Game somehow doesn't start

[DaewenWinter]

I have downloaded the latest java. Check. I have downloaded the latest autohaven file. Check. I have set any permissions I could find to allow the game to run. Check. However, when I run autohaven nothing happens. It loads for a few seconds, and then nothing. No reading of the disk, and no innitial logo. And no processes of java running, apart from the one that says "Java is actually turned on". Is there an issue with windows ten that does it? I was able to play before the update, but it's been a while...

[sMartins]

What's your PC specs? Cpu,VGA,OS 32 or 64 ...

[DaewenWinter]

What's your PC specs? Cpu,VGA,OS 32 or 64 ...

I have no idea what VGA is, but I have intel i5 cuad core CPU from 2011, RADEON HD 6650M 2GB graphics card, and I am running Windows 10 Creators Update (64). I have played the game before, on much crappier computers, so unless something really weird has happened with the game in a year, that has rendered it unable to even start, I'm stumped. Obviously people are still playing it, so the issue is on my end, but I can't see what is the issue.

[sMartins]

Delete/Unistall all your previous JAVA installations and download and Install this: Windows Offline (64bit) https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Then make sure you are running the game with the Radeon HD instead of the Intel HD graphic card integrated in your CPU.
Also update your Radeon HD drivers.

[DaewenWinter]

Delete/Unistall all your previous JAVA installations and download and Install this: Windows Offline (64bit) https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Then make sure you are running the game with the Radeon HD instead of the Intel HD graphic card integrated in your CPU.
Also update your Radeon HD drivers.

Deleting java uncovered I had about 20 or more iterations of javaws running. Probably form all the times I tried to run hafen. Odd that nothing has happened though, over two days. Also, what GPU I use should only affect the quality of the game, not its ability to launch at all, shouldn't it?

Either way. Having now installed only the latest offline 64bit java for windows, running the autohaven file still does nothing unless I look as the system processes. Running the file causes two iterations of java Web Start Launcher to start. A short while later one of them shuts down. The second remains, but nothing appears to happen.

[DaewenWinter]

Whatever the issue was, using a custom client did allow me to enter the game, and it looks all right! I wonder what the deal was though..

[sMartins]

I think that probably your pc is very messed up and needs a clean ....

[MagicManICT]

Windows Offline (64bit) https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

This is actually ONLY an issue with certain Intel GPUs that don't have proper 32 bit driver support for OpenGL 2.0

Then make sure you are running the game with the Radeon HD instead of the Intel HD graphic card integrated in your CPU.

Not an issue with an ATI, no matter what flavor. I don't know what funky stuff Nvidia has gotten up to handing off processing to an integrated GPU, but it's there.

Could be a driver issue, though, as there is some extra software that is installed with the Radeon drivers if you don't bother to uncheck the boxes for video capture and such. I forget the name of the package off the top of my head, but it's caused problems with OpenGL before, and many other games. Best suggestion is to ONLY install Catalyst and the Radeon drivers.

However, when I run autohaven nothing happens. It loads for a few seconds, and then nothing.

We really need a crash report if you can find it. Search for a "hs_err_pid.log" file. Typically it will be in your Java folder, but there is no guarantee as system settings and other software can change where it gets placed.

Make sure that you have the Java option "Enable in Web Browser" checked. Without this, Haven flat won't run. (Then again, your system may not even recognize the file type if this is off.)

I would verify that there is only one Java version installed. Make sure you use an utility to clean the installations after you uninstall. Oracle recommend "CCleaner." There's a free version that is effective for removing registry keys and dangling files that could be causing a problem.

have no idea what VGA is

It's a nearly 40 year old graphics standard that defined 16, 24, and 32 bit color definitions for PC graphics display in the late 80s at specific resolutions. It was later revised for display resolutions upwards of 1600x1200 and larger. It's also the name of the analog (15 pin?) port that you plug your non-HDMI monitor into. Some people still use this instead of the more generic "GPU."