aamfp.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module...

**Mudbill** · 12-28-2018, 11:49 AM

I don't know for sure about AMFP becaue I don't think it uses the pre menu more than just setting up the gamma initially.
However, TDD has these entries in the PreMenu category within the english.lang file (I trimmed the contents a bit).

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    <CATEGORY Name="PreMenu">
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage01">Welcome to Amnesia: The Dark Descent! [br][br]...</Entry>
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage02">Amnesia should not be played to win...</Entry>
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage03">Do not worry about when and how to save during gameplay...</Entry>
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage04">The world of Amnesia is a dangerous place and you are extremely vulnerable...</Entry>
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage05">The interplay between light and dark is very important to the game...</Entry>
        <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage06">That is all. Hope you enjoy immersing yourself in the world of Amnesia...</Entry>
    </CATEGORY>

**HuoYanjia** · 12-28-2018, 05:49 PM

(12-28-2018, 11:49 AM)Mudbill Wrote: I don't know for sure about AMFP becaue I don't think it uses the pre menu more than just setting up the gamma initially.
However, TDD has these entries in the PreMenu category within the english.lang file (I trimmed the contents a bit).

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<CATEGORY Name="PreMenu"> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage01">Welcome to Amnesia: The Dark Descent! [br][br]...</Entry> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage02">Amnesia should not be played to win...</Entry> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage03">Do not worry about when and how to save during gameplay...</Entry> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage04">The world of Amnesia is a dangerous place and you are extremely vulnerable...</Entry> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage05">The interplay between light and dark is very important to the game...</Entry> <Entry Name="WelcomeMessage06">That is all. Hope you enjoy immersing yourself in the world of Amnesia...</Entry> </CATEGORY>

Interesting. Well guess I will have to skip A Machine for Pigs. Have no idea of what to do.
quick edit: Found the premenu category on the base_english.lang file. This is what it shows:

</CATEGORY>
<CATEGORY Name="PreMenu">
<Entry Name="Continue">Continue</Entry>

**Mudbill** · 12-28-2018, 07:39 PM

You should include everything until the /CATEGORY tag, so we can see all it contains. I find it odd that the Continue entry is in there.

Another thing I can suggest would be to edit the actual pre_menu.cfg file. It has a list of all sections displayed upon start, so the section giving the warning could be removed from there as well.

Mine looks like so, so you can remove what's in the red mark:
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Removing it is not critical for the game to work, all it does is ask you what the gamma should be the first time you start the game. Gamma can be changed in the graphics settings instead.

**HuoYanjia** · 12-28-2018, 10:29 PM

(12-28-2018, 07:39 PM)Mudbill Wrote: You should include everything until the /CATEGORY tag, so we can see all it contains. I find it odd that the Continue entry is in there.

Another thing I can suggest would be to edit the actual pre_menu.cfg file. It has a list of all sections displayed upon start, so the section giving the warning could be removed from there as well.

Mine looks like so, so you can remove what's in the red mark:

Removing it is not critical for the game to work, all it does is ask you what the gamma should be the first time you start the game. Gamma can be changed in the graphics settings instead.

All right. I will try what you suggest to address this issue. Here I am sharing what the base_english.lang file looks like, hope it helps.
quick edit: I tried what you suggested to no avail. Guess there is no more Amnesia for me then.

Spoiler below!

**Mudbill** · 12-29-2018, 02:54 PM

To put it plainly, the reason the error occurs in the log file is because the last section configured in the pre_menu.cfg is asking for this entry:

TextCat="PreMenu" TextEntry="WelcomeMessage05"

Which doesn't exist in the PreMenu category in the base_english.lang file. So the option is to either add an entry called WelcomeMessage05 or remove the section from the pre menu.

However, although this will fix the error, I don't think that is the cause of the crash since this seems to be an error left in by the developers, and the game obviously works for some people.

I hate to see people leave the game because of some strange error like this, but I think I'm out of suggestions...