Bouncy, bounce, but wont open

[Olympias Latrell]

Greetings, first time poster, long time reader   

I downloaded the new version from BitTorrent and am currently downloading from the mirror to see whether theres a difference, but, after downloading and unpacking and copying to Applications, I try to run both the updater and the client (client first), the logo bounces up and down in the dock for a moment and then disappears. I've tried restarting and deleting and recopying the BitTorrent version, but it always does the same thing. I'm running it on a slow old Mac (933mhz) and am using 10.3.9. I've had a look through the forum, but have been unable to find anyone with the same problem. Should I just wait for the Mirror version to download, or is there something I can try in the mean time?

I would  some help!

I'm not that computer savvy    [Edit; even more embarrassed that this icon doesnt work... but I think it proves my point!]

Thanks in advance!

[Skooty]

Well it says your a long time reader, But i dont think youv been paying attention very well.    In alot of posts it says that you do not run the updater ONLY run the client.   

[Olympias Latrell]

Well it says your a long time reader, But i dont think youv been paying attention very well.    In alot of posts it says that you do not run the updater ONLY run the client.   

I know this, and I only tried to run the updater to see if it was a client only problem, but it seems I cant run either from the BitTorrent download. If you read my post you'll see that my problem is that I cant run either, not that I tried to run the updater first. Of course I read the forums, or I would have posted a stupid 'why wont my updater run' post. If anyone else has a problem with my lack of attention, perhaps I should ammend my question to;

Does anyone know what I can do about my client, which is not running, only bouncing and disapearing?

Skooty, do you actually have an answer to my problem, or did you post only to make me look like a dill?

[Skooty]

Sorry if my last post seemed rude, i just mess around alot and sometimes i get to Out of hand. But i was trying to help. And it seems i am the one that wasnt paying attention. My bad i thought that you hadnt read the posts about updating.

[Olympias Latrell]

Sorry if my last post seemed rude, i just mess around alot and sometimes i get to Out of hand. But i was trying to help. And it seems i am the one that wasnt paying attention. My bad i thought that you hadnt read the posts about updating.

Skooty, now I feel bad! *sigh* My bad too, I was on auto-attack or something. Lets never talk of this again 

[Skooty]

Lol Ok truce   

[Rhyfelwr]

I have the same problem.. Its been a long time since I have played Planeshift, and it will only bounce in the dock.. And then quit. I tried running it from the Console, and that didn't work either. I'd really like to get back into the game, any help would be appreciated!

[eldoth_terevan]

Seems like this happens when the applications do not have the correct rights associated to run properly, try either running the applications from within the administrator account, or checking the permissions under which they are running. You may have to reinstall the folder from the download under the admin account as well. I have also seen this behavior occur when the crystalspace environment is not set correctly. There have been a lot of posts in this forum about these behaviors in the past. I pulled down from the torrent last night, installed, ran and was in game for a few hours with zero problems.

[Rhyfelwr]

I am installing the folder from the admin account, and I tried it once more after you advised it and it still doesn't work.

[Cha0s]

Did you try setting permission bits (see step 4 of Manual update portion of the Guide, but DO NOT run either updater).

[Rhyfelwr]

Yes, and tried once more after you asked no dice.


Okay I tried to run psclient  in console and got this:

Last login: Tue Dec 12 22:02:01 on ttyp2
/Users/Rhyfelwr/Desktop/Planeshift3D/psclient.app/Welcome to Darwin!
Contents/MacOS/psclient; exit
Saaru:~ Rhyfelwr$ /Users/Rhyfelwr/Desktop/Planeshift3D/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient; exit
dyld: /Users/Rhyfelwr/Desktop/Planeshift3D/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient Undefined symbols:
/Users/Rhyfelwr/Desktop/Planeshift3D/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient undefined reference to _pthread_atfork expected to be defined in /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Trace/BPT trap
logout
[Process completed]

[eldoth_terevan]

Hmm, thats an odd one. It almost looks like either a component within the app or the system is either not accessible or damaged. I think all I could do at this point is run the Disk Utility, doing a Repair Disk and Repair Permissions. I would run the Update from the System Preferences to make sure it looked like all critical components appeared to be up to date. And then I might create a new account with admin rights to try it on again. If I got the same response at that point I would be stumped and would attempt to try it on another 10.3.9 machine to verify the behavior. Good luck with that.

[Cha0s]

Looks like a bug to me. If you have time, talk to dfryer on IRC and see if you can work out a fix.

[Olympias Latrell]

OK, I tried everything in this thread and still no dice :-(
However, I did just have this problem with Shadowbane (yes! I am getting desperate!) and it was because a package wasn't being extracted correctly... or something. It got fixed by changing a setting in Stuffit Expander. I would like to know if the people having this problem are all running 10.3.9 on PowerPC's, and whether other people running the same are happy Planeshifters in game atm wondering what all the fuss is about... *sigh* It is nice to know I'm not the only one though and despite the obvious frustration of not being in game its actually really fun and educational to try and hash something like this out. I for one didn't even know what Terminal was before a couple of days ago! Now I can say things like 'yeah, I just reset my permissions in console and tried running the client, but no cigar.' Hehe. Never thought I would see the day :-) Anyway,  !
Dfryer, we all appreciate your work, so much so that we cant wait to get in game! I hope that you dont get uber frustrated or feel unappreciated. Kudos to all developers, moderators and GM's :-)

[Rhyfelwr]

I am running a PPC Mac with 10.3.9 and it is still doing exactly as stated above, and I have reset permissions as well.