Posted: 6/8/2007 7:43 PM
Post subject: Can't run gens
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rollingface
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Hi, sorry to post this here but I can't join the Gens forum from the offical page. Anyway when I try to run Gens 2.14 or the modified version, the application immediately hangs showing idle in the title bar. I decided to see if I could run any version of Gens and I can. All versions 1.00 and lower run fine. Versions 1.01 and later don't run, and all of the hang immediately. Looking at the documentation it seems that 1.01 was the first version to add Sega-CD support. I don't know how this makes a difference but it does. Anyone have an ideas? Does this program use anything in the K-lite Codec pack?
Posted: 6/9/2007 10:28 AM
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Highness
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Perhaps you can change rendering method and see if that helps?
Posted: 6/9/2007 11:36 AM
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I'd actually guess it has something to do with ASPI, perhaps. Check c:\windows\system and c:\windows\system32 for wnaspi32.dll If that's not the problem, I don't have any idea.
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Posted: 6/9/2007 7:28 PM
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rollingface
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Highness wrote:
Perhaps you can change rendering method and see if that helps?
Can you be a bit more speific please? I can't access the menu because the application hangs as soon as I open it.
upthorn wrote:
I'd actually guess it has something to do with ASPI, perhaps. Check c:\windows\system and c:\windows\system32 for wnaspi32.dll If that's not the problem, I don't have any idea.
winaspi32.dll is not in either of those folders. Is that good or bad? Perhaps saying I am running windows XP pro is helpful. I'll supply any other computer specs if necessary.
Posted: 6/9/2007 7:43 PM
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Raiscan
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http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/WNASPI32.DLL.html Copy it into Gens' directory. I don't see the need to put it into a system directory if you only need it for Gens.
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Posted: 6/9/2007 7:54 PM
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rollingface
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Raiscan wrote:
http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/WNASPI32.DLL.html Copy it into Gens' directory. I don't see the need to put it into a system directory if you only need it for Gens.
It works! Thanks! Tell me the fact that I have Nero 6 is a coincidence though....
Posted: 6/9/2007 8:46 PM
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I was under the assumption that Nero 6 is supposed to install it automatically. The link to the nero site just happens to be one of the places you can get that particular file from.
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Posted: 6/10/2007 4:10 AM
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rollingface wrote:
Raiscan wrote:
http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/WNASPI32.DLL.html Copy it into Gens' directory. I don't see the need to put it into a system directory if you only need it for Gens.
It works! Thanks! Tell me the fact that I have Nero 6 is a coincidence though....
By the way, if you move it into c:\windows\system32\, it will still work for Gens, and you won't have a repeat of this problem if you get new programs that require ASPI
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Posted: 8/1/2010 3:37 AM
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 is much more worse than the 2010 version. It prevents Gens from running.