Posted December 05, 2008
does anyone else crash to desktop with a Zlib error when trying to load any of the gold level races? does it for me every time...
This question / problem has been solved by 81RED
radio_babylon
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
radio_babylon
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted December 05, 2008
ok just tried uninstalling and re-installing, and no luck...
Fede
New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From Italy
Posted December 06, 2008
Same problem here.
Fatal error "ZLib error (-3): invalid stored block lengths"
Fatal error "ZLib error (-3): invalid stored block lengths"
radio_babylon
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted December 06, 2008
yep, thats the one.
81RED
>/dev/null
Registered: Sep 2008
From Western Sahara
Posted December 09, 2008
Don´t know it it helps, but you might want to try unpacking the .bfs data files.
An unpacker to do so can be found at [url=]http://bunnfamily.org/bunnfam/flatout/bfsunpacker.rar[/url]
After unpacking, you will need to delete/rename the filesystem.ini and patch.ini files before you run flatout.exe.
Let me know if it works out :-)
An unpacker to do so can be found at [url=]http://bunnfamily.org/bunnfam/flatout/bfsunpacker.rar[/url]
After unpacking, you will need to delete/rename the filesystem.ini and patch.ini files before you run flatout.exe.
Let me know if it works out :-)
radio_babylon
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted December 09, 2008
An unpacker to do so can be found at [url=]http://bunnfamily.org/bunnfam/flatout/bfsunpacker.rar[/url]
After unpacking, you will need to delete/rename the filesystem.ini and patch.ini files before you run flatout.exe.
Let me know if it works out :-)
tried that. whenever i tried to start the game it gave an error something along the lines of "cannot find filesystem.ini" or "cannot determine size of filesystem.ini" or something like that...
i think im just SOL.
81RED
>/dev/null
Registered: Sep 2008
From Western Sahara
Posted December 10, 2008
An unpacker to do so can be found at [url=]http://bunnfamily.org/bunnfam/flatout/bfsunpacker.rar[/url]
After unpacking, you will need to delete/rename the filesystem.ini and patch.ini files before you run flatout.exe.
Let me know if it works out :-)
i think im just SOL.
I got it working successfully last night. Did you make sure that the data directory with all the unpacked files was in the right place? (same folder as flatout.exe).
Fede
New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From Italy
Posted December 10, 2008
An unpacker to do so can be found at [url=]http://bunnfamily.org/bunnfam/flatout/bfsunpacker.rar[/url]
After unpacking, you will need to delete/rename the filesystem.ini and patch.ini files before you run flatout.exe.
Let me know if it works out :-)
Gives a Fatal error at runtime. :(
radio_babylon
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted December 10, 2008
i think im just SOL.
yep, it was in the right place and everything...
81RED
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Western Sahara
Posted December 11, 2008
Hmm... If you did delete the filesystem.ini and patch.ini, then something must have gone wrong with the unpacking - you unpacked *all* the .BFS files, yeah?
Also, which race exactly are you trying to get to? Have not played myself, but using the GIVEALL cheat enables me to try all available races.
Fede
New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From Italy
Posted December 11, 2008
Also, which race exactly are you trying to get to? Have not played myself, but using the GIVEALL cheat enables me to try all available races.
You get the crash to desktop by trying to race in any of the gold races.
When I tried, I believe it unpacked correctly, but I still got a generic "runtime error" while loading the menu.
Post edited December 11, 2008 by Fede
81RED
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Western Sahara
Fede
New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From Italy
Posted December 11, 2008
What OS are you guys running?
Windows XP SP2, if you need other info just ask.
81RED
>/dev/null
Registered: Sep 2008
From Western Sahara
Posted December 11, 2008
high rated
Ok, there's still hope: I get the same error as you when running any gold race from a clean install.
Here's a step-by-step of what I did to get it working -
(Gamedir refers to the folder containing the flatout.exe)
1) Download bfsunpacker from link given earlier and unpack to gamedir.
2) Browse to gamedir in explorer, drag common1.bfs on to bfsunpacker.exe and let it do its work.
3) Repeat 2) with common2.bfs, europe.bfs and patch.bfs one at a time.
That leaves me with a new data subdirectory in gamedir containing 3483 files in 317 directories totaling 1.616.365.386 bytes.
4) DELETE patch.ini, filesystem.ini, common1.bfs, common2.bfs, europe.bfs and patch.bfs.
5) Doubleclick on flatout.exe, test whether you can load a gold race.
Here it works perfectly, let me know how you get on.
Here's a step-by-step of what I did to get it working -
(Gamedir refers to the folder containing the flatout.exe)
1) Download bfsunpacker from link given earlier and unpack to gamedir.
2) Browse to gamedir in explorer, drag common1.bfs on to bfsunpacker.exe and let it do its work.
3) Repeat 2) with common2.bfs, europe.bfs and patch.bfs one at a time.
That leaves me with a new data subdirectory in gamedir containing 3483 files in 317 directories totaling 1.616.365.386 bytes.
4) DELETE patch.ini, filesystem.ini, common1.bfs, common2.bfs, europe.bfs and patch.bfs.
5) Doubleclick on flatout.exe, test whether you can load a gold race.
Here it works perfectly, let me know how you get on.
Post edited December 11, 2008 by 81RED
Fede
New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From Italy
Posted December 11, 2008