Troubleshooting: Difference between revisions

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Mac-Specific

Oni crashes on my G5 Mac.

In one reported case, the reason for the crash was that Oni was set to a 640x480 resolution. Changing it to a higher resolution solved the problem.

How do I change the resolution when Oni crashes at startup?

Use the program Oni Save Game Editor to change the resolution.

Oni crashes on my Intel Mac.

This crash is identical to the one experienced by modern PCs. The crash is due to a text overflow in a fixed-sized buffer. This occurs when Oni is listing all the GL extensions of a video card before writing it in the startup.txt file. A hack was made to make make Oni think that the video card does not support the GL extensions.

So far, no one has seen any difference in the graphics due to this unofficial hack. The modified version of Oni OSX can be downloaded here

Other issues

In Mac OS X the character cannot fully turn or rotate around. Its like the mouse tracking has hit a boundary or the edge of the screen.

According to Feral: "Mac OS X does not support Input Sprockets, which Oni needs. Run Oni in "Classic" mode to avoid this problem. Alternatively, download the OmniGroup's Oni port and try your luck with that."

The Mac release has a few issues, check out the following:

OmniGroup's native port of Oni to Mac OS X
PC vs Macs (e.g. PC-only features missing from the Mac build)

PC-Specific

Blam!s

There are a lot of reasons why the PC (Win32) version of Oni can go completely crazy. The single most common symptom is that Oni's window will go blank, and in the middle of your screen you'll have

There are several occasions on which Oni exits with such a message. However, if Oni "blam"s at startup and doesn't let you play the game, see this page.

For any other problem, see below.

Major lag

Power management

This can be a problem on notebooks. Under certain conditions, the performance of the computer will decrease dramatically, for example :

if you run on battery power
if you let the computer overheat

Driver issue

Same as "texturing", see above.

Widescreen

Not really a problem, but it can be a bit annoying when your ONI window gets auto-stretched to fit a 16:10 screen.

Solution: Run ONI with the -noswitch command line argument. Oni then runs in a "window" in the upper left corner of your screen, with the resolution selected in Options.; If you want that window centered with a black background behind it, use OniWindowMover.

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-==Mac==
+==Mac-Specific==
-'''Oni crashes on G5 Macs.'''
+'''Oni crashes on my G5 Mac.'''
-In one case, the reason for the crash was that Oni was set to a 640x480 resolution.  Changing it to a higher resolution solved the problem.
+In one reported case, the reason for the crash was that Oni was set to a 640x480 resolution.  Changing it to a higher resolution solved the problem.
-How do I change the resolution when Oni crashes at startup? Use the program  [http://www.lafty.com/osge.shtml Oni Save Game Editor] to change the resolution.
+'''How do I change the resolution when Oni crashes at startup?'''
-'''Oni crashes on IntelMacs'''
+Use the program  [http://www.lafty.com/osge.shtml Oni Save Game Editor] to change the resolution.
-It appears that the crash is due to a text overflow in a fixed-sized buffer. This occurs when Oni is listing all the GL extensions of a video card before writing it in the startup.txt file. A hack was made to make make Oni think that the video card does not support the GL extensions.
+'''Oni crashes on my Intel Mac.'''
+This crash is identical to the one experienced by modern PCs. The crash is due to a text overflow in a fixed-sized buffer. This occurs when Oni is listing all the GL extensions of a video card before writing it in the startup.txt file. A hack was made to make make Oni think that the video card does not support the GL extensions.
 So far, no one has seen any difference in the graphics due to this unofficial hack.
 The modified version of Oni OSX can be [http://edt.oni2.net/files/OniOSXfix.zip downloaded here]
-''There was an interesting comment on the Apple discussions board dated Sep 11, 2006 that a Universal Binary (compatible with IntelMacs) of Oni will be out soon...''
+<!--''There was an interesting comment on the Apple discussions board dated Sep 11, 2006 that a Universal Binary (compatible with IntelMacs) of Oni will be out soon...''-->
+<!--commented out the above; it's interesting, but what is it based on?-->
 '''Other issues'''
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 According to Feral: "Mac OS X does not support Input Sprockets, which Oni needs. Run Oni in "Classic" mode to avoid this problem. Alternatively, download the [http://www.omnigroup.com/games/oni/ OmniGroup's Oni port] and try your luck with that."
-The Mac release has a few issues, check out the following :
+The Mac release has a few issues, check out the following:
 *[[Installation#Patches and updates|OmniGroup's native port of Oni to Mac OS X]]
 *[[PC vs Mac|PC vs Macs]] (e.g. PC-only features missing from the Mac build)
+==PC-Specific==
-----
+===Blam!s===
-==PC==
 There are a lot of reasons why the PC (Win32) version of Oni can go completely crazy.
 The single most common symptom is that Oni's window will go blank, and in the middle of your screen you'll have
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 |http://geyser.oni2.net/blam/Blam.png
 |}
-(There are other crash messages, but I'll detail them later : if you do something and get ''another'' crash message than that one, just don't do it.)
-There are several occasions on which Oni exits with such a message, with a more or less good reason to do so.
-However, when it "blam"s at startup and doesn't let you play the game, that's a bit annoying.
-Unfortunately, that's exactly what happens with an out-of-the box installation of Oni on modern PC rigs (Windows XP + recent GFX cards).
-Why does that "Blam" happen? (and why does ''any'' "blam" happen?) And, more important, what do we do about it?
-[[Troubleshooting/Blam|HERE YOU GO]]
+There are several occasions on which Oni exits with such a message. However, if Oni "blam"s at startup and doesn't let you play the game, see [[Troubleshooting/Blam|this page]].
 For any other problem, see below.
 ----
+===Other problems===
-==Other problems==
+====Texturing====
-===Texturing===
 There are several degrees of severity (from crappy textures to ugly textures to OMFG).
 That's always a driver issue.
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+<!--===Game plays funny===
-===Game plays funny===
 For example, you may run Oni for the first time, and then there's this room with a data console on this side and one on the other (nothing happens when you activate them), a window and a door on the other side... and an invisible wall in the middle of the room that doesn't let you through to where the door is, and that you can do ''nothing'' about. What the... LET ME OUT!!!
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 *check for that folder in your installation... and give [[User:Geyser|me]] a copy. I'm just curious about what happened to it.
 *download [http://geyser.oni2.net/OSL/IGMD/IGMD_PC.zip that one] (PC) or [http://geyser.oni2.net/OSL/IGMD/IGMD_Mac.zip that one] (Mac) and unzip it into [[GameDataFolder]].
-It should work.
+It should work.-->
+<!--commented out above because it sounds like someone was screwing with their Oni data. This isn't an appropriate place to address a unique problem like that. They can make a thread on the forum.-->

Troubleshooting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:10, 28 January 2008

Contents

Mac-Specific

PC-Specific

Blam!s

Other problems

Texturing

Old drivers

New drivers

Major lag

Power management

Driver issue

Widescreen

Navigation menu

Troubleshooting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:10, 28 January 2008

Mac-Specific

PC-Specific

Blam!s

Other problems

Texturing

Old drivers

New drivers

Major lag

Power management

Driver issue

Widescreen

Navigation menu

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