SE4Batch status? - Page 5

geoschmo · #41 February 1st, 2005, 10:52 AM

I can't seem to get this configured correctly. Has anyone had success with this NOT running it in the default directory? My se4.exe is located in a directory "C:/Geoschmo", but when I try to enter that in the configuration it keeps telling me it can't find Se4.exe

What's the full path when you do a default install of SE4? I could try creating folders for that path and moving my install to that. I'll try a fresh install next, but I have to find my cd for that. Seems like I should be able to do this with the current non-default path though, unless that feature jsut doesn't work?

Geoschmo

Gandalf Parker · #42 February 1st, 2005, 11:36 AM

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geoschmo said:
I can't seem to get this configured correctly. Has anyone had success with this NOT running it in the default directory? My se4.exe is located in a directory "C:/Geoschmo", but when I try to enter that in the configuration it keeps telling me it can't find Se4.exe

What's the full path when you do a default install of SE4? I could try creating folders for that path and moving my install to that. I'll try a fresh install next, but I have to find my cd for that. Seems like I should be able to do this with the current non-default path though, unless that feature jsut doesn't work?

Geoschmo

Thats probably the problem. I think the default path is..
"C:\Program Files\Space Empires IV Gold" ?

My security habits have me intensely disliking defaults of any type. But with games Ive often had to maintain a copy on the default path and a copy where I want to mess with things.

Fyron · #43 February 1st, 2005, 02:31 PM

You need to use DOS style folder names. C:\Geosch~1\

geoschmo · #44 February 1st, 2005, 02:39 PM

Oh wait. I was going to say I tried that, but I think I mistyped. I used C:\Geoschmo~1\. It has to be 8 characters counting the ~1 doesn't it. Let me try that...

geoschmo · #45 February 1st, 2005, 02:45 PM

Nope, "C:\Geosch~1\" doesn't work either. Tried "C:\Geosch~1" as well. Still tells me it can't find the se4.exe.

geoschmo · #46 February 1st, 2005, 03:44 PM

Aha, thatnks to Aikens comments earlier in this thread I found that I have to manually edit the config dbf file. The batch program seems to run ok in win2k, you just can't edit the configuration through the program, have to manually edit the dbf file.

Also, something wierd. I think this is DOS, not the batch program. My C:\Geoschmo folder I had to rename as C:\Geoschmo Files. This was true even in a DOS cmd window. I could not cd to GEOSCH~1, until I changed the folder to have a two word name. Then I could cd to GEOSCH~1. I'm not sure why this is the case, but it's not a big deal. I only post it here in case anyone else runs into this problem trying to get the batch program to work on win2k.

Ed Kolis · #47 February 1st, 2005, 05:55 PM

You can make batch files recognize long filenames, if you include the long filenames in quotes:

cd "c:\games\se4 gold\mods\antares mod preview copy v1.0.0.1"

Gandalph · #48 February 1st, 2005, 06:45 PM

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geoschmo said:
Aha, thatnks to Aikens comments earlier in this thread I found that I have to manually edit the config dbf file. The batch program seems to run ok in win2k, you just can't edit the configuration through the program, have to manually edit the dbf file.

Also, something wierd. I think this is DOS, not the batch program. My C:\Geoschmo folder I had to rename as C:\Geoschmo Files. This was true even in a DOS cmd window. I could not cd to GEOSCH~1, until I changed the folder to have a two word name. Then I could cd to GEOSCH~1. I'm not sure why this is the case, but it's not a big deal. I only post it here in case anyone else runs into this problem trying to get the batch program to work on win2k.

Geoschmo is 8 characters, so it did not need to be truncated. I am sure you would have been successful with the cd command, and the batch prog dbf file, without changing to "Geoschmo Files", if you had just used "c:\geoschmo".

geoschmo · #49 February 1st, 2005, 09:50 PM

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Gandalph said:

Geoschmo is 8 characters, so it did not need to be truncated. I am sure you would have been successful with the cd command, and the batch prog dbf file, without changing to "Geoschmo Files", if you had just used "c:\geoschmo".

Uhhh, doh?

geoschmo · #50 February 1st, 2005, 10:05 PM

Oh, here's a problem. I don't see how this batch program could possibly work with 1.91. There is nowhere to put in a game master password, and with 1.91 you have to have a game master password for simultaneous games, no?