Posted November 18, 2019
Every time I attempt to launch FS1, I get the standard Windows "FreeSpace has stopped working" error message and have to close. Prior to a reinstall the game was generating a UAC prompt every time the executable was run, but now it's not doing it, but the crash persists. I thought it might potentially be due to the game being installed in the Program Files folder, since there are sometimes issues with write permissions there, but moving it to a separate drive did nothing. Strangely enough, the main fs.exe executable seems to always want admin access; the compatibility settings are automatically set to "Always run as administrator," and both it and a few other compatibility options are greyed out unless I select the "Change settings for all users" option on the compatibility tab. Running as admin or not doesn't seem to make a difference.
(And before anyone says anything, I've been part of the FS community for 15 years, so trust me I'm well aware of FSOpen and the FreeSpace Port. I was actually trying to investigate a difference between missions in retail FS1 and in the Port; otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with trying to run the original retail game.)
(And before anyone says anything, I've been part of the FS community for 15 years, so trust me I'm well aware of FSOpen and the FreeSpace Port. I was actually trying to investigate a difference between missions in retail FS1 and in the Port; otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with trying to run the original retail game.)
Post edited November 18, 2019 by Top_Gun
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