03-19-2005, 12:50 PM

I'm having a problem with an application launching,......
It's a Game (XIII) but that shouldn't really make a difference,..... (right?)
anyways,...
I installed it a couple of months ago and was playing here and there, and got busy with other projects.
Well, I went to launch the application the other day and now I get a "Shared Library error"

The application "XIII" could not be launched because of a shared library error: ".<XIII><IndirectX CW8 Release><OpenGLLibrary><>"

I know this happens when moving files around, but nothing was moved,.......
I've tried to delete the Application and preference files and re-install,. but no luck, same error.

Can someone help??

03-19-2005, 04:22 PM

Hmmm, that error sounds like as though part of the Open GL system isn't working correctly (Ok, that was stating the obvious, I know...).

Open GL is the interface that XIII (and all 3D games) use to access the 3D capabilities of your graphics card. So it sounds as though a necessary game-specific or more general system-wide part of the Open GL interface is broken or missing.

Since reinstalling the game doesn't seem to be working, I'm guessing that a system file isn't working.

Have you tried repairing permissions?

Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility; Select your system partition, hit repair permissions and see if that does the trick...

03-19-2005, 07:57 PM

Yes, I did try to repair permissions, but still the same,.....
Thanks,....

I did figure it out though,.......
Seems it had something to do with Classic.
I never launch Classic anymore, so I had no idea.
anyways,......
I tried to Launch Classic, and got the error that it couldn't be updated,.........
Seems with the last system update I did, 10.3.8, some of the Classic updates didn't install, or correctly at least.
So,...I downloaded the "10.3.8 Combo" install from apple, ran it, restarted,
and Bingo.
When I started Classic it asked to update now,.... instead of telling me it couldn't. So I updated and quit.
The Application (XIII) lauches fine now.

So it had to do with that I'm thinking,......
Or maybe just a bad update install,......

Thank you very much for the response though,.......
It was a little thing, but it was starting to drive me nuts,......

Originally Posted by Aptmunich

Hmmm, that error sounds like as though part of the Open GL system isn't working correctly (Ok, that was stating the obvious, I know...).

Open GL is the interface that XIII (and all 3D games) use to access the 3D capabilities of your graphics card. So it sounds as though a necessary game-specific or more general system-wide part of the Open GL interface is broken or missing.

Since reinstalling the game doesn't seem to be working, I'm guessing that a system file isn't working.

Have you tried repairing permissions?

Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility; Select your system partition, hit repair permissions and see if that does the trick...