Weird issue with the patch on Win7 64

[clatch]

Well first off, I eventually got Ryzom working, but I had to jerry-rig it after the patch. I'll tell you what I did, then maybe someone could tell me what I should of done.

The install went great. I installed the game to my user directory as I do with a few other programs that are more than a couple years old. Otherwise Win7 causes a few permission errors.

After I ran the patch through, I get a screen that says please wait while Ryzom starts back up - it never did. I started it manually by double clicking on the client_ryzom_rd.exe. The program then hangs on an error that it can't find a font package.

Things I tried that DIDN'T work on Win7.....

1. Reinstalling and Re-patching
2. Deleting the unpack directory and the game would not re-patch... same font error.
3. Setup the Ryzom directory as an excluded directory for my virus scanner, deleted the unpack directory and the game still wouldn't repatch... same font error.

What I did that DID work ....

1. Copied all the contents of the Ryzom/Unpack directory to the main directory Ryzom/
2. Copied all the contents of the Ryzom/Unpack directory to the data directory Ryzom/data
3. Copied all the font packages (*.ttf, *.afm, *.pfm, *.pfb) of the Ryzom/Unpack directory to the font directory Ryzom/data/fonts
4. Rename Ryzom/unpack to Ryzom/unpack-old
5. Restart Ryzom and allow the game to patch one more time for 12.4 more files.
6. Copy all the contents from the Ryzom/Unpack directory to the main directory Ryzom/

I really wasn't sure which file went where. It's a bit overkill... but it works.


I just have to say though, in-game, Ryzom has been an amazing experience. My hat's off to you. I am really amazed at how dynamic the ecosystem and creature AI is.

[clatch]

This works even better if you have a WinXP computer available to you.

1. Install Ryzom on the WinXP machine and apply patches
2. Copy over the complete Ryzom directory to your Win7 machine
3. Delete any file in your Save directory called: /Ryzom/save/keys_*your user name*.xml

After I did this, I've noticed Ryzom actually saves my startup settings now. I've also noticed some graphical differences too.

[Mokoi]

Hi

With perseverance usually comes success and I commend you.

Most of the latest problems with the patch have been resolved with the temporary disabling of your anti virus product esp AVG Free, excluding various directory's may not be enough in this instance.

Vista and Win 7 permissions (with its various versions) can be a issue with many programs, when this occurs we have found that changing the game install directory to the users path or generally outside the OS Program Files path has also proved successful.

I am glad you are enjoying the game, we also think its a bit special