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Purple
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Joined: March 17, 2007
Posts: 67
From: Boston, USA
|  Posted: 2007-04-25 13:28
will ds work windows?
i downloaded on my new computer and installed
but when i try to go to the lobby it updates and then just stops before i get into the lobby
also when i try to get into the settings it says to reinstall
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icansee
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Joined: August 02, 2006
Posts: 327
| Posted: 2007-04-25 13:51
many people seem to be having this problem im sorry i cant help im not getting vista yet xp is fine im sure if you ask an admin or mod they can help
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icansee
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Joined: August 02, 2006
Posts: 327
| Posted: 2007-04-25 13:52
but ive heard its soemthing to do with config.ini sorry i cant help much more
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Eledore Massis [R33]
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Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2007-04-25 14:00
it would be so mutch easyer if DS had #nix support.
o wel atleast we can Dream about it, thats not a crime.
for all you vista people
there are already two threads under the Support.
here is a link to one of those two threads.
hope you get DS working soon.
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2007-04-25 15:37
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On 2007-04-25 13:28, Ghost{R} wrote:
will ds work windows?
i downloaded on my new computer and installed
but when i try to go to the lobby it updates and then just stops before i get into the lobby
also when i try to get into the settings it says to reinstall
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You need to apply administration rights to the following executables:
client.exe
gcql.exe
To do this, find your way to the DarkSpace directory ("C:Program FilesPaleStarDarkSpace" by default), right click on the files (one at a time), and select properties. You will find at the bottom of the General tab (first tab) something along the lines of : "Run program with administration rights".
Once you have done this, Vista will allow DarkSpace to write to the directory (I'm guessing you're not the true root admin of the install, which is common if you purchased a computer with Vista from Dell or someone like that).
Once you're in the lobby, don't forget to hit Update.
@Elenore
The reason DarkSpace doesn't support *nix, is because it requires the MFC library, which is a Windows only library of features. GCQL and part of the DarkSpace client itself require this to run.
However, Faustus was meant to be porting the server over to FreeBSD (variation of Linux), so it might not be impossible if he's able to write the GNU code properly.
- Jack
[ This Message was edited by: BackSlash *Jack* on 2007-04-25 15:39 ]
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Redemption (Angel of Light)
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Interstellar Cultural Confederation United
Joined: October 12, 2006
Posts: 181
| Posted: 2007-04-25 16:57
Even simpler under the shortcut rightclick and press run as administrator
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Eledore Massis [R33]
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Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2007-04-25 18:41
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On 2007-04-25 15:37, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
[@Elenore
The reason DarkSpace doesn't support *nix, is because it requires the MFC library, which is a Windows only library of features. GCQL and part of the DarkSpace client itself require this to run.
However, Faustus was meant to be porting the server over to FreeBSD (variation of Linux), so it might not be impossible if he's able to write the GNU code properly.
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i know i know that jack.
just trying to ad sarcasm to my post.
And i know F has said he could go work on a freebsd client for some time.
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2007-04-25 22:11
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On 2007-04-25 16:57, Redemtion wrote:
Even simpler under the shortcut rightclick and press run as administrator
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Well, mister smarty pants, all that does is give DarkSpace.exe administration rights, and is not the one you want, since it neither controls GCQL, nor the client (GCQL.exe and Client.exe respectivly). DarkSpace.exe just controls the intro screen.
If you want to be 100% free of errors, or you don't want the client crashing when you want to take a screenshot, then set gcql.exe and client.exe with administration rights.
You might want to listen to the developer who was the first person to run DarkSpace fully under Vista (and also knows a considerable amount about each).
- Jack
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Purple
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Joined: March 17, 2007
Posts: 67
From: Boston, USA
| Posted: 2007-04-25 22:13
hey it worked!!!!
thank you so much
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kenetiks
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Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2007-04-25 22:29
Jack to the Windows Vista rescue!
Alas I tried to get ds(just the lobby client) to run on wine a while back made a little progress but gave it up doing other crap.
Perhaps a lobby sdk release? I'd like to port a small linux application to connect to the lobby from my linux box or keep it on a thumb drive for when I'm using a linux live disk. That would be sweet.
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BackSlash
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2007-04-25 22:40
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On 2007-04-25 22:29, kenetiks wrote:
Jack to the Windows Vista rescue!
Alas I tried to get ds(just the lobby client) to run on wine a while back made a little progress but gave it up doing other crap.
Perhaps a lobby sdk release? I'd like to port a small linux application to connect to the lobby from my linux box or keep it on a thumb drive for when I'm using a linux live disk. That would be sweet.
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Ask them to add MFC to Wine.
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Tom Paris
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Joined: April 22, 2007
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| Posted: 2007-04-26 01:45
hum
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Metamorph
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| Posted: 2007-05-04 06:05
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On 2007-04-25 15:37, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
FreeBSD (variation of Linux)
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OMG, that's SO wrong... BSD was alive a decade before Linux...
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2007-05-04 07:40
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On 2007-05-04 06:05, Metamorph wrote:
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On 2007-04-25 15:37, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
FreeBSD (variation of Linux)
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OMG, that's SO wrong... BSD was alive a decade before Linux...
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Meant Unix, my bad.
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