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TheUnbeholden

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TheUnbeholden

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I put alberic, siegeshop, and rake_off into my fm folder... but for some reason a folder wasn't created for them when I start TDM it doesn't detect them in my mission list... when I exit the game and go to the fm folder, the pk4 files are still there and a folder wasn't automatically created for them for some reason.. am I missing something here? Why are they the only pk4 files that don't get detected by the game?

 

if there is problem with these 3 fan missions then why didn't they come with a readme or something.

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I wonder if these files somehow got set to "read only" during download.

 

This isn't Linux, right?

 

I know I've seen downloaded files be set to "owned by root" in Ubuntu so that would also be a problem... The closest to that kinda thing I've seen in Windows is UAC permissions (etc.)?

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if there is problem with these 3 fan missions then why didn't they come with a readme or something.

 

I don't know the solution to the problem, but I do know that I've played Siege Workshop without any issue. I haven't downloaded the other two you mentioned yet. Are you downloading via TDM's built-in downloader?

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I wonder if these files somehow got set to "read only" during download.

 

No

 

This isn't Linux, right?

 

its not Linux.

 

I know I've seen downloaded files be set to "owned by root" in Ubuntu so that would also be a problem... The closest to that kinda thing I've seen in Windows is UAC permissions (etc.)?

 

No

 

I don't know the solution to the problem, but I do know that I've played Siege Workshop without any issue. I haven't downloaded the other two you mentioned yet. Are you downloading via TDM's built-in downloader?

 

Thats a dumb question considering I just said I copied the pk4 into my fm folder, so obviously I download the pk4 without using the TDM downloader. And no I will not be forced to use it.

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Hmm. I often manually download and install most missions also, right after they get announced. I never had a trouble with the other two, and siegeshop gave the beta testers no trouble.

I have not seen Doom3/TDM on a Vista/7 system, but wonder if it could be an issue with whether the FM gets installed in the doom3 game path, or in the Users/AppData path. I assume that if other FMs are installing and running properly, then they are being installed in the proper path.

I'd probably resort to using the in-game FM installer for any missions which were being problematic.

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You didn't perform an update while a mission was still installed and had a Game Save stored, correct?

 

I manually downloaded my versions as well. (I'm impatient :laugh: )

 

I can only suggest:

 

1) Delete the PK4's

2) Re-Download the files again

3) Copy to your FMS directory

4) Reboot

5) Disable your Antivirus (and other background apps)

6) Start TDM

7) See if you can install then run the missions

 

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To cover this: What version of TDM are you running, and might the file extension happen to be .zip instead of .pk4?

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Thats a dumb question considering I just said I copied the pk4 into my fm folder, so obviously I download the pk4 without using the TDM downloader. And no I will not be forced to use it.

 

It wasn't so much a serious question as a gently worded suggestion that you try something different....since the manual method didn't seem to be working so well for you. Why wouldn't you use the built-in downloader? Is there some secret downside of which I am unaware?

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Paranoia? :unsure:

 

If that's the case, the TDM_Updater is also a problem, no?

 

 

Concern:

 

Moddb has a big problem with TDM's updater and mission download features and how they complicate the possibility to add TDM to their Desura platform...

 

Please tell me you aren't astro-turfing this issue on behalf of Desura, TheUnbeholden. I have always thought of you as a loyal fan of this project :( ???

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To cover this: What version of TDM are you running, and might the file extension happen to be .zip instead of .pk4?

 

Latest. Its pk4.

 

It wasn't so much a serious question as a gently worded suggestion that you try something different....since the manual method didn't seem to be working so well for you. Why wouldn't you use the built-in downloader? Is there some secret downside of which I am unaware?

 

whenever I download something I want to have a physical copy of it elsewhere, and I very rarely download if from my own home... public computers don't have TDM installed.

 

and who knows what sort of stuff the inbuilt downloader is putting on my computer.

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And did you download official release versions, not some test versions that might be floating out there? You could open them up with 7zip to see that the internal folder & file structure is proper (look at FMs that work to see what the proper structure is). I know if the folders aren't arranged right, e.g. if they're buried as sub-folders, then D3 won't recognize them.

 

Generally speaking, you should compare the FMs that don't work with the FMs that do work because I'd think there has to be a noticeable difference somewhere.

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