BeginFrame failed

[metal_head]

Guys, I'm posting this here, because it's really urgent and this is the most visited forum, if I post it in bugs, I may not aquire help, and the problem is really big.
Everything was running well, I was making my game, to do that I need to start and shutdown RF to see what I have done. OK, but suddenly RF just stopped working, it lets me go to the menu, but when the level loads, RF crashes. It all appeared from the nothing, and I don't see something wrong in the .log file:

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Initializing Camera Manager...
Initializing User Input Subsystem...
Initializing Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing CD Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Midi Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing RF Menu Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Network...
Loading Menu.ini...
Parsing Menu.ini...
Loading Character.ini...
Initializing Menu
Initializing Collision Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Network Manager Subsystem...
Initializing AVIFile Video Subsystem...
Launching Reality Factory Game Shell...
Entering CRFMenu::DoMenu()
Entering CRFMenu::ProcessMenu
Entering Windows Message Loop, Rendering Game Menu
Entering CRFMenu::ProcessMenu
Entering Windows Message Loop, Rendering Game Menu
Initializing Level: harbour.bsp
Configuring Camera Defaults...
Initializing Entity Registry...
Initializing Terrain Manager...
Initializing Effects Manager...
Initializing Actor Manager...
Parsing Environment Setup Entity...
Initializing Model Manager...
Creating Player Avatar...
Loading Player Avatar...
Initializing HUD...
Initializing Damage Subsystem...
Initializing FixedCamera Manager Subsystem...
Loading Player Configuration...
Loading Attributes and Player Configuration from PlayerSetup.ini
Loading Environmental Audio
Parsing PlayerSetup Entity
Initialize Player Data
Parsing EnvironmentSetup Entity
Initializing Automatic Door Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Moving Platform Manager Subsystem...
[WARNING] File .\CMovingPlatforms.cpp - Line 58: MovingPlatform2: Missing Model
Initializing Teleport Manager Subsystem...
Initializing MorphingField Effects Manager Subsystem...
Initializing 3d AudioSource Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Particle Effects Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Static Entity Props Subsystem...
Initializing Static Mesh Subsystem...
Initializing Soundtrack Toggle Subsystem...
Initializing Streaming Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Video Texture Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Corona Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Dynamic Light Manager Subsystem...
Initializing ElectricBolt Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Procedural Texture Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Path Database...
Initializing Path Followers...
Initializing Rain Effects Manager...
Initializing Spout Effects Manager...
Initializing ActorSpout Effects Manager...
Initializing Floating Particle Effects Manager...
Initializing eChaos Effects Manager...
Initializing Flame Effects Manager...
Initializing ScriptPoint Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Pawn Manager Subsystem...
Initializing ChangeAttribute Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Countdown Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Trigger Manager Subsystem...
Initializing LogicHandler Subsystem...
Initializing Message Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Effect Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Weapon Manager Subsystem...
Initializing FirePoint Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Flipbook Manager Subsystem...
Initializing AreaCheck Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Foliage Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Tree Manager Subsystem...
Initializing PWXImage Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Shadow Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Decal Manager Subsystem...
Initializing WallDecal Manager Subsystem...
Initializing LevelController Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Attribute Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Explosion Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Explosion Subsystem...
Initializing ChangeLevel Manager Subsystem...
Initializing ScreenShake Subsystem...
Initializing ViewSwitch Subsystem...
Initializing Inventory Subsystem...
Initializing Liquid Subsystem...
Initializing Overlay Subsystem...
Initializing TextureMorph Subsystem...
Initializing CutScene Subsystem...
Initializing ActorMaterial Subsystem...
Initializing Armour Subsystem...
Initializing LiftBelt Manager...
Initializing CDSpotlight Manager...
Initializing CurvedSurfaces Manager...
Initializing WindGenerator...
Initializing Fonts...
Preparing to Launch Game...
CRFMenu::GameLoop() - Setup and Run Level
CRFMenu::GameLevel() - Entering Inner Game Loop
[ERROR] CGenesisEngine::BeginFrame failed

Do you see something wrong? because I don't see anything, and this happens to any level I try to load :X
I'm using that version with the fixed audio mixers.
In school the game doesn't even want to run, all it does is plays the GENESIS logo and crashes, there I get only this:
[ERROR] CGenesisEngine::BeginFrame failed
It's really strange, even the backup of the game doesn't want to run...everything was working and suddenly it stopped. I though that it could be the driver, but when I switched to opengl, nothing changed. My computer has a problem with the video card, it's Nvidia and Nvidia + Vista = "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" in applications using opengl, including equity and milkshape, but I haven't had any problems with RF (well, RF has crashed like that before, but that happens rarely and only once).


I REALLY NEED HELP FOR THIS! Sorry for posting this here, I just don't wanna loose my game after all this hard work.

[MakerOfGames]

Do you have the latest drivers for your videocard? Also, have you changed display settings? Try going from DirectX to OpenGL, or change the resolution, or make it in windowed mode instead of full screen. That's the only idea I can think of right now.

[metal_head]

I tried everything you said, I haven't touched any settings. I was just editing my weapon.ini file (a projectile definition) and after I saved it, the game wasn't willing to start. I changedd everything back, so that I'll be sure that it's not from my weapon.ini, but still no result. It's really really strange, everything was running OK, and suddenly it stopped.

EDIT: I tried to run the game on my laptop, and the same thing happened, so I think it's not my PC's drivers, but what can it be, I'm with RF 0.76. I haven't touched anything in the game, I was just editing the weapon.ini. I tried to run the backup of the game (which is from before 3 weeks) and the the same thing happened :X What the hell is going on, this is the strangest thing ,that has happedned to me, RF related. I REALLY NEED SOME HELP
Oh yeah, and older games like Nirhis run without problems, but games, using 0.76 have problems, do you thing that it's the version that causes this?

[metal_head]

Collecting more information about the prolem:
I got 4 computers at home:
Two laptops that run on Vista,My PC, that runs on VIsta too and another PC, that runs on XP. The game crashed on all of the computers, so by now, I know that this is not a driver problem.
Also:
All the vistas load the menu, and crash right about when a level is loaded, so even the loading screen shows, but insted of the level to start, RF crashes.
On XP, RF shows the Genesis 3D logo and crashes after that, without even showing the menu. The log file on XP says:

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-----------------------------------------------
--- Reality Factory 0.76                    ---
--- Build Date: May 25 2008, Time: 19:43:48 ---
--- For more Information, visit:            ---
---    www.realityfactory.info              ---
-----------------------------------------------

Parsed RealityFactory.ini file

Genesis3D Initialized

[INFO] VFS detected (not encrypted)...

Initializing Camera Manager...
Initializing User Input Subsystem...
Initializing Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing CD Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Midi Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing RF Menu Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Network...
Loading Menu.ini...
Parsing Menu.ini...
Loading Character.ini...
Initializing Menu
Initializing Collision Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Network Manager Subsystem...
Initializing AVIFile Video Subsystem...
Launching Reality Factory Game Shell...
Entering CRFMenu::DoMenu()
Entering CRFMenu::ProcessMenu
Entering Windows Message Loop, Rendering Game Menu

[bernie]

BeginFrame failed ususlly means you have a texture that is not a power of 2 somewhere. In a new model perhaps?

NOTE:
This question has come up may times before on this forum. Try using the search button between FAQ and Members at the top of the page, it can help with a lot of problems.

[metal_head]

well, everything is OK with the models... strange, really, really strange. And the backup doesn't want to run even, and it was running yesterday. I checked everything out, weapons, projectiles, no level wants to run.

[QuestOfDreams]

I was just editing my weapon.ini file (a projectile definition) and after I saved it, the game wasn't willing to start. I changedd everything back, so that I'll be sure that it's not from my weapon.ini, but still no result.

Then you probably didn't undo all changes you made. Also make sure that there are some empty lines at the end of the INI file.

[paradoxnj]

Check all your textures and make sure they are a power of 2 (eg. 256x256, 128x128).

[metal_head]

Then you probably didn't undo all changes you made. Also make sure that there are some empty lines at the end of the INI file.

That was the problem, thanks QoD! That was a life saver!