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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003248The Dark ModCodingpublic28.04.2014 20:13
ReporterCodeMonkey Assigned Totaaaki  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
OSWin7OS Versionx64 Ultimate 
Product VersionTDM 1.07 
Summary0003248: TDM Trashed Config File
DescriptionI have no idea what caused this, but, I loaded up the mod to play around a bit, and when I tried to load an FM, it told me it was write protected, or that I was low on disk space.

I shut TDM down, checked for write protection, etc, everything was fine, so, I fired it up again, and it had loaded the FM despite telling it couldn't, so, I decided to uninstall it, and reinstall it, just to be safe.

Upon restart, an original Doom "logo\IDTech" popped up, and the main TDM menu failed to load, but, the TDM music played in the background, I checked the console, and it showed that it had failed pretty much all the GUI stuff related to TDM. (ie, a mile long list of couldn't find x file, etc,.)

I reverted my .dll, ran the TDM updater to restore any files that might have been damaged, etc, no change, what eventually fixed it, was deleting my config file.

Your guess is as good as mine about what happened, however, it's definitely not good, perhaps make a note of the issue, and have Wiki instructions for it(ie, troubleshooting, TDM Main Menu - Missing GUI & Music Playing). ?
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CodeMonkey

CodeMonkey

08.10.2012 04:26

reporter   ~0004880

Last edited: 08.10.2012 04:28

"so, I decided to uninstall it, and reinstall it, just to be safe."

Clarification: I meant the FM

"and it showed that it had failed pretty much all the GUI stuff related to TDM"

Clarification: *failed to load

Further clarification, while the background music played, I had a black screen, although, I could hear clicks as the mouse passed over menu items, etc,.

Is there an edit button for reports, because, I'm not seeing one. ?

tels

tels

08.10.2012 07:16

reporter   ~0004883

"its using dictionary keys instead of translating them to the proper dictionary items."

This is right, that is how it should be (otherwise you couldn't change the language without rewriting the config everytime).

The "black menu" is probably related to the image compression not being used.

seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "0"

I think the first and last should be 1, otherwise the engine does not load compressed (DDS format) images, meaning everything except the mouse cursor (a TGA image) is missing and ends up black.

Anyway, we hope v1.08 is out soon and it will fix a bunch of these config problems right away. Can you wait out a few more weeks?
CodeMonkey

CodeMonkey

08.10.2012 08:29

reporter   ~0004888

Last edited: 08.10.2012 08:30

Personally, I'd love an advanced copy, wink, wink, but, I'll wait like everyone else if necessary. :P

Anyways, about those settings, I had set them as per the Wiki's instructions, the game did that by itself, ie, I didn't revert them. ???

This game(Doom3) has always had issues with config files though, and has always changed settings for no apparent reason, so, I'll just chalk it up to the D3 engine being it's usual quirky self. :)

taaaki

taaaki

28.04.2014 20:13

administrator   ~0006573

Going to mark this as resolved since I suspect that the standalone release fixed the issue by not moving/copying configs around. If this still occurs, re-open the issue.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
08.10.2012 04:21 CodeMonkey New Issue
08.10.2012 04:26 CodeMonkey Note Added: 0004880
08.10.2012 04:28 CodeMonkey Note Edited: 0004880
08.10.2012 07:16 tels Note Added: 0004883
08.10.2012 08:29 CodeMonkey Note Added: 0004888
08.10.2012 08:30 CodeMonkey Note Edited: 0004888
28.04.2014 20:13 taaaki Note Added: 0006573
28.04.2014 20:13 taaaki Status new => resolved
28.04.2014 20:13 taaaki Resolution open => fixed
28.04.2014 20:13 taaaki Assigned To => taaaki