Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: SnickerSnoo on January 16, 2015, 11:02:06 pm

Title: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on January 16, 2015, 11:02:06 pm
I've had FeralHeart for about 2 or 3 years now and it's always been on a Mac. My old mac, which had FeralHeart and it worked perfectly fine, broke around October. I now have the OS X Yosemite. (I can't remember what my old one was for the life of me...) FeralHeart worked on this version as well. A month or two ago, I couldn't open FeralHeart at all. I would click the game, it would flash on the dashboard on the bottom of the screen (Whatever it's called...), and then would close. I try reinstalling it but that doesn't work either. When I reinstall it, it'll ask me to download Wineskin again. I click yes and the game is gone from the bottom of my screen. Can someone help?

EDIT: I somehow got it to work. I re-dowloaded the installer a buncha times and one of them worked perfectly fine. Huh...

EDIT 2: Okay, I think I solved this problem! For me, I just restarted my computer and re-downloaded the installer. It worked! I'm so happy to have the buggy Lagfire back! :3
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Luna. on January 17, 2015, 12:18:07 am
Try, looking in your downloads, it will pop up in there, Possibly.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: cozyyote on January 17, 2015, 12:27:26 am
 Possibly try re-installing the program? This can happen on any computer, and any app. It happened for me with some app. I could never find out how to fix it because there wasn't a forum in english for it.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on January 17, 2015, 12:34:39 am
When I go to play FeralHeart, I go to my downloads.

I'll try to re-install Wineskin and FeralHeart again. I'm kinda worried if I can't fix this, seeing I have nothing else to do with my life. ;-;
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on January 17, 2015, 12:41:42 am
AHHH!! SALVATION!! I re-downloaded the installer and it WORKED! Oh, how I miss this music so!!~~ Thanks for the help, guys!
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Luna. on January 17, 2015, 01:15:28 am
*claps* Good! Enjoy your game-playing once again! Haha! My tips probably didn't help much, but No problem!
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on January 28, 2015, 12:19:44 am
I'm disappointed to say this, but, this problem hasn't been solved. I've un-installed the game, re-installed it, downloaded the installer again, yet, the same problem keep reappearing.

It'll ask me to open the game, I click yes, but instead of asking me to download wineskin, the game will close and cannot be opened again. I don't know if it's due to the fact I have maps, items, and mass markings, seeing the game always worked up until a few months ago.

Can someone please help me? I love this game and I truly wish I could play as my favorite characters, hear the wonderful music, and just relax and role-play with my friends again with any problems.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Whisperingwaves on January 28, 2015, 07:50:11 pm
I'm disappointed to say this, but, this problem hasn't been solved. I've un-installed the game, re-installed it, downloaded the installer again, yet, the same problem keep reappearing.

It'll ask me to open the game, I click yes, but instead of asking me to download wineskin, the game will close and cannot be opened again. I don't know if it's due to the fact I have maps, items, and mass markings, seeing the game always worked up until a few months ago.

Can someone please help me? I love this game and I truly wish I could play as my favorite characters, hear the wonderful music, and just relax and role-play with my friends again with any problems.


I'm not a Mac expert, but maybe try changing the rendering system from your actual FH folder. Open Ogre.cfg and wait for it to pop up. Then do the following:
How to Change Your Rendering System
Windows 7 and 8



Method number 1
First, go into C:\Feralheart. If you look at Feralheart's main folder, you will see a file called "ogre." This file is a .cfg file, which means people can read an edit it with simple text.
Click it, and open it with "NOTEPAD" when it asks.
(http://i60BannedImageSite/2hxokyh.png)
Look at the first two lines in the ogre.cfg file. That is where you change your rendering system. You can basically ignore everything else listed there!
(http://i58BannedImageSite/16ks7rk.png)
On my image, my first two lines are:

Render System=Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem
[Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem]

To change my rendering system, I'll need to change it to:

Render System=OpenGL Rendering Subsystem
[OpenGL Rendering Subsystem]

And vise versa! Simple as that. ^^


Method number 2
Turn on Feralheart.
On the main screen, you will see this:
(http://i62BannedImageSite/2v8kda1.png)
Click options, and go to video. Click 'Rendering System.'
(http://i58BannedImageSite/op3axx.png)
Then just simply switch your rendering system.


Note that sometimes method two doesn't always work - That's why I listed the ogre.cfg file tutorial first. ^^ Good luck! Hope this helped those who don't know how to change their rendering system. Happy gaming!




More tutorials I have made:

- Converting Meshes in AC3D (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=42944.new#new)

-||AlphaEclipse's Tutorial Encyclopedia||  (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=40939.0)

-How to Add a Texture to a Mesh in Blender 2.49 (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=46434.0)

-The Many Colors of the Feralheart Forum (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=46135.0)

Hope it works for ya c;

~ Whisper
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Whinp on January 28, 2015, 08:33:10 pm
Just a reminder that I believe that Macs don't have DirectX. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if DirectX is on Microsoft...
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Whisperingwaves on January 28, 2015, 09:35:32 pm
Just a reminder that I believe that Macs don't have DirectX. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if DirectX is on Microsoft...

It's somewhat the same process to change the rendering system no matter what it is c: (Correct me if i'm wrong >.< I'm not a apple person.)
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on January 28, 2015, 10:21:29 pm
Yes, it's true. Apple doesn't have DirectX.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Trialss on February 07, 2015, 02:46:02 am
I can't open Feral Heart, I have had it since last year (2014-2015) and it won't open, I think maybe a server problem, but not for sure, please answer me, I luv Feral Heart!!
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on February 09, 2015, 12:16:35 am
Samantha, first, do you have a mac? I may be able to help you if you have a mac. Second, it's not the servers, I've considered it, but we just wouldn't be able to get onto the game itself and log in. If it won't open, then it might be due to items or markings (My problem, but I love the items and markings. //Sniffle), or it could be a problem with the computer. Try re-downloading the installer, that might help.

My theory is there might be a bug in the installer. The problem me and Samantha are having just happened to me again, so I deleted the installer and the game files, and tried to re-download the installer again. Now, usually, it'll ask me to open the application, warning me that's from an unknown source. I click yes. Doesn't even ask for me to install wineskin. I have my firewalls down, so it's not that...
It's either that or it's the computer.

I just hope we can solve this problem.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: Sibb on February 10, 2015, 07:42:50 am
Make sure that when you delete it, make sure that you delete other files too, really helps.
Title: Re: Can't Open FeralHeart
Post by: SnickerSnoo on February 10, 2015, 11:56:48 pm
Oh, I would NEVER delete important files. NEVER. I did it once, though...
Never. Again.