Having Trouble Downloading Ns D:

The_big_muffin

<div class="IPBDescription">PLEASE HELP!!!</div> Hey, i just downloaded natural selection about 2 hours ago and when i downloaded everything and went to click on the game to play there was nothing there. There was a dedicated server shortcut which said an error shortcut not found, and a ns forum thing, onliine manue, reset gamma, uinstall natural selection, natural selection slideshow, and tune monitor for optimal gamma all in the same folder i downloaded but there is no actuall game to play in this folder so if you could pleaze help me i'd appreciate it ThX

MonsieurEvil

When you ran the installation, where did the installer say it was going to install the files? c:\sierra\half-life? Somewhere else? Did you change the location?

The_big_muffin

it said that im pretty sure

The_big_muffin

yeah i am positive i downloaded it to c:\sierra\half-life

The_big_muffin

my firend just downloaded it too and he is having the same problem

MonsieurEvil

Ok... that location, c:\sierra\half-life... does it really exist? i.e. do you have this path:

c:\sierra\half-life\hl.exe

?

The_big_muffin

how do i find out?

The_big_muffin

i think i do

MonsieurEvil

Well, do this for me then, if you're not sure. Click Start, then find (or search). For the filename, type in HL.EXE, and search the whole C:\ drive. When it's done, tell me where it found that file, and we'll probably have an answer to your issue.

The_big_muffin

i did that search and it found LinkHl twice and it found hl.exe with a folder next to it

MonsieurEvil

Let's do this then: Take this batch file and save it to your PC. Run it. When it's done it will open up a small log of where HL.exe has been installed. Copy and paste that info from the log into this thread. Then we'll know what the dealio is...

Thansal

hmmm, ok I am gona ask some questions, please try to answer them very exactly <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

1) What is the name of the file you downloaded?
if it is not <a href='http://mirror.redphive.org/ns/ns_install_v20.exe' target='_blank'>ns_install_v20.exe</a>(or you aint sure) DL it again from there.

2) What do you own? HalfLife, CSretail, DoDretail?

3) what is the path of your hl/cs/dod dir?
if you are unsure simply right click on any shortcut you use to launch any WORKING HL mod (or HL itself)
go to properties
copy the "target" and past it here.

thank you good night <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

The_big_muffin

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0D4E-16D7
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0D4E-16D7
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0D4E-16D7

Directory of C:\Sierra\Half-Life

08/19/2003 05:33 PM <DIR> hl.exe
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Total Files Listed:
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 65,574,273,024 bytes free
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0D4E-16D7

Directory of C:\Sierra\Half-Life

08/19/2003 05:33 PM <DIR> hl.exe
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Total Files Listed:
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 65,574,240,256 bytes free

The_big_muffin

is that wat you need monsiuerEvil?

MonsieurEvil

Yes! Ok, so you do have an hl.exe and it is installed in the c:\sierra\half-life directory. Good! Now, in that directory, do you have an NS directory?

You can look via Windows Explorer and see if there is a c:\sierra\half-life\<b>ns</b> directory. If so, is the NS directory all full of files and such?

Also, while we're in there, in the c:\sierra\half-life\hl.exe file, can you:

1. Right-click the hl.exe
2. Choose 'properties'.
3. Tell us what it says for 'size'.
4. Click the tab marked 'version', and tell us what it says for 'file version'.

We're almost there I think.

The_big_muffin

it says 199 mb but wher does it show version?

The_big_muffin

it says 199mb but where does it show version?

The_big_muffin

how do you know all this monsiur?

MonsieurEvil

Err, your hl.exe file will not be 199MB. It will be considerably smaller. Are you sure you have the right file selected? The HL.EXE file, which is located in your c:\sierra\half-life directory.

edit: and I know all this because I coded that installer <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

The_big_muffin

it says size: 199 MB (208,855,104 bytes)

The_big_muffin

and it says size on disk 223 mb

The_big_muffin

it also said i created it today

MonsieurEvil

Ehhh, something is veeerrryyyyyy wrong with your HL install. Did you copy it from one PC onto this PC? It sounds like it got copied from a directory all into a single file by mistake. I would delete your c:\sierra\half-life directory and reinstall it from scratch.

Don't tell me you warezed it though, as I will have to stop helping you. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

The_big_muffin

how do i delete and start over?

MonsieurEvil

Well, use windows explorer to delete your c:\sierra\half-life directory.
Then reinstall half life.
Then patch half-life with the 1.1.10 patch from one of these locations:

<a href='http://www.fileplanet.com/download.aspx?f=57317' target='_blank'>fileplanet</a>
<a href='http://www.cscentral.com/dl/dl.php?719' target='_blank'>cscentral</a>
<a href='http://www.cscentral.com/dl/dl.php?719' target='_blank'>fileaholic</a>

Then run the NS 2.0 install.
Everything should be working fine then.