Dungeon-Be-Gone V1.2 Released!

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 5:37 pm

Blue (Victoria Joyner) has released the latest edition of Dungeon-Be-Gone, the Chateau Irenicus skip mod.

V1.2 includes a Spanish translation from CLAN DLAN as well as tweaks to the items and experience Jasper St. Baird gives you as he zaps you to the exit.

DBG can be downloaded from http://www.forgottenwars.net/dbg and support forums for DBG as well as other Forgotten Wars mods can be found at http://forums.forgottenwars.net .

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 6:07 pm

I couldn't get through all that UGO garbage to the file. There was a list of possible downloads featuring the word "dungeon," but none of them included Dungeon Be Gone.

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 9:46 pm

You want:

3D Downloads (Texas):
DOWNLOAD

and click the word "DOWNLOAD".

We always endeavor to add other mirrors when possible.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 1:00 am

I've had problems installing this mod. The archive unzips correctly, but when I try double-clicking on the executable, it claims it can't find several files which are in fact in the same directory (the SoA directory). Anyone have the same problem, or at least a fix for this?

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 11:51 am

That's your problem: they're in the SOA dir, not the "jassy" dir, because you're not extracting with Use Folder Names, you're probably just dragging everything out of the WinZip window.

Use Extract, Use Folder Names.

For the next version, I'll see if we can start doing the NSIS installer we use for Kelsey and the NPC Flirt Packs. We didn't at first because Blue just wanted it to go out the door promptly.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:01 pm

Actually, I had on "use folder names," while unzipping in my main SoA directory. Checked it several times. The Jassy directory has 11 files in it, and four sub-directories: audio, backup, English, and Spanish. The other files it seeks are still in the SoA directory--which I agree, is strange, if you expected them to be in Jassy.

Could you provide a list of the files that I should add to the directory? I'll move 'em, and continue from there.

Baldursgate Fan · Post by **Baldursgate Fan** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 1:44 pm

Hi Fable:

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Maybe that will work.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 6:42 pm

Originally posted by Baldursgate Fan
Hi Fable:

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Maybe that will work.

But you see, it's never been installed. The problem occurs during the unzipping phase. Installation is aborted, because several files haven't been installed in the proper subdirectory. I'm just waiting to find out what files that jassy subdirectory actually requires; then I'll move 'em, and start installing, again.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:53 pm

Got it to work. The problem wasn't any option I'd chosen in unzipping (really, now: the automatic assumption of user failure on the part of programmers may be universal, but it's not universally accurate), but some feature in the Explorer substitute I've been using, TurboBrowser 2001. The latter is an excellent program that has developed a fine niche market over a decade, and I've had no difficulties with it, before; it also does a lot more than Windows Explorer. But in this case, for some reason, the install process was being aborted as the setup program couldn't sense the other (correctly) unzipped files it needed.

As soon as I unzipped the main zipfile in Windows Explorer, the setup program initialized itself. Everything proceeded smoothly.

@JCompton, you may want to note an incompatibility within your notes with TurboBrowser 2001. or, at least, test it, if you have the time. (Mind, I'm not trying to tell you your business, though it probably looks that way. It's only that including such a mention will prevent others from suffering from the same frustration. And, arguably, your product doesn't deserve the hassles.)

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 11:25 pm

Originally posted by fable
Got it to work. The problem wasn't any option I'd chosen in unzipping (really, now: the automatic assumption of user failure on the part of programmers may be universal, but it's not universally accurate),

Nearly all install failures on WeiDU mods packaged this way are attibutable to some sort of "extracted wrong" problem, so...

But in this case, for some reason, the install process was being aborted as the setup program couldn't sense the other (correctly) unzipped files it needed.

Huh. I'm not sure I understand, but I'll note it to Blue.

In any event, though, I'll make a nice front-end .exe installer the next time around.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:35 pm

Huh. I'm not sure I understand, but I'll note it to Blue.

FWIW, I'd unzipped the files from within Turbo Browser, and ran the proper setup executable. It would then note that it couldn't find certain files it needed to decompress--despite the fact that those files were in either my SoA directory, or the Jassy sub-directory.

But when I ran the setup executable in Windows Explorer, it automatically sensed the files, and decompressed everyone of them.

Incidentally, cute dialog. I would say more, but I don't want to spoil it for anybody else.

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:47 pm

Originally posted by fable

Incidentally, cute dialog. I would say more, but I don't want to spoil it for anybody else.

All the dialogue writing is Blue's, I'm only responsible for the delivery of the lines.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 7:13 pm

Originally posted by jcompton
All the dialogue writing is Blue's, I'm only responsible for the delivery of the lines.

In that case, wonderfully over-the-top delivery. Sort of made me feel what it might be like if one of the cherubs in Cocteau's brilliant Beauty and the Beast went to Michael Jackson for acting hints.

Baldursgate Fan · Post by **Baldursgate Fan** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:04 am

DBG 1.2 doesn't work for me. It says there is a file missing when I tried to install it. Strange.

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 3:05 pm

You sure you extracted it properly? Use Folder Names? What exactly is it complaining about?

Taco Magus · Post by **Taco Magus** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:01 pm

I like this! worked fine for me till i exited the dungeon. then it made the game crash. but the 2nd try worked like a charm

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:45 am

Hmmm. I occasionally have seen the game crash on narration screen transitions ("The tunnel opens" or whatever) without any mods. Hopefully, it was just that.

Should have been because from a technical standpoint, DBG is a very, VERY simple mod that really doesn't do very much.

Baldursgate Fan · Post by **Baldursgate Fan** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 3:24 am

Wel, still can't install it. It says there is a "parsing error" as a tk file is not found.

I tried to figure what that meant, and after a few tries, gave up.

jcompton · Post by **jcompton** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:54 pm

If it can't find your .tlk file, it means you're putting things in the wrong directory.

DBG 1.3 will have a nice NSIS (Kelsey-style) installer, including the directory sniffer, so hopefully you'll have better luck.

Baldursgate Fan · Post by **Baldursgate Fan** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:51 pm

Ok, thanks Jason. I will wait for 1.3.