I know I can't use Sapien, so I went in and tried to find out what the problem is. I opened it up and checked the debug.txt after it (expectedly) crashed. Here's what it said:

02.25.09 18:43:22 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
02.25.09 18:43:22 reference function: _write_to_error_file
02.25.09 18:43:22 reference address: 401b13
02.25.09 18:43:22 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
02.25.09 18:43:23 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
02.25.09 18:43:24 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
02.25.09 18:43:24 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
02.25.09 18:44:14 DirectInput: 'Acquire (keyboard)' returned (DIERR_OTHERAPPHASPRIO#-2147024891)
02.25.09 18:44:14 EAX: 0xFDA3C908
02.25.09 18:44:14 EBX: 0x00009701
02.25.09 18:44:14 ECX: 0xFFFFFFFF
02.25.09 18:44:14 EDX: 0x00000B98
02.25.09 18:44:14 EDI: 0x0013F300
02.25.09 18:44:14 ESI: 0x00000000
02.25.09 18:44:14 EBP: 0x0013F1D8
02.25.09 18:44:14 ESP: 0x0013F1C8
02.25.09 18:44:14 EIP: 0x7C90EB94, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
02.25.09 18:44:14 EXCEPTION halt in \halopc\haloce\source\cseries\profile.c,#442: parent_timesection->self_msec >= child_timesection->elapsed_msec

It said something about my sound card, but I don't think that's the problem. (Maybe it is, I don't know. Halo runs perfectly fine with my sound card.) I have the HEK in my Halo CE folder, so the directory is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition and all the HEK files are in there. When I go and open Sapien (by double left clicking it) it opens, and this time I could see all the mini-windows like the Heirarchy view, but they were all blank and the program icons in the upper left corner were all the same white icon. (The one you get when a program isn't responding)
Can someone tell me what the source of the problem is and the solution please? Thanks.

Does your computer have duo-core? If so, that's the problem. Open sapien, but don't open the file yet. Then open task manager and set the affinity to 1. Or if you do't like doing this every time, set the compatibility to windows 98. Many people get the sound card message, you can just ignore it, it does not effect it.


Edited by chrisk123999 on Feb 25, 2009 at 06:03 PM

Posting in white text does not make it any easier to read what you said. But you probably forgot to rip everything.

That's weird, I don't know how that got all white. But thanks again for being patient with me. :)

i followed your steps from 2 days ago and now im no longer able to open up any scenario
and i was able to open them yesterday and the day before. i did everything that you said.

Probably has something to do with your hiding your edited by text :P

Also,



Post your debug.txt here.

im on vista
and i believe i have the same debug.txt as electricsquid

edit: ah nvm this is the most recent.
edit2: my xfire is sylux166, im also have some issue bringing in the humble base object and i fixed all the red parts. thanks

DEBUG.TXT
02.28.09 15:05:14 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
02.28.09 15:05:14 reference function: _write_to_error_file
02.28.09 15:05:14 reference address: 401b13
02.28.09 15:05:14 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
02.28.09 15:05:14 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
02.28.09 15:05:14 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
02.28.09 15:05:14 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
02.28.09 15:05:16 local player 0, weapon (0x0), deleted unexpectedly
02.28.09 15:13:34 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=)
02.28.09 15:13:34 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
02.28.09 15:13:34 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=)
02.28.09 15:13:34 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
02.28.09 15:13:34 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=)
02.28.09 15:13:34 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
02.28.09 15:13:34 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=)
02.28.09 15:13:34 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
02.28.09 15:13:56 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
02.28.09 15:14:08 WARNING: 11 clusters in structure_bsp levels\test\deathisland\deathisland have no background sound or sound environment.
02.28.09 15:14:08 local player 0, weapon (0x0), deleted unexpectedly
Edited by defiler1 on Feb 28, 2009 at 07:35 PM
Edited by defiler1 on Feb 28, 2009 at 07:36 PM

I have never seen that error before, you must have screwed something up really bad.

I got that error once, yesterday. I was attempting to load Red Alert 3 while Sapien was running. When a game starts up, there's a "limbo" time, when the whole screens black, and you can see your mouse. That's where I was. When I went back to Sapien to save and close, it had that error written all over the screen. But Sapien didn't crash.

maybe its becuse that red alert 3 uses other video settings which kills sapien

DirectInput: 'Acquire (keyboard)' returned (DIERR_OTHERAPPHASPRIO#-2147024891)

other app has prioity. it means that the keyboard is using another app
Edited by black doom on Mar 1, 2009 at 10:41 AM

nvm got it working agian, i have to run task manager as admininstrator then go to sapien and run as administrator and then have cpu 0 running for me now >_<
i really hate vista and i cant wait to be going to my dads house in a bit, xp there

Vista is better then XP. It works perfectly for me. All you have to do is run sapien in windows 98 compatibility mode.

I prefer running in XP. Also, spending a lot of quality time with Vista has made it unbearable to touch the XP they run on school computers *shudders*

im going to set my sapien to windows 98 in compatibility mode.