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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: elesod on March 02, 2008, 01:32:18 am

Title: client will not load
Post by: elesod on March 02, 2008, 01:32:18 am

i just installed steel blue, but when i try to open the client it says "psclient.exe stops working".. any advices?  (im using vista)

Title: Re: client will not load
Post by: Xordan on March 02, 2008, 01:56:28 am

Using Vista as a normal user account right?

http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1141

I think this is the problem, we're working on it now.

Title: Re: client will not load
Post by: elesod on March 02, 2008, 02:19:50 am

yes, as a normal user...

Title: Re: client will not load
Post by: Jonerian on March 02, 2008, 02:30:44 am

Yes, this bug seems to be the problem.

As a quick fix for linux change to you Planeshift program directory and do that:

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touch errorlog.txt
sudo chmod +w errorlog.txtThis made me start the game.

Since I don't really know how to do that in Windows there is also another option: play as root/Admin, but I don't recommend that. This problem will be fixed soon (maybe even before the server is online) and then it should be possible to play as a normal user, even on Windows.

PS:
what it does: touch creates the file if it doesn't exist and chmod makes it writable for any user.

Title: Re: client will not load
Post by: Quin on March 02, 2008, 02:38:14 am

I'm using Vista and got that message also.
To fix it, I made sure that it didn't install itself in the "Progam Files" file.
When you install it change the default installation file from "c:\Program Files\Planeshift Steel Blue"
to just "c:\Planeshift Steel Blue"
I don't know why it works, but I've had to do that with other programs in Vista.

That is if Xordan's fix here - http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1141 (http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1141) - didn't fix your problem

Title: Re: client will not load
Post by: Jonerian on March 02, 2008, 02:40:52 am

Well the Reason might be, that normal users are not allowed to write in the Program Files directory, but they are allowed to write in other places, like C:\