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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2012, 07:55:13 AM »
Quote from: Rabid_Cog on July 19, 2012, 05:39:55 AM
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).

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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2012, 01:24:00 PM »
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2012, 03:02:08 PM »
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2012, 08:02:13 AM »
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2012, 07:53:06 AM »
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2012, 05:27:16 PM »
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2012, 06:25:23 PM »
Quote from: vaaern on July 23, 2012, 05:27:16 PM
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2012, 02:34:01 AM »
Quote from: Erik Luken on July 23, 2012, 06:25:23 PM
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2012, 06:04:54 AM »
Quote from: vaaern on July 24, 2012, 02:34:01 AM
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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Re: Class design and building ships
« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2012, 11:07:35 AM »
Quote from: Erik Luken on July 24, 2012, 06:04:54 AM
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 :)
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