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5 years ago
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I'm at my wits end with this. I've been asking everywhere and everyone and I still have not managed to get anywhere. I've been told this game is popular with furries, so I'd thought I'd ask here in the off chance some intelligent computer wiz could help me. Figured the only way I might actually end up getting help is offering some kind of art incentive.
And if I know anyone who can pull through for me at the offer of free art its furries who like porn. B)
Case in point: I'm offering a fully detailed image with BG, two characters. SFW or NSFW(depending on your choosing). My rules and terms of service still apply, for anyone who can get Feral Hearts working on my computer.
If you don't know what Feral Hearts is you should probably just click off this journal. Not because I don't think you're not intelligent enough to help me, (I frankly think there are some intelligent people on this website that would be able to help me even without knowing what this is) but if you have 0% knowledge of what Feral Hearts is or how it works you probably won't be able to help me.
I'm going to describe the errors I am experiencing with this game so if you don't know anything about it it will make literally 0 sense to you.
It will be like someone expecting you to speak perfect Dothraki because you know what Game of Thrones is.
I don't think you will know how to help me if you haven't played FH or have some knowledge of it.
I don't know how to describe what the errors I am having mean.
I have been playing it since I was 9 so I just know certain files do certain things. If you have a friend who knows what FH's is they might be able to clue you in if you feel inclined enough.
>Also, if you've come here solely to tell me to upgrade to a windows 10, kindly please fuck off. It seems like every time I mention I have a computer problem some jackweed shows up for the sole reason to tell me to update to a windows 10, even when I state I do not want too. I hate windows 10 and won't use them. If you came here for this, kindly please get off your windows 10 dick-throne and piss off. Thank you, captain useless for your ever so helpful "well you should upgrade" comment. You have improved my life SOOO much and fixed all my issues. If I wanted to upgrade to a 10 I would've already done that. "I'm having issues on my perfect condition windows 7" doesn't mean "please come condescendingly talk to us lower peasants. I'll wait for your response, because I assume your windows 10 is still updating again.
***In case anyone WANTS to try with no knowledge, here's the basic run-down of what FH IS****
Feral Hearts is a online role playing game. Its popular with furries, according to furries. You make a wolf or a llion and RP. The end. That's all you need to know.
Here is the website-https://feral-heart.com/
Here is the help forums-https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?board=24.0
If you want to see footage of it just type in Feral Hearts on YouTube, if it matters to you.
*** THIS PART IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE SENSE IF YOU HAVE PLAYED FH.***
I haven't played FH since 2019, way before my computer crashed. They made(another) shitty update in that time. This update breaks the entire fucking game. I seem to be the only one experiencing these issues with it and no one knows how to help me. I have done literally everything the mods and other players have told me to do on the forums with no success. I have never installed it on this new computer before, so anything about "remnants of the old game" is bullshit and doesn't apply.
I installed it directly from the website, using these exact instructions in this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtowFPcNRd8&lc=Ugy5_Siqju6oaPrwQGp4AaABAg.9E0Ydh72bhf9E4lQRY-4AT
But it won't work.
Whenever I attempt to open Feral Hearts it just turns white, says Feral Hearts not responding and shuts off. That is it. It does nothing else. There are no errors, there are no prompts, there are no missing files, there is nothing. That is ALL it does. I have literally found not a single soul with this exact issues.
People have told me its possibly this computer.
No. No it is not. I tried it on my working laptop. It does not work either. Feral Hearts is compatible with a fucking Vista so this makes no sense.
Here's a video of what it is doing-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNG76k548uw&lc=UgxwLmNK796vG_4kc9F4AaABAg.9E4PX5VvUAU9E4v6hpnRNB
Here's a screenshot of it not responding-
Here's a screenshot of my FH folder to see if anything is missing.
There exist no FH.LOG file to tell me what is wrong.
This is a fresh, vanilla install. I have not modded it. It has no been on this computer before. I already uninstalled it and reinstalled it completely. I have tried moving it out of programs.
It does NOTHING.
I fully believe there is something wrong with the 1.17 patch file. Swapping various files from a old FH folder will allow it to turn on and run, but I cannot play because "download 1.17 patch at Feral Hearts.com".
Put patch in > does not turn on or crashes.
There has to be something causing it to not respond and crash. But I don't know what and neither do the people running this game, apparently. I love Feral Hearts, but as a game its a trash heap. It's always broken or constantly not responding or going off the air usually because some stupid shit the mods do. They keep adding patches and "fixes" but never fix real issues with the game and break it further.
That is all I have to say, if anyone knows anything and any way to help me feel free to comment. I fully believe someone on this website is more intelligent and capable of figuring this out than anyone on Fh.com ;/
AS I said free art to the user who figures out how to help me.
And if I know anyone who can pull through for me at the offer of free art its furries who like porn. B)
Case in point: I'm offering a fully detailed image with BG, two characters. SFW or NSFW(depending on your choosing). My rules and terms of service still apply, for anyone who can get Feral Hearts working on my computer.
If you don't know what Feral Hearts is you should probably just click off this journal. Not because I don't think you're not intelligent enough to help me, (I frankly think there are some intelligent people on this website that would be able to help me even without knowing what this is) but if you have 0% knowledge of what Feral Hearts is or how it works you probably won't be able to help me.
I'm going to describe the errors I am experiencing with this game so if you don't know anything about it it will make literally 0 sense to you.
It will be like someone expecting you to speak perfect Dothraki because you know what Game of Thrones is.
I don't think you will know how to help me if you haven't played FH or have some knowledge of it.
I don't know how to describe what the errors I am having mean.
I have been playing it since I was 9 so I just know certain files do certain things. If you have a friend who knows what FH's is they might be able to clue you in if you feel inclined enough.
>Also, if you've come here solely to tell me to upgrade to a windows 10, kindly please fuck off. It seems like every time I mention I have a computer problem some jackweed shows up for the sole reason to tell me to update to a windows 10, even when I state I do not want too. I hate windows 10 and won't use them. If you came here for this, kindly please get off your windows 10 dick-throne and piss off. Thank you, captain useless for your ever so helpful "well you should upgrade" comment. You have improved my life SOOO much and fixed all my issues. If I wanted to upgrade to a 10 I would've already done that. "I'm having issues on my perfect condition windows 7" doesn't mean "please come condescendingly talk to us lower peasants. I'll wait for your response, because I assume your windows 10 is still updating again.
***In case anyone WANTS to try with no knowledge, here's the basic run-down of what FH IS****
Feral Hearts is a online role playing game. Its popular with furries, according to furries. You make a wolf or a llion and RP. The end. That's all you need to know.
Here is the website-https://feral-heart.com/
Here is the help forums-https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?board=24.0
If you want to see footage of it just type in Feral Hearts on YouTube, if it matters to you.
*** THIS PART IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE SENSE IF YOU HAVE PLAYED FH.***
I haven't played FH since 2019, way before my computer crashed. They made(another) shitty update in that time. This update breaks the entire fucking game. I seem to be the only one experiencing these issues with it and no one knows how to help me. I have done literally everything the mods and other players have told me to do on the forums with no success. I have never installed it on this new computer before, so anything about "remnants of the old game" is bullshit and doesn't apply.
I installed it directly from the website, using these exact instructions in this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtowFPcNRd8&lc=Ugy5_Siqju6oaPrwQGp4AaABAg.9E0Ydh72bhf9E4lQRY-4AT
But it won't work.
Whenever I attempt to open Feral Hearts it just turns white, says Feral Hearts not responding and shuts off. That is it. It does nothing else. There are no errors, there are no prompts, there are no missing files, there is nothing. That is ALL it does. I have literally found not a single soul with this exact issues.
People have told me its possibly this computer.
No. No it is not. I tried it on my working laptop. It does not work either. Feral Hearts is compatible with a fucking Vista so this makes no sense.
Here's a video of what it is doing-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNG76k548uw&lc=UgxwLmNK796vG_4kc9F4AaABAg.9E4PX5VvUAU9E4v6hpnRNB
Here's a screenshot of it not responding-
Here's a screenshot of my FH folder to see if anything is missing.
There exist no FH.LOG file to tell me what is wrong.
This is a fresh, vanilla install. I have not modded it. It has no been on this computer before. I already uninstalled it and reinstalled it completely. I have tried moving it out of programs.
It does NOTHING.
I fully believe there is something wrong with the 1.17 patch file. Swapping various files from a old FH folder will allow it to turn on and run, but I cannot play because "download 1.17 patch at Feral Hearts.com".
Put patch in > does not turn on or crashes.
There has to be something causing it to not respond and crash. But I don't know what and neither do the people running this game, apparently. I love Feral Hearts, but as a game its a trash heap. It's always broken or constantly not responding or going off the air usually because some stupid shit the mods do. They keep adding patches and "fixes" but never fix real issues with the game and break it further.
That is all I have to say, if anyone knows anything and any way to help me feel free to comment. I fully believe someone on this website is more intelligent and capable of figuring this out than anyone on Fh.com ;/
AS I said free art to the user who figures out how to help me.
Same thing. Got folders from mods, admins and users to compare and see if it does anything. It did not.
It also did it on my windows 7 laptop. No one else seems to be having this issue so I wonder if I missing something on the computer. It installed and updated Direct X, I don't know what could be causing it.:(
thanks
if that is somehow the issue, maybe find a way to make it run on 32 bit if you are using a 64 bit pc
Is there a way to change it to 64?
Thanks for that! I'll have a look and (probably) end up trying it since I'm running out of tests to run...
But there could be a few more small reasons, Sometimes when a program installs in 2 parts, a launcher and then the program, they sometimes are separated in 2 files and the program wont work due to not being with a launcher. ( i had the same issue with a mod for a game and i had to readjust everything into one file and it worked)
Sometimes no matter how many times you install and uninstall, a file can be broken and corrupted and you have to manualy remove it and (SOMETIMES lol) the program will replace the file that you removed.
another thing is where a program used up tons of RAM for some reason and it crashes itself (another issue i had with a game but it was my processor that was having that problem)
But seeing this game came out at 2011 there shouldnt be a 32-64 bit problem but who knows, depending how the game/program was made it might be. I'll look into my theory
No, it barely takes up 100MBs to my knowledge, and I have a PC with 772(atm) GB of free space.
That and it literally ran on a 60Gb 2010 windows vista with less than a GB of space back in my old pc...
Thanks for the tips, I'll ask some of this to the mod to see if she thinks its the issue x(
it is the WORST feeling, feels like I am being denied something simple lol>: U technically am...
I uninstalled it and reinstalled it again after this recording, in which there was no Fh,log included. It seemed to vanish or appear randomly.
However I do have a new one with another (about the 4th LOL) install: this is what it says
Capabilities:: VertexProgram: YES
Capabilities:: FragmentProgram: YES
Sound:: Initialized: YES
ERROR::SaveFile:loadz: WaterMillGates.cfg failed!
Not sure wth the last one means.
Render System=OpenGL Rendering Subsystem
with this:
Render System=Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem
Also after DirectX updates it is recommendable to reboot if you're experiencing issues.
A strange development; It suddenly started working on my laptop out of nowhere.:/ I did nothing, it just worked. This is unfortunately completely useless to me because my laptop runs like a turtle with alzheimers who just drank tar, so I can't and won't play it on that laptop. I even tried copy+pasting the folder that worked on the laptop onto this PC. Same thing.
Have you played Feral Hearts? asking because if you have this might mean something to you. A user asked for what Event Viewer says regarding the crashes. Here's screenshots of what event viewer registers when FH crashes-
https://sta.sh/0c1nd8uok1v
My FH.log file currently reads "Capabilities:: VertexProgram: YES
Capabilities:: FragmentProgram: YES
Sound:: Initialized: YES
ERROR::SaveFile:loadz: WaterMillGates.cfg failed!
ERROR::SaveFile:loadz: fhPodiumGates.cfg failed!
ERROR::SaveFile:loadz: fhPodiumWater.cfg failed!"
DirectX was installed a week ago and has not updated since. It installed the latest version when it did.
I have not received any DirectX errors.
https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?topic=16259.0;nowap
However I kinda doubt that is a solution since I think the FH installer should be installing those if needed.
Yes I have C++ and made sure to update it yesterday. Nothing. The ones you linked are the ones I downloaded.
Unfortunately that forum post the tutorial images are not longer there.
Yes that's the issue; everything should be done with the installer, and in all cases everything is there and should be working. But it isn't.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTIP7ivW_Y
not very sure how to help soo maybe this video will help? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtowFPcNRd8
Yes I linked that video in this journal.
I shall hope :( at the moment does not look like it.
Another possibility is running the compatibility troubleshooter and attemtping to launch by messing with the settings in there.
You mean the one that comes with the PC? I haven't tried it with FH but I've tried it on other games and it does literally nothing to my knowledge. It never did anything when I tried it it just said something about errors not found.
I mean I might try it because I don't have anything else to do but I'm not confident it'll do anything.
If it still doesn’t work it would be interesting if FH.log and the event viewer log changes when run in safe mode.
Also would a list of my installed programs on the Laptop vs the desktop be useful for you?
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Sort-Object Publisher, DisplayName | Format-Table -Wrap -AutoSize | Out-String -width 4096 >> $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\software.txt
PowerShell should be installed by default with Windows 7 Service Pack 1. It creates a software.txt on your Desktop. If you don't want to post it here, you can send me a note.
Edit: Also, try allowing it through your firewall, see if that helps at all, since I remember it being a bug on Windows 7 and 8, but still, I'd have to redownload and check it again
I'm not sure what you mean by mods, do you mean presets? In FH mods and presets are considered separate. Mods are things like giving your characters claws and presets are just presets, which are the "skins' I think you are talking about.
They made several updates over the years, all of which makes this trash-heap of a game further trash-heap and impossible for returning and new players to play :/ Every update ruins the game further and people wonder why they barely have 20 people online at a given time.
And no, that was never fixed. Literally EVERYONE is still white and it's a constant complaint because the people running the game cannot find a coherent way of updating it that would require or enable everyone to be on the "same page". Your character turns up white because you do not have other peoples markings.
Best thing? code it yourself. If you don't paste them in the exact same order as everyone else it will show up white or blank, it does it even if you somehow do. Not a single person playing this game pastes them in the same order, or even has the same markings because they keep releasing new markings. Mine were literally broken when I downloaded them 2017. Not that I care; I sit on my own maps alone and never cared about seeing SparkleFox87's white and purple with pink hearts wolf.
If it had issues with my firewall it would tell me; it does not. P sure my firewall isn't even on.