The Magical MUGEN Disappearing Act! Starring... My Frustration.

[OroCrimson]

Okay, seriously.

I'm sorry for coming on here asking for help so many times but...

Okay, so I made this "demo" for a game. Made an install file. Tested the install file. It worked. Opened the game, tested the game, played around with it, everything seemingly works.
Woo.

Upload it on the net, now it's out there to the public.
A friend that I worked with started having an issue, where at the start of the match the game would just close. We'd been changing files a lot on his version so we decided he was just going to reinstall. It was getting late, so I went to bed.

I wake up this morning. I open MUGEN so I can take some footage. I start a match... and it disappears.
Between the Versus screen and the actual match, the game just... poofs.

No error message. No "Stopped Working" or "Not Responding" message. Just... gone. Nothing. I have NO idea why. Especially since at first, it WAS working.

And this version is released on the net?! *grumble*
So I want to know how to fix this so I can make a new install and reupload it and avoid others from having the issue.

EDIT: I notice the issue doesn't apply if I run it in Administrator mode...

[NotAGoodName]

Don't put anything in program files directory on Vista or newer.

[Ryon]

it could literally just be a computer related issue.

 

Mugen is great, Moleboxing it, ... it WORKS yes but it has its flaws.

 

some stages will replay a couple times.

MP3's might not get played.

it would randomly crash, and such...

 

so.. its not a uncommon issue.

 

Can I have a link to your game?

[OroCrimson]

it could literally just be a computer related issue.

 

Mugen is great, Moleboxing it, ... it WORKS yes but it has its flaws.

 

some stages will replay a couple times.

MP3's might not get played.

it would randomly crash, and such...

 

so.. its not a uncommon issue.

 

Can I have a link to your game?

It's not a molebox, it's an install. Since running in Administrator works, I think it stops running because it doesn't have permissions to use the Program Files, or something like that.

I'm a little nervous about showing the game because I pretty much created none of the content (I'm trying to credit everyone who did do so on the website though.) I made it mainly for people who are not familiar with MUGEN or just are starting out with MUGEN, kind of a best-of thing. But I don't want people to think I'm trying to take credit for the stuff in it.

It's kind of inspired by Ristar87 and how he'd make MUGEN games out of collections of characters/stages/etc.

Anyway, if you're still not ashamed of me, the website is here:

http://orocrimson.wix.com/warzone

:)

[OroCrimson]

Don't put anything in program files directory on Vista or newer.

 

Yeah, that's what I've pretty much learned.

In the meantime I've instructed those with the issue to run as administrator.