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  1. ra-dek

    ra-dek Well-Known Member

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    Hi folks

    I have updated XP instalation with SP3 from Bill and I cant start game from launcher. Effects in Windows display are off and 98 compatibility on.

    Any suggestions?

    R
     
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  2. Funtom

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    insert your error message, pls ;)
     
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  3. Red Ant

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    Error 6? According to MSDN, error code 6 stands for "The handle is invalid." ... which admittedly is not a very useful piece of information in this context. :dunno:
     
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    Funtom Well-Known Member

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    or Runtime Error 6:Overflow ? :)
     
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  5. Red Ant

    Red Ant Well-Known Member

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    Where are you getting that from?
     
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  6. Funtom

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    that was popular message in VB as i remember :) or not? my memory is ruined :D
     
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  7. Red Ant

    Red Ant Well-Known Member

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    Somehow I don't believe FH is written in Visual Basic. ;P
     
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    mb it is not FHL's problem ;)
     
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    ra-dek Well-Known Member

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    Damn, I cant play on this computer now.!
    :help: :help: :help:
     
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  10. Funtom

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    Have you tried turning it off and on again? :D
     
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    ra-dek Well-Known Member

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    yes
     
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  12. Red Ant

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    Does "Practice Offline" work or does that bomb, too?
     
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  13. Funtom

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    so better info will be good if you want help.... do screenshot with error f.e.
     
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  14. ra-dek

    ra-dek Well-Known Member

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    ok:

    Info: XP Prof SP3

    1. Click Go Online ( Win98 compatibility in the shortcut /or wihout also doesnt work)
    2. VV server list -> click > ...error

    [​IMG]

    To be precise its started after update to sp3
     
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  15. Funtom

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    Why Win98 compatibility? I don't need it, I do nothing after installation.

    btw: have you tried reinstall FHL after SP3 installation?
     
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  16. Red Ant

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    Hmm, maybe your firewall is blocking the Launcher application?

    EDIT: If the FH launcher is coded in such a way that it doesn't check whether it actually succeeded in creating a socket and then proceeded to try and do stuff with the socket, that could explain the "invalid handle" error.


    EDIT2: Nah, forget this one. I just tried this out with my firewall. That's not it.
     
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  17. ra-dek

    ra-dek Well-Known Member

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    i reinstalled , restarted , it i think in all possible ways.
    with Win98 compatibility or without it just generate same message with error 6

    So till now I shall recomend to all
    DO NOT INSTALL SP3 FOR XP
     
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  18. Funtom

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    Shut down your firewall/&AV for a moment and try it...

    I have SP3 too and no problems ;)
     
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    SP3 here with no problems either
     
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