Help!!!!I am running Steam as administrator. I have successfully (in Steam) verified game cache.
For whatever reason OpenCL was on the machine, but not installed. I installed in using AMD App SDK.
So now all error messages regarding the loading of OpenCL no longer appear.
BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS!!! The only slight difference is that when you try to add just the planet Jupiter, all of Jupiter's moons get added but not Jupiter. Adding OpenCL doesn't make much of a difference, except slightly changing the incorrect behavior.
Another Observation: I have an old Dell Vista laptap that doesn't have OpenCL. I get the similar behavior as the Windows 7 version (before I installed OpenCL).
I suspect this problem has to do with OpenCL on non-Windows 8 OS. I am running Windows 7 on a 64 bit machine. I noticed some other forum posts about OpenCL issues. Maybe these are related? Is anyone successfully running US2 on a Windows 7 OS? Is it a 32 or 64 bit machine?
I've attached two log files.
The first is when I try to add the planet Venus. The log file seems uneventful, even though Venus wasn't added.
The second is when I add just the planet Jupiter and instead all the moons appear. You will now see NullReferenceException for each moon that was added. (I think this is similar to some of the other OpenCL issue post logs)
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at Body.FindOrbitVelocity () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at AddBody.FindSimpleOrbit (.Body parent) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at AddBody.FindSimpleOrbit (.Body parent) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at AddBody.LateUpdate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Sandbox.LateUpdate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
(Filename: Line: -1)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS:- I know this is alpha testing, but when you go into public production and an error is detected that something is missing like OpenCL, it would be nice to alert the users that they are missing component(s) and the app may be unstable. Have pity on the parents who have to figure out why the app isn't working.
- Having a trouble shooting guide easily accessible from the app, that includes all the little tricks (running Steam as admin, verify game cache, etc. and where to determine if you have or where to get OpenCL (or other missing components), how to install it, and how to figure out what your processor is so you know where to download the correct one would be helpful. I suspect there are many non-Windows8 OS that don't have them at all or in my case not installed.