Error: An Error Occurred.

[facelessmage]

That is what I get...



Ys II does not start and does not give an error.

What info do you need to help me diagnose this problem.

Thanks

[Seldane]

Ys I COMPLETE (USA)? Wouldn't Ys I COMPLETE (English) be better as USA is not really a language? 

[facelessmage]

What are you talking about...?

I just click the executable and that is what comes up...

[X-Calibar]

uh oh, check this thread... it sounds like the same problem I had, when I tried to install it at a friend's house...
https://www.ysutopia.net/forums/index.php?topic=41.0

unfortantely I didn't get more time to try to figure out the problem; So....
I reccomend trying to install it on another computer if you have a chance, and see if the problem is still there.  I just don't know exactly what causes it...

Is your computer built by you? Or prebuilt by a company like ... Dell?
The computer that I couldn't get it to work on was a Dell...

EDIT: "Ys II does not start and does not give an error."
Ys 2 should create a logfile of some sort, see if it looks the same as what I posted...

[NightWolve]

Ys I COMPLETE (USA)? Wouldn't Ys I COMPLETE (English) be better as USA is not really a language? 

Yes, "Ys I COMPLETE (USA)." It wasn't intended to be conveying language in that context, obviously. It's USA [shores/market], etc. I'm sorry it confused you into thinking it somehow meant to imply "USA" is a language.

Ys II does not start and does not give an error.

What info do you need to help me diagnose this problem.

Yeah, there should be a LOG.TXT file in the YS2_WIN folder. Paste its contents here with your next post if you find it. That might help.

Did you manually install the game yourself from an ISO or what?

[Seldane]

I meant that the term USA is usually used on let's say a PS2 game that's physically released for the US market. As this game has only been localized but not really "released" in USA I meant English might be a better word to use. It is definitely not a big deal but I just thought it looked a bit odd.

[NightWolve]

I could've very well specified "English" if I friggin' wanted to, yes. In fact, I did at one point wrestle between "English" versus "USA." In the end, that's what I wanted, get it? There is no right or wrong here, no set rule about what a patch creator should or shouldn't put in the caption bar of the game they're hacking, so to say that it looks "odd" as if you had a standard reference point IS odd. However, your post, in deciding to comment here in order to take a shot at my choice when the guy was simply asking for help definitely qualifies as odd.

Since you wanted to be a pest (as you usually are), perhaps I should explain why? Simply put, I wanted to convey that the patch, my patch, originated from the good ole US of A, and not some other English speaking country, like Canada, Great Britain, Australia, etc. me being my patriotic self and all. If I used "English," why, that the patch originated from here would not be conveyed, would it? So, I chose what to use the caption bar space for: country of origin, but it so happens that language gets to be implied, so two birds with one stone... Purty simple, really.

Finally, I'll add that I also like considering it a sort of moral victory, if you will, in that I have in effect caused it to be released for all my compatriots to enjoy, as well as the rest of you "other people" across the globe... A side effect, of course. But yes, if I wanted to be, I dunno, what would be the appropiate word, maybe "literal," than yes, I would've gone back to using "English." But yeah, you know, since nobody really gives a shit and you're the only person that decided to be a smart ass about it in what would've been a routine troubleshooting thread, I don't see anything wrong with it.

Note: I must say, you do frustrate me quite a bit. I'm getting reallly reaaaally close to doing something that would be rather immature, so I'll move on now.

[Gillian Seed]

Odd topic... and oh, patriotism is boring.

[NightWolve]

Quiet you.  Oh, you're right, it's more fun like how you guys do it in France, eh? Taking to the streets in protests by the thousands, rolling cars over and/or setting 'em on fire as well as other things, etc. Patriotism to the revolution, if you will, eh?

[JoeQuaker]

Patriotism should not be defined as blind allegiance.





BTW... I think using the USA term was appropriate Nightwolve. Afterall, most people agree that "American English" is almost a language in itself compared to "British English".

[NightWolve]

Yeah, I mean, it's just taking the time to take a shot at it here is what bothered me. This was a routine help thread. I mean, I do use English elsewhere. But for a few places like the patch name, I use "(US)", like "YsI(US)v127.exe", etc. It's shorter than doing "YsI(English)v127.exe", and it implies English all the same, cept I get to also specify country of origin. Why be an ankle biter over this, you know? It does also provide extra indication that it will be American English since Psycho DeuceBag and I both reside here and so you'll find American expressions/colloquialisms in the script, not so much so that other English speaking countries won't be able to follow things though.

Patriotism should not be defined as blind allegiance.

As to this, yes, but let's also add that when it comes to patriotism, loyalty of that nature, etc., it should not be blindly assumed, or rather, the default assumption should not be that it is something that is given to any particular ideal, place or some thing _blindly_ as some like to do for discrediting/attack purposes... There we go - Lesson's over. All go home now.

[Aron]

I'd just like to mention that I get this identical error when attempting to run the game in Linux with Cedega.  It's worked fine in XP, so I suspect it may have something to do with DirectX and/or display resolution.

[NightWolve]

I couldn't help ya if you're playing around with Linux and so forth. If there's a LOG.TXT file by chance written in the YS1_WIN/YS2_WIN  folder, that might provide a clue. Check for that.

[Aron]

Sure, the LOG.TXT file saved to the YS2_WIN folder reads as follows:

Compiled: Jul 10 2001 10:02:04
Exec: 2006/10/23 17:13:47
error: DirectInput could not be initialized.
YsII COMPLETE requires DirectX5 or better.
Please install it, if not already...

My understanding is that Cedega doesn't actually use DirectX, it uses Linux equivalents.  The compatibilty is fairly high, so I think that I may be able to figure out some arcane methods to solve this problem someday.  I've "heard" that it is possible.

Just for laughs, I've run a few DirectX installers in the hope that they might generate a file somewhere on my faked C drive to trick the game somehow, but no luck.  I wonder if there may be any other, seemingly unrelated issues that may occasionally cause an error like this in Windows itself.

There doesn't appear to be a log in the YS1_WIN folder, but I'll bet the cause is the same.