[Anarchy Online] Window Layout bug

Hey all, just signed up for a trial for use with Anarchy Online and i too am getting that "an error occurred in the device reset callback function" error message. I tried a couple of the other things mentioned in this thread but nothing helped besides disabling window layouts. However window layouts are the only reason i'm thinking of moving from HKN to isboxer.

Any advice?

Thanks

[lax]

I will see what I can find out, this should not be an issue.

You may be able to change the game's windowed mode setting to solve the problem. If it's set to fullscreen mode, try windowed mode instead. If it's set to windowed mode, try fullscreen mode instead. ISBoxer will put it in a window either way, but games usually try to do things differently depending on this setting, and one way may work. Let me know

Thanks but I always use borderless windowed, tried without borderless as well to no avail. Fullscreen doesn't work either.

Perhaps of interest is that HKN has a rudimentary function for resizing windows, however it simply changes the resolution of the windows. Either way when i try to use that it immediately crashes the game as well.

PS: I'm guessing the way ISboxer sets window layouts/sizes is by resizing the pixels within the window rather than simply changing the resolution? Which is to say to keep the same 1080p aspect ratio so window positions and hotbars etc stay in their same relative positions? Which is also the reason i don't want to bother figuring out the vfx changes as that changes resolution and ill have to redo the GUI positioning on all 6 accounts all over again.

Hope that made sense haha.

Thanks, appreciate direct dev feedback!

PPS: I used that batch script from page one that directly launches the game bypassing the patching screen but it doesn't work. I set the game to launch the batch script and i get "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)." Running the batch directly works bypassing the patching screen.

[lax]

Thanks but I always use borderless windowed, tried without borderless as well to no avail.

I have asked you to try setting it to fullscreen to see if that helps with this issue. Thank you for testing non-borderless windowed. Can you try fullscreen please? As I stated, this will change how the game does things and may work around the issue; ISBoxer will still literally be putting the game in a window as per your Window Layout.

PS: I'm guessing the way ISboxer sets window layouts/sizes is by resizing the pixels within the window rather than simply changing the resolution? Which is to say to keep the same 1080p aspect ratio so window positions and hotbars etc stay in their same relative positions?

This depends entirely on how you set up your Window Layout (once you have it working with a layout).

I think the answer you're looking for is "yes" they will all render the same resolution as the main window, scaled down to a smaller window. However, if you have a 1920x1080 (1080p) display and you use a typical Window Layout that uses this space with one large window and several small windows, they will not be in a 1080p aspect ratio (possibly more like 1920x850), and I can't say whether that will require any GUI position changes.

Which is also the reason i don't want to bother figuring out the vfx changes as that changes resolution and ill have to redo the GUI positioning on all 6 accounts all over again.

I'm not sure I follow, what "vfx changes" are changing resolution for you? You could literally use a full 1080p resolution in all windows, and use VFX to render any size view of them somewhere over your main window. Or on a second monitor. There is no difference here between a Window Layout or VFX as far as resolution changes -- you can do what I just said with a Window Layout (and no VFX) as well.

Thanks but I always use borderless windowed, tried without borderless as well to no avail.

I have asked you to try setting it to fullscreen to see if that helps with this issue. Thank you for testing non-borderless windowed. Can you try fullscreen please? As I stated, this will change how the game does things and may work around the issue; ISBoxer will still literally be putting the game in a window as per your Window Layout.

PS: I'm guessing the way ISboxer sets window layouts/sizes is by resizing the pixels within the window rather than simply changing the resolution? Which is to say to keep the same 1080p aspect ratio so window positions and hotbars etc stay in their same relative positions?

This depends entirely on how you set up your Window Layout (once you have it working with a layout).

I think the answer you're looking for is "yes" they will all render the same resolution as the main window, scaled down to a smaller window. However, if you have a 1920x1080 (1080p) display and you use a typical Window Layout that uses this space with one large window and several small windows, they will not be in a 1080p aspect ratio (possibly more like 1920x850), and I can't say whether that will require any GUI position changes.

Which is also the reason i don't want to bother figuring out the vfx changes as that changes resolution and ill have to redo the GUI positioning on all 6 accounts all over again.

I'm not sure I follow, what "vfx changes" are changing resolution for you? You could literally use a full 1080p resolution in all windows, and use VFX to render any size view of them somewhere over your main window. Or on a second monitor. There is no difference here between a Window Layout or VFX as far as resolution changes -- you can do what I just said with a Window Layout (and no VFX) as well.

I wrote too soon but did test full screen. Edited my post to that affect (doesn't work either).

As for the vfx changes. When i could get into the game by disabling window layouts i hit ctrl shift alt g and set window sizes (1920x820, 320x200 etc etc) but those chop off the bottom of the screen leaving the bottom of the gui gone.

PS: I used that batch script from page one that directly launches the game bypassing the patching screen but it doesn't work. I set the game to launch the batch script and i get "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)." Running the batch directly works bypassing the patching screen.

[lax]

I tested just now with windowed mode and fullscreen mode. My first launch came up fine; the game was set to fullscreen mode. I set this in the patcher/launcher instance launched by ISBoxer, since the setting is kept separate when using ISBoxer from when you're not using ISBoxer.

My second launch, with the game set to windowed mode, I now get the reported error.

My third launch, I set the game back to fullscreen mode, and now I no longer get the reported error.

I will look into fixing this bug. In the meantime, my recommended workaround is to set it to fullscreen mode, in each instance of the launcher launched by ISBoxer, via the Settings button. Alternatively, edit Prefs-<CHARACTERNAME>.XML -- there is one in the same folder as the original, for each AO "Character" made in ISBoxer; find the <Value name="DisplayFullscreen" value="false" /> line, and set it to <Value name="DisplayFullscreen" value="true" />. The files are somewhere under %localappdata%\Funcom, depending on where you have AO installed. For the default C:\Funcom\Anarchy Online that might be
%localappdata%\Funcom\Anarchy Online\70dad3e6\Anarchy Online\Prefs -- for example mine is C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Funcom\Anarchy Online\70dad3e6\Anarchy Online\Prefs

For any NEW character that gets made, it will copy from the main Prefs.XML, with your borderless windowed setting. Be aware of that until the bug is fixed


Inner Space cannot launch batch files. I'll try to find what you're referring to

[lax]

To bypass the launcher, right click Inner Space and select Add Game. Point it at AnarchyOnline.exe. In the Parameters box, paste

Code:

IA700453413 IP7509 DU

This is different than the ones I found via google search, but this is what my AO is currently using to launch from the AO patcher. You can get this at any time (e.g. if the correct parameters change in the future) by launching the game normally through their patcher, then open up Windows Task Manager and click the Details tab. Right click on one of the column headers and click "Select columns". Scroll down and one of the options is "Command line" -- tick that and click OK. Now for each process listed, you can see the parameters it was launched with.

Ah thanks for that.

Well i tinkered around for awhile and i realized i had to set it to full screen after each instance launches when launched by ISboxer (i was setting it before launching via isboxer and it wasnt applying any changes when launching via isboxer) almost like it was launched from a separate install (which it wasnt).

While that removed that error it won't launch the second character after the first launches (which takes about 10-15 seconds, even running an ssd and very beefy rig). Trying to launch individually doesn't work either.

I'm thinking maybe the delay is too long waiting for the first instance to load.

Edit: Thanks for the help. I kept trying another dozen times, restarted my computer and tried a few more and it eventually decided to work.

[lax]

Edit: Thanks for the help. I kept trying another dozen times, restarted my computer and tried a few more and it eventually decided to work.

Yay!