Author Topic: B0rked Arenas (Read 2040 times)

duh102 · « **on:** June 28, 2008, 09:25:43 AM »

Now this probably comes up a lot, but this time it's not because of improper install. A while ago, I had RA2 DSL 2 (CD ver.) running fine and I simply didn't play it for a while. Just yesterday, I started it up and built myself a new bot for old time's sake. Then I tried to enter the practice arena and it crashed. The usual 'send/don't send' dealie from winXP. I thought it might be a bad install or something, so I backed up teams and got rid of it, reinstalled and repatched(1.3), then extracted DSL 2 to a different folder, stuck the 2.1 patch over it, then copied all that over a copy of RA2 vanilla. It did it's thing, and I started it up. Same routine, then tried the practice arena. Crashed again. I started it up again, thinking something was up with the practice arena and I just had to try exhibition mode. Well guess what? No arenas. Not a one. The box for picking one was entirely empty. I guess the octagon must be default, 'cause it was displaying that info. Anyway, quit out and looked in arenas. Nothing out of place, and can't be modding on my part because I didn't touch them from install. Then I started the vanilla RA2 install(unpatched). No arenas, practice arena crash.
Now, I don't know if this affects anything, but I installed Python a while back, so now the .py and .pyc's are defaulted to it.

EDIT: Fixed, here's how:

Quote from: Duh102

Try getting rid of your Python environment variables, then if that doesn't work, your python install.

Trovaner · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2008, 12:44:44 PM »

I'm not exactly sure what the problem could be but it shouldn't be because you installed Python...

That being said, it might have something to do with a file that RA2 uses (but doesn't install). So if you have the a Windows CD laying around, I would try reinstalling it.

Lupus · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:37:04 AM »

duh102 do you have .rar?

duh102 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:49:08 AM »

.rar as in winrar? Yes.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2008, 04:49:27 PM »

Firebeetle installed the newest version of Python and nothing happened, so it's not that.

I seem to remember something like this happening before, but I don't remember when or what the solution was.

You didn't replace python22.dll did you? It should be around 800 KB.

duh102 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2008, 08:06:27 PM »

I installed 2.5 I believe, and I had to enter the environment variables manually... Yep, I gots python22.dll and it says its 821kb.

Madiaba · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2008, 11:33:34 AM »

I have and use Python 2.5, and have no probs....

duh102 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2008, 01:14:42 PM »

Well, I fixed it. I uninstalled my version of Python (2.52 to be exact), and removed the environment variable for it. I did not, however, try RA2 before removing the variable, so the uninstall of Python might have been unnecessary. As in, the variable might have been causing the problems, not the Python. I did the variable manually back in the day, so I have a sneaking suspicion that's what did it.
So, for those with this problem: Try getting rid of your Python environment variables, then if that doesn't work, your python install.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2008, 04:46:10 PM »

Good to hear you worked it out. Any chance we'll be seeing any more bots from you?

duh102 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2008, 05:28:59 PM »

I could try, but judging from what's come out of my rebuilt bot lab, I wouldn't have anything good to show. I fail at anything below SHW.