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Hi, I've just downloaded MineTest and I have many problems with it... I've searched on YTB and Internet, but I haven't found anything.

My problem is this:


"minetest.exe stopped running.
Windows is searching any solution for the problem..."

When I start playing a new map, the game say: ERROR[Server Thread]: ERROR: An unhandled exception occurred: Cannot open database file. I don't know what happens, and I don't find any information anywhere...
If you could help me, I'd be so greatfully =)

Note: I have 0.4.4 MineTest version and Windows 7.

Thanks! ^^

In which folder do you have Minetest?

sfan5 wrote:In which folder do you have Minetest?

In a folder created by me at the desktop.

Hm, have you tried creating another world?

sfan5 wrote:Hm, have you tried creating another world?

Yep, but it doesn't work anyway... I've tried downloading a created map on the Internet, but it doesn't work again... Any suggestion? :/

Try using 0.4.7

sfan5 wrote:Try using 0.4.7

It doesn't work in my computer, versions higher than 0.4.4 don't work... I had problems later with it... What could I do?

Poke wrote:

sfan5 wrote:Try using 0.4.7

It doesn't work in my computer, versions higher than 0.4.4 don't work... I had problems later with it... What could I do?

What doesnt work?

PilzAdam wrote:

Poke wrote:

sfan5 wrote:Try using 0.4.7

It doesn't work in my computer, versions higher than 0.4.4 don't work... I had problems later with it... What could I do?

What doesnt work?

Euh... I don't know how to say it, I'm not English... xD I'll try: at my computer only run versions under 0.4.4 of MineTest, including it. I've tried installing 0.4.7 version, but it doesn't work.

Something with using special characters? Unfortunenately the link in the link doesn't work:

http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?pid=55657#p55657

Topywo wrote:Something with using special characters? Unfortunenately the link in the link doesn't work:

http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?pid=55657#p55657

Noup... And I saw this post later, but the link didn't work... :/

Poke wrote:

Topywo wrote:Something with using special characters? Unfortunenately the link in the link doesn't work:

http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?pid=55657#p55657

Noup... And I saw this post later, but the link didn't work... :/

Please don't write in colors when it is not needed.

Ok, sorry.

So, what precisely is the error you get when you try to run 0.4.7? Run it from a command prompt (DOS window, terminal, whatever it is on your machine) and either copy&paste the entire output to here, or give us a screenshot of the command prompt that shows the error.

VanessaE wrote:So, what precisely is the error you get when you try to run 0.4.7? Run it from a command prompt (DOS window, terminal, whatever it is on your machine) and either copy&paste the entire output to here, or give us a screenshot of the command prompt that shows the error.

When I try to run 0.4.7 version, the game stops immediatly. I show you what appears when I run it:




You won't understand anything, I know, because it is Spanish... I'll translate it:

"minetest.exe stopped running.

The program stopped running correctly because of a problem. Windows will close the program and will notice if there is any solution.

Close program."


How can I run the program from the terminal? I'm noob, sorry... T.T

Thanks for all! =)

Simply hit the Windows Button on your Keyboard or the button on your taskbar and type in cmd. After hitting return you will get a console. Now drag the minetest.exe into it and hit return again. The game should try to start and will print all output to console. If it doesnt work, you can use a Batch file. Just open a Notepad and write this:

Save this file as run_minetest.bat in the same directory as your minetest.exe ( ~/Desktop/minetest/bin/run_minetest.bat as example ) and double click this batch file.

Greetings

fairiestoy wrote:Simply hit the Windows Button on your Keyboard or the button on your taskbar and type in cmd. After hitting return you will get a console. Now drag the minetest.exe into it and hit return again. The game should try to start and will print all output to console. If it doesnt work, you can use a Batch file. Just open a Notepad and write this:

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@echo off
minetest.exe
pause


Save this file as run_minetest.bat in the same directory as your minetest.exe ( ~/Desktop/minetest/bin/run_minetest.bat as example ) and double click this batch file.

Greetings

The same error... I've tried both of the ways, but it doesn't work yet... :/

Poke wrote:The same error... I've tried both of the ways, but it doesn't work yet... :/

Sorry, now i get whats your problem. The prompt doesnt show anything and crashes before any information could be print. Have you checked if there is anything in your debug.txt in the bin folder? And maybe take a look if your folders are read/write protected for some reason. Maybe something went wrong.

It could be because of your username; reate an user that doesn't have a non-ASCII character (an ASCII character is A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and a few other characters).

Have you tried running one of the other packages as listed on http://minetest.net/download under "Unofficial builds" ?

fairiestoy wrote:

Poke wrote:The same error... I've tried both of the ways, but it doesn't work yet... :/

Sorry, now i get whats your problem. The prompt doesnt show anything and crashes before any information could be print. Have you checked if there is anything in your debug.txt in the bin folder? And maybe take a look if your folders are read/write protected for some reason. Maybe something went wrong.

I've checked and the file is OK, and I've also checked if the folders were read/write protected and they weren't.

Calinou wrote:It could be because of your username; reate an user that doesn't have a non-ASCII character (an ASCII character is A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and a few other characters).

I've tried to use different nicknames, but the error persists...

Ducky wrote:Have you tried running one of the other packages as listed on http://minetest.net/download under "Unofficial builds" ?

Yes, I've already tried it, but the same... The same error appears. :/

Poke, what if you move your minetest folder to this location:
C:\minetest\
Because Calinou mentioned that the non-ASCII character in your windows name could cause the error. Im at the moment not sure if the folder name changes from C:\Users\User Name\ after changing the name. I think it worths a try.

fairiestoy wrote:Poke, what if you move your minetest folder to this location:
C:\minetest\
Because Calinou mentioned that the non-ASCII character in your windows name could cause the error. Im at the moment not sure if the folder name changes from C:\Users\User Name\ after changing the name. I think it worths a try.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! It runs! That was the error! I put the game folder at C: and it ran correctly! Thanks, thanks a lot!

The moderators can close the topic now, my problem is solved! =D

Thank you again!~