Crash when parsing races.txt from original data folder

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Link openC1 to original carmageddon data folder
2. Run game

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 7 pro x64, Czech localization

Included log file

Original issue reported on code.google.com by go.hol...@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2011 at 4:49

Attachments:

• log.txt

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I am experiencing the same problem, and my log file is more or less identical. 
Only the path names in my log are different, where I have placed the Carma data 
in the same folder as OpenC1:

Opened D:\Games\OpenC1\OpenC1Settings.txt
Opened D:\Games\OpenC1\DATA\races.txt

However, I have noticed that despite copying the entire DATA folder from the 
original Carmageddon CD, the file RACES.TXT (and also GENERAL.TXT, OPPONENT.TXT 
etc) all contain garbled, unreadable data, whereas in the the non-copyrighed 
Data folder those files contain readable text and numeric data. As I have not 
poked around before in Carma's data files, I am assuming that this is normal, 
and that OpenC1 can work around this.

I am using version 1.3.1 of OpenC1, running on Windows Vista SP2 (Business 
Edition), with UK English localization.

So far I have only tried removing the Read-only attributes on the Carma DATA 
folder, but that hasn't resolved the problem. I'm not sure what else to try at 
the moment.

Original comment by thedayto...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 7:26

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By the way - do people on here have to refer to it as the "1997 driving and 
killing game", or are we allowed to say "Carmageddon", "Carma", etc?

Original comment by thedayto...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 7:31

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Yep, I'm experiencing the same issue as well. My log file appears to be 
identical to the one attached to the first post, but I've provided it in case 
there's any details I've overlooked. 

OpenC1 v1.3.1 - Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x86 - UK English localization.

:)

Original comment by urizen...@gmail.com on 23 Jan 2011 at 8:08

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• log.txt

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you need to decrypt game files first, run carmageddon in dosbox and type 
"iwanttofiddle" in race selection menu (you will hear sound when you type it 
correctly)

Original comment by doug.qu...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2011 at 9:54

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Thanks comment #4 - the game is now starting up OK. However, it crashes about 3 
seconds after pushing the "Start Race" button with a 
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException error. Blarg. Log file is attached for this 
crash - at least it gets quite a lot further than it did before.

All I've noticed that's unusual (or possibly standard, I haven't played this 
game much before OpenC1) is that on the Car Selection screen, pressing Up to 
select the first car listed above Max Damage is an "Invalid car data file" - 
all other cars show up correctly on that screen.

Otherwise, I have an ATi graphics card (Radeon HD 3850) and have also tried 
setting the "Culling disabled" and "Fog disabled" options to True, but this 
hasn't made any difference.

Original comment by thedayto...@gmail.com on 14 Feb 2011 at 2:09

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• log.txt

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@ thedaytoday;

Did you use an alternate installation of Carmageddon to decrypt the files, and 
then copy them to a pre-installed DATA folder in your OpenC1 directory? I used 
a second installation of Carmageddon (from within a Virtual Machine) to decrypt 
my files, and I copied them over incorrectly, resulting in the same error you 
received. 

There's more decrypted files required than those in the root DATA folder - 
there's several more located in the sub-folders. You need to copy the ENTIRE 
decrypted DATA folder from your other installation into the OpenC1 folder for 
the program to run correctly. :)

Original comment by urizen...@gmail.com on 14 Feb 2011 at 9:55