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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: lenard27 on October 16, 2007, 06:47:23 pm

Title: FS Open Problem- Burned Disk
Post by: lenard27 on October 16, 2007, 06:47:23 pm

I downloaded FS Open using Turey's Installer to my laptop (because I have Highspeed at college but not at home) which doesn't have enough juice to run FS Open.  I burned all of the files onto a DVD and then transferred them to my home computer.  When I try to run FS Open on my home computer it tells me that I can't run the launcher because of some "binary" problem.  Has anyone experienced this before? I have no idea what to do.

Title: Re: FS Open Problem- Burned Disk
Post by: Turey on October 16, 2007, 08:03:15 pm

Make sure none of the files are read-only. That can happen when you burn to DVD.

Title: Re: FS Open Problem- Burned Disk
Post by: jr2 on October 16, 2007, 08:38:21 pm

If you still have problems, try using the MD5 troubleshooter (see my sig).

Title: Re: FS Open Problem- Burned Disk
Post by: karajorma on October 17, 2007, 06:00:08 am

Actually I suspect I know the problem. You ran FS2_Open then transferred it, right? And then you installed on the desktop to a different folder to the one on the laptop, right?

Cause what would happen if you did that would be that the launcher6.ini file would be looking for FS2_Open in the wrong folder and would give you the message The launcher must be in the same directory as the binary you are trying to use."

This is a pretty easy fix. Open launcher6.ini in notepad and change

Code: [Select]

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
[launcher]
exe_filepath = F:\Games\Freespace2\fs2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe;
into

Code: [Select]

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
[launcher]
exe_filepath = fs2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe;

The problem should then go away when you run the launcher. And yes I realise the irony of telling you to edit a file which tells you not to edit it in big letters. :D

Title: Re: FS Open Problem- Burned Disk
Post by: lenard27 on October 17, 2007, 12:09:45 pm

Thanks guys! I'm back at school and away from my home PC at the moment so I'll have to try it when I'm home again for Thanksgiving.