TDM Updater doesn't download TheDarkMod.exe

[hinkmydink]

The title, really. I appear to have every file that I need except for the actual .exe to launch the game. Any help?

[nbohr1more]

Make sure your darkmod directory isn't read-only and that User Account Control is off.

[AluminumHaste]

When you run the updater, click the Show Log button in the bottom left, then press Continue on the updater.

Once it's finished copy and paste the logs text into notepad and attach said .txt file to your next post.

[hinkmydink]

Make sure your darkmod directory isn't read-only and that User Account Control is off.

It's at C:\Games\TheDarkMod, that shouldn't be an issue. UAC also wasn't a problem before.

 

When you run the updater, click the Show Log button in the bottom left, then press Continue on the updater.

Once it's finished copy and paste the logs text into notepad and attach said .txt file to your next post.

Sure thing.

 

E: Uploaded a log file incorrectly Log.txt

Edited July 27, 2015 by hinkmydink

[Lux]

UAC should not be an issue as I've never had an issue with it on.

 

You try run as admin on tdm_update? You shouldn't have to do this but it may work around a permissions issue.

Edited July 27, 2015 by Lux

[AluminumHaste]

Okay so the updater is finding the exe missing:

Checking for member file: TheDarkMod.exe
 Checking for file TheDarkMod.exe: MISSING
Checking for member file: ca-bundle.crt
 Checking for file ca-bundle.crt: CRC calculated for file C:\Games\TheDarkMod\ca-bundle.crt = 18b39eb5
 

[AluminumHaste]

Also this:

 

 

[ExtractFileTo]: Cannot open destination file C:\Games\TheDarkMod\TheDarkMod.exe

 

Try running the updater as admin.

[hinkmydink]

UAC should not be an issue as I've never had an issue with it on.

 

You try run as admin on tdm_update? You shouldn't have to do this but it may work around a permissions issue.

 

 

Try running the updater as admin.

I actually did run tdm_update.exe as an admin yesterday and nothing came of it. Today, though, for some raisin, it worked. Probably something to do with shutting down my computer since then.

I had since just used the torrent file to acquire the whole package, but thanks anyway.

[Lux]

I'm not sure why people choose to use torrent when you can just get the Updater from the official site, run the Updater, and it will gather everything you need AND get the most up-to-date versions of everything. Otherwise you're trusting, usually, an unknown source to package the files up and who knows if they have an agenda, what their agenda is, and what's tossed in along with everything else.

 

If you have install issues, its always best to go to the source first and try the install with verified original files if they're available, unless the IP is blocked in your location or some other network anomaly.

 

Like downloading the Updater from here --->http://www.thedarkmod.com/download-the-mod/

 

And then letting the updater grab everything it needs.

 

Glad you got it working though.

Edited July 28, 2015 by Lux

[freyk]

Just a quick workarround is to download directy the zip file (with the tdm executable inside it), that the updater want to download and extract it to the tdm folder.

Edited July 28, 2015 by freyk