can't get it to run

[yearsofdecay]

If i hit the Spring.exe from the Spring directory, i get an error as such:

"could not find 'gamedata/scanutils.lua' code.


Been having alls sorts of trouble. downloaded games and maps, but they don;t show up in the lobby.... really cunfused.

[slogic]

What mod have you selected?

[BrainDamage]

your problem is related to springcontent.sdz which is either not found or corrupted, it should be placed in the spring folder, base subdirectory; the fastest way to fix it is perhaps simply doing a new, clean installation.

also note that your springdownloader issues were produced by unitsync library whom depends from this file as well, so fixing this should fix your other problems too

[slogic]

I just tried to reproduce this error (moved away springcontent.sdz) & got slightly another error:

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Content error: could not find 'gamedata/parse_tdf.lua' code

[lurker]

But that's only if it's corrupted to the point of not being a valid zip file; there might be a slightly corrupted file.

[imbaczek]

this is almost always a base content issue; try reinstalling.

[painteru]

Hello!
I just compiled spring & springlobby (Gentoo ~x86 kde4.3). When I wanted to start the game (# spring ) it gave me :

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daniel@painteru ~ $ spring
using default configuration source "/home/daniel/.springrc"
[CMyMath::Init] CPU SSE mask: 124, flags:
        SSE 1.0:  1,  SSE 2.0:  1
        SSE 3.0:  1, SSSE 3.0:  1
        SSE 4.1:  0,  SSE 4.2:  0
        SSE 4.0A: 0,  SSE 5.0A: 0
        using streflop SSE FP-math mode, CPU supports SSE instructions
OS: Linux
OS: 32bit native mode
LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.80.4.1
Available log subsystems: mapinfo, CollisionVolume, unit, ArchiveScanner, VFS-detail, VFS, 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 read-only  data directory: /usr/bin/
Using read-write data directory: /home/daniel/.spring/
Using read-only  data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
ERROR in /home/daniel/.spring/ArchiveCacheV7.lua: could not open file: /home/daniel/.spring/ArchiveCacheV7.lua
Content error: could not find 'gamedata/parse_tdf.lua' code
daniel@painteru ~ $

Any hint how to handle with and to star the game?

[hoijui]

you may had configure/compile time errors, that were not fatal (spring related, not springlobby). do you have 7zip installed?
for a quick fix, maybe it is enough to copy base files (files under the dir base/) from an other spring installation or from buildbot.