Game won't start

karolis0009 · Jan 5, 2012

Hey, I'm new in Racer. So, I have a problem with my game, I downloaded it, extracted and when I tried to run racer.exe I got a black screen. Nothing happens no matter how long I wait. What could be wrong ? I wan't to play this game, becouse it look's cool. I downloaded 0.8.37 version of the game. My computer spec if needed : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ 1.8 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.24 GHz, RAM 2 GB, GeForce 6600 LE Video RAM 616.0 MB

Stereo · Jan 6, 2012

If the game has any errors, they should show up in QLOG.txt, which is in the Racer folder. If you can check there that'd be helpful.
You might also want to try the previous version, 0.8.36 is more compatible with hardware.

karolis0009 · Jan 6, 2012

Fri Jan 06 02:47:51 (INFO): [racer/664] --- application start ---
Fri Jan 06 02:47:51 (INFO): [racer/664] Racer version: 0.8.37 (Dec 23 2011/13:09:10) - customer: Internet
Fri Jan 06 02:47:52 (ERR ): [racer/664] DFBOTexture; frameBuffer status not complete (Framebuffer incomplete, duplicate attachment)
Fri Jan 06 02:47:52 (INFO): [racer/664] DGPUShaderManager::Init() Geometry shading is not supported on this card (ATI?).
Fri Jan 06 02:47:52 (WARN): [racer/664] DGPUShader:Load(data/renderer/fullscreen_shaders_hdr/bloom_shadows_f.cg): The profile is not supported.
Fri Jan 06 02:47:52 (ERR ): [racer/664] DFBOTexture ctor: OpenGL error (1281): invalid value
Fri Jan 06 02:47:52 (INFO): [racer/664] Physics engine: NEWTON v2.34
Fri Jan 06 02:47:53 (ERR ): [racer/664] DFBOTexture; frameBuffer status not complete (Framebuffer incomplete, duplicate attachment)
Fri Jan 06 02:47:53 (ERR ): [racer/664] DBitmapTexture:FromBitMap(): OpenGL error (1281): invalid value
Fri Jan 06 02:47:54 (INFO): [racer/664] Safety changed to: SAFE
Fri Jan 06 02:47:54 (ERR ): [racer/664] DBitmapTexture:FromBitMap(): OpenGL error (1282): invalid operation
Fri Jan 06 02:47:57 (ERR ): [racer/664] DBitmapTexture:FromBitMap(): OpenGL error (1286): (null)
Fri Jan 06 02:48:00 (ERR ): [racer/664] DBitmapTexture:FromBitMap(): OpenGL error (1286): (null)

Where can I find 0.8.36 version ? I tried 0.6.55 version - worked.

Stereo · Jan 6, 2012

0.8.36 is in http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/racer-v0-8-36-released.41050/

The 6600LE might just be too old for cg, you could try racer_nocg.exe (in .36). From what I remember GeForce 7800 and newer is required for full support on new features.