Circular dependency Error?

[oksnoop2]

My friend is getting a message about Circular dependency when ever he tries to start the mod JTA .09. Anyone know what the deal is with that or how to fix it?

[Argh]

That means that JTA must require something else... that requires JTA. That, or the same thing but with Lua, is about the only way it could possibly happen with Spring, I think.

[oksnoop2]

That was well phrased I actually got that. Here's my next question. My friend has this error but i do not. Is there something he can do? Will uninstall reinstall the engine/lobby/mod help?

[Argh]

I would tell him to copy the Infolog or the exact error message so that we can help him understand what's causing the problem. It's probably something we can fix fairly easily.

[oksnoop2]

My friend has this to say:


"well
i don't even get into the loading process
does it create a infolog somewhere and not tell me?
otherwise i have no infolog
and Circular Dependency is the exact error message
title of the box says Incorrect/Mission content:
then the actual window says Circular Dependency"

It also appears that he is having problems with other mods like maximum annihilation. He can play BA though.

[Argh]

The infolog.txt is in the same folder Spring is; we'd need to see one after he tries to run one of these games.

IDK what could be causing this, but if Maximum Annihilation's doing it, then it's probably Lua related.

[oksnoop2]

Here is the infolog:

LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.80.5.2 (0.80.5.2-0-g67e2f5b{@}-cmake-mingw32)
Available log subsystems: mapinfo, CollisionVolume, unit, VFS-detail, VFS, ArchiveScanner, Sound
Enabled log subsystems: Sound
Enable or disable log subsystems using the LogSubsystems configuration key
or the SPRING_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variable (both comma separated).
using configuration source "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\springsettings.cfg"
[CMyMath::Init] CPU SSE mask: 126, flags:
SSE 1.0: 1, SSE 2.0: 1
SSE 3.0: 1, SSSE 3.0: 1
SSE 4.1: 1, SSE 4.2: 0
SSE 4.0A: 0, SSE 5.0A: 0
using streflop SSE FP-math mode, CPU supports SSE instructions
OS: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz; 2047MB RAM, 3939MB pagefile
OS: 32bit native mode
Using read-write data directory: C:\Program Files\Spring\
Using read-only data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\Spring\
Using read-only data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spring\
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spring\maps
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spring\base
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spring\mods
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spring\packages
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\Spring\maps
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\Spring\base
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\Spring\mods
Scanning: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\Spring\packages
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\maps
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\base
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\mods
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\packages
Video mode set to 1024 x 768 / 32 bit
[ 0] SDL: 1.2.10
[ 0] GL: 3.1.0
[ 0] GL: NVIDIA Corporation
[ 0] GL: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
[ 0] GLEW: 1.4.0
[ 0] Joysticks found: 0
[ 0] Joystick 0 not found
[ 0] Connecting to local server
[ 0] Sound: OpenAL info:
[ 0] Sound: Vendor: Creative Labs Inc.
[ 0] Sound: Version: 1.1
[ 0] Sound: Renderer: Software
[ 0] Sound: AL Extensions: EAX EAX2.0 EAX3.0 EAX4.0 EAX5.0 EAX3.0EMULATED EAX4.0EMULATED AL_EXT_OFFSET AL_EXT_LINEAR_DISTANCE AL_EXT_EXPONENT_DISTANCE
[ 0] Sound: ALC Extensions: ALC_ENUMERATE_ALL_EXT ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT ALC_EXT_CAPTURE ALC_EXT_EFX
[ 0] Sound: Device: Generic Hardware
[ 0] Sound: Available Devices:
[ 0] Sound: Generic Hardware
[ 0] Sound: Generic Software
[ 0] Starting GameServer: 209 ms
[ 0] Content error: Circular dependency

[FLOZi]

It's not a lua problem.

Is he starting the mod from spring.exe directly or through the lobby?

It's interesting that he can play BA and yet two other mods give him the fault. Is he playing BA via the lobby and running the others direct from spring?

[oksnoop2]

It's not a lua problem.

Is he starting the mod from spring.exe directly or through the lobby?

It's interesting that he can play BA and yet two other mods give him the fault. Is he playing BA via the lobby and running the others direct from spring?

He is running all his mods through the lobby. I visited him today and he could also run evolution rts and spring 44. Starting the mod from the .exe does not work either.

[Rayden]

I have the same problem but just with the mod Final Frontier 1.22

[oksnoop2]

what if i copy my spring folder and give it to my friend. will that fix the error?

[Rayden]

I don't think so but if it does let me know :)