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Post by hhyyrylainen on Apr 17, 2017 15:59:02 GMT
In case you haven't been following the developer forums, we are getting a launcher for thrive. It's going to be released soon, so I wanted to ask people to test it before we post it everywhere. Downoad it here (Windows 32/64 and Linux builds are available). Check the thread about it here: forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/launcher/335/ |
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Post by RoboTrannic on Apr 17, 2017 19:11:12 GMT
cool
very cool
wait
why can't i open it
it says it needs a default program assigned to it
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Post by hhyyrylainen on Apr 17, 2017 20:17:56 GMT
why can't i open it it says it needs a default program assigned to it You need 7zip ( www.7-zip.org/) in order to unzip it. Or did you manage to unzip it already, and it's something else? |
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Post by RoboTrannic on Apr 17, 2017 21:06:52 GMT
its something else
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Post by crodnu on Apr 18, 2017 0:11:22 GMT
Could you send a screenshot of the error please?  |
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Post by RoboTrannic on Apr 18, 2017 5:34:43 GMT
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Post by Narotiza on Apr 18, 2017 13:37:04 GMT
Which file are you running that gets this error?
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Post by hhyyrylainen on Apr 18, 2017 18:02:40 GMT
Which file are you running that gets this error? I'm guessing he's trying to open the zip, but he doesn't have 7zip installed so he gets that instead of being able to extract it. |
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Post by Narotiza on Apr 18, 2017 22:42:03 GMT
He said it was something else though...
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Post by hhyyrylainen on Apr 19, 2017 8:19:25 GMT
He said it was something else though... Oh, right, I missed that post. Then I have no clue unless he can describe exactly when that error happens. |
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Post by Narotiza on Apr 19, 2017 13:28:14 GMT
Which file are you running that gets this error? |
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Post by RoboTrannic on Apr 19, 2017 19:23:45 GMT
the 64 bit launcher
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Post by crodnu on Apr 19, 2017 19:49:41 GMT
Which of the files in the 64-bit launcher?
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Post by Oliveriver on Apr 19, 2017 20:51:46 GMT
I think everyone's confused by assuming people know things they don't, so I'm going from the very beginning. Apologies if I've simplified things too much. RoboTrannic When you downloaded the launcher, what you got was a file called thrive-launcher-win32-x64.7z, correct? This is the folder people are referring to. It's not immediately obvious that it isn't a file. Download and install 7zip, then right click on thrive-launcher-win32-x64.7z and choose 7zip -> Extract files. That will give you the folder. Within that there's an application called thrive-launcher, which you need to run to make the launcher work. If you're still having problems after all that, then yes, that's a definite issue. Side note: we probably need to use regular zip files in future to prevent this sort of confusion. |
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Post by evolution4weαk on Apr 19, 2017 22:42:25 GMT
wait do you need 7zip, i use winrar?
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Post by serialkiller🌴 on Apr 19, 2017 23:12:56 GMT
I think every program will work
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Post by crodnu on Apr 20, 2017 2:18:14 GMT
Winrar worked for me
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Post by RoboTrannic on Apr 20, 2017 5:58:53 GMT
I think everyone's confused by assuming people know things they don't, so I'm going from the very beginning. Apologies if I've simplified things too much. RoboTrannic When you downloaded the launcher, what you got was a file called thrive-launcher-win32-x64.7z, correct? This is the folder people are referring to. It's not immediately obvious that it isn't a file. Download and install 7zip, then right click on thrive-launcher-win32-x64.7z and choose 7zip -> Extract files. That will give you the folder. Within that there's an application called thrive-launcher, which you need to run to make the launcher work. If you're still having problems after all that, then yes, that's a definite issue. Side note: we probably need to use regular zip files in future to prevent this sort of confusion. thanks for the help |
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Post by hhyyrylainen on Apr 20, 2017 17:03:28 GMT
Side note: we probably need to use regular zip files in future to prevent this sort of confusion. I've changed the executable name to "Thrive Launcher" in the latest versions (removed the dash '-' and capitalized). Also I used 7zip to get smaller archives (and I didn't realize there existed people who hadn't heard of 7z, or couldn't google can't find program error for .7z files). I just tested and .zip archives are 51% larger. So it definitely speeds up downloads. And if we have to host it ourselves, our server bandwidth usage. But, It wouldn't be too difficult to have both zip and 7zip archives available if this truly is a problem. Or maybe there's a tool for creating installers for people who like that sort of easy/automatic thing, but that won't be in the initial release. |
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Post by Omicron on Apr 20, 2017 18:23:07 GMT
Side note: we probably need to use regular zip files in future to prevent this sort of confusion. I've changed the executable name to "Thrive Launcher" in the latest versions (removed the dash '-' and capitalized). Also I used 7zip to get smaller archives (and I didn't realize there existed people who hadn't heard of 7z, or couldn't google can't find program error for .7z files). I just tested and .zip archives are 51% larger. So it definitely speeds up downloads. And if we have to host it ourselves, our server bandwidth usage. But, It wouldn't be too difficult to have both zip and 7zip archives available if this truly is a problem. Or maybe there's a tool for creating installers for people who like that sort of easy/automatic thing, but that won't be in the initial release. Imporant rule; Never expect people to google things themselves |
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