total newbe

[thesnaggle]

im totally new to the spring engine and need some help

i open spring and can select the map and do everything else

at the top menu the spring box isnt lite up so i cant click that

i can open test spring and every thing works with complete annihilation

when i click on start lobby nothing happens

when i click the check for updates it says

"0.80.5 is up to date"

when i click edit settings nothing happens

direct connect opens up and asks for a ip to connect to

quit takes me back to windows

im looking for any help at all on this matter and am willing to try anything

im a old school TA junkie and am looking forward to playing this game online

[SinbadEV]

really? are you willing to do ANYTHING? for example would you be willing to buy yourself a different computer and/or video card and/or install a different operating system? are you willing to pay for one of use forumers to fly out to your location and assist you in installing and using spring?

not that you'd have to, I'm just being unhelpful and sarcastic.

Best way to get help would be to post your PC specs (OS, CPU/RAM, VideoCard).

Also, try starting the other lobby (should be under Start>[OSEquivalentOfAllPrograms]>Spring>Multiplayer>... try both of the listed lobbies)

[hoijui]

as he describes it, he is using spring.exe directly, not using any lobby, and that is all of the problem really. make sure you start SpringLobby (or TASClient, if you have that). they are separate exe files in the spring folder. if you dont have them, install spring again, and make sure at least one of them is getting installed (checkboxes).
if you are on linux, and sintaleld through a package manager, like Synaptic or apt-get, SpringLobby shoudl be under Applications - Games - SpringLobby.

[thesnaggle]

not that you'd have to, I'm just being unhelpful and sarcastic.
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im totally new to this program not computers

i can send you a copy of my resume if you like

ok now that im done being sarcastic

heres my setup

intel celeron 2.0 ghz

1 gig ram

965 express chip set

vid settings are set to low and i can get things to open in test mode with out problem and build units so i dont think that thats the problem

this is a laptop and i dont plan on playing to much online with this system i just want to get things running it to play local till i feel that i am good enough to play online

[thesnaggle]

as he describes it, he is using spring.exe directly, not using any lobby, and that is all of the problem really. make sure you start SpringLobby (or TASClient, if you have that). they are separate exe files in the spring folder. if you dont have them, install spring again, and make sure at least one of them is getting installed (checkboxes).
if you are on linux, and sintaleld through a package manager, like Synaptic or apt-get, SpringLobby shoudl be under Applications - Games - SpringLobby.

ahhh

get hoijui a drink that was problem one solved

so heres what i did and the update on the problem

downloaded springlobby from
http://springlobby.info/projects/spring ... ki/Install

and now that works

still am lost on single player games but i think that this is a step in the right direction

[luckywaldo7]

The single player experience is pretty basic at the moment. No fancy campaign experience, just playing standard games against ai.

In spring lobby you should see a "single player" tab. From there you can select which mod and map you want to play. Add a bot (I recommend RAI to start as it works with basically anything, or chicken defense if you are playing CA). Then you should be good to go.

The best experience come from the excellent multiplayer experience. But starting against bots is a good way to go. I didn't start playing online until I could face a couple bots and win in single player, and it really helped me through my newbie experience.

[zwzsg]

Kernel Panic has missions. Few, and not fun, but still. Kernel Panic has a skirmish generator that is easy to use and does not suffer from the non-sense of relying on multiplayer lobbies. Using Spring.exe directly is not a problem for Kernel Panic. In fact it is a solution. RAI cannot play everything. It doesn't crash or stand still on 95% of mods like AIs that requires profile (which should just be axed from installer, frankly), but it still confused by mods that aren't just TA rebalances/reskins. The online experience is not the best experience. It it as painful as a standard multiplayer experience: Waiting for hours to get a game to start, getting kicked without a word, having to download a hundreds megabytes for each game, and then getting rushed, stomped, and laughed at by people who have eleven more years of experience.