FreeTrain

Al Heeley · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

I get the following error message when trying to start FreeTrain on Vista home premium.

The type initializer for 'freetrain.framework.MainWindow' threw an exception.
at freetrain.framework.MainWindow..ctor(String[] args, Boolean constructionMode)
at Driver.Driver.run(String[] args) in c:\dev\freetrain\trunk\FreeTrain\tools\Driver\Driver.cs:line 38
at Driver.Driver.Main(String[] args) in c:\dev\freetrain\trunk\FreeTrain\tools\Driver\Driver.cs:line 26
The type initializer for 'freetrain.framework.ResourceUtil' threw an exception.
at freetrain.framework.ResourceUtil.loadSystemPicture(String name)
at freetrain.framework.MainWindow..cctor() in c:\dev\freetrain\trunk\FreeTrain\core\framework\MainWindow.cs:line 119
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {E1211353-8E94-11D1-8808-00C04FC2C602} failed due to the following error: 80040154.
at org.kohsuke.directdraw.DirectDraw..ctor() in c:\dev\freetrain\trunk\FreeTrain\lib\DirectDraw.net\DirectDraw.cs:line 47
at freetrain.framework.ResourceUtil..cctor() in c:\dev\freetrain\trunk\FreeTrain\core\framework\ResourceUtil.cs:line93
I would love to get this game up and running, a big fan of the originals. Any solution for Vista?

steven_h · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:06 am Post subject:

Do you have the resources in the directory? "loadSystemPicture" is looking for items in the ./plugins/system directory and without this plugin your game wont run...
How did you Download/Obtain?

Mods... can we push this to a new thread?

himasaram · Developer Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 79

steven_h wrote:

Mods... can we push this to a new thread?

Done!

Al Heeley · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

steven-H: I downloaded from the sourceforge.net site: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=188623
Extracted the zip to a folder on my desktop as there seemed to be no installer program. Did i miss something?

The system folder seems to be in the right place, but theres no c:\dev folder or \trunk folder.
I also added in all the extra plugins from the folder on sourceforge, but it still kicks up the same error.

Al Heeley · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

Has anyone else managed to run the game successfully on Vista (32bit)? Crying or Very sad

Al Heeley · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

himasaram wrote:

First the standard questions:

Do you have the correct version of .NET Framework (2.0 redistributable) installed?

Are you logged in as administrator?

Is this of any relevance to Vista? Can anyone give some more details about what the .net framework is, if you need it, where to get it and where to install it?

himasaram · Developer Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 79

Dunno if the .NET runtime has to be installed on Vista, but you can try. clicky.

Al Heeley · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

Thanks - I did the clicky thing, it says "This product is already installed as part of the operating system. Still no joy. Crying or Very sad

questron · Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Mayen, Germany

Maybe the problem is here:

Quote:

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {E1211353-8E94-11D1-8808-00C04FC2C602} failed due to the following error: 80040154

As far as I know, this error code means something like the com-class can't be found.

And there is actually no COM-class with this CLSID installed on my Vista-System, but there is on a fresh WinXP-Installation. It's identified with DirectX6 in the registry. So the error code seems to make sense.

I checked out the latest sources from the svn and I wasn't able to compile them on vista, 45 errors were thrown. All related to something DirectX-like, it's missing the DxVBLibA for example. I guess these problems are also related to the missing DirectX6 on Vista.

charlieg · Site Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 80

Yay for legacy DirectX. Argh! I thought DirectX was backwards compatable? How did they mess that up in .NET?

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Stormbringer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Al Heeley wrote:

Has anyone else managed to run the game successfully on Vista (32bit)? Crying or Very sad

Hm. I bought A-Train many years ago, the original version on diskettes (still got them) and I really enjoyed this game. When changing to Windows XP it didn't run. Then I found a newer version on CD-ROM, but no success.

Today I discovered this site and FreeTrain, but meanwhile I've got Windows Vista. So I'm also interested, whether there is any possibility to get FreeTrain runnig on my PC.

Disappointed greetings from Germany,
Christof Sad

sskchan · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

Al Heeley wrote:

Has anyone else managed to run the game successfully on Vista (32bit)? Crying or Very sad

Perhaps you gentlemen out there have already solved it but since I can't find any post on the web directly on this workaround so I think it may be still useful to post it here.

I am new to Freetrain and had the same problem running Freetrain on Vista.

However, I believed the cause of the problem is similar to that of failing to run BVE on Vista, which is due to removed support of DirectX 7 & 8 for VB from Vista (the COM things being complained when starting Freetrain).

So I followed the procedure in the following link for BVE (a 1st person train driving simulation) and I am able to run FreeTrain on Vista now.

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=141444

Notes:

1. I copied the DLLs from an old XP machine so I didn't try the links to the DLL in the article.
2. UAC can be turned back on after installation (at least in my case).
3. Since I am new to FreeTrain I am not sure everything works exactly the same way it used to be on previous platforms.

Good luck!