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Workaround for lobby crashes due to Windows Updates |
Mersenne Twister
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Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 1161
From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
|  Posted: 2008-05-12 11:00
These directions make the following assumptions:
1- You have installed Darkspace at C:/Program Files/Palestar/Darkspace.
2- You have updated Darkspace to 1.483.6
3- You have installed Darkspace BETA to C:/Program Files/Palestar/GameCQ.
It doesn't matter where you've installed Darkspace and Darkspace Beta, so long as you know where the folders are.
- Run Darkspace Beta GCQL. Log into it, and select the "Launch" Tab on the top.
- Attempt to run Darkspace (NOT the beta version). It will ask if you want to install Darkspace. Hit yes. The install will fail. (Cannot connect to Luyten.palestar.com whatever).
- Open the Palestar Folder (Default install is C/:Program Files/PaleStar/)
- Right-click and Copy (or CTRL+C) the folder called Darkspace (C:/Program Files/Palestar/Darkspace).
- Open up the GameCQ folder, then the Cache folder (C:/Program Files/Palestar/GameCQ/Cache)
- Right-click and Paste (or CTRL+V). Wait until it's done copying. Make sure you copy the contents of the whole Darkspace folder into the ../Cache/Darkspace folder.
- In the ../Cache/Darkspace folder Delete or Rename GCQL.exe, this will prevent it from being run when you log out (and immedietly crashing).
- In Beta GCQL, click on the "Servers" Tab. Make sure the Filter Button is set to "None" or "Darkspace".
- Select a server to play on - the Darkspace Release client will load up fine.
[ This Message was edited by: Mersenne Twister on 2008-05-12 11:02 ]
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Mersenne Twister
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Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 1161
From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
| Posted: 2008-05-12 11:09
Credit where credit is due, thanks go to fattierob for this
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2008-05-14 21:24
if you're having problems with /gamecq/Cache/DarkSpace/gcql.exe being re-downloaded every time,
- open /gamecq/Cache/DarkSpace/config.ini
- find and replace all instances of doUpdate=1 with doUpdate=0
- save and close config.ini
- right-click on config.ini, select properties and set the file to Read-Only
[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2008-05-14 21:33 ]
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Faustus
Marshal
Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2008-05-15 00:50
UPDATE: I've changed so you can actually install and launch the release version of DarkSpace from the beta lobby. This change will be available in the next update.
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Drafell
Grand Admiral
Mythica
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
| Posted: 2008-05-16 07:57
The only problem is that the release client will still try to launch the 1.483 version of GCQL when it exits the game, instead of GameCQ Beta. I would advise setting the config.ini file in the "...cachedarkspace" directory to read-only, once you have configured your settings, otherwise the game client will try to overwrite this on exit, and may cause some issues with the installation.
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