i have version 1.5.4 of MBG on a mac os x that won't open. it play that "easy listening" music, but wont do anything else. is it simply that my version is outdated, or something much more sinister? 
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[CLOSED] MBG won't open. Help.
- arcangel911
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19 Oct 2015 04:03 - 18 Jun 2016 22:15 #1
i have version 1.5.4 of MBG on a mac os x that won't open. it play that "easy listening" music, but wont do anything else. is it simply that my version is outdated, or something much more sinister?
arcangel911
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i have version 1.5.4 of MBG on a mac os x that won't open. it play that "easy listening" music, but wont do anything else. is it simply that my version is outdated, or something much more sinister?
Last edit: 18 Jun 2016 22:15 by Aayrl.
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21 Oct 2015 02:43 #2
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Well, can you give some information (where is it stopping at, is the EXE broken, does it just go to a black screen, etc)?
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21 Oct 2015 11:22 #3
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Does it show up in the dock? Did you change the resolution at any point? I've been able to replicate a bug like this with marble blast platinum but never tried with mbg.
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04 Dec 2015 01:23 - 04 Dec 2015 01:24 #4
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Hi there Arcangel911,
Apologies for the large delay in response from one of us. This sounds like it may be related to the default video driver that's toggled in the preferences file for the copy you've downloaded. Try opening your prefs.cs file ( located in Marble Blast Gold \ marble \ client \ prefs.cs on Windows ) and open the script file using a text editor - the built in Windows Notepad or Mac Text Editor should work fine.
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To:
If that doesn't help, locate the lines of code listed below and see if your video display device is set to Direct3D. If so, try changing this to OpenGL. The example below transitions from Direct3D to OpenGL:
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To:
If that's still not doing the trick, try disabling fullscreen mode and adjust the windowed resolution to a smaller version and see if the game runs:
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To:
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Try each of the following suggestions I listed above and then save the prefs.cs file and then attempt to re-launch Marbleblast.exe. If you are still having troubles, post back so we can try to further troubleshoot the issue. If you were able to resolve the problem, please indicate which solution worked so others in the future can follow the same steps if they encounter a similar issue.
Best regards,
~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Manager
Apologies for the large delay in response from one of us. This sounds like it may be related to the default video driver that's toggled in the preferences file for the copy you've downloaded. Try opening your prefs.cs file ( located in Marble Blast Gold \ marble \ client \ prefs.cs on Windows ) and open the script file using a text editor - the built in Windows Notepad or Mac Text Editor should work fine.
Change:
Code:
$pref::Video::Resolution = "1280 1040 32";
Code:
$pref::Video::Resolution = "800 600 32";
If that doesn't help, locate the lines of code listed below and see if your video display device is set to Direct3D. If so, try changing this to OpenGL. The example below transitions from Direct3D to OpenGL:
Change:
Code:
$pref::Video::displayDevice = "D3D";
Code:
$pref::Video::displayDevice = "OpenGL";
If that's still not doing the trick, try disabling fullscreen mode and adjust the windowed resolution to a smaller version and see if the game runs:
Change:
Code:
$pref::Video::fullscreen = "1";
Code:
$pref::Video::fullscreen = "0";
Change:
Code:
$pref::Video::windowedRes= "...";
Code:
$pref::Video::windowedRes= "800 600";
Try each of the following suggestions I listed above and then save the prefs.cs file and then attempt to re-launch Marbleblast.exe. If you are still having troubles, post back so we can try to further troubleshoot the issue. If you were able to resolve the problem, please indicate which solution worked so others in the future can follow the same steps if they encounter a similar issue.
Best regards,
~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Manager
Last edit: 04 Dec 2015 01:24 by Aayrl.
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