PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: 0liver on January 26, 2006, 06:00:14 am

Title: I need help guys(client thing)
Post by: 0liver on January 26, 2006, 06:00:14 am: Hey everyone, i ned help with the Client thing. You see..

Its this BitTorrent client thing, i installed it, but >
>when i opend it all it is, is this really low budget looking search thing. Now it was step one to install >

>that, and step two is to get PlaneShift Crystal Blue 0.3.012. and i click on the link it says to click, and it >

>shows up to that Budget search thing that doesnt do anything outstanding. i need help, is my computer messed up?

>do i download somthing? is that search thing what its supposed to be? can you help?
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Post by: Karyuu on January 26, 2006, 06:07:18 am: Low budget search thing? Unfortunately I have no clue what you may be referring to within the BitTorrent client :/ When you click on the PlaneShift_CBV0.3.012.exe.torrent file and it opens in the BitTorrent client, does it begin to download? Can you possibly post a screenshot of what you are seeing?

And if this is too complicated, remember that you don\'t have to use the torrent file. Scrolling a bit further down and using the mirrors is perfectly acceptable as well, and a lot simpler.
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Post by: 0liver on January 26, 2006, 06:11:54 am: Thank you very much for responding, i must look like a total idiot

It doesnt start downloading no, it just sits there and says 0KB/s , and that it has made no proggress, frankly i don\'t even know how to start it. but i took your advise and used a mirror, its down loading now.

Thank you very much, kind stranger.
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Post by: defender43 on January 26, 2006, 06:36:57 am: (Karyuu, you\'re forgetting something...)
... Hiya! And welcome to PlaneShift!
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Post by: ollie_975 on February 24, 2006, 10:21:42 pm: Hey i downloaded that bittorrent thing (and yea it does look low budget). But the game didn\'t load.

I then downloaded a mirror and i downloaded fine and bittorrent recognised it and got to 100% but where do i go now?

Ollie
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Post by: ThomPhoenix on February 24, 2006, 10:26:07 pm: Step by step, please.

1 You downloaded the .torrent file from the PS main site?
2 You opened it with Bittorrent and it downoaded to 100%?
3 You opened the file from your default download folder?
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Post by: Karyuu on February 24, 2006, 10:26:50 pm: Downloading BitTorrent is not downloading the game. You will have to download the game client through BitTorrent - consider it a downloading application, in simple terms :)

If you clicked on the \"2) Click here to get PlaneShift Crystal Blue 0.3.013 (http://laanx.fragnetics.com/bt/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.013.exe.torrent)\" link, it will fire up your BitTorrent client and begin downloading the actual game. This will take a long time - around an hour at least, I guarantee it. Make sure that the file you are downloading is indeed called \"PlaneShift_CBV0.3.013.exe\". Once it finishes and the server will come back, you\'ll be able to log in and go in-game.
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Post by: DaveG on February 24, 2006, 10:33:38 pm: At this point BitTorrent is the only way available to download the new release. After a bit, we\'ll have it up on the download servers, too. (and then update servers, as well)
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Post by: r.guppy on February 25, 2006, 01:00:01 am: In my bit torrent Activity Log it says : Problem connectining to tracker -

Help please as i never used it before.
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Post by: SirRight on February 25, 2006, 01:44:21 am: Wow...so many threads on the same problem. Click on following for the probable answer:

http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=22143&boardid=17&styleid=3&sid=5b20fe0111467d7f7895db0a025cf45a&page=1#1
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 01:54:18 am: Does bittorrent require an outside connection to connect to the computer I am on to work? If so, the there is no way for me to use it (network blocks all incoming connections not on the http port). If not, why is bittorrent going impossibly slow (5 day download time)?

The network I\'m on runs at cable/DSL-ish speeds when it\'s busy, and I am running windows XP.
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Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 02:27:52 am: If you\'ve some sort of firewall or router in place, it does need to have some ports open - otherwise speeds may suffer.
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 02:56:33 am: But open in what way?

I can connect to a server, but if the server needs to connect to me it\'s not gunna work. Incoming traffic is blocked, but as long as I establish the connection I can do prety much what I want.
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Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 02:59:18 am: Check this (http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html#firewall) section of the bittorrent FAQ.
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 04:27:08 am: Yeah....not working.

Is there not any way to get a working, if dated, copy from one of the web servers? I could update to 0.3.013 when it becomes available to me...
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Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 04:32:30 am: Unfortunately 0.3.012 has been taken down from the mirrors to make way for the newer version. I think there are places you can find it on, though... Hm. All of my searches are turning up torrents. Ah, found this (http://superdownloads.uol.com.br/download/i20428.html), which seems to be what it says.
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 05:29:22 am: That\'s the one I already got my hands on. It hasn\'t been working when I have tried it. Just opens an application window and shuts it, without doing anything, when I try to run it.

*edit*

When I try to actually run the .exe file froma DOS prompt, I get a \"Program is too big to fit in memory.\" error....

Please avoid posting two or more successive posts before others have replied. Just edit your last post to add new information :) Thanks! --Karyuu
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Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 05:36:59 am: Well, my searches aren\'t turning up anything useful, sorry :\\ Looks like you\'ll have to wait for the mirrors - luckily it won\'t take much more time.

*edit*

Er, hm. You do meet the minimum requirements, yes? Nothing intensive running in the background, also?
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 05:42:41 am: I\'m a bit short on RAM, but it\'s DDR2, and my page file is plenty big enough, so I didn\'t figure that was a problem.

Seems more like a bunch of hullabaloo in how XP handles the DOS virtual machine.

*edit*

Can\'t figure out how to fix it. If it would use the virtual memory, I\'d be all set. I can\'t seem to figure out how to get it to do so however....
Title: This game
Post by: Breggolis on February 25, 2006, 08:32:15 am: wow, it only took 3.5 hrs to download new client. and now it still says server down....great job guys!
Title: THIS game? Hm.
Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 08:35:58 am: Too bad the torrent took so much time for some people (too bad some decided not to seed?). Server crashes happen in early development. Get used to them, seriously :) It\'s unfortunate that it had to happen now, but there are still bugs to take care of.

Welcome to an open game in early development ;)

Annon: Wish I could help further, but I\'m going to let someone else take over at this point. I believe it\'s beyond my territory of knowledge now.
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Post by: Nilrem on February 25, 2006, 11:20:35 am: I\'m not a BitTorrent expert but, perhaps switching your BT client can help, Annon

I\'d recommend you BitComet, it claims to be user-friendly with people behind firewall/router so you can give it a try.

Since none of us can get in your computer and try to configure things remotely, let\'s hope that the program itself is \"smart\" enough as to manage itself to stablish a connection.
You\'ll find info about the client, and how to download it at http://www.bitcomet.com
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Post by: r.guppy on February 25, 2006, 12:07:47 pm: Quote
Originally posted by SirRight
Wow...so many threads on the same problem. Click on following for the probable answer:

http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=22143&boardid=17&styleid=3&sid=5b20fe0111467d7f7895db0a025cf45a&page=1#1

Thank you it was my Norton firewall i needed to turn off. Downloading it as i type many thanks.
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 04:47:00 pm: Well, there\'s no way to get Torrent going. With all inbound ports blocked, and no way to change router settings, it\'s going to run at a nice, smooth, 3 days \'til download complete.

Not meaning to be rude guys, but COME ON AND GET THE MIRRORS UP!! The game looks AWESOME!

*sigh*...*breathe*...okay now...

*edit*

Can I get an order of magnitude for how long it will be before .013 is on the mirrors? Are we talking days or week or what? If it is the latter, maybe I should try Torrent despite the 3 day waiting period.
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Post by: Annon on February 25, 2006, 11:42:55 pm: Erm...hello?

Wouldn\'t be so impatient, but you have replied to other posts of mine, and I didn\'t know if I neede to bump this or something since my last post was an edit.
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Post by: Karyuu on February 25, 2006, 11:45:06 pm: I saw it, I just have no answer besides those I\'ve given - there are some issues, some known and some just popping up, so there\'s really no way to give an estimate. Sorry about that.