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Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:24 pm

I know a lot of ppl already posted somethin like this but i looked at those posts n i can't fix the problem. After i compile wit RFEditPro I can't preview because an error comes up sayin: windows cannot find C:/realityfactory.exe I already installed n uninstalled RF a whole buncha times, made sure it was savin the right place, n tried changin settings in videosetup.exe but none of it changed anythin. Appreciate any help, thanx

System info:
Windows XP Professional SP 2
AMD Duron processor
800 MHz
256 MB of RAM

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Re: Can't preview

Post by bernie » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:40 pm

Does the demo run?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:46 pm

yea the demo runs wit no problems

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Re: Can't preview

Post by QuestOfDreams » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:48 pm

Where did you install RealityFactory to? Is it in C:\RealityFactory? Is the editor located in the tools folder? Do you start the editor from inside the folder or from a shortcut?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:51 pm

yea it's in C:\RealityFactory n i start the editor from a shortcut

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Re: Can't preview

Post by QuestOfDreams » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:05 pm

Ok, I see that the installer doesn't set the working directory correctly for the shortcut. Right click on the shortcut and open the properties dialog. Change the "Start in:" entry from C:\RealityFactory to C:\RealityFactory\tools.
Or simply start the editor from within the tools folder.

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:13 pm

Aight the error message is gone but it acts like it's gonna preview then goes back to the editor

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Re: Can't preview

Post by QuestOfDreams » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:18 pm

Has the level compiled without errors? Did you add a PlayerStart and PlayerSetup entity to the level? Does the RealityFactory.log file (in the main folder) show any error messages?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:25 pm

It compiles wit no problems n i have playerStart n playerSetup. Here's my RF.log:
Searching for fullscreen driver

Initializing Game Shell...
-----------------------------------------------
--- Reality Factory 0.76 ---
--- Build Date: May 25 2008, Time: 19:43:48 ---
--- For more Information, visit: ---
--- www.realityfactory.info ---
-----------------------------------------------

Parsed RealityFactory.ini file

Genesis3D Initialized

[INFO] VFS detected (not encrypted)...

Initializing Camera Manager...
Initializing User Input Subsystem...
[WARNING] File open attempt failed on type '9', file '.\keyboard.ini'
Initializing Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing CD Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Midi Audio Manager Subsystem...
Initializing RF Menu Manager Subsystem...
Initializing Network...
Loading Menu.ini...
Parsing Menu.ini...

[WARNING] OpenRFFile: file open attempt failed on type '6', file 'c:\rf076\media\bitmaps\menu\mainbackground.jpg'

[WARNING] File .\Utilities.cpp - Line 761: Missing Bitmap menu\mainbackground.jpg or Missing Path
[ERROR] Bad file name menu\mainbackground.jpg

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Re: Can't preview

Post by QuestOfDreams » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:30 pm

[WARNING] OpenRFFile: file open attempt failed on type '6', file 'c:\rf076\media\bitmaps\menu\mainbackground.jpg'
It seems to be unable to find the menu background that should have been installed with RF...
Is the file present on your system or is it really missing?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:35 pm

I looked n the menu background was there

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Re: Can't preview

Post by QuestOfDreams » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:48 pm

It's rather strange that it can find the image when you run the demo but not when previewing from the editor... :?
Have you tried starting the editor from the tools folder?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:57 pm

Yea i tried it n the same thing happened

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Re: Can't preview

Post by BigB999 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:05 pm

So...what do i do now?

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Re: Can't preview

Post by hgt_terry » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:21 pm

BigB999

Its very strange considering the demo works do you have a another PC or laptop you can try it on and download RF again and see what that does so different PC and download Rf again see if it that works.

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