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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: giskard on November 05, 2005, 04:12:10 am

Title: Can't get past Race & name creation
Post by: giskard on November 05, 2005, 04:12:10 am: Hi,
I\'m newb
I\'m having problems getting into the game. specificaly, i can\'t get past the screen for entering name/race etc. clicking either of the available forward buttons has no effect. no error messages are displayed. i was listening in on irc earlyer, and it apeared someone else had a similar problem, no solution was found.

Running : fedora core 4, 9800 with ati drivers, firewall configured to allow udp on the relevant ports, with the latest game version fully updated.
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Post by: DaveG on November 05, 2005, 04:33:32 am: New updates today; run the updater again.
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Post by: giskard on November 05, 2005, 05:45:09 am: Thanks for replying
I just ran the updater twice, got one small file.
the problem persists.
Any other ideas?
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Post by: mikasaari on November 05, 2005, 10:50:37 am: Hi,

Same problem here after 3 updates. I can set new name, select gender and select class. The PATHS or NEXT buttons do not do anything. The Next button seems to work though since, if I write the character name manually, the info box about naming rules is launched. I have tried manual and random name.

Thanks for tips,
-Mika
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Post by: Ziraji on November 08, 2005, 07:13:38 am: I\'m having the same problem
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Post by: JadeEnvy on November 09, 2005, 05:27:34 am: I , too , am suffering from this problem . I have retried and retried several times . The updating I haven \' t done seeing as I JUST updated before I got on a few minutes ago and have JUST gotten the game . I was so looking forward to playing this game. But to have my first impression of it be bad .. full of problems ... My interest may wane very fast .
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Post by: Foil on November 10, 2005, 02:34:40 am: I am also having this problem.
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Post by: Naeloth on November 10, 2005, 09:42:40 am: Same problem here...
I\'m using Ubuntu Breezy.
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Post by: stfrn on November 10, 2005, 10:25:56 am: Hm, I am noticing a lot of users with this problem are on linux- are there any on windows at all? And those on linux used Xordan\'s installer? And you did use the seperate download patch, right?
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Post by: Uyaem on November 10, 2005, 10:39:42 am: Could this be related to this (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=20275&boardid=17)?

For people using the installer, the solution for that issue can be found here (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=19389&boardid=41).
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Post by: c-2501 on November 10, 2005, 11:30:57 am: Quote
Originally posted by stfrn
Hm, I am noticing a lot of users with this problem are on linux- are there any on windows at all? And those on linux used Xordan\'s installer? And you did use the seperate download patch, right?

im using windows XP SP2 and was having this problem a few days ago. i already had a character created and he loaded fine but when i attempted to create a new one i got this problem.

this was some time ago, about a week so i dont know if its still happening. i asumed it was a problem with the server, see the link posted by Pogopuschel.
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Post by: Dew on November 11, 2005, 11:03:09 am: Yeah, i just downloaded this game to try it but i cant even create char.... : (

i\'m also using win xp sp2, could some1 do something about this problem, i wanna see is this game worth of downloading as it took 4 hours...
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Post by: keitaro570 on November 14, 2005, 12:12:20 am: Hi there! I\'m a rookie in MMORPG and have heard of this one.
I\'m stuck! If I want create a hero, I got some error message and the game shut down. I\'m a user of win XP.
Where\'s the prob?
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Post by: Karyuu on November 14, 2005, 01:00:47 am: Greetings!

As always, we don\'t know just what error message you are getting if you don\'t give us any clues about it ;) There were no messages mentioned in this thread to begin with, so you\'ll have to help us out and type the message nearly exactly as you saw it. Or just take a screenshot.

As precautions, have you updated (perhaps in recover mode, check Start -> Programs -> PlaneShift Crystal Blue -> PlaneShift Updater (Recover Mode)), and disabled sound through the PlaneShift setup?
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Post by: dplehwalder on November 14, 2005, 03:26:07 am: Thats because there is no message. Clicking to \'Next\' button does nothing other than make a clicking sound.

However I ran update again and it now works.
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Post by: Karyuu on November 14, 2005, 05:35:53 am: My last post was addressed to keitaro, who wrote:

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If I want create a hero, I got some error message and the game shut down.
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Post by: monstrous on November 14, 2005, 10:41:19 am: I have the same problem, but with Linux (Ubuntu Breezy) and Windows (XP SP2). I updated both several times, but nothing happened :/
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Post by: keitaro570 on November 14, 2005, 01:57:24 pm: OK!
I\'ve updated ten times the prog and now I can play!
Strange game...I can\'t die and can\'t fight the monsters...
Don\'t reply, I will try to find by myself!
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Post by: Morg on November 18, 2005, 09:02:47 am: Same problem, after quite updates...
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Post by: bobbi434 on November 18, 2005, 10:54:45 pm: same problem here, xp sp2, clicking next or paths doesn\'t do anything except make a noise and nothing happens. if i manually enter a name and click them i get the message warning about naming rules. but nothing else happens after i click next again.

*edit*

i don\'t know if you are supposed to be able to change hair color, skin color, etc. but none of them worked for any of the characters. i also tried to update several times, all it says is that my files are up to date.

Please refrain from double-posting. Simply edit your last post to add new information, if no one has replied yet :) --Karyuu[/color]
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Post by: Karyuu on November 18, 2005, 11:57:41 pm: Appearance variations are currently available only for the Dermorian and Ynnwn faces.
Title: Can't get past character creation
Post by: Mazambane on November 19, 2005, 10:31:53 am: I\'ve read the thread and the problem is the same. In character creation once the char is selected, race and name, it..just clicks on path or next, no hair color change etc. No message, my nascent character just stands there looking at me!

Also on Win XP Sp2

I\'d really like to play though!

Any help?

Potatoes will set you free!

SOLVED: I ran PS Updater in recover mode - and after a long run, the problem was solved. Now I\'m wandering about in town not knowing what to do - better read the player guide.
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Post by: bobbi434 on November 21, 2005, 04:57:18 pm: PS updater in recover mode didn\'t work for me...but i did notice that in PS Setup Application, if i go to skins button and click on the test button, nothing happens, could that be part of the problem? and how could it be fixed?

*edit*

ok, just tried again after my last post and it worked, but i also saw a message come up just before it went to the first loading screen, it said \"Warning: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.sndsys.manager\'\" what is that? i got a character by hitting paths and fighter then upload, but just as it was finishing the loading screen, i got another error, no idea what it was because PS stopped responding and i couldn\'t see what it was.
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Post by: Nilrem on November 21, 2005, 06:25:09 pm: Try turning sound off with Planeshift Setup.

Start-All Programs-Planeshift-Planeshift Setup
then launch the game, it will work, eventually.

PS: Edit your posts when yours is also the last in the thread.