GlitchHQ Doesn't work anymore!

[maximummaximus]

EDIT: Okay, through more testing, I think I found the problem. If you change settings in PJ64, and then try to play a game with HD textures, it will crash. Just don't modify any settings, or if you have to, change what you must, close, and re open it, then play your game. Can't believe it was that simple this entire time. xD

Thanks everyone, and I hope this helps anyone else with the same/similar issue(s).

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Project64.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 424c7e6e
Fault Module Name: GlideHQ.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.2.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ca1651f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00024ef2
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

And when I close that window, another error window pops up with the following debug info:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Project64.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 424c7e6e
Fault Module Name: GlideHQ.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.2.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ca1651f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00013a34
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6d2f
Additional Information 2: 6d2f3ec7cbc164712075b41f70f73f2e
Additional Information 3: d866
Additional Information 4: d8660cf45e73e1d7c41198dc98a04e94

I'm using Project64 1.6 and Glitch64 SVN215 Nov 18, as I was before. I'm 100% sure it's the high res texture option, because when I set it to "None", it works fine. Otherwise, it will load the game 100%, and then as soon as it would normally begin loading the textures for the game, it crashes.

From what I can see in the debug info, GlideHQ is causing the problem, but why? All I've upgraded is my hard drive, but either way, the same thing happens even when I'm running it from another drive. (ie my F: drive)

I have UAC disabled, I run the program as an administrator, I have all required drivers (video, sound, chipset), bios is updated, Windows has been fully updated, installed the latest DirectX runtimes, installed .NET framework for the hell of it (thought it might help), reinstalled video drivers freshly to see if that helps, it didn't. I even tried running it on different emulators; 1964 (which doesn't even attempt to load the textures, but works) and Nemu64 (has the same problem).

I have actually had "almost" success with PJ64 1.7, and it STARTS to work, (ie it starts loading the textures), but when about 95% of the textures are loaded, it fails with an exception (the common class.cpp one) regardless of what game I play. I've always had that problem with 1.7 though, so when I was having that problem, I switched to 1.6 which worked for awhile, but now... this is happening.

I tried using Glide64 Napalm WX, which gets further (starts to load the textures), but of course it crashes before it's finished loading all the textures (as it always did for me). Napalm 1.2 doesn't work, either. Rice's video works, but rice's video has really shitty FB emulation, and hitches when the sky textures change. I really just want to play OOT again flawlessly like it used to with HiRes textures..

Nothing is different (as far as I know), other than my virus scanner (which is now AVG) but even then, I disable the resident shield to see if that helped but it didn't, so I'm completely at a loss of what to do.

It also doesn't work with any game. It even fails (same problem) with games that don't have a hi res texture directory, so long as the option is enabled, the problem persists.

Additionally, I've tried doing a fresh emulator/plugin install on a completely different computer, and the same thing happens.

The only thing I can figure at this point, is that somebody cast some magic spell that disables GlideHQ's functionality, for everyone!

I gladly welcome any help from you nice folks.

[Arcaith]

My only advice is to check the boards where the plugin is supported to see if anyone else has had similar issues. It could be a common problem.

[Salvage66]

It has not happened to me i assure you that!

[Secant]

First things first: I'd like to commend you for your stupendous efforts to solve the problem yourself. It's amazing how much more help you get when you narrow down options yourself and make it easier for us to pinpoint a solution.

I think support for Glide is finally being phased out by the advent of newer 64-bit operating systems. The problem is that Glide is based on old Voodoo card technology, which is what OpenGL technology was about 11 or 12 years ago (it's about as old as the game you're trying to play!). I'm not sure the last time it was updated, as I haven't been keeping up with it as much, but all I know is that only one plugin version I have--which I obtained from someone else, not the site its hosted on--actually worked for me, all others never even showed up as available in the emulator.

I know you said you tried Rice's video plugin, but if you meant the old 6.1.1 beta 11 version that was last updated at least 100 years ago, then I'd say it's worth a shot to check out the latest generation. The plugin moved into development by mudlord who did some good work stabilizing it, then there was Aristotle's version which featured some extra options and higher texture resolution support (up to 128x the normal size), but the most current version is now the 1964 plugin. If you downloaded the latest version of 1964 then I believe you should already have that plugin. It's based on Rice's plugin but has seen about four years of updating and is one of the best plugins around, having the most versatility. The only major issues you may have with it are the framebuffer (it does have support for it, but it's slow and the render-to-texture effect is a bit low-res) and no support for abnormal aspect ratios/widescreen (only Jabo's has support for that, but of course its major downfall is its lack of support for custom textures). At any rate, it's definitely worth trying it out--if you don't actually have the latest version, you can check for it here. I can confirm the usefulness of this plugin; I used to use Glide a lot but I found this one to run a lot faster with loading textures and overall playing the game. I'm also using Windows 7 64-bit, so I'd be very surprised if it doesn't work for you.

[maximummaximus]

EDIT: Okay, through more testing, I think I found the problem. If you change settings in PJ64, and then try to play a game with HD textures, it will crash. Just don't modify any settings, or if you have to, change what you must, close, and re open it, then play your game. Can't believe it was that simple this entire time. xD

Thanks everyone, and I hope this helps anyone else with the same/similar issue(s).

Firstly, Happy new year! I appreciate everyone's responses. I didn't want the help to go un-thanked.

Dec 31, 2010 2:42:23 GMT -5 Secant said:

I know you said you tried Rice's video plugin, but if you meant the old 6.1.1 beta 11 version that was last updated at least 100 years ago, then I'd say it's worth a shot to check out the latest generation. The plugin moved into development by mudlord who did some good work stabilizing it, then there was Aristotle's version which featured some extra options and higher texture resolution support (up to 128x the normal size), but the most current version is now the 1964 plugin. If you downloaded the latest version of 1964 then I believe you should already have that plugin. It's based on Rice's plugin but has seen about four years of updating and is one of the best plugins around, having the most versatility. The only major issues you may have with it are the framebuffer (it does have support for it, but it's slow and the render-to-texture effect is a bit low-res) and no support for abnormal aspect ratios/widescreen (only Jabo's has support for that, but of course its major downfall is its lack of support for custom textures). At any rate, it's definitely worth trying it out--if you don't actually have the latest version, you can check for it here. I can confirm the usefulness of this plugin; I used to use Glide a lot but I found this one to run a lot faster with loading textures and overall playing the game. I'm also using Windows 7 64-bit, so I'd be very surprised if it doesn't work for you.

I've tried rice 6.11 beta, mudlord's 6.13/6.14, aristotles' 6.18 and 6.20, as well as the latest 1964 plugin, the problem with them isn't the fact that they don't work or run, but like you said, some effects are sloppy/unbearable. Previously, I was running the latest Glitch64 with everything maxed, and absolute perfect emulation (no framebuffer problems, Majora's mask transform sequences intact, and no lag or bugs in the start menu in OOT, etc.) with the HD textures and basically just everything maxed out, it was AMAZING. Call me spoiled. It's not that I can't go back, it's just that after playing these incredible games for so long at such a remarkable quality, it's tough to do so.

It seems that with Project64 1.7 (not 1.6), the texture loading will crash at around 120mb, but with the 2GB+ address space fix (see note 1), it doesn't do so until nearly 750mb. It doesn't give a Windows debug report, but instead the dreaded "Line:326 class.cpp Exception caught" error (which to my understanding can mean ANYTHING)

After some more testing, it seems PJ64 1.7 works with Glitch64 (Nov. 18, 2010 SVN)+Hi res textures in Mario Kart 64 (17mb texture pack), as well as Super Mario 64 (12mb texture pack) with the 3GB address fix (see note 1) (Not sure without, would assume it should work). It stops at 102.92mb with Majora's Mask's 400MB texture pack with the 3GB address fix, I haven't tried it without.

Also, it works with Mupen64 0.5.1, but unfortunately cheats aren't implemented, so I can't use the subscreen delay fix for OOT. >.<

It also starts to work with 1964 SVN r84, but it randomly crashes after a short amount of time.

Note 1: For those who aren't familiar with the 2GB+ enabler, it can be found at TES Nexus. Just place the executable you want to change in the same folder as the program, and change the name of the .exe to "Oblivion.exe" and run the batch (instructions are simple to follow), after you apply the fix, you can change the executable's name back to what it was originally. Make sure you back up the original file!!! Before this strange glitch, this was what allowed me to load bigger textures in PJ64 (both 1.6 and 1.7). Use at your own risk.