Emergency 3 EM3.exe stopped working

[Guest KBrown]

Hello,

Im new to the forum cause I share the same love and enjoyment for the Emergency line of games.....

Aside from that, I actually have 2 problems with 2 different games, thus I will start with this one. I have a retail copy of Emergency 3. I installed it after not playing it for a long time, yet, when I go to launch it, a window comes up with "em3.exe has stopped working". I am running Vista 32-bit on a Toshibia laptop, so I have the standard chip set. What bothers me is that Emergency 3 and 911:FR were both working on my laptop and now they are not. Also, I have the latest version of Direct X so they should be running just fine. I even tried running in compatability mode and not even that worked.

Anyone with any ideas?

KBrown

[danny96]

welcome to the forums

Emergency 3 does not works in Windows Vista I think... Why you not buy Windows 7?

[randomperson139]

to the forums.

Emergency 3 DOES work on Windows Vista. I was able to run EM3 on a laptop with Vista with no problems. To help us fix your problem can you post a logfile and dxdiag file please. Look in the FAQ section if you don't know how to get these files

[Guest KBrown]

Ok, here is the logfile and the dxdiag files. I still cant understand why it was working before and why it wont work now. I cant wait to get both EM3 and 911 FR working again as I am greatly interested in the LA Mod.

[randomperson139]

?VulpineWrapper::ChangeScreenMode(): VERR_NOSCREENMODE - Screen mode could not be set

That could be one of your problems.

?ERROR: Loading font allyouneed.vfn: Texture larger than maximum texture size !

That could also be causing a problem.

[Guest KBrown]

What can I do to fix them then?

[Stan]

Any changes to your system since it worked the last time?

[Guest KBrown]

Any changes to your system since it worked the last time?

Not really. I have added one game to my system, Star Trek Online, but that should in no way affect my system from running other games. Hasnt thus far.

[Stan]

Could you post the content of your config file? And your windows screen resolution?

[Guest KBrown]

Not sure where to get the config file, but I can give you the brand and model # of my laptop as that might give you a better idea of what I have.

I have a Toshiba Satellite L45-S4687

[randomperson139]

The config file can be found in the same location as the logfile. It is called em3.cfg.

[Guest KBrown]

Oh, that simple enough. Um tried to attach the config file and the forum is telling my that Im not permitted to upload this kind of file.

[Newfoundking]

change the .cfg to a .txt

The forum doesn't allow cfg uploads because those can be written to do lots of damage if done properly.. At least Txt files are less lethal...

But yeah, change it to a .txt and it'll upload fine

[Guest KBrown]

Ok, here is the content of the config file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<config>
 <var name="a_2dvolume" value="0.5" />
 <var name="a_3dvolume" value="1." />
 <var name="a_mixbitrate" value="16" />
 <var name="a_mixchannels" value="2" />
 <var name="a_mixfrequency" value="22050" />
 <var name="a_musicvolume" value="0.5" />
 <var name="as_speedadaption" value="1" />
 <var name="cam_collisions" value="0" />
 <var name="cam_inertia" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_ambientsound" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_animtranstime" value="0.25" />
 <var name="e3_atishadowscale" value="0.4" />
 <var name="e3_autosave_filepath" value="mod:/Maps/autosave.e3m" />
 <var name="e3_blackbar_fadetime" value="3." />
 <var name="e3_blackbar_height" value="128." />
 <var name="e3_dbgpbuffer" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_defaultbasepos_x" value="219." />
 <var name="e3_defaultbasepos_y" value="70." />
 <var name="e3_depthfill" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_detaillevel" value="2" />
 <var name="e3_difficulty" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_doocclusion" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_fakeshadow" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_firesteps" value="5" />
 <var name="e3_footprints" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_footprinttime" value="20" />
 <var name="e3_forcefps" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_gamma" value="1." />
 <var name="e3_highlightnewvehicles" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_make_screenshot" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_maxcampitch" value="70." />
 <var name="e3_maxcamz" value="4000." />
 <var name="e3_maxvideotextures" value="4" />
 <var name="e3_mbfastcopy" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_mincampitch" value="40." />
 <var name="e3_mincamz" value="1600." />
 <var name="e3_minfiretemp" value="-30000." />
 <var name="e3_rf_use" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_rf_usestreets" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_shadow" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_shadow_fading" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_shadow_object" value="51" />
 <var name="e3_shadow_terrain" value="81" />
 <var name="e3_shadowdist" value="10000" />
 <var name="e3_shadowheight" value="50000" />
 <var name="e3_shadowupdate" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_sharpshooter_idletime" value="2." />
 <var name="e3_shooter_idletime" value="1." />
 <var name="e3_shooter_power" value="200." />
 <var name="e3_shooter_range" value="750." />
 <var name="e3_shooter_spread" value="9." />
 <var name="e3_showcampos" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_showobjnames" value="0" />
 <var name="e3_smoothdistance" value="150." />
 <var name="e3_smoothmovement" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_sun" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_sunheight" value="20000" />
 <var name="e3_sunrise" value="5." />
 <var name="e3_sunrise_duration" value="3." />
 <var name="e3_sunset" value="21." />
 <var name="e3_sunset_duration" value="2." />
 <var name="e3_sunx" value="28000" />
 <var name="e3_suny" value="20000" />
 <var name="e3_sunz" value="3000" />
 <var name="e3_tagmarker" value="Objects/Misc/3dcursor.e3p" />
 <var name="e3_texcompr" value="1" />
 <var name="e3_tickspersecond" value="20" />
 <var name="e3_undomemory" value="32768" />
 <var name="e3_use_zbr" value="1" />
 <var name="fs_basepath" value="Data/" />
 <var name="fs_langpath" value="lang/" />
 <var name="fs_logfile" value="logfile.txt" />
 <var name="fs_modpath" value="mods/" />
 <var name="fs_nomissingmsg" value=".v3s" />
 <var name="fs_savepath" value="base:/save" />
 <var name="fs_sshotpath" value="base:Screenshots\" />
 <var name="in_viewsmoothing" value="0.10000000149011612" />
 <var name="p_showfps" value="0" />
 <var name="p_showtricount" value="0" />
 <var name="ph_debug" value="0" />
 <var name="ph_defaultfriction" value="300." />
 <var name="ph_defaultrollingfriction" value="5." />
 <var name="ph_drawbbs" value="0" />
 <var name="ph_gravity" value="-9.81" />
 <var name="ph_maxsteps" value="1" />
 <var name="ph_rbmobnet_masshigh" value="2." />
 <var name="ph_rbmobnet_masslow" value="0.30000001192092896" />
 <var name="ph_rbmobnet_priohigh" value="5" />
 <var name="ph_rbmobnet_priolow" value="1" />
 <var name="ph_stepsize" value="0.03" />
 <var name="pl_pushstrength" value="25." />
 <var name="r_clearscreen" value="1" />
 <var name="r_clipfar" value="32000" />
 <var name="r_clipnear" value="100" />
 <var name="r_colorbits" value="32" />
 <var name="r_cs_collisionaccuracy" value="2" />
 <var name="r_cs_detail" value="2" />
 <var name="r_cs_enabled" value="0" />
 <var name="r_cs_lightingdetail" value="2" />
 <var name="r_cs_morphing" value="0" />
 <var name="r_debug" value="0" />
 <var name="r_depthbits" value="24" />
 <var name="r_ds_centerx" value="0.5" />
 <var name="r_ds_centery" value="0.5" />
 <var name="r_ds_debug" value="0" />
 <var name="r_ds_far" value="12000" />
 <var name="r_ds_fovscale" value="1" />
 <var name="r_ds_near" value="6000" />
 <var name="r_ds_nearoffset" value="0." />
 <var name="r_ds_size" value="1024" />
 <var name="r_ds_zoffs" value="0" />
 <var name="r_ds_zscale" value="0" />
 <var name="r_fov" value="550" />
 <var name="r_fullscreen" value="1" />
 <var name="r_geomem_loc" value="2" />
 <var name="r_geomem_size" value="20" />
 <var name="r_hf_collisionaccuracy" value="3" />
 <var name="r_hf_detail" value="3" />
 <var name="r_hf_uselod" value="1" />
 <var name="r_hwocclusion" value="0" />
 <var name="r_light_specdetail" value="0" />
 <var name="r_light_specular" value="0" />
 <var name="r_light_volumetric" value="0" />
 <var name="r_modellight_detail" value="1" />
 <var name="r_modellight_perpixel" value="0" />
 <var name="r_obj_detail" value="4" />
 <var name="r_obj_selfshadowing" value="1" />
 <var name="r_obj_shadowing" value="0" />
 <var name="r_obj_shadows" value="1" />
 <var name="r_shader_exclusion" value="e3_nomodelshadow" />
 <var name="r_stencil" value="0" />
 <var name="r_tex_anisotropic" value="1." />
 <var name="r_tex_bits" value="32" />
 <var name="r_tex_compression" value="1" />
 <var name="r_tex_detail" value="2" />
 <var name="r_tex_filter" value="1" />
 <var name="r_tex_mipbias" value="-0.5" />
 <var name="r_usevbo" value="1" />
 <var name="r_world_shadows" value="0" />
 <var name="r_worldlight_perpixel" value="0" />
 <var name="r_xres" value="1024" />
 <var name="r_yres" value="768" />
 <var name="s_debug" value="0" />
 <var name="s_guikey" value="Keyboard0.Pause" />
 <var name="s_language" value="en" />
 <var name="s_mousespeed" value="60" />
 <var name="s_sshotkey" value="Keyboard0.PrintScreen" />
 <var name="s_startupconsole" value="0" />
 <var name="s_visionlog" value="0" />
 <var name="soundMaxDistance" value="6000." />
 <var name="ui_hardwarecursor" value="0" />
 <var name="ui_novideostream" value="0" />
 <var name="ui_showvehicleaddinfo" value="1" />
 <var name="ui_tooltipfadetime" value="1." />
 <var name="ui_tooltips" value="1" />
</config> 

Edited March 23, 2010 by Francis
Added code tags.

[pyrothijs]

Ok, here is the content of the config file:

Next time try to upload it as an attachment, that makes it easier for us to search through the document.

Make sure the values behind these two lines are consistent with your monito settings:

<var name="r_xres" value="1024" /> <var name="r_yres" value="768" />

You can also try to change the value behind the lind

<var name="e3_doocclusion" 

into 0 (zero) in stead of 1 (one).