Cadoras Report post Posted July 22, 2008 Hey there, a friend of mine got a problem while starting her el client. She starts it get's a white screen with the green loading bar and then it crashs without getting to the login screen. Btw it has worked before without any problems but uhm as she got up this morning the problem showed up. She got an AMD Athlon 64 3500 2Gb RAM Geforce 6600 GT - with newest drivers (Version 175.19) Windows XP (now with SP 3 cause she also tried to update windows^^) So uhm reinstall the game didn't worked.. not with the full 1.7 Version of the client, neither with a 1.6 Version and afterwards update to 1.7 ^^ in the error log i left out some lines cause it's always the same and would just spam the thread.. Log started at 2008-07-22 15:15:25 localtime (Westeuropäische Sommerzeit) [15:15:25] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [15:15:25] Using the server profile: main [15:15:25] Could not read console.xml [15:15:25] Could not read errors.xml [15:15:25] Could not read help.xml [15:15:25] Could not read options.xml [15:15:25] Could not read spells.xml [15:15:25] Could not read stats.xml [15:15:25] Could not read titles.xml [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/font.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] Error: Can't open file "mapinfo.lst" [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/login_back.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./shaders/water_fs.glsl in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) Last message repeated 3 times [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./shaders/reflectiv_water_fs.glsl in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) Last message repeated 3 times [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./shaders/water_fs.glsl in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) Last message repeated 3 times [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./shaders/reflectiv_water_fs.glsl in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) Last message repeated 3 times [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/eye_candy/16x16/simple.png in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/eye_candy/16x16/flare1.png in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [...] [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/eye_candy/128x128/petal.png in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/eye_candy/128x128/snowflake.png in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file shaders/anim.vert in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] Error: Can't open file "harvestable.lst" [15:15:27] Error: Can't open file "entrable.lst" [15:15:27] Error: Can't open file "knowledge.lst" [15:15:27] Error opening mines configuration file: mines.xml [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file textures/cursors.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] Error opening sound configuration file [15:15:27] Unable to read actor definition file actor_defs/actor_defs.xml [15:15:27] Unable to read missiles definition file actor_defs/missile_defs.xml [15:15:27] Unable to read weather definition file ./weather.xml [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/gamebuttons.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/gamebuttons2.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/console.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/ground_detail.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/login_menu.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:27] EXTENDED EXCEPTION(1:file_not_found): Can't find file ./textures/sigils.bmp in el_file at io/elfile.cpp (line 179) [15:15:28] Error: Can't open file "quest.log" [15:15:28] Could not load a channel list from file. Using a limited built-in set instead. [15:15:28] Error: Can't open file "mirrors.lst" [15:15:28] An error occured while reading the rules [15:15:28] The rules.xml file was not found. You will have to redownload your game. got any idea how to solve it in a way we didn't tried yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theryndan Report post Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Since there are many errors about missing files, looks like the #data_dir is set to the wrong path With the game closed, open the file Documents/Eternal Lands/main/el.ini and look for the #data_dir=.... line, then edit it to point to where the game is installed [Documents/Eternal Lands/ is where your settings are stored, not where the game is installed]. Edited July 22, 2008 by Theryndan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cadoras Report post Posted July 22, 2008 oh solved o.O but uhm y does it work for 6 weeks and then no more after doing nothing else then going to bed and waking up ^^? no one changed this path i guess cause she didn't even know of him but thx a lot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theryndan Report post Posted July 22, 2008 solved o.O but uhm y does it work for 6 weeks and then no more after doing nothing else then going to bed and waking up ^^? no one changed this path i guess cause she didn't even know of him At startup, the client reads the specified datadir and look if it exists: - if it exists, load the files from there - if it doesn't exist, write a warning about the wrong path in the error.log, and looks for the files to load in the folder where the client is Maybe in the past weeks the path was just pointing to a non-existing folder, so the game worked fine; but if then that folder got created... you end with the problems reported above Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrfancypants Report post Posted September 11, 2008 how do i know where the game is installed? i ahve a problem that seems the same as hers. i use windows if that helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted September 12, 2008 If you installed using the default settings the game data path would be in: C:\Program Files\Eternal Lands And your custom user settings here: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Eternal Lands Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyri Report post Posted September 29, 2008 I'm getting a similar error, but mine says: [14:48:30] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [14:48:30] Using the server profile: main Help? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theryndan Report post Posted September 30, 2008 I'm getting a similar error, but mine says: [14:48:30] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [14:48:30] Using the server profile: main Help? This error can safely be ignored; what is there in the rest of your error_log? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyri Report post Posted September 30, 2008 I'm getting a similar error, but mine says: [14:48:30] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [14:48:30] Using the server profile: main Help? This error can safely be ignored; what is there in the rest of your error_log? Nothing, that is the only error, but the game crashes while starting anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bash_it_YeTi Report post Posted October 2, 2008 Does the same to me to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sasiro Report post Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) I'm having the same problem, at least I think so. Started thinking of playing el again but el doesnt seem to want me anymore. This is my error log: Log started at 2008-10-08 22:09:44 localtime (Romance (standaardtijd)) [22:09:44] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [22:09:44] Using the server profile: main [22:09:44] 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" But problem is I cant find a data-dir anywhere. Downloaded the windows file and yes i'm running windows But when I hover over the exe it says its the 1.5.0.0 but thats probably normal? Gave it another shot after changing the data_dir to c\program files\eternal lands\, but i'm still having the same problem, although error log isnt much help I guess :S Log started at 2008-10-08 23:07:10 localtime (Romance (standaardtijd)) [23:07:10] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [23:07:10] Using the server profile: main [23:07:11] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "c:\Program Files\Eternal Lands\" Sasi PROBLEM FIXED - UPDATED NVIDIA AND WORKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM - YEAH SASI'S BACK Edited October 9, 2008 by Sasiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites