Main.exe still runs after quitting descent 3

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:38 pm

Title says it all. Any help would be appreciated cause I'm tired of ending the process every time i quit descent.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:45 pm

Could be a driver anomaly to blame when main.exe doesn't quit, try updating/reinstalling your sound and video drivers.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:49 pm

I have two computers that do this...

EDIT: BTW the drivers on this computer are updated.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:54 pm

In that case the solution is probably in older drivers not newer ones. A lot of the latest drivers from Nvidia and ATI have gotten pretty buggy in Descent 3 over the last couple years. Its almost getting to the point where D3 will need a legacy box of its own to run well.

And if it is an Intel video chip, its pretty much hopeless.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:10 pm

I had the same issue a few years ago. Turned out it was caused by audio drivers.

One way to check: run D3 with the -nosound option. If the process closes correctly, you'll know it was an audio issue.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:13 pm

Im typing in -nosound and its not working.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:15 pm

Also Bettina had an issue with HP software and printer managers. Look at running processes in Windows Task Mangler and shut down the ones you don't need.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:17 pm

S13driftAZ wrote:Im typing in -nosound and its not working.

No, no, it's not a command you type in-game.

It's an option you enter into the command-line field in the "Misc" tab in the D3 Launcher dialog.

P.S. If you don't have anything in that command-line field, I have some recommendations.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:20 pm

i am typing it into the misc tab. and when i go back into the settings, the command is gone.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:22 pm

Try \"run as Administrator\" (I'm assuming you have admin priviliges).

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:23 pm

No dice.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:24 pm

Create a shortcut directly to main.exe and in the target box put:
C:\\Games\\Descent3\\main.exe -launched -nosound

Replace C:\\Games\\Descent3 with wherever you have D3 installed.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:26 pm

Worked but main.exe is still there.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:29 pm

Okay, so we've established it's not an audio issue.

If you're running using OpenGL, try Direct3d, or vice versa, and see if the process is still there. That'll tell you if it's graphics-related.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:30 pm

Try switching to a different renderer (OpenGL or Direct3D), and or -nonetwork -nopentium3.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:16 pm

running direct3D and main is still running

EDIT: I usually run OpenGL

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:32 pm

whihc version of windows?

Cuda68 · Post by **Cuda68** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:15 am

Not only windows, but what hardware do you have?

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:44 am

Also, does this happen only when launching games via the .cx tracker or Vortex?

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:05 am

Windows XP,uhhhh intel VIIV, nvidia GEFORCE 7300

This happens no matter what way I start descent, tracker or not.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:22 am

Have you tried Krom's suggestion of the -nonetwork option? (This would help identify if it's a networking issue.)

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:31 am

add Main.exe to your antivirus/firewall exclusion list

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:46 pm

I actually dont like my firewall, so its off.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:46 pm

Bump.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:10 am

Foil wrote:Have you tried Krom's suggestion of the -nonetwork option? (This would help identify if it's a networking issue.)

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:31 am

windows xp set to single click launch and you are double clicking

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:14 pm

Foil wrote:
Foil wrote:Have you tried Krom's suggestion of the -nonetwork option? (This would help identify if it's a networking issue.)

Doesnt work, started descent with vortex using that command.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:30 pm

How are you exiting the game?

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:32 pm

The exit button in main menu

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:36 pm

Have you tried clearing out your \\descent3\\custom\\cache folder?

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:39 pm

Only one file in it, and it says empty.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:18 pm

Sigh, bump.

Please, this is a serious pain in the butt

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:29 am

oh man.. is this STILL doing it?

can you give us a summary of what you've tried so far?

And system specs as well as a Dx readout.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:26 pm

All the above mentioned in this thread I have tried.
Descent 1.4, running no-cd patch, Mercenary

Windows XP, Media Center Edition, SP2
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
6300 @ 1.86 GHz
1.58 GHz, 0.98 GB of RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Ummmmmmm.... anything else i should mention?

BTW this is doing the same thing on three separate computers, one also running vista.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:20 pm

If it is doing it on 3 different computers, odds are there is some program you use on all 3 of them that prevents D3 from exiting properly. Have you tried exiting/disabling all unnecessary programs and services including your antivirus/firewall? If doing that fixes it, then reboot and start disabling programs one at a time till you find the one responsible.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:52 pm

Well, McAfee is the only thing I can think of at the moment that my computers have in common, but I dont see any way of terminating it completely.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:04 pm

kill the Mcafee services in services.msc applet

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:10 pm

hm yeah what AC said. Come to think of it, I had the same trouble with Zonealarm. .. which I don't have anymore.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:31 am

AceCombat wrote:kill the Mcafee services in services.msc applet

How do I do that?

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:45 am

BUBBALOU :Posted Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:31 pm wrote:add Main.exe to your antivirus/firewall exclusion list

S13driftAZ :Posted Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:46 pm wrote:I actually dont like my firewall, so its off.

Almost a month goes by

Krom :Posted Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:20 pm wrote:Have you tried exiting/disabling all unnecessary programs and services including your antivirus/firewall?

S13driftAZ :Posted Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:52 pm wrote:Well, McAfee is the only thing I can think of at the moment that my computers have in common, but I dont see any way of terminating it completely.

He/She/Isaac obviously can not accept very simple advice....round and round

yet if someone regurgitates it, S13driftAZ finds it appealing...

or just maybe it's just beyond his/her/Isaac's scope of understanding

Main.exe still runs after quitting descent 3

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