Jump to content
The Dark Mod Forums

TDM Updater stuck in loop

skacky

By skacky
in TDM Tech Support

 Share

Recommended Posts

skacky

skacky

Posted
Posted

Hey, I'm trying to update to 2.05 but the updater is stuck in a loop. It will check my local 2.04 files and then download tdm_update_win.zip (1.5mb). However, when I click Restart, it starts the process all over again.

I've tried renaming the folder to no effect. The game is not installed in Program Files or any secure folder. The updater worked fine when I updated to 2.04 when it was released (on the same machine).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Destined

Destined

Posted
Posted

I have the updater update active and I also had to restart three or four times (I did not pay too much attention, but I think the messages I got were different each time, so I thought that this is just part of the process, like restarting TDM after installing a new mission).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nbohr1more

nbohr1more

Posted
Posted

Dont we want ti to update itself though..?

 

Once. The infinite loop makes it keep updating itself over and over and it never moves on to downloading the actual mod.

Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod:

 

http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

 

(Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sotha

Sotha

Posted
Posted

It loops for me too! I think it did when I updated to 2.04 as well.

 

This should be probably fixed ASAP, because potential new players, who are not that tech-savvy, might simply give up when the updater does not work out of the box. Looks bad if the default install doesn't work, but one needs to figure out to put a mark in a tab in some advanced menu. :mellow:

  • Like 1

Clipper

-The mapper's best friend.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
greebo

greebo

Posted
Posted (edited)

There seems to be a logic problem extracting the updater:

 

...
Checking filesize of downloaded file, expecting 1570489
Checking download for 'is-a-zipfile'.
Checking CRC of downloaded file, expecting acca1045
CRC calculated for zip file D:\Games\doom3test\darkmod\__tdm_update_win.zip = acca1045
Downloaded file passed the integrity checks.
Moved D:\Games\doom3test\darkmod\__tdm_update_win.zip to D:\Games\doom3test\darkmod\tdm_update_win.zip
Extracting files from D:\Games\doom3test\darkmod\tdm_update_win.zip
Ignoring file: tdm_update.exe
Found 0 files to extract.
Preparing TDM update batch file in D:\Games\doom3test\darkmod\tdm_update_updater.cmd

...

 

 

It's never extracting the tdm_update.exe.

 

edit: Sorry, scratch that. It's extracted but it fails to activate the new version.

Edited by greebo
Link to comment
Share on other sites
nbohr1more

nbohr1more

Posted
Posted

I wonder if Windows is removing the executable on extract for security purposes?

Are we using our our zip library for this part of the process or deferring to Windows zip support?

Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod:

 

http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

 

(Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
greebo

greebo

Posted
Posted

It's a timing issue, the two second pause appears to be too short for the tdm_update process to terminate, so the .exe file is still in use. Raising the limit to 5 seconds breaks the loop.

 

New players won't experience this, since they are downloading the current tdm_update directly, but existing players might run into this.

 

I don't recall running into this problem before, but then again I haven't run tdm_update since 2013.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Shadrach

Shadrach

Posted
Posted (edited)

For those having problems here's a workaround.

 

The updater downloads the new version as "_tdm_update.exe" (on Windows), and then apparently fails to copy this over the old file, then deletes the temporary file.

 

So what I did was copy the new file out of the folder while installer was running, let the update fail, and then overwrite the "tmd_update.exe" with the (renamed) "_tmd_update.exe".

 

Not pretty but works...

Edited by Shadrach
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
Petike the Taffer

Petike the Taffer

Posted
Posted

A possible related problem: I'm at the end of the whole updating process.

 

"Performing cleanup setups.". etc.

 

More in the following picture:

 

post-35080-0-47010000-1488463697_thumb.png

 

"Your TDM installation is up to date."

 

But the green "working on it" bar still isn't at the end. And I already have a "Show Log" and "Close" button available, not to mention the size (388.6 MB) fitting the update size.

 

Is something wrong ? Should I run the updater again ? Besides this one issue, everything ran absolutely fine.

Female player character vocals (current mini-project, help/advice appreciated)

Slovak localisation for TDM (my project)

What I'm up to (sporadic updates)

Stuff I've worked on at the wiki

Partners in Crime (my FM series, in development)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nbohr1more

nbohr1more

Posted
Posted

Probably just the size of the files that need to be checked for bad date encoding. Run it once more and if it does the same thing, I will suggest that you are done.

Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod:

 

http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

 

(Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Petike the Taffer

Petike the Taffer

Posted
Posted

Probably just the size of the files that need to be checked for bad date encoding. Run it once more and if it does the same thing, I will suggest that you are done.

 

Sound advice. I'll run it once more to check it. Be right back.

Female player character vocals (current mini-project, help/advice appreciated)

Slovak localisation for TDM (my project)

What I'm up to (sporadic updates)

Stuff I've worked on at the wiki

Partners in Crime (my FM series, in development)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Petike the Taffer

Petike the Taffer

Posted
Posted

Just checked it. Everything went by fast, finished itself normally, things seem to be fully updated and fine. :) Off to test 2.05...

  • Like 2

Female player character vocals (current mini-project, help/advice appreciated)

Slovak localisation for TDM (my project)

What I'm up to (sporadic updates)

Stuff I've worked on at the wiki

Partners in Crime (my FM series, in development)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recent Status Updates

    • OrbWeaver

      OrbWeaver

      Does anyone actually use the Normalise button in the Surface inspector? Even after looking at the code I'm not quite sure what it's for.
      · 4 replies
    • Ansome

      Ansome

      Turns out my 15th anniversary mission idea has already been done once or twice before! I've been beaten to the punch once again, but I suppose that's to be expected when there's over 170 FMs out there, eh? I'm not complaining though, I love learning new tricks and taking inspiration from past FMs. Best of luck on your own fan missions!
      · 4 replies
    • The Black Arrow

      The Black Arrow

      I wanna play Doom 3, but fhDoom has much better features than dhewm3, yet fhDoom is old, outdated and probably not supported. Damn!
      Makes me think that TDM engine for Doom 3 itself would actually be perfect.
      · 6 replies
    • Petike the Taffer

      Petike the Taffer

      Maybe a bit of advice ? In the FM series I'm preparing, the two main characters have the given names Toby and Agnes (it's the protagonist and deuteragonist, respectively), I've been toying with the idea of giving them family names as well, since many of the FM series have named protagonists who have surnames. Toby's from a family who were usually farriers, though he eventually wound up working as a cobbler (this serves as a daylight "front" for his night time thieving). Would it make sense if the man's popularly accepted family name was Farrier ? It's an existing, though less common English surname, and it directly refers to the profession practiced by his relatives. Your suggestions ?
      · 9 replies
    • nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Looks like the "Reverse April Fools" releases were too well hidden. Darkfate still hasn't acknowledge all the new releases. Did you play any of the new April Fools missions?
      · 5 replies
×
×
  • Create New...