PS Launch not playing ball?

[cdmoreland]

Same problem here- launch just pops up and closes right away. Started after updating. I reinstalled and then did a fresh install but it didn't help.

[weltall]

it shouldn't happen now just do a repair from command line and if there are issues they should get fixed

[bilbous]

seeing as the game tends to run fine despite the launcher failing perhaps changing the wrapper scripts to try to run the game if the launcher fails would be in order.

[Rheos]

Noticed a problem with the update to 0.5.7.1 on 64bit ubuntu,  the update segfaults right at the end (even as admin)  On all machines I've tried (amd processors)  when you next call pslaunch, it's dropped the executable flag from pslaunch.bin and fails to start.   
it only takes chmod +x pslaunch.bin to fix    (sudo if you've installed as admin)   but it's a niggle nonetheless.

Rheos

[Mordaan]

Mine updated fine, but didn't say when it was done.  My cpu was working hard so I thought something was still going on.  I gave it a few minutes and that soon turned to 40 before I finally cancelled it.  A subsequent repair stated everything was up to date.  Seemed like something was looping there, though.

An excellent waste of 40 minutes.   

[NoriMori]

Funny thing, my pslaunch seems to have fixed itself while I was away at a cottage this weekend. Just got home a while ago, I turned on my computer, opened pslaunch, and to my pleasant surprise it did not just quit right away, it said there was an update available, and everything went smoothly. (Aside from the fact that it was confused because someone — me? or computer? *shrug* — put the sajut server url in twice in "updateserver.xml", so there were some files that didn't get updated. I'm running a repair now.) Repair is working fine for the first time in ages, and I have a feeling everything's gonna be fine now.   So happy!

[aleena]

I have downloaded 0.5.7 several times, why count, it's way too many. Launch does not work, it will neither update nor repair, as it crashes every time I try to update/repair.  It will not launch the game, nor will the client launch the game.  The firewall is open, I have opened, manually every single file, I have even placed it in a "trusted vault".  Nothing works. Yes I did use the sajut.de server.  Multiple times.  Why do I need a degree in computer science to run Planeshift on a Mac?

(No weltall, I do not care that you dislike Macs, you're privilege. However, since a fairly large portion of users such as myself do us a Mac, it would be nice if it worked!)

If anyone has any ideas how I can get my client running I am open to any and all suggestions.

PLEASE

[weltall]

considering mac clients are the only ones shipped with debug symbols, so allowing anyone to post a backtrace from the osx dialog, and considering I lose time on a platform which gives me troubles and makes me lose hours to get things to even build being questioned like that is quite disrespectful. macosx is the platform which makes me lose most time each time and the client and launch work well on my computer.

anyway crash without that backtrace don't say much.

[aleena]

 
weltall, my apologies. I did not mean to imply that you do not do exceptional work because I know you do, even in spite of the fact you dislike the Mac platform.  I allowed my frustration to overwhelm my courtesy.  At present I cannot find a way to copy the problem window, when pslaunch  crashes. I will do so as soon as I can figure out a way.

[verden]

I'm running 10.5.8, and the PSLaunch comes up for me fine. The client then crashes after the login with an error from CrystalSpace. I'll get around to posting that at some point. I was just going to say that if you are running on 10.6.x and have this problem, the 10.6.x OS X releases have just messed everyone's software around, updates are going on like crazy to many applications. And I doubt if anyone on the team can just run out and buy a new Mac when they release them. But I have never had a problem with the PSLaunch on 10.4.x or 10.5.x OS X.

[aleena]

Vernan , I've been playing PS on a mac for a fairly long time now, and PSlaunch has never worked as a way of entering the game. However the client did work.  I am updated to 10.6.8.  What are the specific problems with this update and how do I fix it? Thank you.

[Onilise]

Hi!! I just got a new system with better specs... downloaded PS and played twice... now if I try to play the client won't open. I've tried using the pslaunch and the psclient apps both normally and as administrator. Nothing opens... but I can see that it is running in task manager running processes.

I uninstalled and reinstalled - no help.

Here's my info:

HP TouchSmart 610 Quad
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium [64-bit]
• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 quad-core processor with Turbo-Boost [up to 3.8GHz, 8MB cache]
• 8GB DDR3-1066MHz SODIMM [2 DIMMs]
• 1.5TB 5400 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
I'm using free Avast antivirus.

I'll post the fix if/when I find it! Please do same if you can help... 

[weltall]

run  it from command line

[Onilise]

I open command prompt: start/programs/accessories/command prompt

Then I see C:\Users\MyName>_

What should I type there? I have to get back to C: right? then the path? How to do that? Sorry I haven't ran commands since ... well too long ago 

By the way... it looks like things did go a little wacky if I look at the PS error log here's what I see: (Keep in mind I uninstalled & reinstalled after these errors)

Fri Jul 08 18:02:18 2011, <..\..\src\common\sound\system.cpp:37 SoundSystem::Initialize SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:02:18 2011, Failed to locate Sound renderer!
Fri Jul 08 18:03:20 2011, <..\..\src\common\util\psxmlparser.cpp:282 ParseFile SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:20 2011, Could not find file: /planeshift/userdata/options/activemagic.xml
Fri Jul 08 18:03:20 2011, <..\..\src\client\chatbubbles.cpp:83 psChatBubbles::Load SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:20 2011, Could not find file: /planeshift/userdata/options/chatbubbles.xml
Fri Jul 08 18:03:22 2011, <..\..\src\client\psclientdr.cpp:268 psClientDR::HandleStatsUpdate SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:22 2011, Stat request failed because CelClient not ready for EID:62696
Fri Jul 08 18:03:22 2011, <..\..\src\client\psclientdr.cpp:268 psClientDR::HandleStatsUpdate SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:22 2011, Stat request failed because CelClient not ready for EID:62696
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawstree.cpp:607 pawsTreeStruct::Load SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, <widget> tag not found
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawswidget.cpp:1006 pawsWidget::FindWidget SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, Could not locate widget ID=1008 in Chat Tabs
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, <..\..\src\client\psclientdr.cpp:223 psClientDR::HandleDeadReckon SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:23 2011, Got DR message for unknown entity EID:62692.
Fri Jul 08 18:03:44 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawswidget.cpp:1006 pawsWidget::FindWidget SEVERE>
Fri Jul 08 18:03:44 2011, Could not locate widget ID=1008 in Chat Tabs

[weltall]

psclient.exe --console