Can't log in

[warder]

hi all,

 

I've been playing EL off and on for about 5 years, maybe a little more, and until recently I've never had aproblem getting the game loaded. I decided to start playing again so I downloaded the client and ran it. This is the first time I've ran EL on my new laptop. (dell inspiron 1501) and after I log in it acts like it completely loads before it shows this. I read the forums a bit and did the usual, uninstalled than reinstalled, made sure the right ports were opne, firewall was off all of that and I still can't get on. Please help

[The_Piper]

Sounds like a problem with the driver for your graphics card, try to update it.

 

If that doesnt help, post some more infos about your hardware here, like the graphics card/adapter which is used in your laptop.

 

And, btw, choose a stronger/longer password in the future

 

Piper

[warder]

ati radeon express 1150

[The_Piper]

Did you update the driver for your graphics card already?

 

If yes, and that didnt help, here is a link, where you can download the Omega driver for ATI cards, maybe that helps.

 

http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30465

 

Piper

[warder]

unfortunately he doesn't have a 32 bit vista graphics card only 64 bit

[Schmurk]

If you can't find a suitable driver, you can also try to rename the shaders directory in the directory where you've installed EL to something else and see if that helps...

[warder]

how do I do that?

 

here's my error log if that helps

 

Log started at 2008-06-30 18:51:00 localtime (Central Daylight Time)

 

[18:51:00] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main.

[18:51:00] Using the server profile: main

[18:51:00] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "d:\Eternal Lands"

[18:51:17] Error opening sound configuration file

[18:51:41] Error: Can't open file "quest.log"

[18:51:41] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst

[18:51:41] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com

[18:51:41] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst

[18:51:42] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst

[18:51:42] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com

[18:51:42] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst

[18:51:43] Failed to download (files.lst) 3 times. Giving up.

[18:52:29] Error: Can't open file "spells_warder.dat"

[The_Piper]

[18:51:00] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "d:\Eternal Lands"

 

I think, this is your main problem, your el.ini file is messed up.

 

Its stored in C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\My Documents\Eternal Lands\main, if i'm not mistaken.

 

Open it with notepad, search for "#data_dir" and change the path there to your actual installation, since "d:\Eternal Lands" doesnt work.

 

Piper

 

Edit: correct path for el.ini now.

Edited July 4, 2008 by The_Piper

[warder]

I know i'm computer illiterate for the most part but how do I do that

[The_Piper]

Honestly, if you dont know, how to find and edit a file on your computer, you should ask someone to help you.

 

If i would even try to explain that for you, that would cause more damage than doing good.

 

Sorry,

 

Piper

[warder]

Ok, so now that I have a little time I went and did all of this that you said Piper and still nothing. Just giving up now.