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Cannot Play Game

Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 03:50
by eddy999999
I downloaded and installed the game today, but when I start it up, it says

Updating... news.txt (0%)

After a while, it says

The update process is incomplete. It is strongly recommended that you try again later. Callback aborted

The Play button also becomes active, but when I click it, I get the error:

ItemDB: Could not find items.xml!

What do I do?

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 10:00
by ElvenProgrammer
Just try later or download the updates manually.

Anyway updates download should hardly fail, are you maybe behind a proxy or this sort of stuff?

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 23:19
by Atmolaguuna
I get the same problem, i downloaded it yesterday night and tried it today, it began as Updating... news.txt (0%) and then after a while it jumped to about halfway and did exactly as eddy said, with the can't find items.xml and all.

EDIT: This was posted in FEBRUARY and there hasn't been a solution yet?

EDIT2: How stupid of me! After my years of playing moparscape, I should have realised... my firewall -.-

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 01 May 2008, 15:56
by ryutenchi
same problem, fresh svn/.autogen.sh/configure/make/make install... I have no firewall

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 01 May 2008, 18:45
by trapdoor
Which version is this? svn trunk or svn 0.0 branch or other?

--
trapdoor

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 05 May 2008, 12:11
by ElvenProgrammer
ryutenchi wrote:same problem, fresh svn/.autogen.sh/configure/make/make install... I have no firewall
Did you manage to compile tmw under msys? If not then I guess this one does not belong to windows support.

Anyway can you browse to http://updates.themanaworld.org/news.txt ?

If so are you maybe behind a proxy/nat?

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 17:03
by Adril
i downloaded it for windows also...and everytime i start is up the game gets this scrambled look and I cant see to play it... anyone know why?

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 05 Jul 2008, 03:36
by TheFatal
:evil:
I have the same problem since February, too.

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Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 06 Jul 2008, 13:00
by ElvenProgrammer
Please report which version you're using.

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 09 Jul 2008, 21:04
by TheFatal
0.0.24.1

Code: Select all

 
[thefatal@TheFatal ~]$ su
Contraseña:
[root@TheFatal thefatal]# tmw
curl error 28: Connection time-out host: http://updates.themanaworld.org/news.txt
curl error 28: Connection time-out host: http://updates.themanaworld.org/news.txt
curl error 28: Connection time-out host: http://updates.themanaworld.org/news.txt
[root@TheFatal thefatal]# tmw --help
tmw

Options: 
  -h --help       : Display this help
  -v --version    : Display the version
  -u --skipupdate : Skip the update process
  -U --username   : Login with this username
  -P --password   : Login with this password
  -D --default    : Bypass the login process with default settings
  -p --playername : Login with this player
  -C --configfile : Configuration file to use
[root@TheFatal thefatal]# tmw -u
Error: ItemDB: Could not find items.xml!
[root@TheFatal thefatal]# 

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 06:40
by ElvenProgrammer
Can you open your browser and test the address: http://updates.themanaworld.org/news.txt ?

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 12 Jul 2008, 20:49
by TheFatal
i can see the news in the explorer (firefox).
but the game still do it
##3 Strange stones appeared and pass cleared
##3 15/04/2008

##0 Strange stones appeared in towns all over The
##0 Mana World. Noone knows how they appeared
##0 and what they are good for. Can you solve their
##0 riddle?

##0 In other news: The pass to the southeast of the
##0 desert has been cleared and a mountain area
##0 with a lot of snakes has been discovered behind
##0 it. Rumors say that an eremite lives in that
##0 area who is a genius at leatherworks.

##2 The Mana World News

##3 Fast attack bug fixed, gameplay changes
##3 07/04/2008

##0 This weekend a fix was applied for the bug that
##0 allowed you to attack with light-speed with
##0 several weapons. We understand this changes
##0 gameplay quite a bit, and as a result the game
##0 will probably need to be adjusted. The existence
##0 of this bug has effectively prevented us from
##0 ever being able to balance the gameplay
##0 properly.

##0 Please stay with us and allow us some time to
##0 make the necessary adjustments. Suggestions are
##0 welcome!

##2 TMW Development Team

##3 The Mana World 0.0.24 released
##3 24/12/2007

##0 Female-specific hairstyles, XP gaining
##0 notification and improved resource caching are
##0 but three examples of the new features in this
##0 release. A lot of bug fixes where also made.
##0 See the full details on the website!

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 Village of Hurnscald released
##3 21/08/2007

##0 The village of Hurnscald has been released
##0 today. You will find this little village in the
##0 woodland (try to explore paths you found
##0 blocked before). In Hurnscald you will find two
##0 new quests, new items and a lot of little
##0 surprises. Enjoy!

##2 Crush

##3 The Mana World 0.0.23 released
##3 04/06/2007

##0 A particle engine was added, which allowed us
##0 to add several nice effects to various locations
##0 in the world as well as effects based on hitting
##0 enemies or going level up. A series of bug fixes
##0 was also made.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 The Mana World 0.0.22.2 released
##3 17/02/2007

##0 Several small fixes have been made and we
##0 hope to have solved some updater problems.
##0 Upgrade whenever you're ready.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 Soulless characters deleted and money cut
##3 21/01/2007

##0 A long time ago we have allowed characteres to
##0 sell their soul in order to gain additional
##0 powers. They were explicitly warned that they
##0 would be eventually deleted. This time has now
##0 come.

##0 In addition, we have cut the fortune of
##0 anybody who had more than 10.000 GP.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 Server address change!
##3 17/01/2007

##0 The animesites.de host is no longer available.
##0 We thank Ultramichy for hosting us for so long
##0 at no cost! The new server address is:

##1 server.themanaworld.org

##0 We are now kindly hosted on platinum, thanks
##0 to Platyna.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 The Mana World 0.0.22.1 released
##3 15/01/2007

##0 A minor update was released based on the new
##0 Guichan 0.6.0. Some small fixes are also
##0 included.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 The Mana World 0.0.22 released
##3 24/12/2006

##0 On the edge of Christmas, we've released a
##0 new client version. A Christmas event is
##0 expected to start soon and you'll need the
##0 new client for it, so go get it! Read the
##0 NEWS for file details on what's new.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 New update host
##3 31/10/2006

##0 We moved to a new update host, and you have
##0 succesfully switched! The new host is:

##0 http://updates.themanaworld.org

##0 We hope to provide faster updates from here,
##0 and we won't have to change it anymore, even
##0 when switching servers. Enjoy!

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 Halloween event
##3 27/10/2006

##0 Halloween event is planned to start on 31/10
##0 at 10:00 GMT and will end on 1/11 at 10:00
##0 GMT. Expect a lot of fun and fear!
##1 "Trick or treat?"

##2 Jack-o'-lantern

##3 The Mana World 0.0.21 released
##3 18/09/2006

##0 0.0.21 is finally out. Please update to
##0 the latest version to play.

##0 Regards,
##2 ElvenProgrammer

##1 Server downtime
##3 25/07/2006

##0 The server could be down for upgrades to
##0 support the new features in 0.0.20.

##3 The Mana World 0.0.19 released
##3 06/03/2006

##0 You did wait for it a lot of time! Enjoy the
##0 new version with renewed player graphics.
##0 Other surprises could be awaiting for you in
##0 game. Upgrade now or die! (Probably killed
##0 by a maggot).

##0 Regards,
##2 ElvenProgrammer

##3 The Mana World 0.0.18 released
##3 (Santa's build) 21/12/2005

##0 Finally it's here! It features a lot of
##0 new contents as well as a Christmas
##0 quest. These will not work with any
##0 client up to 0.0.17, so be sure to
##0 upgrade! We hope you enjoy it!!

##2 A very merry Christmas from
##2 The Mana World Development Team

##3 The Mana World 0.0.17 released
##3 11/10/2005

##0 Be sure to check it out. One problem to
##0 note though is that you'll need to
##0 manually delete the files from your
##0 updates directory in order to see the
##0 new commands and changes in the help
##0 window.

##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##3 Server up again
##3 5/9/2005

##0 As of today the server on animesites.de
##0 is back up. Thanks go to UltraMichy for
##0 providing us this service. Enjoy!

##0 Sincerely,
##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

##1 Server downtime!
##3 15/9/2005

##0 The server will be down at least until
##0 saturday because our kind host is going
##0 to upgrade some of the software
##0 installed.
##0 I'm sorry but you will have to wait a
##0 while to play again.
##0 Of course the next event will be delayed
##0 a bit. In the meanwhile feel free to
##0 contribute to TMW by posting your ideas
##0 in the forum.

##0 Sincerely,
##2 ElvenProgrammer

##3 First dynamic data update!
##3 12/9/2005

##0 We just released our first dynamic data update.
##0 It's a very small one, but it serves mostly as
##0 a test and we hope to do bigger ones later.
##0 Changes:

##0 * Fixed some small bugs in eastern desert
##0 map and added minimap.
##0 * Updated recent changes in help dialog to
##0 the 0.0.16 release.

##0 Stay tuned for the next one. :-)

##0 Sincerely,
##2 Bjorn Lindeijer

Re: Cannot Play Game

Posted: 24 Jul 2008, 17:42
by Bjørn
TheFatal wrote:i can see the news in the explorer (firefox).
but the game still do it
Maybe your browser is using a proxy that the client doesn't know about? In that case you'd have to make sure to set appropriate proxy environment variables.

(of course this post doesn't apply to Windows)