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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Ryuran on August 17, 2003, 03:12:23 am

Title: Instalation file isnt working
Post by: Ryuran on August 17, 2003, 03:12:23 am

I want to know how can I use the md5sum.exe to check if my files are the rights one.
Please, somebody temm how to use this program!!!

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Post by: Evanchild on August 17, 2003, 03:42:57 am

download all the files to one folder
run the \"run me first.bat\" file then run the updater by doing
start>programs>planeshift>updater
the run the game using start programs planeshift clent.

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Post by: Ryuran on August 17, 2003, 10:17:58 am

Yeah... but the instalation file has 0 bytes... It didnt install anything

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Post by: Kundalf on August 17, 2003, 10:21:48 am

O Byte means it is empty, so it somehow didn\'t download anything...
...or it didn\'t assemble the parts. Have you checkt the md5  sums of the 5 parts, first?

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Post by: Ryuran on August 18, 2003, 01:14:50 am

OK... but I dont know how to use md5sum.exe to check my files... can you explain it to me?

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Post by: Kundalf on August 20, 2003, 11:43:10 pm

you run it in the dos command window...

type \"md5sum _name_of_file_to_check\" then it prints a number on the screen (numbers and letters = a checksum). Compare this number with the one given on the webpage for that file. If they aren\'t the same, delete the file and download it again, since something is wrong.

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 05:32:29 pm

Ok....please tell me EXACTLY what to type in the command prompt thing....cause i cant get it right...and command prompt isnt right, then how do i get to the dos thingy...then what to type....Thank you

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Post by: Keldorn on August 21, 2003, 06:48:57 pm

Allright, first make sure the md5sum.exe is in your same directory as the files you want to check.

To get to the dos prompt:
1. click on start in windows.
2. click on run in the start menu.
3. a new box will appear. Here it depends on what version of windows you own. If you would own say Windows 98 you would have to type: command
For Windows XP it would be: cmd
Now a black window should appear with a blinking cursor after your current path. That is the command prompt.

Right, now you need to reach the directory where you downloaded your install files to. You probably know where they are located. To get there you may have to change partitions. To do this you type the partition you would like to go to (ex. c, d, e) and after that you insert a :. So if you would like to go to the c partition (if you aren\'t there allready) you would type c: and press Enter.
After you are at the correct partition you need to get to the right directory. Say you downloaded your files to the directory Install. The procedure to get there would be as follows: cd install (cd stands for Change Directory). If you need to go back one directory you can type cd.. or to go to the root cd\\

After you\'ve reached the directory where you need to be (you can check what files are in your current directory by typing dir in the command prompt) you need to execute the md5sum.exe program to check your files. To do this in the example we have been using you would type: C:\\Install\\md5sum.exe psv0.2.010.part1 (without the C:\\Install\\ part. That is just to show you how your path would look like in our example). Do this for all the files you wish to check.
You will get a large row of numbers. You can check this number with the one on the site, if it doesn\'t match you know the file is wrong.

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 07:49:15 pm

Lol please dont laugh at me but....i still dont know what to type.... i typed: \\md5sum.exe psv0.2.010.part1 {enter}
 and i dont know it says its not reconized

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Post by: Keldorn on August 21, 2003, 08:05:39 pm

do not use the \\ before md5sum.exe
Check that you are in the right directory and that the md5sum.exe and all your files are in that directory too (do this by typing dir in your command prompt).
Check that you don\'t make spelling errors.

hope this helps.

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 08:21:27 pm

OMG i think im stupid.... ok...ok....i dont know how to change directories if thats what you ment....i typed dir...and it brought up like a whole list of it...and then i typed : dir desktop (cause my folder is on desktop)
so then i typed dir desktop\\planeshift(cause my folder\'s name is Planeshift) and then i typed: dir desktop\\planeshift\\md5sum.exe psv0.2.010.part1

and i dont think i did it right......please help me....thank you for your responses

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Post by: Keldorn on August 21, 2003, 08:30:14 pm

oh my...
What windows version do you use?

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 08:31:29 pm

I am Using Xp

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Post by: Keldorn on August 21, 2003, 08:38:41 pm

allright, follow these steps.

1. go to your command prompt the same way as you did before.
2. type: cd desktop and hit enter
3. type: cd planeshift and hit enter
4. type: md5sum.exe and hit enter

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 08:43:06 pm

OMG you did it!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH....

but if i exit the command...will it go back to normal...and not in folder planeshift?

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Post by: Keldorn on August 21, 2003, 08:45:21 pm

Yes, if you close the window and open it again later it won\'t be in your planeshift folder anymore.

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Post by: SkJohnson on August 21, 2003, 10:42:21 pm

now that thats fixed....3 more problems occured....lol

it still says that the thing is corrupt....i dont know whats wrong....everytime i download the Full Source thing....there\'s always atleast one error


and i already checked all 5 files...

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Post by: Playerz on August 26, 2003, 03:08:34 am

Im having the same problem with the corrupt files(NSIS error). Im running Windows XP

Title: NVM
Post by: Playerz on August 26, 2003, 03:48:02 am

Hey i fixed mine by downloading the secondary site onto my desktop. See if this works for u