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DarkBASIC Discussion / please help or im doomed!

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Travis Gatlin
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i have bought darkBASIC lite and i make a program and the coding is correct i've even tried to compile it and it say compilation successful but i try to execute it and it says "system error:system file not found" please help because if it dont work i just wasted $15.00 and my mom wont let me use her credit card to buy anything else from the game creators! HELP or im
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Libervurto
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Posted: 15th May 2009 00:32 Edited at: 15th May 2009 00:40
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Are you using the built-in editor? (black background with sci-fi style scroll bar) If not try it in there first.
Where are the Dark Basic files located on your hard drive, are they in the default location (C/Program Files/Dark Basic Software)?
There is a file called "setup.ini", check that its in your dark basic folder.

If you're still having problems post back.
Oh and check out the "Getting Started" thread by Latch. It has tips for getting Dark Basic working.

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I had the same problem. Ok I am a 13 year old who bought darkbasic on his dad's credit card.except my dad din't get really pissed. but anyway make sure that all of your media is saved in the same folder. So go into your C;drive(the system hard drive)go to program files. scroll down to the game creators. Select DarkBasic then you will see all the files located in Darkbasic go to media or Darkmatter which ever folder your media would be in and copy all all of the media your using and paste it in myprojects or which ever folder you are saving it in.

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BN2 Productions
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Quote: "Ok I am a 13 year old who bought darkbasic"

You shouldn't post your age on the forums (or anywhere ELSE online for that matter)
@Travis
Could you give us some code? It is hard to guess the solution.

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Libervurto
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its not a syntax error or a media path error
Quote: ""system error:system file not found""


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Is that the complete message or have you shortend it?

Does it give the name of the system file? If its d3drm.dll then thats easy to fix (check the link Obese87 gave further up the thread).

If not, then have you tried uninstalling and re-installling the product. Its possible to have a bad install sometimes (for instance the install was interupted before it finished copying files)
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 15th May 2009 03:49
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ok i think i have found the problem thx people
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Travis Gatlin
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well all of my media is in the same file and the error desc isnt shortened idk what the problem is and the code i used was
DO
PRINT
"helloworld"
LOOP
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Posted: 15th May 2009 17:20
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Be sure to put print and "hello world" on the same line or the command won't get recognised and you'll end up with an error.



Does it work when you run that code? (use copy, then paste it in your editor)
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Caleb1994
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Posted: 15th May 2009 17:37
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that error sounds like theres a db file missing or something. he might need to reinstall db. just a geuss idk.


has db ran programs before or is this the first time you tried to use it?

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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 16th May 2009 20:57
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this is my first time using db i have the lite version but here is the weirdest thing i installed the trial and it worked fine!
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 16th May 2009 21:02
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also my i used the EXAMPLES and the SAME THING HAPPENED!!!!!!!!! i really want to start a career in creating games and i need a tool that is for beginners and i want it to work because it is the simplest game maker that is flexible! i know fps creator is VERY simple but not flexible enough for wat i need!
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 24th May 2009 05:12
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anyone gonna answer???
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With a blank screen, no code typed into the editor at all, press F4. Anything happen? Errors, etc?

There should have been a quick flash of COMPILATION SUCCESSFUL. If you got a system error at this point, there's probably something wrong with your installation of DarkBASIC or you may be missing some key system files, or the permissions that are set up on the computer are not allowing you access to some files or directory.

If there wasn't an error, with the screen still blank - no code in the editor at all, press F5. If there were no errors, the screen should've blinked and then the CLI window should come up at the bottom.

Where the cursor is flashing, type:
print "Hello World"
the press [ENTER]

Did you get any errors? Hello World should be at the top of the screen.

If everything is ok try typing
box 100,100,200,200
Press [ENTER]

a box should appear on the screen

If everything is working so far try typing
make object sphere 1,25
and press [ENTER]

If everything worked, we just tested 2d and 3d, I'm guessing something is wrong with the permissions on the file system. I think DarkBASIC tries to create a temporary file whenever you execute code from the editor. If the file isn't allowed to be created, that may be causing the error.

Enjoy your day.
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 24th May 2009 16:49
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good point but i have already tried reinstalling and unblocked it on my firewall
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It doesn't sound like you ran the tests. Run the above tests. It can help to track down the issue. You can start to find out if it's a problem with running code from the editor, or if there's a problem with sending any instructions to DB. If you hit F4 without any code in the window is it erroring out?

Run the tests and give feed back beyond "it doesn't work"

Enjoy your day.
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Posted: 24th May 2009 21:02
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Are you running vista or xp because if it is vista then you have to give the editor admim privileges for it to work.

Thanks, Stefan
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 24th May 2009 23:39
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wow thank you stefan i am using vista i guess i need to give it admin privelidges for it to work! thx alot!!
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 24th May 2009 23:49
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IT WORKS WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!
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No problem, I had this sort of thing too fixed it when I realized i forgot to give it admin priveledges. (Vista is too safe) Have fun programing.

Thanks, Stefan
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 25th May 2009 02:59
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thx u too
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