Hi. Today my keyboard crashed due to pressing a button to lock my mouse, which im assuming is not compatible with my newish OS Ubuntu 10.04, and when I restarted my computer I could not connect to the Main server. I can still connect to the 'official' server and probably some other ones. When I try to connect to the Main server I get this message 'Warning: /home/karl/.elc/main/el.ini does not use installed game data, shall I fix this problem?" When I click yes I get this long message which I have pasted below.
Also recently my laptop fan stopped working. Ive heard that your computers insides can start to melt if this happens and you can lose data.
What should I do? I can just play on official server but I'd like to fix this problem.
Oh my, Eternal Lands Crashed - Don't Panic!
A few of things you can try:
1) Make sure your system is up to date, especially your video drivers.
2) If the client crashes repeatedly, try changing some settings. Either by directly modifying the configuration file (e.g. gedit ~/.elc/main/el.ini). Or clicking the settings button window at the login screen.
i) Enable the "Poor Man" option in the "Details" tab of the setting window. Or edit the configuration file and set "#poor_man=1".
ii) Disable the "Use animation program" option in the "Adv Video" tab of the setting window. Or edit the configuration file and set "#use_animation_program=0".
If you continue to have problems check the Eternal Lands forums, especially the "Help Me" and "Bug Report" sections. If you post a message make sure you include information about your system; i.e video driver and version, operating system and version. Make sure you check your error log for clues too and include the contents in any forum report.
This information about your graphic hardware and software may help.
Output from "lspci | grep -i vga":
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce Go 6150] (rev a2)
Output from "glxinfo | head -5":
The following is your error log contents. Note it is overwritten each time you run the game.
[23:19:37, engine/logging.cpp:301] Log started at: Tue Aug 16 23:19:37 2011 PDT
[23:19:37, engine/logging.cpp:304] version: 1.9.2
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read console.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read errors.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read help.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read options.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read spells.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read stats.xml
[23:19:37, translate.c:1714] Error: Could not read titles.xml
[23:19:37, font.c:1433] Error: Unable to find any font textures
[23:19:37, interface.c:564] Error: Error: Can't open file "mapinfo.lst"
[23:19:37, image_loading.c:533] Error: File './textures/login_back' not found!
[23:19:37, textures.c:529] Error: Error loading image './textures/login_back'
[23:19:37, image_loading.c:533] Error: File 'textures/font' not found!
[23:19:37, textures.c:529] Error: Error loading image 'textures/font'
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file './shaders/water_fs.glsl'.
[23:19:37]Last message repeated 3times
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file './shaders/reflectiv_water_fs.glsl'.
[23:19:37]Last message repeated 3times
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file './shaders/water_fs.glsl'.
[23:19:37]Last message repeated 3times
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file './shaders/reflectiv_water_fs.glsl'.
[23:19:37]Last message repeated 3times
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:294] Error: Can't load zip file /home/karl/.elc/unofficial_custom_clothes.zip
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'shaders/anim.vert'.
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'shaders/anim_depth.vert'.
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'shaders/anim_shadow.vert'.
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'shaders/anim_ghost.vert'.
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'shaders/anim_ghost_shadow.vert'.
[23:19:37, init.c:141] Error: Error: Can't open file "harvestable.lst"
[23:19:37, init.c:168] Error: Error: Can't open file "entrable.lst"
[23:19:37, init.c:196] Error: Error: Can't open file "knowledge.lst"
[23:19:37, mines.c:213] Error: Error opening mines configuration file: mines.xml
[23:19:37, io/elfilewrapper.c:757] Error: Can't open file 'textures/cursors.bmp'.
[23:19:37, cursors.c:41] Error: Error: Can't open cursors file. [textures/cursors.bmp]
[23:19:37, actor_scripts.c:4701] Error: Unable to read actor definition file actor_defs/actor_defs.xml
[23:19:37, actor_scripts.c:2790] Error: Unable to read emotes definition file /emotes.xml
[23:19:37, missiles.c:917] Error: Unable to read missiles definition file actor_defs/missile_defs.xml
[23:19:37, weather.c:967] Error: Unable to read weather definition file ./weather.xml
[23:19:37, spells.c:250] Error: Unable to read spells definition file ./spells.xml
[23:19:37, spells.c:257] Error: Unable to parse spells definition file ./spells.xml
[23:19:37, misc.c:130] Error: Error: Can't open file ".//key.ini"
[23:19:37, chat.c:1140] Error: Could not load a channel list from file. Using a limited built-in set instead.
[23:19:37, update.c:88] Error: Error: Can't open file "mirrors.lst"
[23:19:37, rules.c:145] Error: An error occured while reading the rules
[23:19:37, init.c:979] Error: The rules.xml file was not found. You will have to redownload your game.
This was the program output: Note it is overwritten each time you run the game.
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/console.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/console.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/errors.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/errors.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/help.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/help.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/options.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/options.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/spells.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/spells.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/stats.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/stats.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/titles.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/titles.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "mines.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "actor_defs/actor_defs.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/emotes.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "actor_defs/missile_defs.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "./weather.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "./spells.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/Encyclopedia/index.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/channels.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/strings/channels.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/rules.xml"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "languages/en/rules.xml"
A search through dmesg output:
