Game Closes Immediately After Launch

[TheMagician]

After not having played for a while I opened ManiaPlanet again today. There was an update waiting and after installing it I could play the game without problems (TM Vally and TM Canyon).
However, after closing the game and wanting to start it again it would just close immediately after I hit the "Play" button in the ManiaPlanet launcher.

So I uninstalled the complete game deleting all the folders (including MyDocuments\Maniaplanet).
Using the new Minimal Install EXE I installed the game, loaded my profile and started the game. When trying to start TM Canyon I had to download all the files (1,1GB) for TM Canyon again (including this dubious update) and could play without problems.

However, same problem: once I close the game and try to run it for a second time the game just closes after hitting the "Play" button in the launcher.

I couldn't find any crash reports in the usual places. I'm on WinXP with newest DX and graphics card drivers. The game itself seems to run fine - once. However, as soon as I try to start it again the launch seems to be bugged.

Any advice is really appreciated.

[nighthawk4571]

This might help. Hint - I found it using the simple search function.
http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 89bb41b10e
Cheers and good luck.

[TheMagician]

Thanks for the hint nighthawk but I've done an extensive search across multiple forums before I posted.
I have already tried the solution offered in that post but the problem remains the same. The game closes immediately after I hit the "Play" button. You see the game window for a quick second (without any graphics in it) and then it disappears.

[TMarc]

make sure Maniaplanet.exe is not running anymore (you can check this with the task manager) before starting it again.

you could try the debug version and upload the logfile it generates in your documents\maniaplanet folder.

[TheMagician]

Sounds like a plan.
The Debug EXE created two files.

One is called FreezeDetect.txt and only contains this:

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The other is called ManiaPlanetLog-2014-11-16-18-50-03.txt and contains this:

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[Sys] MainThreadId=3 008
[Win32] CmdLine="F:\ManiaPlanet\ManiaPlanet_logs.exe" 
[Console](Info) Starting ManiaPlanet date=2014-10-20_17_33 Svn=59006 GameVersion=3.3.0...
[Sys] Minimum app. @ = 0x00010000
[Sys] Maximum app. @ = 0x7FFEFFFF
[Sys] Gpu Memory DDRAW7
[Sys] Gpu Memory Video MBytes = 1 009
[Sys] Gpu Memory   Agp MBytes = 503
[Sys] "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460"(0x10DE,0x0E22) with 6.14.12.8026 (nv4_disp.dll)
[Sys] Gpu Memory guessing the dedicated is really faster (card)
[Sys] Windows version = XP
[Sys] Time since init: 0h 0mn 0s 7ms
[Sys] Os = Microsoft Windows XP(Service Pack 3) 32b
[Sys] Cpu = AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor @ 2 812MHz (bench)   (Nb=6)
[Sys] SSE2 = 1
[Sys] Physical memory = 3 325 Mb
[Sys] Windows GDI resolution = 1 920x1 080x32b
[Sys] ExeChecksum = 0xCB8BB0E5
[Sys] Time since init: 0h 0mn 0s 7ms
[Sys] ---- GlobalMemoryStatus(Startup) ----
[Sys] MemoryLoad = 40%
[Sys]                Total Mb  /    Free Mb
[Sys]   Physical =   3 325 Mb  /   1 970 Mb
[Sys]   PageFile =   5 208 Mb  /   3 654 Mb
[Sys]   Virtual@ =   2 048 Mb  /   1 969 Mb
[Sys] ----------------------------
[Sys] ---- GlobalMemoryStatus(Now) ----
[Sys] MemoryLoad = 40%
[Sys]                Total Mb  /    Free Mb
[Sys]   Physical =   3 325 Mb  /   1 970 Mb
[Sys]   PageFile =   5 208 Mb  /   3 654 Mb
[Sys]   Virtual@ =   2 048 Mb  /   1 967 Mb
[Sys] ----------------------------
[Sys] Largest committed free block size = 936 Kb
 
[MemInfo] Memory fragmentation analysis
[MemInfo] system PageSize = 4kb, using large address space = no
[MemInfo] The process has 9 Heaps:
    Heap 0 is a heap with look-asides (fast heap). ('X' This the DEFAULT process heap.)
MappedFile n°0 (  1MB): \Device\HarddiskVolume8\WINDOWS\system32\unicode.nls
HeapUsages         Total   Commited   Uncommit   Overhead
CrtHeap    =           0          0          0          0
DefaultHeap=      11 362     10 341        936         19
OtherHeap  =       2 612         78      1 440          5

Current thread stack usage: 24KB over 1 024KB (2%)

3 threads (3 stack retrieved)

Images     =      58 192
FileMapped =         512
Shareable  =       6 868
TotalHeap  =      13 973     10 418      2 376         24
Stack      =       3 072
PrivateData=         568
TotalMem   =      83 184
Map: 64MB per line (512KB per char)

Heaps:			#=Crt, X=Default, o=Other, +=Uncommited
Images:			I
Not Avaiblable:	-
Virtual Allocs:	C=Commited, R=Reserved, M=Mixed, '.' ','=Free
Bigger Free Blocs are:
  692MB
  255MB
  199MB
  170MB
  159MB
-RXX+0IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRCCCCCRR++++RR+Co+XXX++RR,,,,,XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX............ 0x00000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x04000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x08000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x0C000000
I............................................................................................................................... 0x10000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x14000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x18000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x1C000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x20000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x24000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x28000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x2C000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x30000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x34000000
........................................................................................................I....................... 0x38000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x3C000000
.................III,,,,,,,,,,IIIII,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 0x40000000
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IIII....................................................................................... 0x44000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x48000000
..........................................................................................................................IIII.. 0x4C000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x50000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x54000000
...........................................................II....................................II............................. 0x58000000
........................................II...................................................................................... 0x5C000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x60000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x64000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x68000000
.....................................II......................I.................................................................. 0x6C000000
....................................................I................................................................I.......... 0x70000000
.............I...............................................I........II....II.......III..I......II....IIIII,,,,,III...II..IIIII 0x74000000
................................................................................................................................ 0x78000000
................IIII,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,II,,,,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.................RR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,- 0x7C000000
[Gbx] Exe date = 20/10/2014 17:33, game name = ManiaPlanet, game build info = date=2014-10-20_17_33 Svn=59006 GameVersion=3.3.0
[Gbx] Log date = 16/11/2014 18:50:3.828
[Sys] GpuPerf found in C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\SL\Eigene Dateien\ManiaPlanet\Config\GfxDevicePerfs.txt
[Sys] GameConfigPreset = Fast
[Sys] GameConfigPreset = Nice
[Sys] ShaderQuality    : Nice
[Sys] TexturesQuality  : High
[Sys] TextureDecals_3D : 1
[Sys] TextureDecals_2D : 1
[Sys] D3D9Ex           : 1
[Sys] D3D9 BC4/5       : 0
[CheckLag] CheckLags installed
[I18n] Language: de 'Deutsch'
[I18n] MsgCount: 3 725
[I18n] Encoding: utf8
[Sys] GameConfigPreset = Fast
[Sys] GameConfigPreset = Nice
[Sys] UpdateFolderFilesFromRef 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\ManiaPlanet\PacksCache\', found 0 .ref files.
[GameDataPacks] installed zip:  ManiaPlanet.zip
[GameDataPacks] installed zip:  ManiaPlanet_Skins.zip
[GameDataPacks] installed zip:  ManiaPlanet_Painter.zip
[GameDataPacks] installed zip:  ManiaPlanet_extras.zip
[GameDataPacks] installed pack: ManiaPlanet.pak (074879A1DC163690F2BF769DCFDC075FB543E298D20A4600BB819A0EFF8E426B)
[GameDataPacks] installed zip:  Titles.zip
[GameDataPacks] installed pack: Titles.pak (EC623CD36AA9A53AC2C53507C9F477B8769A862E6AA51F777B73FE72EC056F94)
[Net] CNetTcpUnconnectedServerSocket::Init : Address = 0.0.0.0 - Port = 2 350
[Net] CNetTcpUnconnectedServerSocket::Init : Address = 0.0.0.0 - Port = 3 450
[Gbx] CheckNetwork done
[Gbx] Window created
[Input] DirectInput initialized. 2 devices found.
[Input]   - Maus / Mouse (11, int)
[Input]   - Tastatur / Keyboard (148, int)
[Audio] OpenAl dll path: F:\ManiaPlanet\OpenAL32.dll
[Audio] Context created:
[Audio]   EFX=yes, filters=ok
[Audio]   Attribs= freq=44100Hz refresh=114Hz sync=0 srcm=253 srcs=3 maxauxsends=4 hrtf=no
[Audio] Initialized, using device 'OpenAL Soft', sources = 253+3, EFX enabled. 
[Audio] OpenAl dll version: -1.-1.-1.-1
[Audio] ALC version: 1.1
[Audio] AL Version: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.15.1, Vendor: OpenAL Community, Renderer: OpenAL Soft
[Audio] AL Extensions: AL_EXT_ALAW AL_EXT_DOUBLE AL_EXT_EXPONENT_DISTANCE AL_EXT_FLOAT32 AL_EXT_IMA4 AL_EXT_LINEAR_DISTANCE AL_EXT_MCFORMATS AL_EXT_MULAW AL_EXT_MULAW_MCFORMATS AL_EXT_OFFSET AL_EXT_source_distance_model AL_LOKI_quadriphonic AL_SOFTX_block_alignment AL_SOFT_buffer_samples AL_SOFT_buffer_sub_data AL_SOFT_deferred_updates AL_SOFT_direct_channels AL_SOFT_loop_points AL_SOFTX_MSADPCM AL_SOFT_source_latency
[Audio] Allocated 35 sources.
[Dx9] NVidia driver version = 280.26 (r280_11)
[NvAPI] NvAPI_Initialize() falied
[Dx9] Adapter n°0 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
[Dx9] Removing bad driver's D3DFMT_NVHU_HILO
[Hms] MemoryAgpUseFactor=0
[Hms] GeometryQuality=|GeometryQuality|Nice
[Hms] CPlugTreeVisualMip::s_ScaleZ_SysConfig = 1
[Hms] MinScreenHeightScale (SysConfig)       = 1
[Dx9] Removing bad driver's D3DFMT_NVHU_HILO
[Hms] ShaderQuality=|ShaderQuality|Nice
[Hms] TextureQuality=|TexturesQuality|High
[Hms] Shadows=|Shadows|High
[Hms] FilterAnisoQ=|MaxFiltering|Anisotropic 16x
[Hms] VertexProcess=|VertexProcess|Hardware
[Hms] LightMapSizeMax=0
[Hms] MultiSampling=None
[Dx9] Removing bad driver's D3DFMT_NVHU_HILO
[Dx9] GpuInAfrCount=1
[Dx9] Downsample of MSAA'd 16x16 RenderTarget: Black=136, White=105, Gray=15
[Dx9] DirectX 9.0 initialisation succeded.
[Dx9] Using D3DX SDK 9.2
[Dx9] D3DX SDK 9.2, DirectX SDK 9.0, Runtime 9.0, using HAL device on
[Dx9] "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460"(0x10DE,0x0E22) with 6.14.12.8026(nv4_disp.dll) DDI9 driver.
[Dx9] Gpu Memory MBytes = 1.02e+003
[Dx9] Agp Memory MBytes = 503
[Dx9] Device created in Windowed.

[TMarc]

Is this the complete log? It looks truncated... Did you perhaps encounter a forum message that the text is too long?

It is better to upload the lofgile to a share like Dropbox and post only the link here.

[TheMagician]

I've just double checked - that's all I get. The log files can be downloaded HERE.

[TMarc]

Very strange.

Did you try to install a newer nVidia driver? E.g. 340.52?

[TheMagician]

I haven't done that yet. Will report back tomorrow.

It's just strange that the game opens and plays perfectly well once after the update is installed, meaning I open the game first then it tells me to update ... I do that. The game is restarted and the final changes by the update are applied and I can play normally - no glitches no nothing. However, after closing the game it will never open again ...

[TMarc]

I also do not have a good idea here.
After reboot of your PC the same day, or the next start another day, does ManiaPlanet again asks for update?
Or did you reinstall the game again to be able to play it at least once per day?

Please check if either your antivirus or some other protection software like Microsoft Defender deletes/restores some files after the update.