Cant launch my mod

[Nocturnal]

When i try to launch the .bat file, it says FATAL ERROR: Could not init steam.

[Mudbill]

It's an issue with the Steam version of Amnesia. Instead you must put the path to your config file into the Steam launch options. Right click Amnesia > Properties > Set launch options. In there you put what is currently in the .bat file, except for the Launcher.exe part.

[Nocturnal]

It's an issue with the Steam version of Amnesia. Instead you must put the path to your config file into the Steam launch options. Right click Amnesia > Properties > Set launch options. In there you put what is currently in the .bat file, except for the Launcher.exe part.

Problem was that I didnt have Steam open, but not it says Failed to load game config file! so that is when i try to open the .bat file.

[Romulator]

Go here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi...=722029017

There are two lines, involving SDL2, which you'll need to add appropriately to your main_init.cfg. Follow those instructions and see if that helps.

[Nocturnal]

Go here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi...=722029017

There are two lines, involving SDL2, which you'll need to add appropriately to your main_init.cfg. Follow those instructions and see if that helps.

Well now it says Could not load main init file: Desperation/config/main_init.cfg

also i thought that was what creepypasta was too.

[Romulator]

Could you post your main_init.cfg file? Just in case.

[Nocturnal]

Could you post your main_init.cfg file? Just in case.

Ok I found it, i messed with the main_init.cfg file, and the resource.cfg file, its at least launching now, and now it comes up with a blackbox error, it is 0023:00208E23.

[Romulator]

Well, blackbox means there's an error with the launch. Which means we'll need your hpl.log file. Please post it or attach it to a post below.

You can find it in the folder for your Operating System here:

Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8.x: Documents\Amnesia\Main\
Linux: .frictionalgames/Amnesia/Main/
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Amnesia/Main

[Nocturnal]

Well, blackbox means there's an error with the launch. Which means we'll need your hpl.log file. Please post it or attach it to a post below.

You can find it in the folder for your Operating System here:

Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8.x: Documents\Amnesia\Main\
Linux: .frictionalgames/Amnesia/Main/
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Amnesia/Main

Version 1.31

-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
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Creating graphics module
Creating system module
Creating resource module
Creating input module
Creating sound module
Creating physics module
Creating ai module
Creating gui module
Creating generate module
Creating haptic module
Creating scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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Creating loader handlers
Creating resource managers
Adding loaders to handlers
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Initializing Graphics Module
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Init lowlevel graphics: 1152x864 disp:0 bpp:32 fs:0 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia: The Dark Descent Loading...' pos-1x-1)
Setting video mode: 1152 x 864 - 32 bpp
Init Glew...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 358.91
Max texture image units: 32
Max texture coord units: 8
Max user clip planes: 8
Two sided stencil: 1
Vertex Buffer Object: 1
Anisotropic filtering: 1
Max Anisotropic degree: 16
Multisampling: 1
Texture compression: 1
Texture compression S3TC: 1
Auto generate MipMaps: 1
Render to texture: 1
Max draw buffers: 8
Max color render targets: 8
Packed depth-stencil: 1
Texture float: 1
GLSL Version: 4.50 NVIDIA
ShaderModel 2: 1
ShaderModel 3: 1
ShaderModel 4: 1
OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
Adding engine materials
Initializing DevIL
Vendor String: Abysmal Software
Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.7.8
Version Number: 178
Adding engine post effects
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL
Available OpenAL devices:
0. Generic Software on Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)(OpenAL default)
1. Generic Software on Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Trying to open device 'Generic Software on Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)'... Success!
Number of mono sources: 32
Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 262144 bytes each
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Initializing Game Module
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Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
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User Initialization
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Game Running
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-------- Loading map 'menu_bg.map' ---------
Cache Loading: 1640 ms
ERROR: Sampler aNormalMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 1
ERROR: Sampler aNormalMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 1
ERROR: Sampler aDiffuseMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 0
ERROR: Sampler aDiffuseMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 0
Entities: 570 ms
Compilation: 1 ms
Total: 2266 ms
Meshes created: 26
Bodies created: 5
-------- Loading complete ---------
ERROR: Sampler aGoboMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 5
Setting profile: 'Jack' Path: 'C:\Users\Jack\Documents/Amnesia/Main/Jack/'
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Statistics
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Medium framerate: 26.315789
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User Exit
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Saving main config.
Saving user config.
Deleting game modules.
'LuxInputHandler'
'LuxHelpFuncs'
'LuxSaveHandler'
'LuxScriptHandler'
'LuxProgressLogHandler'
'LuxMapHandler'
'LuxMapHelper'
'LuxPlayer'
'LuxInsanityHandler'
'LuxDebugHandler'
'LuxEffectRenderer'
'LuxMusicHandler'
'LuxMusicHandler'
'LuxEffectHandler'
'LuxCompletionCountHandler'
'LuxGlobalDataHandler'
'LuxHintHandler'
'LuxPostEffectHandler'
'LuxPreMenu'
'LuxDebugHandler'
'LuxInventory'
'LuxJournal'
'LuxCredits'
'LuxLoadScreenHandler'
Deleting config files.
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Exiting Gui Module
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Deleting all sets
Deleting all skins
Deleting all gfx elements
Deleting all materials
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Exiting Generate Module
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Exiting Scene Module
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Exiting Input Module
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Exiting Sound Module
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Exiting Graphics Module
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Exiting Resources Module
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Done with fonts
Done with scripts
Done with particles
Done with sounds
Done with meshes
Done with materials
Done with Gpu programs
Done with images
Destroyed all textures
Done with sound entities
Done with animations
Done with ent files
All resources deleted
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Exiting Physics Module
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Exiting System Module
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Deleting game setup provided by user
- Deleting lowlevel stuff.
Physics
Sound
Input
Resources
System
Graphics
Haptic
HPL Exit was successful!

|--Memory Manager Report-------------------------------|
|
| No memory leaks detected. Memory left: 0
|
|------------------------------------------------------|

there, thats it!

[Mudbill]

We need to see your hpl.log file right after the black box happens. From this log it looks like the game started successfully and was then normally shut down.

Considering this is for your own mod, the correct log file will actually not be located in the Main folder in Documents\Amnesia. Main is for the normal game. There should be another folder there with your mod's name. Try the log file from there instead.