PlaneShift
Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: blake2312 on July 02, 2008, 07:17:49 pm
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:'(
so i downloaded this for vista
the download seems to go fine
and when i click the icon to play the actual game it says "This application has failed to start because OpenAL32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
please help me :(
Blake2312@hotmail.com is my email i am usualy on MSN if anyone can reach me
i have gone to properties and set it to administrator and windows XP compatiability mode
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go to where you installed ps and edit updaterinfo.xml, change the line with false in it to true then run the updater and it should work
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haha im kinda computer challenged
so go to where i downloaded ps?
like the sight?
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no where ps was installed, if you didn't change the install dir it should be c:\Program\PlaneShift Steel Blue
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:(
sry
idk what you mean
haha where it was installed? like... on my computer?
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:( i feel bad for wasting your time but i need like step by step instrct.
like click start
click PS properties
stuff like that
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well i'm not too familiar with vista as i use xp myself and another language xp at that but... this might work
press and hold the windows key on your keyboard then press e so you get the explorer window
somewhere there you should see the c: drive, from there go into program or program files and then go into PlaneShift Steel Blue from there you must edit that xml file with notepad or wordpad, where it says false you should change it to true, save and exit the edit program, run the updater from the start menu and that should be it, don't think i can explain it any simpler sorry
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yes that is easy enough to understand
but i have come across a problem
ok so after changing the word from false to true i tell it to save and it says this
"Cannot creat the C:\Program Files\Planeshift Steel Blue\updaterinfo.xml file.
Make sure that the path and file name are correct. "
what nowwwww?
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heh good question... erm did you open the file in the ps folder with something or?
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:(
idk
oh well
ill try to find someone that has vista i guess
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i'm sorry to say it but this game requiers some computer knowlige especially about your own comp, anyway try and get to that folder namly planshift steel blue and find that file
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thats not the problem
i have found that file
and i changed the word false to true
and i pressed save and it says that cannot creat file thing
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odd... maybe you still have the updater window open, it would have a black background with grayish text
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reinstall ps outside the program files folder and do the above again.
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what do you mean by install it OUTSIDE of the programs folder?
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what do you mean by install it OUTSIDE of the programs folder?
do NOT install in that folder install in any other folder other then that one
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ok so un install and then re install?
and when i do i need to locate it anywhere but in the programs folder?
and this willlll...let me change false to true?
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ok so un install and then re install?
and when i do i need to locate it anywhere but in the programs folder?
and this willlll...let me change false to true?
yes yes and yes
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:)
i feel like im making progress
thank you
ok so i just installed it and i located it in my documents
now what??
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hey guess what??
:D
its working!!
thank you so much!!
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what do you mean by install it OUTSIDE of the programs folder?
First go to windows explorer, navigate to your c: drive; click the folders tab 'create a new folder' call it 'planeshift'.
reinstall the program : go through the instal procedure; when it says installing to c://program files/planeshift....... select 'change' or 'browse' choose a new location to instal to: c://planeshift, that will instal it outside of your program files folder.
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During the installation at one point in the installer it will ask you where to install PS. By default it will be C:/Program Files/Planeshift Steel Blue. You can change this to any folder to wish, be it one on your Desktop or Home folder.
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okay, so to begin with ive got windows XP.
Ive installed the game in c:/ps
then i opened the file updaterinfo.XML, copied to editpad, edited the"false" to "true".
Saved and overwrote it.
Now when i open it I get this: De XML-pagina kan niet worden weergegeven
Cannot read XML-input with make-up model . fix this error and press renew or try again later
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Incorrect on the highest lvl of the document. Fault by source file:///C:/PS/updaterinfo.xml. line 1, p...
- <config active="true">
^
Aso when running planshift updater i get this error:
Planeshift updater version 5 for win32
Checking for updates:
xml parsing error in file '/this/updaterinfo.xml': Error <in: line 1:1>.
Unable to get root node.
Updater finished press enter to exit.
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Is there really a - at the beginning of the (any) line? If so there went something wrong with some copying you did
Sen
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yups, I only changed the false in true.
t was before I edited:
- <config active="false">
- <mirrors>
<mirror id="1" name="psmirror" url="http://www.psmirror.org/repo/" />
<mirror id="2" name="xordan" url="http://www.xordan.com/psupdater/" />
</mirrors>
<updater version="5" md5win32="09402c47615f480ba780e490d26c1f7b" md5linux32="1d4036c392c6fef5219afd3ce85b1d41" md5linux64="63b74fcf6d69e348020208054c7a7629" md5macosx="2b1fa3d1c44f2961cd1c7d7608106810" md5macosx1039="77e81133303fea8fbe2baef456a18c44" />
- <client>
<version name="0.4.00" md5win32="ce76fa5127532ed1aeb69921316605e7" md5linux32="3fa44e9769af561caecfc8752fa38808" md5linux64="d081fd3f95433a0eba9259b10607abd9" md5macosx="7e2105679a7f8e419038073ddb01c47e" />
<version name="0.4.00.1" md5win32="42e1a6d8e1bb72b9f62b6fcd3fc6aeef" md5linux32="9b4c6471539d77306911ea355fc39b1a" md5linux64="16e412ddfe4c827846b50d7c9b83e3ab" md5macosx="43d11aeee2a887f60763e9d0936e6968" />
<version name="0.4.01" md5win32="8e82bd5cd4f04897ac145021c7b1ecd8" md5linux32="ee9f1a14572760860dc0d0b6e2f21f90" md5linux64="a109a34de89cf6abca3cdcf2ff574f75" md5macosx="0a8f1b99e6fbdaabb4387946e0ee346a" md5macosx1039="ba1b5a3557bc372527777c7ccbcead37" md5generic="0e3cb53fed43d684fc33761a5f0af263" />
</client>
</config>
and after:
- <config active="true">
- <mirrors>
<mirror id="1" name="psmirror" url="http://www.psmirror.org/repo/" />
<mirror id="2" name="xordan" url="http://www.xordan.com/psupdater/" />
</mirrors>
<updater version="5" md5win32="09402c47615f480ba780e490d26c1f7b" md5linux32="1d4036c392c6fef5219afd3ce85b1d41" md5linux64="63b74fcf6d69e348020208054c7a7629" md5macosx="2b1fa3d1c44f2961cd1c7d7608106810" md5macosx1039="77e81133303fea8fbe2baef456a18c44" />
- <client>
<version name="0.4.00" md5win32="ce76fa5127532ed1aeb69921316605e7" md5linux32="3fa44e9769af561caecfc8752fa38808" md5linux64="d081fd3f95433a0eba9259b10607abd9" md5macosx="7e2105679a7f8e419038073ddb01c47e" />
<version name="0.4.00.1" md5win32="42e1a6d8e1bb72b9f62b6fcd3fc6aeef" md5linux32="9b4c6471539d77306911ea355fc39b1a" md5linux64="16e412ddfe4c827846b50d7c9b83e3ab" md5macosx="43d11aeee2a887f60763e9d0936e6968" />
<version name="0.4.01" md5win32="8e82bd5cd4f04897ac145021c7b1ecd8" md5linux32="ee9f1a14572760860dc0d0b6e2f21f90" md5linux64="a109a34de89cf6abca3cdcf2ff574f75" md5macosx="0a8f1b99e6fbdaabb4387946e0ee346a" md5macosx1039="ba1b5a3557bc372527777c7ccbcead37" md5generic="0e3cb53fed43d684fc33761a5f0af263" />
</client>
</config>
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http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32812.msg379029#msg379029
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yup thjat seems to work, but I still dont get why it didnt when i just changed it.
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so I double post so people that could help wouldnt miss this:
I did it all, the PS updater did the up dates, yet when I click open launchr i still get the error: OpenAL32.dll is missing.
Also the updater sais:
Dl updatefile
md5sum of client zip doesnt matchcorrect md5sum!!
couldnt read file/this/updaterinfo.xml.bak!
failed to remove file/this/updaterinfo.xml.bak
update finished.
So what now?
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rename updaterinfo.xml.bac to updaterinfo.xml and run the updater again.
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just got back, didnt change anything yet but it seems to patch again.
Anywayz thanks a lot, if this forum had a rep system i wouldve given you some.
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You gots to run as Adim just one time, worked for me