Forged Alliance Forever

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-30T14:47:29+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:
your issue was most likely caused by windows file permissions being messed up (probably cause you ran the other client with admin rights in the past) - you shouldn't run applications with admin rights to fix this as this will not fix it in the long run...

did you even try the suggestions i gave?

I have already thanked you for trying to help Philip. I have provided my solution and I have marked the thread as resolved. I have tried to be as polite as possible in this thread, following your suggestions right through to marking it as resolved.

But I have to say these comments from you "probably cause you ran the other client with admin rights in the past" and "did you even try the suggestions i gave" have me seriously triggered. Nothing I love more than someone making incorrect assumptions, being condescending while simultaneously not providing a solution, all in the same reply.

There is nothing wrong with my Windows file permissions. Why would my Windows file permissions suddenly become an issue right after I had updated the FAF client? And ONLY when trying to run the client? As stated, the previous client was running perfectly. My operating system and file permissions have always worked perfectly and still do.

Why would you assume that I ran the client with Admin rights in the past? Did I say that I did that? What I did say was that up until this point I have never had an issue with the FAF client before. Everything worked as it should. How you then came to the conclusion that not only my issue was related to Windows file permissions, but that this was due to me running the client as an Admin previously....that logic fails me im afraid.

Yes I did try your suggestions. In fact, I totally uninstalled both FAF clients, and deleted the entire FAForever folder from ProgramData. I also wiped the maps folder as suggested. I then started fresh with a new install of the client, went to the 'play' tab, which downloaded a fresh copy of FAF. I still had the exact same problem. I'm also still waiting for you to tell me where the game.log log is located but you appear to have ignored that question entirely.

Your solutions didnt work. My solution did. If it stops working in the 'long run' I will worry about that then. Or, if the client gives me problems in the future, I can just bypass it entirely and just play locally as I don't play online anyway.

I will finish by saying, once again, thank you for trying to help. You are the only person that did. I know you don't get paid to respond and I appreciate your input. I am well aware that you owe me absolutely nothing. But I also think your attitude is terrible, and that you should never assume anything. Take from that what you will.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 30 May 2019, 14:47

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-30T08:21:59+02:00

your issue was most likely caused by windows file permissions being messed up (probably cause you ran the other client with admin rights in the past) - you shouldn't run applications with admin rights to fix this as this will not fix it in the long run...

did you even try the suggestions i gave?

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 30 May 2019, 08:21

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T22:28:49+02:00

I resolved the FAF client problem by running as an Administrator.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 22:28

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T22:19:57+02:00

you can mark a post as solved for the topic - it's also recommended to actually state what solved your issue so other users with the same issue can learn from this

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 29 May 2019, 22:19

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T21:51:24+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:
the game.log file would probably help a lot

but the client log also shows that many maps are missing the scenario.lua files - i recommend you wipe your map folder in
Code:
C:\Users\Trev\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Maps\
for a start

i also recommend you wipe the entire bin and gamedata folder in
Code:
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\
since the permission error might be related to messed up windows file/folder permissions

Hey Philip just wanted to say thanks for your help. I now seem to have solved everything I was having issues with. I have removed links to pastebin. This thread can be marked as "resolved" (or deleted) if there is such a function.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 21:51

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T20:48:48+02:00

UPDATE: I have now managed to get the game working directly (bypassing the client). I did this by disabling all the mods. I then reenabled the ones I wanted and it seems to be playing ok.

However using the FAF client (both stable and beta) continues to crash, which points to the client I would have thought. As these problems only started when I updated the client I would again think this points to the client. Would there be any merit in completely uninstalling the client and installing it again I wonder?

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 20:48

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T20:39:17+02:00

Ok thanks for that, could you give me the location of the game.log file? I did a search but couldnt find anything by that name.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 20:39

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T20:15:51+02:00

the game.log file would probably help a lot

but the client log also shows that many maps are missing the scenario.lua files - i recommend you wipe your map folder in

Code:: C:\Users\%Username%\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Maps\

for a start

i also recommend you wipe the entire bin and gamedata folder in

Code:: C:\ProgramData\FAForever\

since the permission error might be related to messed up windows file/folder permissions

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 29 May 2019, 20:15

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T21:49:49+02:00

Sorry I thought what I posted was a log. Please see requested below. I have posted them all to pastebin as the forum said it was too much for this post.

Please let me know if there is anymore information that I need to give.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 19:52

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T19:15:31+02:00

please read the red text above and post logs

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 29 May 2019, 19:15

Re: The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T18:48:08+02:00

I have also just tried loading the game directly (bypassing the client) which again, worked before. Now, it lets me create the game (chose map etc) but after the loading screen where I am 'gating in' I then crash to desktop. All of this has started with the recent update.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 18:48

The game could not be started. See error details below.

2019-05-29T21:49:15+02:00

Hey guys, returning to FAF after a while. I updated to regular client to the most recent version and it gives me an error when I try to create a custom match.

I then went to the FAF website and downloaded the latest client, which is the beta client 0.10.6-beta, but I am again receiving an error when trying to create custom match.

I never have had any issues with the FAF client before now. Can someone please check my error code below? Hopefully it's something simple. Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by slinki — 29 May 2019, 18:42