Heh, well it went thru eventually, got the package built. Updater claims being newer than server and will not really update everything (thus the client won't properly start). I should copy art data et. all from original installation over to the debug, but that'll have to wait some..

I copied the psclient over the 0.3.15b and run it. It started, logged in even and crashed (which is obviously another story)

Just FYI, the debug build(of CVS HEAD) did whine about Reporter problems, which seems consistent with the prebuilt 0.3.15b client

DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
WARNING! Suspicious: object with tag 'iReporter' does not implement interface 'iReporter'!
NOTIFY: PlaneShift Crystal Blue
WARNING! Suspicious: object with tag 'iReporter' does not implement interface 'iReporter'!
NOTIFY: This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
WARNING! Suspicious: object with tag 'iReporter' does not implement interface 'iReporter'!
NOTIFY: 0.99 r0 [Win32-X86-VisualC]
WARNING! Suspicious: object with tag 'iReporter' does not implement interface 'iReporter'!
NOTIFY: You will be PROMPTED before a crash dump is generated.  Format is Normal
 (Stack and Backtrace information only)
All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/elves.zip
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
WARNING! Suspicious: object with tag 'iReporter' does not implement interface 'iReporter'!
NOTIFY: psEngine initialized.
Using fontsize 13 for resolution 800x600
WARNING! Object '_s_bridge_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_03' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_05' is not closed!
WARNING! Object 'spikes_03' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_walls_01' is not closed!

So obviously there's something wrong...well gotta debug it further someday...

Thanks for Your reply.

I'm running the program actually from the CLI. It doesn't print anything on the CLI window, but opens a new console (like in W2K, but there the opened console stays open - even if client exits to an error...asking to press enter to close the debug window). In XP, right after the reporter.dll is loaded, the client dies unexpectedly and closes the debug window (console) without any way to get it stay open. That's why only way to see what's going on is to use the print screen ;-(

Dunno if debug output of the client is buffered. If it is, then the actual place of death could very well be later - perhaps in the video driver loading (I've tried software rendering also  with no luck).

I've tried running in compatibility mode - no luck there either.

I've also tried removing the DLLs (temporarily by renaming them in hope for the client to die at DLL loading and perhaps allow me to pinpoint the actual location). Still the same, debug console and the client just vanish.

And tried to remove the DLLs and run updater, but problem remains :-(

I filed a bug report also, but apparently it is not considered as a bug :-)

Just have to hope they get a better built client out with more debug options. If I had VC7+ I'd try to build it my self. (It doesn't compile on VC6 they say).

Hello!

Nothing printed when running with --verbose(either the client or the setup application).

No errors nor warnings in event viewer either(Application, security nor the system - all cleared prior to run).

Updater starts ok, it checks for (after the first time update) missing or damaged files: which are none.

I do not have any virusscanner or similar running during the test either.

I noticed, if I start pssetup.exe with --help (from command line) it starts, opens a console window, prints nothing on it and quickly exists.
Running psclient with --help does the same, but for the brief moment the window is open I can barely recognize the message:
"DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing..."

Wait a second, if I run psclient.exe --help --verbose I get more stuff to the window, but it closes so fast I cannot really see what in there even by running client multiple times :-( Managed to take a snapshot of the window:

Here goes:
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\vfs.dll to satisfy request for csVFS
VFS_NOTIFY: loaded configuration file: c:\progra~1\planeshift crystal blue\vfs.cfg
VFS_NOTIFY: merged configuration file c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\vfs.cfg
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\freefnt2.dll to satisfy request for csFreeType2Server
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\csfont.dll to satisfy request for csDefaultFontServer
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\fontplex.dll to satisfy request for csFontServerMultiplexer
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\gl3d.dll to satisfy request for csGraphics3D
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\glwin32.dll to satisfy request for csGraphics2DOpenGL
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\sndsyssoft.dll to satisfy request for csSndSysRendererSoftware
DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\sndsyswin.dll to satisfy request for SndSysDriverDirectSound
...(sndsysogg.dll, xmlreader, binddoc, dsplex, imgplex, spr3dbin, engine, csparser, csssynldr, sndmanager, csopcode)
SCF_NOTIFY: loading plugin c:\program files\planeshift crystal blue\reporter.dll to satisfy request for csReporter

the csReporter is the last line

But alas, that all..