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Title: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 04:32:36 am
Hello.

I just downloaded the game and installed it. I did everything that was needed there, but when I click the "play" button- nothing happens. Nothing at all.

I re-installed the whole thing, installed the patch, restarted- nothing helped. Still the same problem.

Does anyone know what can I do?

Thanks in advance, Clendor.
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: niffiwan on October 06, 2012, 04:58:57 am
For starters, can you let us know:

1) OS
2) launcher type & version
3) FSO version
4) How you installed FSO (e.g. following manual instructions / installer / etc)

:)
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 05:07:21 am
Windows 7

OpenAL version: 1.1

FSO?

I installed the game using the installer's instructions downloaded from your site.

I'm using Diaspora.
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Angelus on October 06, 2012, 05:26:07 am
Windows 7

OpenAL version: 1.1

FSO?

I installed the game using the installer's instructions downloaded from your site.

I'm using Diaspora.


That's your problem.
Diaspora is a standalone game, you don't need anything else to play it.
FSO should only be installed if you have an working copy of Freespace 2.
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 06:44:36 am
If so, how can I play diaspora?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Angelus on October 06, 2012, 07:39:54 am
Make a fresh install of Diaspora, preferably to C:\Games\Diaspora.
There should be a shortcut on your desktop after installation.
You could try to run the game as admin.

If that doesn't work, report back.

Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 09:07:27 am
Make a fresh install of Diaspora, preferably to C:\Games\Diaspora.
There should be a shortcut on your desktop after installation.
You could try to run the game as admin.

If that doesn't work, report back.

Did just that. It doesn't even seems that the "play" button is clickable.
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: General Battuta on October 06, 2012, 09:36:16 am
As a diagnostic, what happens if you start the game by clicking on the fs2_open_Diaspora_R1.exe file in your Diaspora folder?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: MatthTheGeek on October 06, 2012, 09:38:06 am
Isn't the "play doesn't work in launcher" a known issue ?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: karajorma on October 06, 2012, 09:53:08 am
Generally I'd expect the play does nothing error if you somehow have no exe selected. What does it say on the Basic Settings tab of the launcher. For that matter, what does it say on the mods tab?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 11:09:31 am
Mods: Diaspora (in c/games/diaspora/(no mod).

Maybe this is the problem?

The basic settings seem fine to me...
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: General Battuta on October 06, 2012, 11:14:42 am
As a diagnostic, what happens if you start the game by clicking on the fs2_open_Diaspora_R1.exe file in your Diaspora folder?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: Clendor on October 06, 2012, 12:10:37 pm
Aaaaand, it's working! Thanks!

any way to make it operative from the launcher?


Also- I don't seem to able to make it full screen. I can't see all the things at the bottom of the screen, even when I hide my taskbar. Any way to do that?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: General Battuta on October 06, 2012, 12:13:41 pm
Okay, this sounds like the same issue someone else was having with launch resolution. You should definitely be able to work it using the launcher. I don't recall the fix off the top of my head - poke around here and see if you can find the thread, maybe it'll be helpful?
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: MatthTheGeek on October 06, 2012, 01:36:25 pm
Something about DPI, IIRC, that broke the launcher interface.
Title: Re: Clicking play- nothing happens
Post by: jg18 on October 06, 2012, 07:02:52 pm
This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=82354.0), perhaps?