can't host games

[keyser]

happen quite a lot lately (right now i've like 7 times in a row).
i've removed kyro's lobby to see if that was the issue. Doesn't seems to affect in any way.
re faf already done. doesn't fix any thing.

[Wesmania]

Seems to be a permissions problem. Try manually setting permissions of FAF's programdata folder to your user, or deleting its contents.

[keyser]

yes i had to put some file as "read only" in order to allow kyro's lobby to work.
i might have let some "read only" in this file, gonna see if that's fixes it.

[coffeejoshua]

keyser,

I would try to move the file to your desktop (or delete it):

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C:\ProgramData\FAForever\gamedata\lua.nx4


[keyser]

hey, removing the "read only" on the whole gamedata folder worked. (maybe i let 1 more file as "read only", and didn't remove that when i tried to fix issue myself ?)
so that means there is issue with kyro's lobby since we need to change the lua.nx2 file to play normal faf; and lua.nx2 + lua.nx4 to play faf beta.
I will warn him. Though it is strange this was happening that much lately, when it worked quite well on kyro's lobby since 1 month.

thx for the help anyway.

[KyrO]

Hello keyser,

removing the "read only" on the whole gamedata folder worked.

I never say that you must put "read only" on the whole gamedata folder. So if this was the issue, I don't understand why you think that my lobby is concerned.
No wonder it causes issues if you block write access to the whole gamedata folder, maybe you messed up the install intructions.
I clearly say that you have to put "read only" on the lua.nx2 file only and that you have to delete it and redownload the original file after EVERY update of FAF, and then reinstall my lobby.
I and many other players uses my lobby for a long time now, and it works like a charm.

Greetings

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kyros-lobby

[keyser]

i DIDN'T put it on the whole folder.
I just did put it on lua.nx2 and lua.nx4 (so i can use it in beta).
Maybe i did put it also on lua.nx5, and that's what was messing things up ? when i say i remove "read only" on the whole folder, doesn't mean i've put "read only" on the whole folder (since it may apply to only few files).I was just making sure it was removed for everything.

anyway will try again on only (like it should have been, i will make sure of it) lua.nx2 and lua.nx4

[KyrO]

OK, I understand, sorry for the confusion.
I don't use the FAF Beta or any other "total conversion" mods, so personally I change only the lua.nx2 file and can't speak about the other lua.nx# files.
I can only confirm that yes, you must ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE remove the "read only" when FAF (or the "total conversion" mods) is updated, because the "read only" prevents the update/replacement of these files.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to create a mod like the other game UI mods for the lobby, because these mods are loaded AFTER the lobby, when the game starts. One possibility would be to create a new configuration file for the game, as is the case for the other "total conversion" mods like FAF Beta/Nomads/Phantom-X/etc. but that's not really the idea..

[keyser]

on this one there is "read only" only on lua.nx2 and lua.nx4.
and i can't start games.
Was working for several days. I guess lua.nx4 doesn't react well when you put the new lobby.lua of kyro's lobby.


EDIT : finally i think the non ability to host was due to something else (driver issue ?); there is the bug report https://github.com/FAForever/server/issues/337
it is now fix with the new python client (also had a graphic driver update). Will give more info if the issue comes back. (I'm also using kyro's lobby again on nx2 and nx4)

[keyser]

Spoiler: show

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 544, in move
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Impossible de créer un fichier déjà existant: 'C:\\Users\\PIERRE~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp4gvk7_9t' -> 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\gamedata\\lua.nx2'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "src\fa\updater.py", line 359, in fetchFile
File "C:\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 558, in move
File "C:\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 257, in copy2
File "C:\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\gamedata\\lua.nx2'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "src\chat\channel.py", line 498, in _check_user_quit
File "src\chat\channel.py", line 436, in remove_chatter
File "src\chat\channel.py", line 339, in print_action
File "src\chat\channel.py", line 252, in print_line
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'name'

Runtime info:

FAF Username: keyser
FAF Version: 0.17.0+398
FAF Environment: production
FAF Directory: C:\ProgramData\FAForever
FA Path: : C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance
Home Directory: C:/Users/PierreYves/Documents
Platform: Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
Uname: uname_result(system='Windows', node='Pierre-Yves', release='8.1', version='6.3.9600', machine='AMD64', processor='Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel')

i'm putting that here since i got a "uncaught exception", i already know it's due to kyro's lobby