm
it's a vanilla version, there are no mods.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Ruby1234 on April 15, 2013, 04:06:22 pm
I see,
so it's a new install but it won't work?
Odd.
You have tried both Rendering Subsystems?
If that's not it, you may need a new installer.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: LordSuragaha on April 15, 2013, 04:18:20 pm
So your Feral Heart used to work fine before? If so make sure that you cleaned things out correctly before trying to reinstall. So that means uninstall your game completely and then delete the Feral Heart folder before finally reinstalling since that's the best way to make sure you cleaned things out. Once you do that hopefully you should be able to get it working back to normal again. Just be sure to back up all your important files like presets, screenshots, and maps if you haven't already.

 If that doesn't work then make sure to try what Ruby said however if you can't open the game to change your rendering subsystem then refer to this:

Sometimes you aren't able to even enter the game, and all you can hear is the menu music, or it just crashes directly after launch. Those who experience this can enter the feralheart folder located in C:\FeralHeart at standard, find the file called "Ogre.cfg" and open it with wordpad.

This file works just as the ingame options menu, but instead of buttons and sliders, there's text.

What we're interested in is the top row
(http://i55BannedImageSite/260vkwl.png)

Set the top row text so it is just like in the picture with the text
Code: [Select]
Render System=Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem
Save the file, and close it. Next time you run the game it should boot with the new settings you applied.


Good luck I hope something we've suggested helps
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 15, 2013, 04:37:14 pm
i've tried that, it doesn't work for either of them. i've gotten rid of all fh files, uninstalled, ect. even restarted. is there any other installer?
it reverts back to OpenGL every time i save it as the new one.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Feareh on April 15, 2013, 05:56:21 pm
You could always go into the setting that Lord has provided you and try to manually set it to Direct by typing it in.

Also, there is no known installer that is available other then the one Feral Heart already provides ya with. If you do end up getting a Feral Heart installer from somewhere else, then its pron to have viruses on it and can damage your computer
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 15, 2013, 10:12:41 pm
You could always go into the setting that Lord has provided you and try to manually set it to Direct by typing it in.

Also, there is no known installer that is available other then the one Feral Heart already provides ya with. If you do end up getting a Feral Heart installer from somewhere else, then its pron to have viruses on it and can damage your computer
I have manually typed it in.
It won't work.
Oh well, guess i won't be able to play FH at all. No biggie.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: houndoom2 on April 16, 2013, 12:06:58 am
well this is what mine does :  it goes to the ORGE thing but then when I try to play after hitting ok it disappears!
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 16, 2013, 12:14:32 am
I tried going for JUST the FeralHeart installer instead of the updater, but now it says there's a problem with DirectX. Help?
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: WhiteLightHeart on April 16, 2013, 10:44:33 am
I tried going for JUST the FeralHeart installer instead of the updater, but now it says there's a problem with DirectX. Help?
Hmm... May I ask what kind of computer you have? (Specifically, do you have a Mac?) I personally don't know of anything else to tell you, but there may be others who would know if you do have a Mac. If not, it might be a good idea to PM one staff member to see if they can shed some light on this for you.

well this is what mine does :  it goes to the ORGE thing but then when I try to play after hitting ok it disappears!
Bijoux, please create your own help thread in the future, this way we can help you individually.
While we're here, though, I would recommend that you follow the quote that Lord Suragaha posted:
Sometimes you aren't able to even enter the game, and all you can hear is the menu music, or it just crashes directly after launch. Those who experience this can enter the feralheart folder located in C:\FeralHeart at standard, find the file called "Ogre.cfg" and open it with wordpad.

This file works just as the ingame options menu, but instead of buttons and sliders, there's text.

What we're interested in is the top row
(http://i55BannedImageSite/260vkwl.png)

Set the top row text so it is just like in the picture with the text
Code: [Select]
Render System=Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem
Save the file, and close it. Next time you run the game it should boot with the new settings you applied.

I'd try this out, Bijoux. It will more than likely fix your issue.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Feareh on April 16, 2013, 02:01:40 pm
For more help on what possible ways to get on, try looking at this trend. It may have a solution to this.
The BIG help trend (http://feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=10423.msg144690#msg144690)
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Shellz on April 17, 2013, 01:25:49 am
I don't have a mac, but i got it to work, although it crashes frequently, and has no fh icon anymore, just a blank page.
thanks, though.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: WhiteLightHeart on April 17, 2013, 02:03:17 am
Hm.. Well, I still don't like the thought of your computer giving you heck like that.

You could try changing your rendering mode again, if you think it's worth a try, but I am glad you got it functioning. Hopefully you'll be able to figure out the real issue sometime soon, though, since I'm pretty sure it's something about your computer that's making it act funny, rather than the game.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Blackeme99 on April 17, 2013, 08:25:56 am
I know nothing and i probably won't help but sometimes FeralHeart won't work for a short time because of the internet (5 minutes to be exact) But then starts working again
If that's not the problem maybe try screenshotting and it might give everyone more of an idea of your problem
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: WhiteLightHeart on April 17, 2013, 11:09:49 am
I know nothing and i probably won't help but sometimes FeralHeart won't work for a short time because of the internet (5 minutes to be exact) But then starts working again
If that's not the problem maybe try screenshotting and it might give everyone more of an idea of your problem
Arr, any thoughts on this kind of thing can be helpful. You do make a good point, but this time I don't think it's the server randomly crashing her, or otherwise we'd have a lot more than just her having this issue.
The thought is appreciated, though.
Title: Re: feralheart won't open.
Post by: Whinp on April 17, 2013, 06:22:41 pm
Check out the "particles" folder. To find it, go to My Computer>C:>FeralHeart>media>particles.
Check out if there is anything with _1 or _2 (or (1) or (2), depending), and if there's, delete these.
If there's nothing, maybe it's your computer.