Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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So i first downloaded the game in 0.42 couldn't get the standard zip file download to work without it having errors, so im stuck doing the torrent method and that actually got me somewhere and i was able to extract files and open the game. Alpha 0.43 comes around and i do the same thing and its all well and good, i get it extracted and i set up my pkg file inside of the Win64 file and go for the launcher and at first it was saying something about the file path and how i lack permission, did not encounter this with 0.42. i set it to run as admin and it no longer shows that message but now when i click on the launcher, i get the hourglass next to my cursor, and then nothing. it just sits there and never opens, or shows any error messages, or anything. As if it tried to open it then changed its mind 4 seconds later.
So where do i got from here?

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (build 9600), 64-bit
Radeon HD 8670M
game version: Alpha 0.43

Ss a side note, if you want me to go rooting around in files or find some kind of log for something specific give me basic instructions i can understand.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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Wow...Sorry for the difficulty getting the game up and running. Could you try running this from command line? Firstly, could you tell us the exact permission error you get? Then, for the not running part, perhaps try the 32bit binaries and see if they are any different. Also, it is recommended that you do not extract the launchers to their own directory and instead open the zip, ctrl-a, ctrl-c, go back, ctrl-v, so all the files inside will be inside the same folder as all the zips.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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Alright, so if you want something form command line you will need to tell me how to do that as im not well versed in computers beyond normal use. as far as the permission error goes, i cant seem to recreate the error, but from what i can remember, it said something about the file path and listed it then it said something about not having permission, the permission was a weird thing since im the soul owner of this computer with only 1 account that is the admin. but anyway that is really all i can tell you about the permission error as it was fixed by telling it to run as admin. so beyond this i did try running the 32 bit version and it does the same thing as the 64 bit version as far as i know. i "attempted" to configure the file like you listed but i was still a bit confused but i did what it said and upon clicking the launcher it will still not open on both versions, no guarantee that i had it set up right but i think it was right since it did not give me an error when i tried to launch it like it does if they are not moved at all.

On another note i did see something i would consider pretty strange, i tried opening the game while i have my task manager running in advanced view and could see no defined increase of usage in disk, cpu, or gpu usage. beyond this it does not show as a running program, but in the background programs list its opened multiple times from me trying a few times to run it. its not really using any resources and the one that says only daemon, can not be stopped or opened at all, it simply can not be removed from the list despite me telling it to end the task. nothing telling me i cant end it, just unresponsive. The ones i can end are all named daemon (32 bit). a bit strange, but its not that big of a deal to me as it is not visibly affecting my laptop.

i wanted to thank you for taking the time to help me in my predicament, i am determined to play this game even if it kills me. if there is any info i can give you to help you solve the problem let me know with some basic instructions.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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To run from command line:

  • Open Start Menu

  • Type in "cmd.exe" into the search box. "Command Prompt" should pop up or just "cmd.exe"

  • Navigate to where you put the game. If you tell me where you put the game, I can give you commands to get there.
    Basically, you just type "cd <folder name>" until you get to where the game is. For instance, if the game is in C:\Users\Ishq\Documents\Unvanquished, you would type

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    c:
    cd "Users\Ishq\Documents\Unvanquished"
    
  • Type "daemon.exe" There will hopefully be a whole bunch of output.

  • Copy that output. (Right click the terminal and click "Mark". Drag up until all the output is selected. That should also copy it to the clipboard.

  • Post the text here.

Let me know if I can be more specific anywhere.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\fatyc_000>
C:\Users\fatyc_000>cd C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder

C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder>Daemon.exe

C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder>Unvanquished 0.43 Windows x86 Sep 6 2015
cmdline:
Lib path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder
Home path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Documents\My Games\Unvanquished
Pak search path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Documents\My Games\Unvanquished\pkg

Heres what i got for you, not alot to look at by i hope this is what your wanting becuase that all it spitout. let me know if its not what you want.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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That's what I wanted. Additionally, could you run

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dir /s

inside the folder with daemon.exe and paste the output? I need to make sure your setup is correct.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder>daemon.exe

C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder>Unvanquished 0.43 Windows x86 Sep 6 2015
cmdline:
Lib path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder
Home path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Documents\My Games\Unvanquished
Pak search path: C:\Users\fatyc_000\Documents\My Games\Unvanquished\pkg
dir /s
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 588D-4BD6

Directory of C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder

09/11/2015 10:01 AM <DIR> .
09/11/2015 10:01 AM <DIR> ..
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,594,287 daemon-tty.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 7,514,125 daemon.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,045,721 daemonded.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 339,272 glew32.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 596,716 irt_core-x86.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 622,752 irt_core-x86_64.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 307,154 libcurl-4.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 92,160 libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,342,464 libstdc++-6.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 49,933 libwinpthread-1.dll
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 471,244 map-antares_a04+1.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 10,173,794 map-antares_a04.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 11,423,958 map-chasm_b2.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 10,034,946 map-forlorn_a131.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 14,055,135 map-parpax_d05.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 28,878,366 map-perseus_b5a+1.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 4,867,269 map-plat23_b13+1.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 22,243,868 map-spacetracks_1.0+1.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 30,006 map-station15_1.0+1.pk3
09/10/2015 11:58 PM 21,643,123 map-station15_1.0+2.pk3
09/10/2015 11:58 PM 28,696,490 map-station15_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:58 PM 36,185,547 map-thunder_b3+2.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 51,888,999 map-vega_b4.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 16,421,429 map-yocto_b2c+1.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,553 md5sums
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,599 md5sums0.43
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 735,744 nacl_loader.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,600,512 nacl_loader64.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 383,040 OpenAL32.dll
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 415 README.txt
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,007,104 SDL2.dll
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 172 tex-all_2.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 53,550 tex-common_2.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,690,968 tex-ej01-clean_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,068,146 tex-ej01-common_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,998,882 tex-ej01-ice_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,818,804 tex-exm_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 13,109,929 tex-ex_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 6,035,812 tex-pk01_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 28,071,719 tex-pk02_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 29,158,685 tex-space_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 27,086,425 tex-tech_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:00 AM 14,200,876 tex-trak5_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:00 AM 24,403,134 tex-vega_b4.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 136,553,197 unvanquished_0.25.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 10,039,714 unvanquished_0.26.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 3,485,264 unvanquished_0.27.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 3,336,845 unvanquished_0.28.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 19,073,919 unvanquished_0.29.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 10,212,669 unvanquished_0.30.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 15,018,014 unvanquished_0.31.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 6,919,826 unvanquished_0.32.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 1,413,818 unvanquished_0.33.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 1,545,270 unvanquished_0.34.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 9,222,000 unvanquished_0.35.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 6,823,558 unvanquished_0.36.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 11,228,583 unvanquished_0.37.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,802,981 unvanquished_0.38.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 2,825,566 unvanquished_0.39.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 13,754,356 unvanquished_0.40.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 12,624,828 unvanquished_0.41.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 4,455,504 unvanquished_0.42.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 5,075,059 unvanquished_0.43.0.pk3
09/11/2015 10:00 AM <DIR> win32
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 7,199,194 win32.zip
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 7,155,225 win64.zip
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 100,864 zlib1.dll
66 File(s) 721,814,081 bytes

Directory of C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder\win32

09/11/2015 10:00 AM <DIR> .
09/11/2015 10:00 AM <DIR> ..
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,594,287 daemon-tty.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 7,514,125 daemon.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,045,721 daemonded.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 339,272 glew32.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 596,716 irt_core-x86.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 622,752 irt_core-x86_64.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 307,154 libcurl-4.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 92,160 libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,342,464 libstdc++-6.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 49,933 libwinpthread-1.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 735,744 nacl_loader.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,600,512 nacl_loader64.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 383,040 OpenAL32.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,007,104 SDL2.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 100,864 zlib1.dll
15 File(s) 21,331,848 bytes

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 Total Files Listed:
          81 File(s)    743,145,929 bytes
           5 Dir(s)  170,507,816,960 bytes free

C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder>

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

Post by illwieckz »

Wow, what's happening? first time I see that! :bugeyes:
Which broken tool did that? :bugeyes:

all the .pk3 files must be in a directory named "pkg"

So you must get something like that:

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Directory of C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder
09/11/2015 10:01 AM <DIR> .
09/11/2015 10:01 AM <DIR> ..
09/11/2015 10:00 AM <DIR> pkg
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,594,287 daemon-tty.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 7,514,125 daemon.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 3,045,721 daemonded.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 339,272 glew32.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 596,716 irt_core-x86.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 622,752 irt_core-x86_64.nexe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 307,154 libcurl-4.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 92,160 libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,342,464 libstdc++-6.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 49,933 libwinpthread-1.dll
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 735,744 nacl_loader.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,600,512 nacl_loader64.exe
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 383,040 OpenAL32.dll
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 415 README.txt
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 1,007,104 SDL2.dll
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 7,199,194 win32.zip
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 7,155,225 win64.zip
09/11/2015 10:00 AM 100,864 zlib1.dll

and:

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Directory of C:\Users\fatyc_000\Desktop\New folder\pkg
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,599 md5sums0.43
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 172 tex-all_2.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 53,550 tex-common_2.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,690,968 tex-ej01-clean_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,068,146 tex-ej01-common_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,998,882 tex-ej01-ice_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,818,804 tex-exm_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 13,109,929 tex-ex_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 6,035,812 tex-pk01_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 28,071,719 tex-pk02_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 29,158,685 tex-space_1.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:59 PM 27,086,425 tex-tech_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:00 AM 14,200,876 tex-trak5_1.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:00 AM 24,403,134 tex-vega_b4.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 136,553,197 unvanquished_0.25.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 10,039,714 unvanquished_0.26.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 3,485,264 unvanquished_0.27.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 3,336,845 unvanquished_0.28.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 19,073,919 unvanquished_0.29.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 10,212,669 unvanquished_0.30.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 15,018,014 unvanquished_0.31.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 6,919,826 unvanquished_0.32.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 1,413,818 unvanquished_0.33.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 1,545,270 unvanquished_0.34.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:01 AM 9,222,000 unvanquished_0.35.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 6,823,558 unvanquished_0.36.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 11,228,583 unvanquished_0.37.0.pk3
09/10/2015 11:57 PM 2,802,981 unvanquished_0.38.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 2,825,566 unvanquished_0.39.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 13,754,356 unvanquished_0.40.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 12,624,828 unvanquished_0.41.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 4,455,504 unvanquished_0.42.0.pk3
09/11/2015 12:02 AM 5,075,059 unvanquished_0.43.0.pk3

So, create a directory named "pkg" inside "New folder", move all .pk3 files in.
You can safely remove the useless "win32" directory.
Then just clic on "daemon.exe".

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

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Yep. You can also try our experimental updater. http://unvanquished.net/~modi/UnvUpdate ... 150916.zip

The experimental updater should automagically download the necessary files (and then incrementally download only changed stuff). Should generally work.

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Re: Can not open alpha 0.43 at all.

Post by zest »

thank the gods, i get lost when it comes to file things like this, and others do to so this is a really great addition, thank you so much! :smile:
ill keep you guys posted as to if its properly working later.

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