PlaneShift
Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Mort on February 08, 2008, 11:34:23 pm
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Someone please help me!
ive downloaded the client but have been unable to create a character, i've read the guides and they all say when u log in first, u will be brought to a screen to create your character, ive logged in numerous times and nothing ever came up to direct me to create one, not even links to press to go create one, as of such all i can do is log in and view the guides, i cant do anything else, please help as i downloaded the client and it took hours, all this effort and in the end i cant even play!
ANY information will be grateful,
Thank You.
:'(
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You've logged in numerous times, but nothing ever came up... well, what is happening when you login? Are you sure you are not talking about logging into the forums, because you mentioned guides?
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screenshot of what you are seeing would help us to understand your issue.
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Windows Vista user? Post your specs as well, that way it'll be easier to spot the cause of the problem.
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what is the address of the site where you log in?
at the moment im logging into:
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php
is there another site? am i doing it wrong?
im not a vista
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You are logging into the forums. The download is a standalone game client that you use to login to the server and play the game.
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ok thanks, so whats the website address that i should log into?
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1) download the .3.20 client release for your operating system from here: http://www.planeshift.it/download.html
2) register for a game account here: http://laanx.fragnetics.com/register/
3) load up the game after you installed it.
4) type in your game account info after you registered and create your character.
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ok thanks ill try that, just keep glancing at this because im really bad at computers and will probably need some more help
thank you so much for such a swift reply, u guys are great
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did everything you said till the create and account step... the mail hasn't arrived, and i've been trying to get it for a couple hours now... anyone knows any solution to this?
I know there's a thread on that already, but people seem to gather here, and i'm so very anxious to play :-\
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well i followed that step by step and ive already got an account and downloaded the client but i dont know where to go from there i.e. step three, could u elaborate please?
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you should run the client (open the downloaded folder, and then double click psclient.app)
how did you managed to create an account?
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ok i got it downloaded fully now, but when i tried to update it says it cannot connect to any mirrors...
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you don't need to update, its the latest vrsion. Just run the client, and please, how did you created your account? you received the verification mail?
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yes but now it says that my password is incorrect even though i know its not as i use the same password for everything and use it to log on to the forums here, should i just register a new one?
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make sure you activated the whole thing, try your password a few times for typos, and if everything else fails, you should create a new account with a new mail
Which mail service you use?
when did you created your account?
did the verification mail arrived shortly?
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after you registered for a new account, you have to verify it. the game will send you a verification email to the email account you used to sing up with.
there is a slight snag in that process right now, and it seems the emails aren't being sent out. so no new players can verify their new accounts, and thusly can not play.
so i'm sure your password is right, it's just that you haven't verified your account yet, and thusly, its telling you it isn't working.
hope that clears up things
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i used hotmail.com, i created it yesterday, i recieved the verification email, ive tried the password a few times when i try to get a new password by sending a new verification code to my email account, it says: 'No account with that e-mail found or account has already been validated.'
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'so i'm sure your password is right, it's just that you haven't verified your account yet, and thusly, its telling you it isn't working.'
i have already recieved a verification email and clicked the link and carried on from there, has my account been verified? or is there more i need to do (e.g create character, e.t.c.)
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ok, well if it did go through, then sometimes just clicking the link does not actually make it work even though it says its verified.
this is because sometimes when the link is just clicked from the email, not the whole link is transfered into the web browser and it says it gets verified, when in fact it doesn't. known bug, if you will.
it's best to copy the whole link (make sure to get it all if it spans multiple lines in the email) and paste it into the web browser and try it that way.
if after that it still doesn't work, it could be somehow related to it not updating the database correctly since things with email verification do seem screwy atm, or you simply aren't typing it in right into the game client.
if you check the remember password option on the game client and then type in the password, and then push the connect button, if it doesn't let you in, you can close the game client, go to the folder where the game client is installed, and look for a xml file that will actually have what you typed in for the password saved in it. i forget what the name of that xml file is atm. you can open that up with like notepad or something and make sure what is saved in there is what it should be.
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if you check the remember password option on the game client and then type in the password, and then push the connect button, if it doesn't let you in, you can close the game client, go to the folder where the game client is installed, and look for a xml file that will actually have what you typed in for the password saved in it. i forget what the name of that xml file is atm. you can open that up with like notepad or something and make sure what is saved in there is what it should be.
Since the password is saved in md5 format it is very hard to verify that you typed it in correctly. and it is saved in planeshift.cfg
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is it? I thought for sure I looked it up in an xml file before. maybe that was the username.
ah well, no matter. just ignore my ramblings then :)
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guys im after trying everything u said and i still havent got anywhere, its so frustrating i really want to play...
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http://laanx.fragnetics.com/register/resendemail.php?forgot=yes
give that a try.
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when i try that, all it says is:
No account with that e-mail found or account has already been validated.
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when i try that, all it says is:
No account with that e-mail found or account has already been validated.
have you tried to register again or try to reset your password?
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i thought the one i linked to was the one to reset the account password? maybe the account verification thingy is still being screwy?
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yeah it is the password change link, where it asks you to put in your email and it will send a link to change your password, when i put in my email address thats what comes up.
ive tried registering again with a differernt email address but never recieved the verification email
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omg guys i registered under a different account and signed in and it worked!!
thanks sooo much for everything, im very grateful!!
one small problem, the planeshift screen is too the far left of my computer screen and i cant see anything down the left hand side of it such as choosing some of the different races, etc on character creation screen, is there a 'screen adjust' feature?
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theres a ps setup program that lets you adjust screen sizes and what not. use that :)
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got it, thank you so much for everything!