Game will not start/ will not show up!

Ozziw
27 Jan 2012, 13:43
I tried to look for a solution, but I could not find one. In case there is a solution out there, I sincerely apologize for cluttering the board with an useless topic.

The problem is really simple, but ultimately exceedingly frustrating: None of the games would like to start or show up! When I click "play", I am greeted by a blank info-screen, with nothing in the inventory and nothing in the "places and objects"-square.

This also holds true for games I am trying to make myself; I press f5, and I am greeted with nothing but emptiness!

I hope that I am just thick, and there is a really easy solution for this particular problem, since I am quite eager to start working on some projects I have in mind. Is there some special software I need to have installed or the like?

If this has indeed been answered before, just point me to the solution and close this topic :) Thanks!

Pertex
27 Jan 2012, 13:53

Ozziw
27 Jan 2012, 15:42
I updated Internet Explorer, and Java, but Quest tells me that Java-script is disabled even though I have made absolutely sure that it is not :/

EDIT: I have also tried to uninstall Internet Explorer 9 and install IE8 instead, but it is not supported by my system (Windows 7 64-bit). Am I screwed?

Alex
27 Jan 2012, 19:13
Sounds the same as this issue:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2741

You could try reinstalling IE9 perhaps.

Is your computer one that you fully control and have admin rights to, or is it a company/university/etc. machine (which might be restricted in some way by a Group Policy)?

Ozziw
27 Jan 2012, 20:55
It is my own laptop, and I have tried to deactivate UAC. I now also have reinstalled IE9, tried IE8, reinstalled Java, installed all the latest drivers, and made sure that Java-scripting is enabled by IE. Now atleast something shows up when I start a game, but it just says this: "Please check your Internet Explorer settings. JavaScript is disabled in your Internet Explorer settings. Quest will not work until you enable JavaScript".

I have never had any problems with JavaScript before, so the problem baffles me :S

Alex
27 Jan 2012, 21:31
A few different things to try:

- go to Internet Options, Security tab, and click the "Reset all zones to default level" button (if it's greyed out, they're already at the default level)
- click Start, type "cmd", right-click the cmd.exe that appears under Programs, click "Run as administrator". At the command prompt, type "regsvr32 jscript.dll" and press Enter. You should see the message "DllRegisterServer in jscript.dll succeeded."
- click Start, type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter. Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer, Internet Control Panel, Security Page, Local Machine Zone, and go to "Allow scripting of Internet Explorer web browser control". On my machine it's set to "Not configured", so try setting it to that if it's not already. Or, try setting it to Enabled.

Ozziw
31 Jan 2012, 12:22
Sorry for the late reply.
I think I've found some sort of answer to my problem. Whenever I try to search for "gpedit.msc", nothing shows up, I have to search for it manually. And even when I'm finally opening it up, I'm only greeted with the text (roughly translated into English) "could not create the snapin-module", and nothing else. Maybe that is the problem?

Alex
31 Jan 2012, 13:58
Looks like gpedit is not available in the "Home" edition of Windows 7 - is that what you're using?

The same setting ("Allow scripting of Internet Explorer web browser control") appears on Internet Options in the Security tab, although if you reset the settings it should have the correct value already.

It looks like you can find out the equivalent registry setting change by looking in the spreadsheet linked here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/unravel-t ... icy-editor

It may also be worth going to the Internet Options, Advanced tab, and click "Restore advanced settings" - not sure if there's anything there that may be breaking things, but worth a try. There's also a "Reset" button there, which may be worth trying as a last resort.

Ozziw
31 Jan 2012, 14:39
I'll officially give up now, I have tried every step and even tried resetting the Internet options. I am really grateful for all your help, and I'm astonished by your commitment to support me, but it just seems that nothing will work. I promise to post a solution if I ever stumble upon one, and I will take some time off to apply the information in the posted spread-sheet through regedit if I ever gets some time off.

I will continue to use Quest on another system, but as for this laptop, I will have to pass. Thank you yet again for the immense support you have provided!

Pertex
31 Jan 2012, 15:38
Could it be a problem with the .NET framework?

Alex
31 Jan 2012, 17:53
I doubt it's a .NET framework issue - if it was, Quest probably wouldn't start up at all. The WebBrowser control which Quest uses is a thin wrapper around the Internet Explorer COM object.