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Title: Force installer to use local files? Post by: lhouk on January 30, 2006, 06:35:18 pm I'm having problems installing uqm 0.4. I've downloaded both uqm-0.4.0-win32-installer.exe and uqm-0.4.0-content.uqm, and I put them both in the same directory (C:\TEMP). On a Win2K system, when I run the installer, I get a DOS command box, and it "goes to sleep". On a WinXP system, when I run it, I also get a DOS command box, and the cursor starts bouncing all around inside the command box, as it too "goes to sleep". In neither case does the install ever do anything else, and I have to kill the DOS box.
Since I have the content file in the same directory, is there a command option to the installer that will force it to skip trying to access the network and immediately use the local file? Something like "-local" or "/no_network"? Or is there just something I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance to all who respond! Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: meep-eep on January 30, 2006, 06:54:24 pm Just make sure that you run the installer with the directory containing the already downloaded packages as the current working directory. Running the installer in the Windows Explorer doesn't set the working directory, so you'll have to use the command prompt.
Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: Halleck on January 30, 2006, 07:57:39 pm How difficult would it be to script a small prompt that would allow users to specify where the installer should look for files? I've had limited experience with NSIS, but from what I've seen it shouldn't be all that hard...
It seems like a lot of users are getting needless headaches over this, and it should be fairly easy to remedy in the next version. Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: lhouk on January 30, 2006, 08:18:34 pm Just make sure that you run the installer with the directory containing the already downloaded packages as the current working directory. Running the installer in the Windows Explorer doesn't set the working directory, so you'll have to use the command prompt. Thanks for the quick response! As you suggested, I opened a DOS command box, ran "CD \TEMP", and then ran "DIR" to make sure both the installer and the content files were there. Then I ran "UQM-0.4.0-WIN32-INSTALLER.EXE". My cursor started jumping all around in the command box, but there was no other sign of life. After a few minutes, I had to kill the DOS box. Do you have any other ideas? Again, thanks for taking the time to look at this for me. Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: meep-eep on January 30, 2006, 10:51:53 pm How difficult would it be to script a small prompt that would allow users to specify where the installer should look for files? I've had limited experience with NSIS, but from what I've seen it shouldn't be all that hard... I think something similar is already ready for the next release.It seems like a lot of users are getting needless headaches over this, and it should be fairly easy to remedy in the next version. lhouk: I don't have any further ideas. If there's no output at all, it's nothing I've heard of before. Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: lhouk on January 30, 2006, 11:19:05 pm lhouk: I don't have any further ideas. If there's no output at all, it's nothing I've heard of before. Hmm. Well, do you know of a site where I can download the game files themselves, rather than the installer and content archive? If I understand correctly, I should be able to just put the files in the appropriate directories, and it will run with no further configuration needed. Does that sound doable? Once more, thanks for your help. I'm really looking forward to playing this game... Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: meep-eep on January 31, 2006, 12:58:13 am Yes, it's doable, and quite easy. Put the files somewhere, like this:
bla\uqm.exe bla\content\version bla\content\packages\uqm-0.4.0-content.uqm bla\content\packages\uqm-0.4.0-~update-20060114.0000.zip The .exe file would be a snapshot from the most recent development version, which you could get from http://uqm.stack.nl/files/snapshots (http://uqm.stack.nl/files/snapshots). As it's newer, and the content has changed, the extra uqm content update file is needed. You can get it from the same page. The file 'version' is currently only used so that the game can recognise the content. It only has to exist, the content does not matter at the moment. Additional packages (voice, 3do music) you can put in the same dir as the content package. Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: lhouk on January 31, 2006, 07:00:56 pm Yes, it's doable, and quite easy. Put the files somewhere, like this: bla\uqm.exe bla\content\version bla\content\packages\uqm-0.4.0-content.uqm bla\content\packages\uqm-0.4.0-~update-20060114.0000.zip The .exe file would be a snapshot from the most recent development version, which you could get from http://uqm.stack.nl/files/snapshots (http://uqm.stack.nl/files/snapshots). As it's newer, and the content has changed, the extra uqm content update file is needed. You can get it from the same page. I downloaded the current .exe and content update file, set up the directory structure following your example, crossed my fingers, and ran uqm.exe. I got the following error message: Code: The application has failed to start because SDL.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. Since I couldn't reinstall, I did a quick Google search. I found and downloaded SDL.dll, and moved it to the same directory as uqm.exe. I ran uqm.exe again, and got a new error message: Code: The procedure entry point SDL_Has3DNow could not be located in the dynamic link library SDL.dll. I suspect I don't have the most recent SDL.dll, but I tried downloading it from three or four different sites, all with the same result. Can I impose on you once more to point me to a link for a working SDL.dll (or tell me what I am doing wrong)? And by the way, thanks again for your help and patience with me. Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: Halleck on February 01, 2006, 01:32:12 am From the INSTALL file:
Quote SDL v1.2 Those sites should probably have the neccessary runtime libraries for you. If not, I could send you mine (i forget exactly where I got them).The Simple Direct-Media Layer A fairly good multiplatform low level graphics library. Homepage: www.libsdl.org Download: http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php Debian package: libsdl1.2-dev (and various runtime debs) SDL_image An image loading library used with SDL. Homepage: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/ Download: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/ Debian packages: libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev OpenAL (Win32 only) A cross-platform spatialized audio library. Homepage: http://www.openal.org/ SDK download: http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&aid=45&file=OpenALSDK.zip Ogg Vorbis Audio codec used for music and speech. Homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html Download: For Windows: SDK download: http://www.vorbis.com/files/1.0/windows/OggVorbis-win32sdk-1.0.zip For Linux: http://www.vorbis.com/download_unix.psp download libogg and libvorbis. Zlib v1.2 Data compression / decompression library Homepage: http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ Download: For Windows: http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ (mid-page 'zlib compiled DLL') Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: lhouk on February 01, 2006, 10:42:37 pm From the INSTALL file: ... Those sites should probably have the neccessary runtime libraries for you. If not, I could send you mine (i forget exactly where I got them). Thanks, Halleck! I followed your instructions, and it works flawlessly. My top-level directory now contains: Code: Volume in drive D is Local Disk Volume Serial Number is A4C1-D11C Directory of D:\programs\uqm 02/01/2006 03:33 PM <DIR> . 02/01/2006 03:33 PM <DIR> .. 01/31/2006 11:31 AM <DIR> content 02/01/2006 03:11 PM <DIR> include 04/05/2001 06:24 PM 169,443 jpeg.dll 02/01/2006 03:11 PM <DIR> lib 04/05/2001 06:24 PM 94,720 libpng1.dll 07/19/2002 07:34 AM 49,152 ogg.dll 02/01/2006 03:10 PM <DIR> oggvorbis-win32sdk-1.0 08/28/2005 01:07 AM 237,568 SDL.dll 04/05/2001 06:24 PM 18,944 SDL_image.dll 02/01/2006 03:33 PM 103,699 stderr.txt 01/14/2006 12:06 AM 3,203,267 uqm.exe 07/19/2002 07:34 AM 974,848 vorbis.dll 07/19/2002 07:35 AM 28,672 vorbisfile.dll 04/05/2001 06:24 PM 53,760 zlib.dll 07/20/2005 11:48 AM 59,904 zlib1.dll 11 File(s) 4,993,977 bytes 6 Dir(s) 7,625,588,736 bytes free and it wasn't enough just to have the .DLLs, in case anyone else reads this in the future. I also had to have the various subdirectories, which were created when I unzipped the various .ZIP files into my top-level directory. Again, a big thank you to both Halleck and Meep-Eep for their kind and patient assistance! Leslie Title: Re: Force installer to use local files? Post by: Michael Martin on February 06, 2006, 07:44:03 pm It does sound like NSIS itself wasn't running properly on lhouk's system.
For the record, the following claims should be true for both the 0.4 and new 0.5 installers:
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