PlaneShift
Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: DaveG on July 31, 2006, 11:52:13 pm
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If something is crashing and you can't load up the game, here's the generic troubleshooting steps you should follow before posting:
1) Reboot
2) Check the stickies for known fixes (like this one (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24579.0))
3) Reinstall the game (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24432.0)
You'd be suprized at how many threads end in "I reinstalled and it's working fine now". Installation is screwing lots of people up, so please read them a few times and follow them correctly.
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Eight stickies! Eight! Do you think people will get the point after ten?
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No, not really. I don't think anyone reads these...
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You might as well compact them all into 1 sticky called "Read This". No more people will read it than they do now, but it would make the list smaller. :)
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Well, I have one big sticky, and no one reads that either. The problem is, I add stuff to it and it ends up large to cover everything. The larger it gets, the less likely people are to actually read it. :|
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Well, you can consolidate a lot of these "newbie install guides" into the main Install Instructions thread. For example this one and the 0 technical ability thread can fit just fine. We have 3-4 different threads mentioning basically the same procedure.
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That's probably a good idea; have one full guide thread, and one smaller consolidated "newbie" thread.
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Ok, and I see you already did that. :)
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Besides, if they don't read things the first time we'll just provide a gentle redirect.
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