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mikewhl
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Posted: 31st Jul 2010 16:14
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Hi all
Sometimes when I download a demo file and try to run it I get an "item X at line y does not exist" error. Not every exe file, but enough to make me wonder if I am missing something on my end to make this happen.

An example would be Ermes: ESF demo, baxslash: HFL auto demo, and some others.
Mike

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Levanthus
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Posted: 31st Jul 2010 20:53
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happened to me once or twice, mostly it seemed to be that when i downloaded the file i didn't get the media folder containing the models/bitmaps etc.. with it.

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mikewhl
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Posted: 31st Jul 2010 22:54
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It seems to have all the media files.

As far as I can tell. Not all of them supply the source code.

Mike

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luskos
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Positive! If you read error message like described then you are missing something on your side.This missing thing can be something you forget to download, or you do but put it at the wrong place.
Getting this from compiled exe not nessecery means that you make something wrong.Just it's not there.It's not your fault that author cut it from uploaded demo.Sometimes is like that.

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cloudy
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Should be downloaded the empty files.

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Rich Dersheimer
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This seems to happen at random when I make an .exe file with included media. Some people get that error, some don't, and there's not really any logic to it.

Here's a *possible* explanation...

When you run an .exe with included media, the program unpacks the media into a temporary directory and then loads it in from there.

Maybe DBP is not able to unpack the files quickly enough to get them all saved, or maybe it corrupts some of them as it unpacks them.

Or maybe they were corrupted when they got packed into the .exe, I don't know.

What I *do* know is that making an .exe with included media has NOT been a reliable method of distribution, for more than one of my projects.

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mikewhl
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Posted: 7th Aug 2010 00:12
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I'll keep that in mind for future reference.

Thanks.

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