PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Backo on February 22, 2006, 01:46:45 am

Title: Help please...
Post by: Backo on February 22, 2006, 01:46:45 am: I have looked for a topic like this probaly not hard enough but how long does it take to download the game through \"BitTorrent\" i have been sitting here for an hour or so and its still on 0%...

have i done something wrong alrdy?
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Post by: Kymizer on February 22, 2006, 03:18:05 am: whats your internet connection???...and i hate using bittorent...is it possible that you can download the exe file instead??
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Post by: Backo on February 22, 2006, 04:01:28 am: well internet connection is dsl/modem(or something on that line) running wireless internet to my pc(~never do this~ unless forced into it like i am) and ive tired useing the exe file but....i got like 3-4 icons on my desktop now that i CANT get rid of and its starting to get rather annoying....
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Post by: Kymizer on February 22, 2006, 04:21:04 am: hmmm...i dono what to tell you....i used exe...and it worked perfectly fine...did u try running those icons??...and also...what kind of computer are u running?..as in mac windows linux??
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Post by: Backo on February 22, 2006, 04:25:59 am: yes ive tired using the icons and nothing happens at all...
and running windows xp...

ill try running the exe file one more time and see if that does it
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Post by: Kymizer on February 22, 2006, 05:13:01 am: if your running windows xp...as i am...then exe should work...b/c it did for me....correct me if i\'m wrong anyone
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Post by: Karyuu on February 22, 2006, 07:40:56 am: Make sure you don\'t have some sort of NAT/firewall blocking a necessary port for your torrent client. Mirror #1 now works also, at least over here.
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Post by: fhko on February 23, 2006, 01:23:30 am: I\'m having a problem with the .exe file. The icon it gives me is unknown to my computer and so it won\'t initialize...anyidea whta could be wrong?
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Post by: Karyuu on February 23, 2006, 01:39:23 am: Hiya,

Make sure you\'re downloading the file that is meant for your operating system. So if you\'re on Windows, make sure you\'re clicking on the download under the Windows section and not the Mac or Linux binary, and etc. If you\'re on a Mac, you should be downloading the .dmg, and if you\'re on Windows, ensure that your downloaded file is named \"PlaneShift_CBV0.3.012.exe\".
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Post by: fhko on February 23, 2006, 11:21:45 am: I have windows xp and I\'m using the one under the windows column...during one of redownloads of the file my connection dropped and the download was fooled into thinking it was done...this partial file for some reason actually was recognized as an application but was of course unuseable. The files are all saved as a .012[1] document instead of a .exe if that provides you with any insight. (I did try to change the file type but it\'s between that and the all files selection)

Update: I managed to just change the document type manually by just editing the file name. So it\'s working now...
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Post by: SirRight on February 25, 2006, 01:33:46 am: I can answer this one as I recently downloaded the program with the same problem. The link that is provided is dead (no longer hooks up to the original host who initiated the upload, or there are no longer any other hosts active that were part of that particular up/download).

Solution: Do a search in bittorrent for PlaneShift and click on any that are active (they will have green text and show how many hosts/users are working with the file).

Hope this helps.