I created a game in blender 2.43
The game worked perfectly on my machine (windows 2000 NT professional)
I saved the runtime in a folder and then added the 8 .dll files that I used to run the game and python24.zip and then zip filed the lot up with winzip.
I then uploaded the file to my website servers.
Then I went to a different computer also running windows (xp this time) what I had already done the full windows update and virus/adware/spyware scan on using AVG and XoftSpy SE, and then downloaded my zip file.
Windows XP (on the second computer that i donloaded the game onto) unzipped it into a directory, I then ran the .exe file from the same directory as the 8 .dll files and the python24.zip.
Windows gave me an error warning and then told me that the program (my game) had problems and had to close.
So, what had I done wrong and how can I correct it?
Hmm… Are you trying to inflate your post count or something?
bespoke:
When you have a “my game is not working on a specific computer” problem, you need to follow a logical debugging pattern. What are the possible causes? Either something is missing on the other computer that your game needs to run correctly, or the computer does not support the Blender Game Engine.
Game Engine support is easier to test. Download the zipped Blender 2.43 package from blender.org (in the older versions section) and unzip it on the WinXP computer. Open up Blender and press [P Key] just to see if the Game Engine works. If Blender crashes and you get the same message, then you know that the computer doesn’t support the Blender Game Engine (a graphics driver problem: the driver for the graphics card doesn’t support OpenGL). If this is the case, I recommend you find out the manufacturer and model number of the graphics card in that computer (or the motherboard, if it’s using an integrated graphics chipset) and go to the manufacturer’s website to find the latest drivers. Download and install them and see if the Game Engine works (it is very likely that the driver update will fix the problem). If a driver update doesn’t fix the problem, then you know that the current graphics card in that computer doesn’t support the Blender Game Engine, and the computer will need a new graphics card if you want to play Blender games on it. (Don’t worry about it too much. Almost all modern games have a list of “supported graphics cards”. Most cards will run Blender games, but unfortunately, there are a select few that will not.)
I’m almost certain that your problem is with Game Engine support, but if the Game Engine runs fine on that computer, then the problem is with something in your game. Maybe a file got corrupted when you zipped or uploaded it (happens sometimes). Try repackaging it and reupload it, then download it and try again. If that doesn’t work, try to think about what is different between the two machines. Do you have Python installed on one and not the other? Think about those types of things, and hopefully you can track it down.