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Hi! is there some prerequisite that I should have installed before I can run this? I am on Windows 10, 64bit and I double click the .exe a program opens for a split second and then closes. I have pyhton 2.7 installed on my machine (if this is relevant). Is there any log or something I can provide?

Edit: I run my windows with an external GPU sometimes, I was currently not connected to that external GPU. For some reason I think that windows wanted to run the thing on the external GPU regardless of what I told it. If I uninstalled the drivers for the eGPU it started working. Sorry for the bother.

Edit 2: While I got it running now, egpu being out of the equasion, the same happens when I try to open the preferences window - just a crash. I wanted to change the location where the files are being saved and was searching for a way to do that.

Brin3 years ago (1 edit)

Woop, ok I found the log files:

Playscii v9.17.1
Loading config from C:\Users\Brin\AppData\Local\Playscii/playscii.cfg...
Config loaded.
Detecting hardware...
  CPU: Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel
  GPU: Microsoft Corporation - GDI Generic
  OpenGL detected: 1.1.0
GLSL support not detected, your hardware doesn't appear to meet Playscii's requirements!  Sorry ;________;
Thank you for using Playscii!  <3

I'm running this on a i7-8550U processor. Does playscii not support igpus?

JP LeBreton3 years ago(+1)

There are several kinds of Intel GPU that Playscii definitely supports, but it needs to be capable of at least OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.30.

A reported GL version of 1.1 is extremely old, that possibly implies that it's not even finding your GPU, or that you don't have the right drivers installed. "GDI Generic" reported for the GPU further suggests that there are no GPU drivers installed on the system. I don't have your hardware obviously and I don't know how one would go about getting the right drivers, but that's a starting point if you investigate.

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