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Well I've been working on this game engine for a while and though the demo could be far more impressive I need to know if it works properly on other vista/win7 machines.

Download link

Tell me if it works.

This one isn't going to try and steal our gamedev cookies, is it?

I'm pretty sure you can tell from a quick inspection of the files, plus you can always block the port it uses for communication so your fears are unfounded.

Inspection of the files? What do you mean? The file is Setup.exe how do you inspect that?

I forgot I put it in an installer, I guess you are right there is no way to tell for sure but I assure you it will do nothing harmful to your computer.

I wasnt worried it was malware, I was just trying to follow your logic :)

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If you offer to create start menu shortcuts, please also let me choose where to install them (this is assuming NSIS has finally fixed the bug that causes it to duplicate start menu folders for the current user if you pick an existing folder in the All Users group). [smile]

You've bundled some DirectX runtimes with your install. However, even after installing those and running the application I get the following message:

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Unbound Engine.exe - Unable To Locate Component
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This application has failed to start because d3dx10_42.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
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OK
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Maybe you've included an out-of-date version of the runtimes?

After installing the runtimes myself, I tried to run the program. After 30 seconds a black window appears "(Not responding)" and some music plays for about another 30 seconds, after which the music abruptly stops and the window vanishes.

The second time I ran it, the window came up almost instantly but did (after a few seconds) show a menu. Starting the "game" worked, though it was a bit awkward to control as the mouse was not constrained to the window.

The third (and all subsequent) attempts to run it have had the same problem as the first time I ran it - slow to load, non-responsive window, abrupt exit.

Hmm strange, the DirectX installer should be updating it to the newest version of directx from the Microsoft website... =/ Also you could full screen it using alt-enter or program the script to make the window full screen by adding the line "GameWindow.full_screen = true" to the defualt.lua after the window creation function.

EDIT: Also are you using a 64 bit or 32 bit processor?

[Edited by - CodaKiller on November 5, 2009 3:17:31 PM]

The DirectX runtimes are a bit odd - I ran them again from your installer to make sure, but that didn't help, so ran the ones from the Microsoft site - and those worked first time.

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EDIT: Also are you using a 64 bit or 32 bit processor?

64-bit processor (aren't they all, these days?) but resolutely 32-bit OS (Vista Business). ATi HD3450 video card, 2GB RAM.

Trying to Alt-Enter on the window just beeps (the app is not responding, so keyboard input won't work). Adding the fullscreen switch to the Lua script doesn't help at first, but Alt-Tabbing to and from the main app a few times eventually brings up the menu and the app appears to run fine.

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The DirectX runtimes are a bit odd - I ran them again from your installer to make sure, but that didn't help, so ran the ones from the Microsoft site - and those worked first time.

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EDIT: Also are you using a 64 bit or 32 bit processor?

64-bit processor (aren't they all, these days?) but resolutely 32-bit OS (Vista Business). ATi HD3450 video card, 2GB RAM.

Trying to Alt-Enter on the window just beeps (the app is not responding, so keyboard input won't work). Adding the fullscreen switch to the Lua script doesn't help at first, but Alt-Tabbing to and from the main app a few times eventually brings up the menu and the app appears to run fine.

link me the directx installer which worked for you also the problem most likely is that I compiled one of the libraries for a 64 bit OS so I'll need to double check everything.

First search result for "directx runtimes".

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First search result for "directx runtimes".

Hmmm interesting, I thought that was only for DirectX 9.0c like the description says:

"The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC."

EDIT: Even in the file it says "DirectX 9.0 Web setup" very confused, are you sure that was what fixed the problem?!

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EDIT: Even in the file it says "DirectX 9.0 Web setup" very confused, are you sure that was what fixed the problem?!

The application didn't start before I installed it, and did start after I installed it. I therefore assumed it was responsible for the fix!

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EDIT: Even in the file it says "DirectX 9.0 Web setup" very confused, are you sure that was what fixed the problem?!

The application didn't start before I installed it, and did start after I installed it. I therefore assumed it was responsible for the fix!

If you had already installed the one from my installer it should not have let you install that one, it would have said you already have a newer version.

Did it actually let you install the other one?

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EDIT: Even in the file it says "DirectX 9.0 Web setup" very confused, are you sure that was what fixed the problem?!

The application didn't start before I installed it, and did start after I installed it. I therefore assumed it was responsible for the fix!

If you had already installed the one from my installer it should not have let you install that one, it would have said you already have a newer version.

Did it actually let you install the other one?

Yes, it said there were new updates it needed to install. I'm not really sure what happened. [embarrass]

I am getting this error:


Using Windows 7, 64 bit, rev7100.
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS