Im at a loss. Game crashed once, will not start again.

[frenchfrog]

CARROTMAN: you need to extract the archive (.zip) before launching it.

[CARROTMAN]

Im a noob how do i do that

[frenchfrog]

Since you got WinRAR, right mouse clicking on the archive .zip should show a popup menu and from there select "Extract to [archive name]" (ex: "Extract to prisonarchitect-alpha4-pc")

Or simply double click on the archive .zip (ex: prisonarchitect-alpha4-pc.zip), this will should open the archive in your WinRAR and show the files. Then simply click "Extract to" and select a path to extract Prison Architect, this could be a directory on your desktop or in your documents.

Else search for "extract archive winrar" on YouTube...

[CARROTMAN]

i tried that and it still doesnt work

i copied and pasted this from the debug

alpha-4 pc vanilla compiled 12:07:17, Nov 19 2012
Loading Preferences from C:\Users\mike\AppData\Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/preferences.txt
BEGIN DataRegistry DUMP:
Screen
ScreenW [int] 0
ScreenH [int] 0
ScreenWindowed [bool] 0
ScreenMultiSampled [bool] 0
ScreenSuperSampled [bool] 0
Sound
SoundMixFrequency [int] 22050
SoundVolume [int] 255
SoundSwapStereo [bool] 0
SoundEnableDsp [bool] 1
RenderRooms [bool] 1
RecentMap [string]
FirstTime [bool] 0
AutoSaveTimer [int] 10
END DataRegistry DUMP:
Suggested resolution : 1680 x 1050
OpenGL Vendor : Intel
OpenGL Renderer : Intel Bear Lake B
OpenGL Version : 1.4.0 - Build 7.15.10.1666
Parsing archive main.dat...
EMPTY
Parsing archive sounds.dat...
DONE
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/fonts/verdana-bold.bmp'
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/fonts/verdana-bold-outlined.bmp'
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/fonts/catalogue.bmp'
Fonts loaded in 4ms
Couldn't open unicode language file data/language/english.txt
Couldn't open unicode language file data/language/english-fullgame.txt
SoundSystem ERROR : Couldn't load data/dsp-effects.txt
SoundSystem ERROR : Couldn't open data/sounds.txt
Initialising SDL Audio:
Frequency: 22050
Format: 32784
Channels: 2
Samples: 512
Size of Stereo Sample: 4
SoundSystem started : 22050Hz x 64 sound channels (including 8 music channels)
OpenGL Max texture Size 2048 x 2048 [16 tex units]
SoundLibrary2D Starting buffer topup thread....
Multisampled Framebuffer support : no
Supersampling support at screen res 1680 x 1050 : no
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/tileset.png'
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/objects.png'
ERROR in Directory::ReadPlainText : reader is NULL
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/complaints.png'
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/ui.png'
================
== NEW MAP ===
================
MaterialLibrary reading from 'data/materials.txt'
ERROR in Directory::ReadPlainText : reader is NULL
WARNING in Image constructor : Failed to open file 'data/effects.bmp'
BiographyGenerator read 0 fornames, 0 surnames
World Initialised to size 100 x 80 cells
GridNavigationSystem created Route Work-In-Progress (size 125Kb)
Grid Navigation System initialised
EscapeMap Initialised : 62Kb
Lightmap initialised in 10ms : 187Kb
Danger initialised : 31Kb
Patrol System Initialised : 218Kb
Gang System Initialised : 156Kb



i dont know if this helps

[frenchfrog]

It helps.

There seems to be two problems here.

1) Once the .zip archive is extracted, you need to launch 'prison architect.exe' from the extracted location.

2) It seems your computer doesn't meet the minimum requirement of OpenGL 2.0 to play Prison Architect Alpha 3 and above. Download Alpha 2 from the download page. This may be fixed in further alphas, see the quote from Chris the main developer below.

OpenGL Vendor : Intel
OpenGL Renderer : Intel Bear Lake B
OpenGL Version : 1.4.0 - Build 7.15.10.1666

We are looking into this but have not yet managed to fix the problem. Alpha5 will be just as incompatible as alpha4 - sorry! We are hoping to make some progress on this in the new year.

[kolnerke]

I get a black screen when i start the game. The music is playing and the laptop isn't crashing.

update-2b pc steam compiled 17:15:07, Dec 16 2015
Steam Breakpad Build Id: 3000202
Loading Preferences from C:\Users\Tim\AppData\Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/preferences.txt
BEGIN DataRegistry DUMP:
Screen
ScreenW [int] 0
ScreenH [int] 0
ScreenWindowed [bool] 0
ScreenHighDPI [bool] 0
ScreenMultiSampled [bool] 0
ScreenSuperSampled [bool] 0
Sound
SoundMixFrequency [int] 22050
SoundVolume [int] 255
SoundSwapStereo [bool] 0
SoundEnableDsp [bool] 1
RenderRooms [bool] 1
RecentMap [string]
FirstTime [bool] 0
AutoSaveTimer [int] 10
HardwareCompat [int] 0
LastKnownVersion [string] update-2b-pc-steam
FlashMobYear [int] 0
RegistrationShown [bool] 1
TimeLapseCamera [int] 0
TimeLapseInterval [int] 1
TimeLapseFPSNumerator [int] 24
TimeLapseFPSDenominator [int] 1
TimeLapseQuality [int] 63
Mods [string]
LastSubCheck [int] 0
UiScale [float] 1.00
EnabledVBOs [bool] 0
ForumId [int] 0
SteamUser [bool] 1
ClockType [int] 0
MotdId [string]
LoadCJKFonts [bool] 1
Language [string] english
END DataRegistry DUMP:
Suggested resolution : 1366 x 768
WindowManager attempting to create window at 1366x768 fullscreen
OpenGL Vendor : ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL Renderer : AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series
OpenGL Version : 4.5.13399 Compatibility Profile Context 15.201.1151.1008
OpenGL GLSL : 4.40
Windows 8.1 Per-monitor DPI reported: 96 x 96
Parsing archive main.dat...
Parsing archive at path 'main.dat'
DONE
Parsing archive sounds.dat...
Parsing archive at path 'sounds.dat'
DONE
Initialising SDL Audio:
Frequency: 22050
Format: 32784
Channels: 2
Samples: 512
Size of Stereo Sample: 4
SoundSystem started : 22050Hz x 64 sound channels (including 8 music channels)
There are 0 mod sub directories
libpng version 1.4.7 - April 10, 2011
(Running with version 1.4.7)
Loading user sprite images for path: data/sprites.png
Failed to get sprites.png for data/sprites.png
Created FrameBuffer of size 64 x 64 in 1ms
Object spritebank composite took 4590ms
Warning: Loading a very high res image (2688x128)
Warning: mipmaps requested for non-power-of-two image (2688x128), will break on OpenGL ES
[SteamWrapper] SteamAPI is initialised.
[SteamAchievementsWrapper] Waiting for Steam Achievement service? Yes
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Failed to get item definition array size
[SteamWorkshopWrapper::ListPublishedFiles] Listing published files from index 0
Parsing archive collectables.dat...
Parsing archive at path 'collectables.dat'
DONE
BiographyGenerator reading bios...
BiographyGenerator read 27 fornames, 235 surnames, 48 crimes
BiographyGenerator reading Names in the Game...
BiographyGenerator read 21883 Names in the Game (including 82 Faces in the game)
Requesting message-of-the-day...
Curl version libcurl/7.27.0
MessageQueue HTTPThread (2B21EC48) running.
Detected encoding UTF8 for file data/language/fullgame.txt
Loaded in 748 strings
Detected encoding UTF8 for file data/language/base-language.txt
Loaded in 3248 strings
Couldn't open unicode hyphenation file data/language/hyphenations.txt
Warning: Failed to load BMFont font data/fonts/verdana-bold.fnt
Warning: Failed to load BMFont font data/fonts/verdana-bold-outlined.fnt
Fonts loaded in 845ms
OpenGL Max texture Size 16384 x 16384 [108 tex units]
Multisampled Framebuffer support : yes
Supersampling support at screen res 1366 x 768 : yes
Loading page 0 of bitmap font data/fonts/catalogue.fnt.
================
== NEW MAP ===
================
World Initialised to size 100 x 80 cells
MaterialLibrary reading from 'data/materials.txt'
ReformProgramManager reading from data/reform_programs.txt...
DataRegistry Warning : Failed to match enum value 'calming'
GridRoutingSystem(0608CF98) constructed.
Grid Navigation System initialised
CF98) running.
GridRoutingSystem created Route Work-In-Progress and CellInfo (size 562Kb)
EscapeMap Initialised : 62Kb
MessageQueue LightMap (1AFA5968) running.
Lightmap initialised in 0ms : 93Kb
Danger initialised : 62Kb
Patrol System Initialised : 218Kb
Gang System Initialised
Created FrameBuffer of size 512 x 512 in 1ms
Water System Initialised : 375Kb
PowerSystem initialised : 62Kb
Reading production.txt...
PolaroidSystem has 177 polaroids in the database
ScriptSystem initialised in 0ms
Parsing LUA script 'data/grants.lua'
ERROR : Failed to load job file 'data/jobs.txt'
Generating new world...
Create starting world done...
Saving Preferences to C:\Users\Tim\AppData\Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/preferences.txt
Save successful!
FoodSystem Recalculate took 0.0ms
[SteamAchievementsWrapper::OnUserStatsReceived] Got an OK from Steam achievements
[SteamWorkshopWrapper::OnListPublishedFiles] Starting subscribed files listing
[SteamWorkshopWrapper::ListSubscribedFiles] Listing published files from index 0
[SteamWorkshopWrapper::OnListSubscribedFiles] Getting file details
[SteamWorkshopWrapper::GetFileDetails] No more file details to get
WorldRenderer: vexCellTypes initialised in 3ms : 16000 triangles (vex,tex), 0.9 MBytes
ShaderOpenGL successfully compiled : LightMapNoColour
ShaderOpenGL successfully compiled : LightMap
WorldRenderer: vexCell2ndLayer initialised in 4ms : 16000 triangles (vex,tex), 0.9 MBytes
ShaderOpenGL successfully compiled : LightMapNoTexture
WorldRenderer: vexDetails initialised in 6ms : 16000 triangles (vex,tex,col), 1.1 MBytes
ShaderOpenGL successfully compiled : SunShadows
WorldRenderer: vexFowBlueprint initialised in 4ms : 16000 triangles (vex,tex), 0.9 MBytes
ShaderOpenGL successfully compiled : VisMap
Warning: mipmaps requested for non-power-of-two image (1000x1000), will break on OpenGL ES
Warning: mipmaps requested for non-power-of-two image (359x436), will break on OpenGL ES
Saving Preferences to C:\Users\Tim\AppData\Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/preferences.txt
Save successful!
SectorSystem check: There are 1 new sectors.
LaundrySystem Recalculate took 0.0ms
LaundrySystem Recalculate took 0.0ms
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Getting list of item definition ids
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Found 7 item definition ids
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 1
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 1 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 100
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 100 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 101
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 101 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 102
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 102 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 103
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 103 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 104
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 104 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Finding properties for item id 105
[SteamInventoryWrapper::Init] Item 105 got property =
[SteamInventoryWrapper::OnSteamInventoryUpdate] Getting result items
[SteamInventoryWrapper::OnSteamInventoryUpdate] Found 0 result items
Warning: mipmaps requested for non-power-of-two image (1105x700), will break on OpenGL ES
Saving Preferences to C:\Users\Tim\AppData\Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/preferences.txt
Save successful!
Destructing SoundLibrary2dSDL class... done.

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[scpenfold]

I'm the same as you. waste of money I've tried everything I can think of

[scpenfold]

I'm the same as you. waste of money I've tried everything I can think of