Failed to Setup Initial Path [SOLVED]

[shadowscale]

So, I recently got a friend of mine FA as a graduation gift, we tried to set up a game through FAForever, and every time he tries to join or host a game he gets

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Failed to setup initial search path.

Program : C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe
Cmd line arguments : /ratingcolor 00000000 /numgames 0 /mean 1500.0 /deviation 500.0 /country US /init init_faf.lua /log C:\ProgramData\FAForever\logs\game.log /savereplay gpgnet://localhost/3570226/Mivends.SCFAreplay /nobugreport /gpgnet 127.0.0.1:54561

Callstack:
Unknown symbol (address 0x008cef50)

Last 100 lines of log...

warning: Running "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init_faf.lua" failed: C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\..\fa_path.lua(1): `=' expected near `Junk'
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `dofile'
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init_faf.lua(2): in main chunk

All the logs are combined here as he sent them to me in one file.
http://pastebin.com/0JuG7eH3

We checked the firewall, reinstalled FAForever, verified the files of FA, deleted the init_faf.lua and then redownloaded it, nothing is working. I've thoroughly searched the forums before hand, and couldn't find anything that helped.

EDIT: By checked firewall, I mean we added everything to allowed features, and he's running Win8.

[Crotalus]

What's the content of C:\ProgramData\FAForever\fa_path.lua?

You could try manually setting the path like this:

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fa_path = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\THQ\\Gas Powered Games\\Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance'


[shadowscale]

I'll have to ask him to send me the file, I'll find out later today.

[Deering]

Did he set the FA path in options -> settings -> game path of faf?

[shadowscale]

That... may actually be the issue. I don't remember if he did or not.


EDIT: Ha. hahaha... he had a bloody apostrophe in the folders name. The issue's fixed now. Thanks!