Aurora 4x
New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: vaaern on July 11, 2012, 02:37:27 PM
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Hi,
I'm new to this game and (like many) very confused. I've tried following the tutorial on the wiki, but some things are not explained (I think). I'm designing the ship like the one in the tutorial and after adding my second engine or sensor, the summary only displays the name of the ship, all the info about speed and armor just vanishes. I also cannot build anything (I think I know how to do it, but the ship class doesn't show up). Thanks in advance!
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Please post screenshots of both the design page and the summary page. I've yet to see anything like that.
I can delete the ship summary myself, but making any further changes to the design brings it all back.
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Ok here are the screenshots! I followed the tutorial exactly (also the video tutorial) and still the same :( reinstalled it completely too (also using the wiki for this)!
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Silly question. You did click the New button first?
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Yes I did :)
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Defiitely something wrong there :). Its almost as if the summary has started to display and then stopped. What happens if you add anything or remove it?
Steve
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Whenever I add something it adds up in the screen on the right but, the biggest screen stays like in the screen shot.
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That is very odd indeed :S
By chance, did you manually remove the text in the summary box?
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No, then I would know the source of the problem :p
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Defiitely something wrong there :). Its almost as if the summary has started to display and then stopped. What happens if you add anything or remove it?
Steve
Ah, when I remove the last added item (which causes the text to vanish) the text comes back, though that isn't really handy since I could only add 2 things before the text vanishes. :(
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Still haven't found any solution for this sadly :(
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Still haven't found any solution for this sadly :(
If you start a new game, does the behavior persist?
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Yes, I have reinstalled the game on several locations, started multiple games (with different names). Can't try on another computer sadly. Don't understand why it happens all the time.
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My instinct is to call it a write-protect or anti-virus problem; the game might have trouble accessing the database. Also, are you running windows 7?
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This sounds like it could be Win7's automatic write protect. Either install the game in an 'allowed' place (under your profile in docs and settings) or run it as administrator. I have found I need to run most things under administrator.
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This sounds like it could be Win7's automatic write protect. Either install the game in an 'allowed' place (under your profile in docs and settings) or run it as administrator. I have found I need to run most things under administrator.
Yep, you definitely should not install Aurora in Program Files. Most people put it into a directory that they made themselves - for me I use c:\games\aurora. Just running it as admin probably isn't enough (IIRC).
John
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If you have Vista or Win7 (or 8) and have UAC (User Account/Access Controls) enabled (and it is by default), then never install games under C:\Program Files as Windows tries to protect all files in/under that directory, to "safe guard" users. Always install to somewhere like C:\Games instead.
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I will try installing it under c:/games again then, and try to run as administrator (I've tried that, but not sure where it was installed at that moment). I slightly giving up on this, I haven't even been able to start the game properly :(
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Yes, if its in program files you are screwed. However, I have found that if I install anything anywhere but under /docsandsettings/users/myusername/whatever then I have to run it as administrator or it is not allowed to write ANYTHING on my harddrive.
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So I've installed it several times again. Deleted everything, installed again. Run as admin etc. Still same problem. I installed it on my netbook. It's fine there but I can't play on that thing because it's too slow. I am totally clueless right now. I have no idea why it's doing this. . .
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I think I solved the problem. Changed my country settings to english (vs), opened the program, test (which was issue free). Then changed back to previous country setting and problem didn't come back. Tomorrow I will finally be able to try to play for real.
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I think I solved the problem. Changed my country settings to english (vs), opened the program, test (which was issue free). Then changed back to previous country setting and problem didn't come back. Tomorrow I will finally be able to try to play for real.
The only issue you might run into now is if your country settings use a , for a decimal separator.
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The only issue you might run into now is if your country settings use a , for a decimal separator.
what kind of issue?
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what kind of issue?
If the game attempts to save a number, such as 10 and a half. With the comma as the separator, it confuses the game and causes a crash.
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If the game attempts to save a number, such as 10 and a half. With the comma as the separator, it confuses the game and causes a crash.
Ok, Well, wish me luck in this. First real try :) if possible to lock this topic, please do :)