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Jmahmood

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Posted: 29th May 2007 06:43

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Hi everyone
I am having a big problem over here!
when i make a final i can't run it.But when it's put into my source folder it runs perfectly.What should i do?
I am useing DB version 1.56 (Downloaded from the forum)

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indi

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Posted: 29th May 2007 08:15

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checklist some things

[?] Is every media element / 3d models / 2d images / textures / sounds etc in the same folder as the exe.

[?] Is the media elements called from the games exe pointing to the correct path location.

eg

[ GAMEFOLDER]
mygame.exe
folder[media] - all the media in here
so you would have "media/medianame" in the path of the media element.

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Posted: 29th May 2007 11:12

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Also, make sure that what you have built is the FINAL .exe, as opposed to the exe requiring the media eelements. Final exes don't need that.

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NanoGamez guy

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Posted: 29th May 2007 11:54

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I had that same problem. I made sure that it was a FINAL.exe

Nothing is impossible...
No really, it is.

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Jmahmood

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Posted: 29th May 2007 14:41

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Hi again
i did built final(not exe). therefor i dont think media files are needed, but it wont work.
I am useing DarkEDIT ver 1.56,Maybe i should try DB original editor.

Hope it will work then.

Thanks for your help

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Posted: 30th May 2007 04:07

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Quote: "Maybe i should try DB original editor. Hope it will work then."

You can try, but it probably won't make any difference.

You say that it works OK if you run the exe in the project folder, so what is the error you are getting when you run it outside?

I agree with the others that it is most likely a media problem.

Dark Basic Classic is well known for 'losing' media when it's not in the same folder as the .DBA file.

So, to test this, copy all the images, sounds, models etc. that your program uses into the folder with your DBA source file and change all your Load 'X' lines to just have the filename (without the path) like this example:

Load Image "Filename.jpg",1

Then use Build Final again and see what happens.

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