PlaneShift
Gameplay => Newbie Help (Start Here) => Topic started by: Kiva on November 23, 2003, 01:58:04 pm
-
Step-by-Step Guide to Downloading and Running PlaneShift: MB
This guide is to help most of the newer people with some of their troubles when downloading/installing, and playing for the first time. Don\'t expect this to be a complete troubleshooter where all possible solutions are listed (they may be listed in the future though). It\'s based on the thought that you have a system which actually works. :)
This guide is currently only for Windows (Sorry Linux people!) But here is a fabulous \"How To Build PlaneShift: MB On Linux\" guide by our famous friend and developer, acraig: http://icarus.uic.edu/~ssenne1/
If you happen to not find what you\'re looking for in my guide, you can - of course - check out Mogura\'s Top 40 Newbie Questions here: http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=4594&boardid=1
Update - 11/23/2003:
Well, I just got the whole thing deleted. Stupid, I know. :) Anyway, here we go again. (Geez, the last one was 12991 characters. :\'( *Sob!*)
Edit: Oh well, this one is 15627 characters long, so I suppose I must\'ve improved something. :D
More Updates - 11/23/2003:
The evil Keldorn insisted on correcting my spelling mistakes and such. So there! Happy now?! :D
Update - 12/03/2003:
A few spelling mistakes and grammatical errors corrected. I can\'t believe I could spell \"to\" wrong, and not see it. *Sigh*
Update - 08/08/2004:
Put a neat image into ?1.2 that I made for some other post. Anyway, it explains things much better than words do.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guide Index:
?1 * - Step 1: Download and Installation
?1.1 - Downloading PlaneShift
?1.2 - Preparing to Install
?1.3 - Installing & The PlaneShift License
?1.4 - Updating PlaneShift *Important!*
?1.5 - PlaneShift Setup *Important!*
?1.6 - Time to run PlaneShift
?2 * - Step 2: Character Creation and the first run
?2.1 - The Main Menu
?2.2 - Character Creation
?2.3 - Uploading your character
?2.4 - Initializing World & Linkdead
?3 * - Step 3: What to do in PS?!?!
?3.1 - What is lag, and what can you do about it.
?3.2 - City overview.
?3.3 - How to move around.
?3.4 - The Chatbox.
?3.5 - Hunting for crystals.
?3.6 - The Crystal Merchant.
?4 * - Step 4: Advanced movement, and Camera control
?4.1 - Mouselook
?4.2 - Wallclimbing
?4.3 - Camera control
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 1: Download and Installation
In this section, you can read about how to download and install PlaneShift, and how to use the updater and the setup file (If you\'re new to PlaneShift, please remember to read the last section of this step, marked *Important*).
?1.1 - So. You\'ve decided to download PlaneShift it seems. Well then, let\'s proceed to the downloads page. Click here: http://www.planeshift.it/download.html . On this screen, you\'ll have two choices; the primary download site (hosted on several different SourceForge mirrors) and the secondary site (hosted on the PlaneShift webserver). I personally like the secondary, as you don\'t have to click so many times, so why don\'t we just use that. Download all five parts, and the reassembler file into ONE directory.
?1.2 - *Pling!* The download is complete, and we\'re ready to install. How do we do it? Well, the first thing we should do is, of course, to make sure all five (not four, but five!) .part files are in the directory.
(http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload8/allfiles.JPG)
If they\'re all there, run the \"Run_Me_First.bat\" file, which will mix them into one big .exe file, called PlaneShiftV0.2.010.exe. Doubleclick on it, and it will start up the installation.
?1.3 - You now see the PlaneShift license. Read it if you\'re planning on doing something which is PlaneShift related (website, your own server etc.), so you don\'t get sued by Talad & Co. because you didn\'t know what you were doing was wrong. When you\'ve read the license, click \"I Agree\". Specify your destination folder, and start installing! :)
The installation has now finished, you\'ve exited the installer, and you\'re now wondering what to do next.
*Important - Many people forget these two next parts!*
?1.4 - First thing you must do, is to Update the game to the newest version. Do this by opening up your Start menu, go to Program Files (or whatever it\'s called in your language), open the PlaneShift subfolder, and click on the \"PlaneShift Updater\" link. This will bring out an automated updating program, which downloads any new files available, and since you\'ve just installed the game, the server has many updated files for you.
?1.5 - The updating is done, and you\'ve pressed the any-key to exit the program. Now, you must find the PlaneShift subfolder again, and click on the \"PlaneShift Setup\" link. In this program, you have a whole lot of options which I will shortly explain:
Screen Resolution - The amount of pixels/prettyness on your screen. A higher number means better graphics, but more CPU is needed, whereas a lower number means worse graphics and less CPU is needed (however, in the current state, the diffrence isn\'t too big). Standard for most graphic cards is 800x600, and it\'s also the nicest, so if you don\'t know what else to select, click the 800x600 button.
Remember to click the \"Fullscreen mode\" checkbox below the two boxes saying 1280x1024! Very important!
Renderer - Here, you have a choice between OpenGL and Software renderer. Whatever you do, always go for the OpenGL renderer first. Software is only for computers that can\'t run OpenGL which aren\'t many. OpenGL allows your graphics card to help rendering the game, which means greatly improved speed, and a much prettier environment.
Screen Depth - This is the amount of colors used in PlaneShift: MB. The default would be 16 bit (65536 colors) and it is more than enough, however if you\'re really into pretty graphics, try with the 32 bit option. I\'m not sure if it\'s any improvemt, as I like my 16 bit just fine, and I don\'t intend on changing it. Besides, checking the 32 bit can only decrease your performance, that\'s for sure. :)
Sound Options - Here, you can select whether or not to have sound in the game. Sound effects haven\'t been added to PlaneShift: MB yet, but selecting it hasn\'t decreased my performace in any way, so it\'s not harmful. The music however is lovely, and it\'s a must to hear it, if you\'re playing PlaneShift for the first time.
?1.6 - After you\'ve run the two configuration files, you\'re ready to rock and roll, so go to the PlaneShift subfolder again, and this time, click the \"PlaneShift - OpenGL Mode\" link!
Step 2: Character creation and the first run
In this section, you can read about how to create your first character, upload it to the server, and get into PlaneShift for the first time, as well as some of the things that can or might go wrong while doing all this.
?2.1 - So, you\'ve just launched PlaneShift: MB and you\'re stuck with some stupid sound and an image that wont go away. Have patience, it will go away eventually, so clicking madly and pressing keys won\'t help you a bit. When you\'ve finally reached the main menu, you can see three oval buttons: \"Create\", \"Quit\" and \"Connect\". Since this is the first time we\'re playing, we\'re going to use \"Create\", so press it.
?2.2 - Now you should arrive at a screen saying \"Character Creation\". In here, you can type in your character name, stats, race and gender. However, a quick note - Stats are useless in this release, so don\'t bother with them. Race descriptions are useless in this release, so don\'t bother with them either, and there are only few selectable races and genders right now. You can choose between Male Ylian, Female Dermorian, Male and Female Stonebreakers, Kran (they are sexless creatures), Male and Female Enkidukai and a Male Ynnwn. So, when you\'ve typed in your name, selected your Race and Gender, you can choose between Quick Creation or Custom Creation. Well, as I said before, most things are useless in this release, so we\'re going for the Quick Creation. Besides, Custom Creation only brings a lot of bugs. So, click Quick Creation.
Here, you will have the chioce between a bunch of diffrent ways, but again, these are useless so simply click Next.
Now you\'ll arrive at the \"Character Customization\" screen. Each race has four diffrent looks in each tab, that is four diffrent sets of hair color, four diffrent eye colors, four diffrent skin colors and four diffrent clothing colors. Choose what you like and click next. :)
?2.3 - This is where you have to upload your character to the server. If it doesn\'t say the server already, you probably forgot to update your PlaneShift: MB, as was explained in Step 1, but anyways, this field must be \"planeshift.fragnetics.com\". If it isn\'t, change it. (Note, if you have a firewall, make sure that you open the UDP port 13331!) Then you simply enter your desired password twice, and please remember it. There is no password recovery tool, and the devs have other things to do than to tell you your password. When you\'re done, click \"Upload\" and the game should be loading! Woohoo!
?2.4 - Okay, you\'ll probably see something called \"Initializing World\", right? Well, if it freezes there, DON\'T TOUCH IT! Okay? It\'s the worst thing you can do, as you will have to exit PlaneShift and connect again, this time just by using the \"Connect\" button, instead of \"Create\". However, should the game say something about \"Linkdead\", you must delete your character with this tool: http://planeshift.fragnetics.com/admin/form.html , and then you must re-create your character, just a bit faster. And again, don\'t waste time on stats, jobs and advantages! They\'re useless!
Back to the Initializing World. Should it freeze, don\'t touch it. On slower computers, it can take up to two hours (!!!!) to run PlaneShift the first time, however should it take longer, I\'d recommend that you wait for PlaneShift: CB and try then. On a more high-end computer, such as mine (P4 1.6GHz, 512DDR Ram) it takes about five minutes the first time, so it\'s not as bad as you think.
Step 3 and 4 follows in the next post.
-
Step-by-Step Guide to Downloading and Running PlaneShift: MB - Continued
This is the continued post of a Step-by-Step Guide to Downloading and Running PlaneShift: MB. Have fun reading it. I sure had fun writing it... No, well, actually I was just bored. :P
Step 3: What to do in PS?!?!
This section will cover basic movement, how to use the ChatBox as well as some simple commands, and a very small guide on crystal finding. *Note: Merchant page added too.
So, you\'ve finally got in, and you\'re now looking at some huge stone statue. It\'s lagging very badly, and what do you do?
?3.1 - First of all, you can\'t do anything about the lag. It\'s not the network, it\'s the engine itself that\'s slow, however it should be fixed in the Crystal Blue release, which will hopefully be out around December.
?3.2 - Well, back to the game. You\'re now standing on the Hydlaa Plaza, and here\'s a small map to help you find the diffrent places in town:
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/502412/image.jpg)
Just to answer any un-asked questions:
1) This is only a rough map, no all the places are put in.
2) It was made with the camera function (Step 4).
3) You have to go through the dungeon to get on top of the huge tower.
4) The other dungeon entrance is inside the temple, not on top of it.
5) I won\'t do a map of all the crystal spawns, so don\'t ask.
6) There is a third dungeon entrance somewhere, but that\'s your job to find it. :)
?3.3 - Movement in PlaneShift is quite easy. You use the arrow keys to move back, forward, left and right, however you can use the W and S key to move forward and backwards as well, and the A and D keys to strafe left and right. Pressing the M key, will switch between the different camera modes, and pressing the Space key will allow you to jump. Try practicing these, and run around a bit.
?3.4 - Eventually, you\'ll get bored with just running around, and that\'s when you notice the Chat Box and the Target Box. The Chat Box is the one with a lot of text in it, and it consists of both a chat module and an event module. In the chat module, you can see other people shouting/saying things, and in the event module, you can see players greeting other players, and if someone nearby picks up something, it will be shown as well. To say something, just write it in the chat module, only people close by can see this. Using /shout enables you to talk to the whole server. Typing /help in the chat module brings up a lot of commands, and I\'ll just scribble down the most used ones:
/shout - Shouts your message out to the whole server.
/tell - Whispers a private message to a player of your choice.
/greet - Greets the targetted player or item.
/buddy give * - - Gives a specified player an item or several items of your choice. You can only give others something you have in your backpack.
* - You don\'t have to specify a quantity if you only want to give one item.
?3.5 - Now that you know how to move and how to chat, how do you find crystals, and what do they actually look like? Well, crystals are little things in three different colors. Red (Ruby Crystal), Green (Emerald Crystal - Worth 10 Rubies) and White/Blue (Diamond Crystal - Worth 100 Rubies). These crystals are hidden all over the dungeon and city, and spawn randomly, and the only way to find them is to look anywhere you wouldn\'t normally look. Behind trees, doors, corners. Everywhere. When you find one, you can pick it up by rightclicking on it (when the name shows) and pressing the hand icon, however should you find yourself unable to pick it up, spin around and look at it from different angles. Should you still be unable to pick it up, try using the Camera Mode to zoom close and spin around it there (Using Camera Mode is explained in Part 4).
?3.6 - Finding Crystals can be very difficult, however have you found yourself a total of 500 - 10000 rubies, you can buy yourself an item or a weapon! (Yes, the most expensive weapon - Galkard - costs 10000 rubies). Go here: http://planeshift.fragnetics.com/merchant/ , enter your account and password in the boxes, and check the item(s) you wish to buy. Should you have enough rubies, the items will appear in your backpack when you log in, however if you don\'t have enough, you\'ll be told that. If you only want to see your total amount of rubies, click the *(If checked no transaction will be performed)* button, insert your username and password, and click buy.
That pretty much wraps it up for basic movement and crystal finding. On to the next step.
Step 4: Advanced movement, and Camera control
In this section, you can read about how to do mouselook, how to climb walls and buildings, and how to control the camera mode.
?4.1 - Mouselook... Many have asked how to make it work, so I\'ll just explain it in a few words.
Keyboards are, of course, diffrent from country to country, this is mostly because languages are diffrent, and some languages use some special letters, while other languages use diffrent special letters. However, on most keyboards, the Mouselook button is the \" / \" button, located just left of the Return button. However, on other keyboards, it may look like a button with a \" * \' \" on it. Otherwise, just try out all of the buttons until you find the right one. :D Mouselook only works the way it does, yet you can change the speed in the psclient.cfg file, however don\'t mess with something you don\'t know what is.
If something really goes wrong, run the PlaneShift Updater and it will restore your files.
?4.2 - How to climb walls, and how to get outside the city. I\'ve seen many people ask this so I\'ll try my best to explain how it works.. Getting out of the city isn\'t a part of the game yet, that\'s why all the gates are closed. However, it\'s possible to climb up walls that are not completely straight, like the two towers at the end of the long road, just in front of the Plaza. It is probably the easiest place to start.
First, you have to position yourself a very short distance from the tower, then you have to run/strafe into it, and press the jump button repeatedly, until you find yourself jumping up the wall. Now all you have to do, is move towards the gate, and you\'ll eventually go over it. *Yay!* You\'re now outside the city! ... Now what? Well, at the end of the island (yes, it\'s only an island so far), is water. You could try and make it to the edge of the map by jumping all the way. If that\'s boring, and you wish to go back into town again, type /spawn in the Chat Box, and you\'re back inside. Wallclimbing can be used many places, such as the two towers a short way from The Windowless Tower. There, you can climb all the way up to the house roofs. Just an idea... :)
?4.3 - Camera mode. Some say it\'s a useless thing, but that\'s just because they don\'t know how to use it. When in camera mode, you can hold your right mouse button, and move it around your character. You can zoom in and out just as crazy as you want, by holding both the left and the right mouse button. This is very useful, as some of the larger rocks in the dungeons, sometimes contain crystals. :)
Have fun. :)
-
This post is reserved for future usage, in case the Step-by-Step Guide to Downloading and Running PlaneShift: MB should need an expansion.
-
Great guide! This shouldn\'t just be made sticky, it should also be linked to from the main site.
-
Very good guide Grono, congratz.
Newbies will love you for this :D
-
Originally posted by lynx_lupo
Great guide! This shouldn\'t just be made sticky, it should also be linked to from the main site.
And lo, thus it is done. Expect a link to this thread to appear on Planeshift.Fragnetics shortly. :)
-
Originally posted by Gronomist
More Updates - 11/23/2003:
The evil Keldorn insisted on correcting my spelling mistakes and such. So there! Happy now?! :D
Heh, sorry about that.. ;)
I still say you should do a summary of all the important stuff in that post though :P
-
Well, Keldorn.. It\'s all important stuff, so shortening it down would just be to repeat it. I mean, people can read in the small text lines below the topic, what the section is about, and if they don\'t like it, they can skip it. I\'m not asking everyone to read all of the guide, just to figure out how to use Mouselook or anything. :)
-
Well, I agree with Keldorn. If noobs can\'t read a sticky thread\'s name(which they don\'t), how will they read a whole essay(it really is an essai(e) ;))?
Maybe just a contents overview, laconic.
Good, even better now. :tup:
-
Wonderful guide, Gronomist, congratulations for the good work !
-
WOW!
what a great guide I just downloaded the game and this guide is a real help in playing and killing time durring the initial downloads!
-
Brilliant!.
I am only just downloading the client (and it could take a while seeing as im on 56k) but reading that guide gave me a taster... and now I am willing my modem to go that little bit faster so I can get my teeth into this game.
-
umm yeah just 1 problem, at the initializing world screen, it freezes and says psclient.exe :( is that sopposed to show???
need reply quick
-
Gt a problem, after i update, i cannt find the planeshift setup link, where is it?
-
how can i open the UDP port 13331
i have a Router
-
seen - Read ?2.4 .. About it showing \"psclient.exe\", where and how does it show it?
JSnoob - Start menu > Program Files > Planeshift > PlaneShift Setup.
Deagle - You have to find the manual for your router to learn how to open ports. If you didn\'t get one with the router, try searching for one on google.com, or you could call your ISP and ask them for advise on how to do it.
-
there is a error in my database account
-
there is a error in my database account
you must delete your character with this tool: http://planeshift.fragnetics.com/admin/form.html , and then you must re-create your character
no further explanation needed.
-
Gt another problem, I tried everytime open the planeshift setup but will says there\'s a error. What\'s the problem?
-
Hey, wonderful guide. It helped alot.. many thanks!
I have a question though, you said that it can take very long on the first time I log in right? Mine takes around 5 mins also.. but it takes that long EVERYTIME I log in.. is that still normal? Thanks in advance~
-
The loading time varies with each system.
I\'d say 5 minutes is pretty long, but there are others who have to wait even longer.
Could be that you need more RAM to make it load faster, but you can\'t be sure.
A reinstall of your OS might even help.
Anyway, it is all still pre-alpha so you shouldn\'t expect a completely bug-free product ;)
-
Originally posted by JSnoob
Gt another problem, I tried everytime open the planeshift setup but will says there\'s a error. What\'s the problem?
I can\'t really say what the problem is, since you didn\'t say what the error was. :)
-
Well I\'ve just restarted my OS only a few weeks ago.. Ah, well I guess I\'ll just wait for CB to be released. Things might get better then. :D
-
when running it it waits for a few minutes on ?n?t?alizing world and then it gives eror and exits what should I do?
-
Well, it might help if you posted the error so we at least have a chance of telling what\'s wrong. :)
-
Well, did it leave(make) that PlaneShiftV0.2.010.exe file in the same directory?
-
Originally posted by lynx_lupo
Well, did it leave(make) that PlaneShiftV0.2.010.exe file in the same directory?
No but i got the game workin? coz the first file was wrong.
-
hey i got a problem you might have told the answer already but it says im linkdead whats that mean
-
http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=3971&boardid=17&styleid=3
Please search the forum next time to see if your question has allready been answered, thank you.
-
wow, that really helped. THe only thing im concerned about is what do we do in the game? Do we just run around and collect rubies until skills and combat are built? Also, Its a bit laggy but i know thats not ur fault. aNyway, nice work
-
Do we just run around and collect rubies until skills and combat are built?
I couldn\'t have said it better myself. :)
-
I have a problem, i have all 5 of the downloads, i use the run_me_first but it doesn\'t create the install/exe file.
-
- check that all the files plus reassembler are in the same dir
- make sure that the names in the run_me_first batch file match up with the file names in the folder.
- make sure you aren\'t running it from a UNC path (if you don\'t know what that is, you\'re probably not :P)
if all else fails you can download the assembled .exe from here: http://www.fragnetics.com/download.php?file=planeshift
hope it helps.
-
Thank you.
-
this guide rules! Thanks alot man!
-
Do the server notice differences between capital letters and small one? I tried Euler and euler. I use the password I think I had, but with Euler it says that there is already someone with that name, and with euler it gives me linkdead (I have read about, Don\'t need on explain about linkdeads). when I use the removing tool, the two of them are valid so I can\'t remove them ,not even connect.
Thanks for the help and for the game!
-
I have a problem that i dont think has had any discussion about in this thread. I downloaded the game perfectly fine and i made my character and all of that but when im initializing the world it freezes like you said it would and after about 5 minutes it either closes the game or restarts my computer. Do you know what I should do about it? I hope you do. I really dont wanna wait for the final version to play. Thx.
-
Barky, can you post your computer specs (CPU speed, RAM, OS, Video Card)? I have a feeling that you don\'t have enough RAM.
-
Its a p III 433mhz with 128mb of ram and runs with windows 98 se. Is this good enough?
-
Unfortunately, no. Your CPU speed is quite slow, and there is very few people who can play this version with less than 256 MB of RAM.
-
Okay thanks for letting me know. Do you know if the final version will allow me to play or not?
-
Originally posted by Barky
Okay thanks for letting me know. Do you know if the final version will allow me to play or not?
Well thats hard to say. The next version is supposed to be better optomized, but until it is released, we can\'t know what will be the minimum system that will be able to run on it. However, even if it does run on your system on the next release, I doubt it will run well.
-
when ever i try to star the game it closes the window how come?
-
gijake92 i had the same problem look at what was said for me.
Hopefully I\'ll be getting a new computer so I should be on soon. And it will definately be better than this one. So I should see all of you in the game!!
-
Hello there, I loved your guide, but i still cannot get in, nor can I remove my character name. Evidantly I am a valid account, and just am not meant to play...
the luck of the irish, ain\'t a good thing lol
mae
-
It\'s good...
Jagopth
-
Thank you very much. This guide helped me out a lot.
-
Seems like I\'ve been a little inactive when it comes to posting in my own threads, but I\'ll give my share once again. :)
Originally posted by mae
Hello there, I loved your guide, but i still cannot get in, nor can I remove my character name. Evidantly I am a valid account, and just am not meant to play...
the luck of the irish, ain\'t a good thing lol
I guess all I can tell you here that if it does the classical \"Freeze during Initializing World\", just let it run for at least half an hour (or more if you have the patience). The first run has been proven to take -a lot- of time on some systems, and yours just might be one of them. Otherwise, try getting more RAM (unless you already have 512+ MB) or a faster CPU (again - unless you already have a... 1.5+ GHz). That should ensure you the game will run fine with MB and Post-MB versions. :)
-
ok, i have 120/128 MB ram, am i going to beable to play this game? i know of other 3d games that i can play with no problem, thats why i thought i might bebale to this one. i\'m going to be sad if i can\'t :( do you know any way besides adding more ram that i could play on this if i can\'t? because i don\'t have the money/would\'nt be aloud to add ram to my computer. thanks in advance.
-
Originally posted by icelaser
ok, i have 120/128 MB ram, am i going to beable to play this game? i know of other 3d games that i can play with no problem, thats why i thought i might bebale to this one. i\'m going to be sad if i can\'t :( do you know any way besides adding more ram that i could play on this if i can\'t? because i don\'t have the money/would\'nt be aloud to add ram to my computer. thanks in advance.
Well, you are welcome to try it out, but its unlikely that you will be able to play, or if you do get it running it probobly wont run very well. Most people need 256MB of ram to play.
Main difference between this and other 3d games that you play is that this is still pre-alpha, and hence not fully optomized yet.
-
oh ok, i\'m going to try, i have already downloaded like all of it. see you in the game (maybe!) sooner or later heh :)
-
Just a question. My internet goes out some times (I\'m on a laptop) and it would disconnect me from the server, right?
Great guide...
-
The Guide was really nice. Thanks a lot. It\'s answered many of my questions...
-
The Guide was really nice. Thanks a lot. It\'s answered many of my questions...
That\'s why I made it... To answer questions, of course. :)
Just a question. My internet goes out some times (I\'m on a laptop) and it would disconnect me from the server, right?
Yes, it would.
-
Alrighty... when i get to the place with the 3 ovals the letters below them are all fuzzy and unreadable... whats the deal here? and i click one and i get outta plane shift. T_T
-
Alright.. i had to switch to software to get rid of that problem. Now ive run into a new problem. Im trying to upload my character but... it says like server not running or something. Am i supposed to type in a different server name other then local hsot? whats the matter... ive checked other forums but none have given me the answer. Please help me!!! Ive been trying hard to get this thing to work and im just about almost ready to give up... T_T
-
Hmm, This (http://www.planeshift.it/download_servers.html) should be your server. taken from the planeshift homepage->players guilde->Charakter creation...
Sometimes the simple things are those, that work... ;)
-
When I click on the .bat thing to install the game, it just flashes and nothing happens... why?
-
Originally posted by Paladin_girl
When I click on the .bat thing to install the game, it just flashes and nothing happens... why?
I updated ?1.2 to include a fix for this. Go have a look. :)
-
I\'m going to sound extremely ignorant for asking this but... where is it?
-
Down in the bottom, there are some page links. 1, 2 and 3. Click on the 1. That\'s where the guide is. First post. :)
[Edit: Oh look, now there are 4.]
-
OO; I\'m so sorry about that. ^_^ Thank you very much!
-
Hi, trying to get PS up and running on my machine but am faced with a general \"Application Error\" when running any of of the executables after a seemeingly flauless install...
yup, updater.exe, psclient.exe directly or through the start menu.
Athalon XP2000
Win2000 256 MegRam Radeon 9600, SB Auidigy...
Is there anyway to get a process dump or log output to track the issue?
Ideas?
-Jim aka drchaos
-sorry about the spelling, i\'m a code monkey not a writer.
drchaosMY@SOCKStelus.net <- remove my socks for email.
-
You should never feel ashamed about telling us all what the error is. That is usually a huge step in the right direction. Not many conclusions about application errors can be made from your hardware specs. That stuff is usually software related. :)
Anyway, you can always try reinstalling PS just as a starter, and see if that works. If it does, good. If it doesn\'t, post your software specs, like what Service Pack you\'re using, what DirectX, and so on. Oh, and remember to post what the error says.
-
ive downloaded Planeshift but when I double click \"Run_Me_First.bat\" a window comes up and then it goes away
-
Download the new run_me_first.bat file, found in it\'s stickied thread in the Technical Help forum, and use that instead.
-
My intallation went very smooth, but I can\'t seem to update. So I said well lets try without updating and it says the server is not active, or it can\'t be reached. What should I do?
-
First,
(http://www.freepgs.com/falcon/psimages/welcome_light.jpg)
You don\'t need to update to play, but it does add some things that come in handy. If it says the server can\'t be reached then the problem isn\'t with PS but with your connection/setup. For starters, try putting the IP of the server in the server box before login. IP for the server is <203.81.47.74>. If it still doesn\'t work, then your problem may lie in the fact that the game client isn\'t talking with the server. If you are behind a firewall (any sort of network) then make sure port 13331 is open to UDP traffic in both directions. If you are still having problems, post some background info about your system, your connection, your setup in general, any messages PS has given you, and any other info that may be relevant.
:emerald:
-
Ok made some progress but now i\'m link dead. uhh!
-
if you get it in char creation, try going through it really fast.
if otherwise use the magical search button
-
I explained very carefully in the guide that you have to skip everything except name and looks. The rest is not implemented, and if you spend more than 30-60 seconds in the character creation, the client goes bugged and it goes linkdead.
-
now it doesnt say it link dead but it still wont go on
-
Originally posted by Gronomist
I explained very carefully in the guide that you have to skip everything except name and looks. The rest is not implemented, and if you spend more than 30-60 seconds in the character creation, the client goes bugged and it goes linkdead.
It might not be the right time to discuss MB bugs now when CB is actual but I can stay in char creation for several minutes without going linkdead. :) But do as Gronomist said, forgia, and create your character as fast as possible. Choose random characteristics, a random quick-creation class, no skills and a random job. If you keep going lindead anyways, no big deal, just wait until Crystal Blue.
-
Many thanx milady!
-
when ever i go to load it,it initializes world the just shutsoff.wat do i do.
-
:( I\'m not sure why, but I don\'t understand this...can you tell me in relatively simple words how to play? I\'m really confused. I mean like how to actually get in the game?
-
Konman: We need more information if we have any hope in helping you. Start with your system specs, and then tell us if you receive an error message, and what exactly happens when it \"shuts off\". :)
Stardust: I\'ll assume you\'ve managed to install the game to your system. To run the game, click on Start, Program Files, Planeshift, and then choose the OpenGL Mode option. Once the game has loaded and you see the screen with three coloured crystal buttons in the middle, you should refer to the Player\'s Guide (http://www.planeshift.it/playerguide.html) to walk you through creating your first PS character. Any problems you experience after this have been answered right here in the forums; I suggest you read the \"Important:\" threads in both the Newbie and Technical Help areas to find the answers you need. Good luck, and have fun. :)
-
Moogie: That\'s just the problem, I can\'t figure out how to install it. It\'s really confusing, I tried downloading it several times and it took me to a page with things like
(whatever it\'s called) New York, NY United States
or something like that.
It\'s never actually DOWNLOADED it.
-
Umm yeah those are all the places you can download from. Click on one of those for where ever you want to download from.
-
I have looked throughout the forums and have found no solutions to my problem or any that relate to it:
I have a P4 3 GHz and 512 MB RAM. I have Cable internet. I have a firewall but do not see a block on the 13331 port. I have downloaded PS several times trying to get a non-bugged version. I have tried making my char as quick as possible. I have deleted and remade my char many times. I create the char and hit connect. It goes to the planeshift loading page and succesfully says Loading: and Loading basic textures but when it gets to instalizing character it stops... it doesnt freeze and it doesnt go unresponsive. It just stops... no error or nothing. I have waited over an hour for it to load. None of this has worked. Please help me!
-
If you could read (which i suppose you can\'t, because a normal person who have searched wouldn\'t miss that), it says that it can take up to 2, read it TWO hours first time. Just let it go and do NOT press any key
-
... Up to 2 hours for older comps... mine is brand new... I have cable internet... everythings up-after I wrote that I waited 20 more min on it so it added to 1 hour... I doubt that the wait was the problem.
-
Oh, I guess you already replied...
Whenever I do that it says it\'s loading for about 2 seconds and then it redirects me to the page again and doesn\'t do anything at all...what do I do??
-
Well, \"helpme\", the 2 hour wait has nothing to do with your Internet speed, nor your system specs. Wait for 2 hours or untill it loads... if the window is still there, it\'s still loading, so just be patient. It only happens once.
If the window actually crashes (WITHOUT you touching or pressing any keys or anything), then you have a problem.
stardust: Heh yeah, reading people\'s replies goes a long way to getting answers, eh... :P Anyway, if the mirror you clicked on doesn\'t seem to work, just try another one. Once you find one that works, pick that same one for the rest of the .part files you download.
I wouldn\'t bother downloading the run_me_first.bat file from the site though... get that from here (http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=8266&boardid=17&styleid=3) instead.
-
Yeah, thanx, I\'ll try that =)
-
I tried downloading it and it took me to a site that said exactly this:
Windows has the following information about this file type. This page will help you find software needed to open your file.
File Type: GZIP compressed archive file
File Extension: .gzip
Description: GZip files contain one or more files that have been compressed and packaged into an archive file.
Software or information available at:
Aladdin Systems Stuffit for Windows
WinAce
WinImp
WinZip
-
You probably accidentally clicked \"open\" instead of \"save\" when downloading. Make sure you save the files to your harddisk.
-
Ok i got a big question, i went to the sell thing on the site and i cant sell my ruby crystal, how do i get rid of that i found it behind a barrel and i just dont know how to get rid of it(for money prefferably). can someone help me plz.
-
Ok....................(trying not to laugh)
crystals are the current currancy if you find 500 you can buy a nice decorative mug or save up a 1000 for the cheapest weapon (also decorative; combat will not be realesed till cb)
-
Wow, I was really confused until I read this, but I still have a problem. what program do you use to handle CFG files? Thanks
\"PlaneShift - OpenGL Mode\"
opengl.cfg is what you maen right?
-
When I try running the \'run_me_first_bat\' thing it opens for one second, then disappears. Why is this and how can I prevent it from happening again?
-
It did the same thing when I pressed \'open\'. What should I do now?
-
i dont get this, i created my charactor i tryed to start up and yet it says there is a problem, it may have something to do with.................... i downloaded all the parts exept one, and thought there was a problem so i made the files turn from the little windw thing to the internet explorer thing, do anyone know how to fix this? if its due to my mistake should i download thoese ones i changed or can i change them back? sorry im am not very old and i dont know alot about computers
-
what got me more confused is that i changed them all to be the inernet thing now and its no different! omg help me....................