T-engine won't start! (probably stupid question)

[PTVroman]

OK, I'll admit I'm not as tech savvy as most here (although I was tech savvy when I played Rogue off of 5" floppies!) (yes, I'm an old fart), but I'm not completely dense.

Windows XP Pro operating system.

I downloaded Beta2 Windows version; unzipped; ran. Window flashed on the screen; closes.

stderr.txt file is empty.

stdout.txt file says only

WARNING: No bootstrap code found, defaulting to working directory for engine code!
LuaVM: LuaJIT 1.1.5 x86

So, what did I do wrong, or what do I need to do just to start the game?

[rmeakins]

Hi,

I'm using the same OS and game version as you. Everything works fine for me though. I get the same message as you when I start up:

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WARNING: No bootstrap code found, defaulting to working directory for engine code!
LuaVM:	LuaJIT 1.1.5	x86
[KEYBINDER] Loaded keybinds: move
[KEYBINDER] Loaded keybinds: actions
Loading tile	border_7.png
Loading tile	border_9.png
Loading tile	border_1.png
Loading tile	border_3.png
Loading tile	border_8.png
Loading tile	border_4.png
Loading tile	border_7_sel.png
Loading tile	border_9_sel.png
Loading tile	border_1_sel.png
Loading tile	border_3_sel.png
bind	MOVE_DOWN	function: 04DDB4F0
bind	MOVE_UP	function: 04DDB4A0
bind	ACCEPT	function: 04DDB518

I notice that my game directory has a "bootstrap" subdirectory which contains a file "boot.lua" (1,070 bytes). Not sure if this has any relevance but does it sound right to you?

[PTVroman]

Yup. I see it there. Could it be a communication / firewall thing?

[rmeakins]

It sounds like there is something on your system that's causing problems for the game engine. Can you try starting the game with GDB - hopefully that will give the dev team enough info to track down the problem. Find instructions on how to do it here:
http://doku.t-o-m-e.net/tome4:running_tome_with_gdb