Osmos will not launch

[paladrache]

Recently purchased Osmos after playing the demo. I was able to play the full version of the game with no problem for a few days. On one fateful day, however, the game would not launch.

Typical sequence of events:
1) Turn on computer.
2) Start Steam.
3) Right-click on Osmos and select Launch game...
4) "Preparing to Launch Osmos..." dialog box appears, fades, and then nothing happens.

I updated my video card driver to no avail.

Here is some pertinent system information:

OS: Windows XP 64bit, Service Pack 2

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
DirectX Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.11.9562
DirectX Driver Version: 6.14.11.9562
Driver Date: 21 Nov 2009

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek HD Audio output

Any help in resolution is greatly appreciated.

[eddybox]

Hi paladrache,

Could you post your log here please? It's a My Documents\Osmos\Osmos.log.

Thanks,
Eddy

[paladrache]

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Log opened on Sat Nov 28 16:18:55 2009
Commandline: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "en"
Localization: loaded Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
PC running with 1 monitors
Current res of primary display: 1400 x 1050
Attempting fullscreen mode
Using fullscreen mode: 1400 x 1050, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Propagating progress from demo...
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
not using vsync
Received stats and achievements from Steam
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 2 devices:
Device 1: Generic Hardware(30) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 1: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
StoreStats - success
Achievement 'OA_CompleteTutorial' unlocked!
App exiting -- bye!
Writing config to Config.cfg
Deinitializing SoundSystem
Unitializing sound
Destroying window...
Deinitializing GLRenderDevice
Log closed on Sat Nov 28 18:34:54 2009
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Log opened on Sat Nov 28 21:53:00 2009
Commandline: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "en"
Localization: loaded Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
PC running with 1 monitors
Current res of primary display: 1400 x 1050
Attempting fullscreen mode
Using fullscreen mode: 1400 x 1050, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats\Backup\Osmos_Nov_28_2009_0000.sta
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
using vsync
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 2 devices:
Device 1: Generic Hardware(30) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 1: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Received stats and achievements from Steam
StoreStats - success
Achievement 'OA_CompleteAll2Zones' unlocked!
StoreStats - success
Achievement 'OA_CompleteSmartBranch' unlocked!
App exiting -- bye!
Writing config to Config.cfg
Deinitializing SoundSystem
Unitializing sound
Destroying window...
Deinitializing GLRenderDevice
Log closed on Sat Nov 28 22:57:18 2009
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Log opened on Sun Nov 29 00:59:06 2009
Commandline: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "en"
Localization: loaded Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
PC running with 1 monitors
Current res of primary display: 1400 x 1050
Attempting fullscreen mode
Using fullscreen mode: 1400 x 1050, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats\Backup\Osmos_Nov_29_2009_0000.sta
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
using vsync
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 2 devices:
Device 1: Generic Hardware(30) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 1: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Received stats and achievements from Steam
App exiting -- bye!
Writing config to Config.cfg
Deinitializing SoundSystem
Unitializing sound
Destroying window...
Deinitializing GLRenderDevice
Log closed on Sun Nov 29 02:07:01 2009
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Log opened on Sun Nov 29 08:58:24 2009
Commandline: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "en"
Localization: loaded Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
PC running with 1 monitors
Current res of primary display: 1400 x 1050
Attempting fullscreen mode
Using fullscreen mode: 1400 x 1050, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats\Backup\Osmos_Nov_29_2009_0001.sta
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
using vsync
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 2 devices:
Device 1: Generic Hardware(30) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 1: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Received stats and achievements from Steam
StoreStats - success
Achievement 'OA_CompleteAmbientBranch' unlocked!
App exiting -- bye!
Writing config to Config.cfg
Deinitializing SoundSystem
Unitializing sound
Destroying window...
Deinitializing GLRenderDevice
Log closed on Sun Nov 29 09:51:25 2009
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Log opened on Sun Nov 29 10:27:10 2009
Commandline: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "en"
Localization: loaded Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
PC running with 1 monitors
Current res of primary display: 1400 x 1050
Attempting fullscreen mode
Using fullscreen mode: 1400 x 1050, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats\Backup\Osmos_Nov_29_2009_0002.sta
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
using vsync
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 2 devices:
Device 1: Generic Hardware(30) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 1: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Received stats and achievements from Steam
App exiting -- bye!
Writing config to Config.cfg
Deinitializing SoundSystem
Unitializing sound
Destroying window...
Deinitializing GLRenderDevice
Log closed on Sun Nov 29 10:40:12 2009
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[eddybox]

So the last time it ran successfully was on Nov 29th? If so, it looks like it hasn't even been able to start since then.

Can you try running
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\osmos\osmos.exe
directly?

Thanks,
Eddy

[paladrache]

I tried running from that directory and was given an error message concerning the installation of OpenAL. I went to the directory and found the oalinst.exe, which I then ran. (it self-installed). I tried running Osmos.exe again, and was given the error message that the app could not run unless Steam was running. I started up Steam, and tried again.

Success.

Thank you.

[eddybox]

Nice one paladrache! Thanks for letting us know.