TASClient downloads fail

[sparky2002b]

I have no problem torrenting stuff in SpringLobby and using SpringDownloader but downloading via TASClient gives me a Download Failed error every time on Windows.

Any ideas? It's not firewalled.

[Pxtl]

Running Vista? Tasclient uses a manifest.ini to run as administrator so that it has direct access to Program Files, while the other apps are short-circuited into the virtualstore by Vista's UAC. This doesn't usually result in errors, but it does create confusing behaviour, and unusual security settings could possibly provoke the failure you describe.

[sparky2002b]

Yes, I am using Vista. I see what you're getting at, but how am I to do anything about it?

[Pxtl]

Well, the simplest solution (but probably not the easiest) is to get out of Program Files. There are two ways to do this - you can reinstall, or you can set a "Spring Data Folder" using SpringLobby (I don't recommend this as it's a new feature and I don't trust new things). For the latter, you'll have to move your /lobby files over into the Spring Data Folder since tasclient doesn't notice that Spring's data folder has moved and panics when it can't find anything otherwise.

As for the actual _correct_ answer, I have no idea.