PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Laith on July 12, 2006, 04:30:57 pm

Title: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Laith on July 12, 2006, 04:30:57 pm
i removed planeshift since i was stupid enough to update it  :oops: and i tried reinstalling it and i keep getting the following message:
Error opening file for writing
C:\Program Files\Planeshift CrystalBlue\psclient.exe
click to abort to stop the installation
or retry to try again or
ignore to skip this file

Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Karyuu on July 12, 2006, 07:02:16 pm
Restart your computer, make sure you uninstall your previous copy instead of overwriting, and then reinstall.
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: biruno on July 12, 2006, 09:22:20 pm
that works ive done it before
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 09:44:41 pm
ok so i had to uninstall and reinstall...restarted the comp adn everything and it instaleld successfully


but it still wont play the game :(
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Nilrem on July 12, 2006, 10:00:55 pm
If you're on Windows Kalika...

have you applied the patch as it's stated in here?

http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24395.new#new

(if you run the game in another OS, please visit the specific subforum ;) )
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 10:08:43 pm
oks :D

im not the brightest bulb in the box...how do i unzip it?
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: biruno on July 12, 2006, 10:11:58 pm
oks :D

im not the brightest bulb in the box...how do i unzip it?
yea how do i unzip stuff i dont know eather lol
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Silk on July 12, 2006, 10:20:07 pm
Download  winrar and use it to decompress the file to the ps directory replace all existing files with the new ones when prompted and run your client again , treid this a couple of seconds a go and it has worked so far DON'T run the updater when it is suggested  ,winrar is available free to try and easily downloaded , just google it. Im off to create my very first character.. hooray
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 10:24:32 pm
i know ive unzipped before i jsut forgot how to...what do i click? where do i click etc....
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: biruno on July 12, 2006, 10:25:17 pm
yea like i cant find my winzip
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 10:26:15 pm
ok so i extracted the files....and planeshift is sitll not working
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Silk on July 12, 2006, 10:27:26 pm
Sorry just edited my reply
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 10:34:33 pm
ok this sucks

1) i uninstalled and reinsatlled and restarted my comp
2)got the ptch put it on ym e drive and unzipped it where i then copied the open files into my cdrive where planeshift is

and it still doesnt work
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: biruno on July 12, 2006, 10:45:19 pm
Download  winrar and use it to decompress the file to the ps directory replace all existing files with the new ones when prompted and run your client again , treid this a couple of seconds a go and it has worked so far DON'T run the updater when it is suggested  ,winrar is available free to try and easily downloaded , just google it. Im off to create my very first character.. hooray
i just went to get that because its not on my computer and there is no free version
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Silk on July 12, 2006, 10:50:41 pm
download.com free to try winrar something like 30 days
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Nilrem on July 12, 2006, 11:09:04 pm
Kalika:

When you copied the files _inside_ planeshift directory, did you get a message saying:

"Do you want to overwrite files?" or similar? If not, you did something not wrong.

So you've to:

1) Decompress the .zip file (you've already done that)

2) See where the files have been decompressed to.

3) Select those files

4) Having them selected, drag and drop them inside your Planeshift Crystal Blue directory.

If a message asking you to overwrite doesn't appear, you did something wrong.
Please try to state at which step you felt lost, and we all will try to help you as best as possible.
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 11:25:23 pm
i overwrited them excep tfor when it said i needed  a password...for those files i ahd them put in a different drive which i then put into a file and pasted them into my planeshift directory....

so i guess i felt lost aobut the unzpping where and how to do that and what to do about the password stuff
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Nilrem on July 12, 2006, 11:28:41 pm
To solve the password stuff:

Use ctrl+alt+del

Select processes

select psclient.exe

End that process.

Try decompressing the .zip file again.
If it prompts for a password, cancel.

Reboot your system.

Try decompressing the .zip file again, it should not ask you for a password.

Edit: Supr... supress. Del... deltree/delete?  :innocent:
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 11:34:17 pm
uhm what button is supr?

and thank you for your help :D
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Nilrem on July 12, 2006, 11:37:09 pm
Ctrl+alt+del ^^
Title: Re: installer problems (it worked the last time i tried it)
Post by: Kalika on July 12, 2006, 11:41:48 pm
its up and running now :D :D thank youse for your help *huggggggg*