So I've finished my I Got Balls 2 game. I am looking to get it out to the public, but the problem is I can't get it to run on most computers. My computer runs it fine, so I'm trying to figure out why it won't run on other's. So what I did is made 3 different programs, each with added complexity, so that I could find out what will and won't work. If you are interested in helping, download the three shown here and tell me what runs and what doesn't. Test One This creates a simple window and a log file. It was created in C#, so you will need the .NET framework 1.1. Test Two This creates a window with DX and my engine. My engine is entirely included in the .exe. You will need the DX 9.0b (Summer Update) installed on your comp, as well as the .NET framework. Test Three This is the actual game. Here I am linking to my game engine through a .dll, and I think that might be part of the problem. Requirements are the same as for Test 2. I am attempting to build a team with a friend in Canada, but he cannot get any of the three to run. I have had some people run test 1 no problem, but just made test 2, so I am curious to see how that all works. Thanks again for all of you that download, try em out, and tell me which does and doesn't work. Maybe I'll get this figured out yet. --Vic-- [edited by - Roof Top Pew Wee on March 9, 2004 9:30:16 AM]

Test three: It worked fine on my laptop, which has the .NET framework and DX Summer update installed.

Test two: Just a blank screen. I waited for a while, but nothing came up.

Test one: It created the window (blank) and wrote, "We are at least starting the .exe file" into the log.

Sorry I''m not at all familiar with .NET or managed DX, so I can''t give you any more help than that.

As for the game itself, it looked pretty good. Is it going to just have random balls or be level based, like some of the other Bust-A-Move clones I''ve seen?

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It appears that the game runs on poeople''s computers that have the SDK for .NET framework but not on people with just the release files.

Read the How To Play. The game is basically a multi-player challenge game. You just see what difficulty you can beat it at. It''s more of a sit down for a few minutes to play type game.

--Vic--

have you checked to make sure you havnt accidently released a debug build? that may be the problem if it works with the sdk but not the release version.

(btw, i dont have .net so none of the 3 work for me)

Note that users don''t need the Summer Update. They should just need the DirectX 9.0b runtime.

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