Bug: Unconfirmed Marine Aquarium 3 Stopped Responding

philosopher · 10-13-2008, 05:46 AM

Jim,

Unfortunately I can't duplicate this problem consistently so I can't be certain of the cause. I have the aquarium set to NOT wake up on mouse move. It's installed as a true screen saver and this has not happened when timer-activated only if I run the program manually - but it hasn't happened in window mode.

Every now and then, after running the program manually, when I press 'ESC' to turn off the aquarium Windows comes back up but I get a: "Marine Aquarium 3 has stopped working" message.

Windows generated a problem report:

Product
MarineAquarium3

Problem
Stopped working

Date
10/11/2008 3:34 PM

Status
Report Sent

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MarineAquarium3.scr
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 48efadc5
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a81d
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0001bd90
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0d7e
Additional Information 2: a54b787cb67361c2346fdb00971f7f88
Additional Information 3: 9f60
Additional Information 4: 3a6d327cf74530ff207e7312aea7ad00

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 964417943

I'm running on a macbook pro 2.2GHz, 2G of memory, NVidia GForce 8600M GT, Windows Vista 64bit.

philosopher · 10-13-2008, 05:51 AM

I forgot to include my NVidia driver version: 7.15.11.7779

Jim Sachs · 10-13-2008, 11:48 AM

I have no idea what's going on there. It's hard enough to keep track of all the operating system glitches on Windows machines, especially Vista64. Transplanting the whole system into a Mac is way beyond my expertise. Eventually there will be a dedicated Mac version, which uses openGL instead of DirectX. That has proven very stable with MA2.6.

philosopher · 10-15-2008, 05:54 AM

Jim,

Yes, I realize that I'm always running in "beta" on my system. But just to be clear I'm running windows vista 64bit on a hard drive partition. Therefore vista is running the screen saver not mac. But it is all the hardware that mac uses and the apple made for vista drivers running it.

I'm hopeful that the "stopped responding" message has to do with the mac hardware/driver combination and you won't have to worry about this one.

Even if I can't figure out what's happening for you, it isn't a very large bug. It doesn't crash the system or anything like that. It's just a little warning message when the screen saver is stopped. And it doesn't even happen all the time.

I'll let you know if I figure anything else out or if I see some other bugs. But so far so good!

Again, great job! I love it!

Thanks,

Justin

Jim Sachs · 10-15-2008, 03:01 PM

Thanks for the info, Justin.

10-13-2008, 05:46 AM	#1
philosopher Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 86	Marine Aquarium 3 Stopped Responding Jim, Unfortunately I can't duplicate this problem consistently so I can't be certain of the cause. I have the aquarium set to NOT wake up on mouse move. It's installed as a true screen saver and this has not happened when timer-activated only if I run the program manually - but it hasn't happened in window mode. Every now and then, after running the program manually, when I press 'ESC' to turn off the aquarium Windows comes back up but I get a: "Marine Aquarium 3 has stopped working" message. Windows generated a problem report: Product MarineAquarium3 Problem Stopped working Date 10/11/2008 3:34 PM Status Report Sent Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: MarineAquarium3.scr Application Version: 1.0.0.1 Application Timestamp: 48efadc5 Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a81d Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 0001bd90 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 0d7e Additional Information 2: a54b787cb67361c2346fdb00971f7f88 Additional Information 3: 9f60 Additional Information 4: 3a6d327cf74530ff207e7312aea7ad00 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 964417943 I'm running on a macbook pro 2.2GHz, 2G of memory, NVidia GForce 8600M GT, Windows Vista 64bit. Sincerely, S. Justin Gengo "Out of chaos comes order." Nietzsche

10-13-2008, 05:51 AM	#2
philosopher Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 86	NVidia Driver Version I forgot to include my NVidia driver version: 7.15.11.7779 Sincerely, S. Justin Gengo "Out of chaos comes order." Nietzsche

10-13-2008, 11:48 AM	#3
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	I have no idea what's going on there. It's hard enough to keep track of all the operating system glitches on Windows machines, especially Vista64. Transplanting the whole system into a Mac is way beyond my expertise. Eventually there will be a dedicated Mac version, which uses openGL instead of DirectX. That has proven very stable with MA2.6. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-15-2008, 05:54 AM	#4
philosopher Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 86	Understood Jim, Yes, I realize that I'm always running in "beta" on my system. But just to be clear I'm running windows vista 64bit on a hard drive partition. Therefore vista is running the screen saver not mac. But it is all the hardware that mac uses and the apple made for vista drivers running it. I'm hopeful that the "stopped responding" message has to do with the mac hardware/driver combination and you won't have to worry about this one. Even if I can't figure out what's happening for you, it isn't a very large bug. It doesn't crash the system or anything like that. It's just a little warning message when the screen saver is stopped. And it doesn't even happen all the time. I'll let you know if I figure anything else out or if I see some other bugs. But so far so good! Again, great job! I love it! Thanks, Justin Sincerely, S. Justin Gengo "Out of chaos comes order." Nietzsche

10-15-2008, 03:01 PM	#5
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Thanks for the info, Justin. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium