Getting Frets On Fire Working On Vista
I recently installed Frets On Fire on my computer and have been having a great time. I still need a guitar though, but I'll figure that out soon enough. Getting Frets On Fire to work took a little bit of effort though.
I had issues getting it to work on both Vista and XP, but managed to figure them both out. Check out my article on getting Frets On Fire Working on Windows XP.
Windows Vista Frets On Fire Error #1
I tried installing the latest version which is Frets On Fire 1.2.512. I installed it and loaded it up. I was able to scroll through the menus and make selections. As soon as I enter a song, I get the following error in a window titled cx_Freeze: Python error in main script:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\proj\cx_Freeze-3.0.3\initscripts\console.py", line 27, in ?
File "src/FretsOnFire.py", line 79, in ?
File "src\GameEngine.py", line 369, in run
File "C:\APPS\actpython\lib\site-packages\opengl-3.0.0a4-py2.4.egg\OpenGL\error.py", line 90, in__str__
File "C:\APPS\actpython\lib\site-packages\opengl-3.0.0a4-py2.4.egg\OpenGL\error.py", line123, in shortRepr
MemoryError
Here is a screenshot of my error.
Windows Vista Frets On Fire Error #2
The next thing I tried was uninstalling Frets on Fire and then installing the version Frets On Fire 1.2.451. Unfortunately, after I uninstalled version 1.2.512 and then installed 1.2.451 I received the following error on startup in a window titled Errors occurred:
See the logfile 'C:\Program Files\Frets on Fire\FretsOnFire.exe.log' for details
This was slightly annoying. It was even worse off than before. I found out one crucial point though: Uninstalling Frets On Fire does not actually uninstall the whole thing. The folder is still left over and you have to go manually delete it. So I still had remnants of 1.2.512 around. After I uninstalled the all Frets On Fire copies, deleted the folders still sitting around, and the reinstalled 1.2.451, everything worked fine.
Summary Of Getting Frets On Fire Working On Windows Vista
Install Frets On Fire 1.2.451 only. Do not use the latest version and just find mods for the older version. It works great. If you mistakenly installed the latest version, uninstall it and delete the folder manually to make sure it is all gone before installing FoF 1.2.451. There are some excellent mods that will fix any of the issues in 1.2.451 for you so won't need to upgrade anyways. Try out RF-Mod.
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27 Comments
Uber Says:
2008-01-28 21:47:21
Awesome, thanks for this writeup! Finally got FoF working flawlessly.
Joooohn Says:
2008-02-25 23:43:06
Thank you so much for this beautifully simplistic guide and answer.
sal Says:
2008-03-10 23:36:23
bull sh***T still dont work.... laggs like hell
Neil Galloway Says:
2008-03-11 15:24:33
Doesn't work??? I am just speaking from my own experience. The version 1.2.512 was crazy slow on both my XP and Vista computers, but 1.2.451 worked fine. My XP box was Pentium 4 2.4GHz (over 5 years old) with 1GB of RAM. The Vista machine is a newer laptop with a fair bit of power that still choked on 1.2.512.
maarten Says:
2008-03-12 12:25:33
i have installed frets on fire on my computer (vista) but i cant add any songs to it in the instal map i can onle see 2 itum's read me files i dont know what i must do please mail the awnser to me at: tunnienator@hotmail.com
andre Says:
2008-04-18 17:45:57
hey dude tyvm , one thing : wheres the folder that I have to remove manually , (error #2) , I wanna know what to delete
andre Says:
2008-04-18 17:48:25
I mean whats the thing remnant of version 1.2.512 that I hae to delete to get 1.2.451 works
Neil Galloway Says:
2008-04-19 03:26:39
Delete the actual frets on file folder before installing the older version.
i.e. C:\Program Files\Frets On Fire
Remove any folder in Program Files that is the Frets on Fire one...mine default to that name I believe. Even after you uninstall, it will still be there.
Amy Matthews Says:
2008-04-19 15:30:53
yeah im getting the same problem- ive actually deleted the folder now and reinstalled the older version but now im still getting the log file error
Im also on a vista laptop and getting highly stressed- thinking of un installing vista and putting xp on JUST to play FoF :P
please please tell me what the hell to do to get this working
Amy
Neil Galloway Says:
2008-04-20 00:35:27
That's odd. It was the same procedure for xp or vista to get it working for myself. Is it a performance issue...lots of stuttering? It might be flat out performance of your laptop too.
Amy Matthews Says:
2008-04-20 03:55:53
Its more than stuttering, more like a full out speech inpairment :P
Ive now got it to load but its now so slow and so laggy that i cant get past the loading page :(
My graphics card isnt too bad.. its not great but ive played more in depth games on it- NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Not sure what else i can do to make it work :(
Neil Galloway Says:
2008-04-20 14:43:47
The problem is that it is a homebrew game...not made professionally.
It isn't exactly optimized for great performance. Still, if your
computer is relatively new, it should be working. All I know is what
I have done to get it working on my computer (5 years old) and it
works fine.
basica86 Says:
2008-05-24 10:07:31
I get Runtime Error when i go to play a song, after i chose everything...
aboudi Says:
2008-05-30 00:47:44
i saw the log file for it (error 2) and it says that i cant run it in dos mode or some sh*t like that... :P
R3laX3R Says:
2008-06-02 07:04:26
I uninstaled that latest version of FoF and deleted the map, i instaled FoF 1.2.451 but i get this error: See the logfile 'E:\Program Files\Frets on Fire\FretsOnFire.exe.log' for details. I use a laptop which is like 1 month old now. its a intel core 2 duo 1,8ghz runing on vista with a Ati HD2600 vid card, plz tell me what to do to get it run.
Stuck_on_Vista Says:
2008-06-23 06:31:28
My god 1.2.451 works on Vista - thank you so much.
As stated before play on a lower resolution for speed, and if need be lower the anti-alias to zero or 2x, plus lower the SVG quality setting. These seem to help
Kuglarz Says:
2008-07-06 08:30:46
Hi Neil,
Can I have your permission to translate this article (and some hints, included in comments) to polish - and place it on http://frets.pl site? Surely - this knowledge will help a lot the FoF fans from Poland.
hnguyen Says:
2008-07-06 22:08:38
Thank you so much! I was looking around all over the web for the solution. I was getting memory management, irql, and cache memory errors, and was going to give up. But now I'm Rocking out!
ya mum Says:
2008-07-19 10:56:20
u rock ty fof fof fof fof here i come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard Says:
2008-07-19 17:01:34
Great!
A very early version of FoF (1.0.1 something) used to work fine here, but then I felt like updating to 1.2.512 on this windows XP and SHlT happened. The game would freeze at the song initialization (after 'tuning up'). I also noticed it consumed all my RAM during the freeze time.
Now I got the zip version of 1.2.451 installed and it works fine! Thumbs up
Johnny Marr Says:
2008-07-20 19:23:27
Thanks, great tip! I had version 1.2.512 working fine on Windows XP then upgraded video cards (to an ATI HD3650) and it stopped working. Version 1.2.451 works on the new video card though, go figure.
Neil Says:
2008-07-29 08:42:05
Kuglarz,
You didn't leave any return contact information. Anyhow, please do translate this article if you want. Just leave a reference to this article somewhere in there.
Chris Says:
2008-08-21 12:32:18
It lagged, found this article, did what was said, and now it works, cheers!
Chris
mastersrp Says:
2008-09-13 08:31:23
Er, actually i use frets on fire WITH plenty of mods (including worlraves GH3) and it works fine in the latest verson.. And Yes, i am running windows vista (Home premium)
Jay Says:
2008-10-18 09:13:36
the high scores doesn't work. after i finished the song the mod dosn't work. there is something why i can't see or save my highscores and than i have to quit frets on fire till i can play the next song. does anybody knows what i have to do???
james Says:
2008-10-22 23:06:52
I can't get it to work on Vista AT ALL. This is driving me insane. I have tried every combination of loading and version and the crappy Vista just gives me the "Program Failed" box and nothing else to go on. I REALLY REALLY HATE VISTA.
tedwards Says:
2008-11-05 13:20:20
thanks loads. Really helpful.