Black screen on game start with Hook5

[Renaati]

Brand new to TK17. I got the game, updates, and Hook5 from the post here. Installed the game, installed the updates in order, installed Hook5 from those files. Did not install the 7.5 Lua binaries as this is VX. As I'm brand new, not a lot of custom content added - just a couple of skin and pose packs.

 

When launched with OpenGL selected in the launcher, the game runs fine although obviously without Hook.

 

When launched with DirectX selected, the game window opens but remains black, then crashes after a minute.

 

Trying to piece together troubleshooting from the various fragmented guides has been a pain in the dick. As far as I can tell, everything is installed properly. I have the appropriate Visual C++ and DirectX packages. This guide says "choose a different core hook" as an option, but hell if I know what that means. I think it's unlikely that the few additional content packs are causing the issue as it's not even getting to the point where it would load them, except in OpenGL mode which works fine.

 

mainfx_errors.txt below. I see the words, but they mean nothing to me, except for "loading main settings failed". But, I don't understand why that would be the case, as all I did was put the Hook5 files where they're supposed to go - I haven't changed any settings or anything. So I have no idea what would cause that or how to fix it.

 

Spoiler

E:\Crap\Odd games\TK17\TheKlub17\
loading main settings failed
adapter 0:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
adapter 1:Microsoft Basic Render Driver
requested: 1920x1057
requested Format: B8G8R8A8_UNORM
entering validate resources
shader compile failed:

effect compile failed
signature for fake primitive failed

 

[DR3X]

Sounds like a hook 5 issue for sure, have you tried running the game just on DirectX and without hook5. Try hook 4 or 3 just to be sure it is 5 crashing the game.

Tryin to get this game to work with hook is a swing and a miss with some machines bud. The version included with the game you got is a newer update so try this one instead.

I'm not certain your game will run but its worth a shot. Plus I've found some room files can crash your game as well so, maybe remove the starter content for now to test. All you really need is the hook basic folder, if the game works you can proceed to add more hook related files.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/as78rguniap1v0d/hook5_basic_version+25.06.2017.zip/file

[ealias]

Same problem with hook5 and VX

Game works when d3d8.dll is removed from binaries.

 

mainfx errors :

entering validate resources
shader compile failed:

effect compile failed
signature for fake primitive failed

[Lilyshura]

On 10/17/2022 at 1:13 PM, ealias said:

Same problem with hook5 and VX

Game works when d3d8.dll is removed from binaries.

 

mainfx errors :

entering validate resources
shader compile failed:

effect compile failed
signature for fake primitive failed

how u fix it?

[bixlewd]

On 10/17/2022 at 11:13 AM, ealias said:

Game works when d3d8.dll is removed from binaries.

this just deactivates hook5. I'm having the same problem right now with Hook5 basic and VX 10.1.100

[bixlewd]

I was able to fix it by uninstalling VX and downloading the Codename VX repack located here, but you have to create a login and make 5 posts to DL it

[RedFox07]

I had the same error but found the cause of it.

• Hook 5 files (hook_data11 folder,  main11.fx, d3d8.dll) must be placed in the Binaries folder. 
• Then launch game via Binaries/TK17_Launcher.exe and not via Play The Klub 17.exe