Apparently Spring cannot read TA...

[Alex05]

When i run TA Spring, i get a black background with white text. I selected each script and tested each of the scripts. When the game starts, it tells me it cannot find files like sounds.something. I can see the rendering of the level i chose. And i have the necessary requirements. And yes, i have original TA installed in C:\CAVEDOG\TOTALA. And TA Spring is installed in Program Files\TA Spring. Here's an example of the error it gives me, when in comander script:
No such cursor: cursornormal
No such cursor: cursormove
No such cursor: cursordefend
No such cursor: cursorattack
No such cursor: cursorattack
No such cursor: cursorpatrol
No such cursor: cursorrepair
No such cursor: cursorpickup
No such cursor: cursorunload
No such cursor: cursorreclamate
No such cursor: cursorrevive
No such cursor: cursorcapture
TA Spring 0.64b1
Using script Commanders
Spring has crashed

[Kuroneko]

the old TA install means nothing, Spring doesn't care about it.

What install file did you download, and from where?
Have you tried to uninstall, reinstall?

[SinbadEV]

sounds like he's missing some of the basic stuff from the full installer... like he got the updating installer or something...

get the:
Regular installer
39.2mb, added 2005-09-24

install it to a folder without anything else in it... you are required to "own" orriginal TA... not acctually have it installed

[Fnordia]

Make sure you don't deselect XTA when installing. It should probably not really be optional.

[Alex05]

sounds like he's missing some of the basic stuff from the full installer... like he got the updating installer or something...

get the:
Regular installer
39.2mb, added 2005-09-24

install it to a folder without anything else in it... you are required to "own" orriginal TA... not acctually have it installed

I DID BUY THE ORIGINAL VERSION DAMMIT!!!! Wait, does that mean i have to put my TA cd in the cd drive? 'Cause it's not in the CD drive...it might be the error. And oh, i have downloaded the full installer. The file i think spring didn't find was sounds.sfz.

[Fnordia]

You don't technically need TA installed or on a CD at all, it is more of a moral/legal question.

Also, if you did install it with XTA you could perhaps show me a directory listing, it could be possible that the installer fails in some way.

[Alex05]

You don't technically need TA installed or on a CD at all, it is more of a moral/legal question.

Also, if you did install it with XTA you could perhaps show me a directory listing, it could be possible that the installer fails in some way.

Oh, i didn't install XTA, i didn't want to have those things it adds to the game.

[Gnomre]

Well, there's your answer. I don't see why they even make it an option...

[FizWizz]

It's not much of an option if it's the only viable one. It'll make sense if there are other options to choose from, but alas, there are not.

[Fnordia]

Well, in theory you could install spring without XTA and get units/textures/etc from some other source. But as it is now, there is not really any alternative since all spring mods also depends on the data that gets installed together with XTA.