ladder1v1 replays not working for me

[sTiNkYsTiNk]

ive had the game and the client installed for maybe a year now, probably even longer, but never touched it. now i went back and wanted to watch some ladder games but it wount let me.
i have no problems watching regular/custom game replays, only on ladder1v1 i get this error message:
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Failed to setup initial search path.

Program : C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe
Cmd line arguments : /init init.lua /nobugreport /log C:\ProgramData\FAForever\logs\game.log /replay C:\ProgramData\FAForever\cache\temp.scfareplay /replayid 7986467

Callstack:
Unknown symbol (address 0x008cef50)

Last 100 lines of log...

warning: Running "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init.lua" failed: cannot read C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\..\fa_path.lua: No such file or directory
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `dofile'
init_faf.lua(2): in main chunk
[C]: in function `dofile'
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init.lua(1): in main chunk
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i notice the install path is wrong. my game is on d:\faf and not c:\....
but then why should the other replays work?

i have no mods installed.

hope im not violating any forum rules here, tried to look out for rules, checked the search thingy, nothing found.

thanks in advance
gl hf

[Wesmania]

The client downloads some game files outside of retail game, including a modified main executable. The client is supposed to generate the fa_path.lua file before game launch, the fact that it doesn't must be a bug. Could you post your faforever.log?

[sTiNkYsTiNk]

hi there...

wich log? faf-client.log or .log1 or game.log or replay.log

edit. guess its the error.log in my faf client folder?

[Wesmania]

I'd like forever.log (doesn't matter if it has a .1 suffix).

[sTiNkYsTiNk]

im sorry, but i cant find it.

neither in my fafclient folders on c:\ or d:\ nor in my scfa folder...

is there something i have to do first to get it created?
for example, i dont think i ever played a game since i installed faf client. my last game online was around the time fa came out, maybe even still on gpg.net...

[Wesmania]

That's odd. Does your user have permission to write and create files in C:\ProgramData\FAForever ? If not, then that might be one cause.

[sTiNkYsTiNk]

its my computer, no other users. im admin.

is it spelled correct? im looking for "forever.log"?

[Wesmania]

Yes. I guess one last thing you can try is creating the 'fa_path.lua' file where the game expects it, and putting 'fa_path = <path to your retail supcom installation here>'. It might work.

[sTiNkYsTiNk]

ok and how do i do that?

how do i create a .lua file?
where does the game expect it? (c:/programdata/faforever/bin/fa_path.lua)?
and how/where do i put " 'fa_path = <D:\Spielplatz\Supreme Commander FA>' "?

im an utter noob when it comes to stuff like this...

edit: i tried to just copy a .lua file and rename it. should that work?

[Wesmania]

ok and how do i do that?

how do i create a .lua file?
where does the game expect it? (c:/programdata/faforever/bin/fa_path.lua)?
and how/where do i put " 'fa_path = <D:\Spielplatz\Supreme Commander FA>' "?

im an utter noob when it comes to stuff like this...

edit: i tried to just copy a .lua file and rename it. should that work?

It's a regular text file, just saved with a .lua extension. You got the target path right. Just write 'fa_path = "<path to your retail supcom installation here>"' (with the double quotes) with notepad and save it as fa_path.lua and you should be fine.