Spring RTS Engine

I downloaded and installed Spring 96.0 on a Windows 7 laptop, accepted the SpringLobby-question to update it's version, and downloaded some games and maps from the Battlelist window. However, for some reason they don't show up in the games and maps combo box. They are located in the "My Documents\My Games\Spring\Games" and "My Documents\My Games\Spring\Maps" folders. Menu item "Reload maps/games" doesn't help, restarting SpringLobby doesn't help either. What can I do about this?

whats the output of help->system info?

LobbyWriteDir (C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
TempStorage (C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Temp)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
CachePath (C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\cache\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
CurrentUsedDataDir (C:\Users\myname\Documents\My Games\Spring\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
ExecutableFolder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Spring\)
WX: no POSIX: yes TRY: no
DownloadDir (C:\Users\myname\Documents\My Games\Spring)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
Default unitsync: C:\Program Files (x86)\Spring\unitsync.dll
Default spring executable: C:\Program Files (x86)\Spring\spring.exe
Default uikeys.txt: C:\Users\myname\Documents\My Games\Spring\uikeys.txt
Portable mode: no
SpringLobby config file: C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\springlobby.conf ( writable)
Version SpringLobby 0.188 (win x32)
Compile Time Apr 3 2014 17:41:29
Compiled with wxWidgets 2.9.5
Started with:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Spring\springlobby.exe

I am having this exact same problem. I have a games and maps folder in C:\Program Files(x86)\Spring and I've put a game and map in there, but trying to reload does absolutely nothing.

do your paths contain non-asscii chars?

i guess you've edited "C:\Users\myname\" ?

As far as I know my paths do not contain non-ascii characters, and I edited my first name out of the paths and replaced it with "myname".

Cpt_StoneAge wrote:As far as I know my paths do not contain non-ascii characters, and I edited my first name out of the paths and replaced it with "myname".

Does your name have any accented characters in it?

As an example, someone was having this issue because they had an a with an umlaut in their name ( ä )... Are you using any characters other than:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ! # $ % & ' ( ) - @ ^ _ ` { } ~

[ @abma technically ä is extended ascii character 132... ]

I got this problem when reinstalling spring, it seems that the lobby only partially downloads files, or rather it says it is done with downloading and stops the download when it is not ready, the three files I've tried BA and two maps have been downloaded from 47% to 98% when the lobby says that it is complete and shuts down the download, if I go to downloads it says that they are still downloading but they aren't.

/Zorbeltuss

I have the same issue but if I use the lobby download it works but the games I downloaded from the web myself (the .sdz files)don't show up on the list.

Any ideas or updates on this bug?

Still having this same problem, cannot get ANY maps or mods to show up, no matter what I try. Have lots of mods/maps, copied them to game folder and user folders, still nothing, "Reload Maps/Mods" does dick all (and has not seemed to work properly for a long while either). Have no weird characters in my name either, don't bother posting that as a "solution". This is a very serious bug, and very annoying.

updating to springlobby 0.189 could help:
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31983

what is the output of help->system info of this version?

are there any maps in C:\Users\myname\Documents\My Games\Spring\maps?


can you select a map/game when you directly start spring.exe?

Lobby version 0.189 installed, no different than the last 3 versions, same problem.

Have uninstalled and reinstalled game and lobby, no difference. Now using portable version, before was installed version, no difference. Manually edited Windows Registry, removed all references to Spring before last reinstall, made no difference.

Maps and mods are in game directory in correct folders, lobby will not see them no matter what I try. When I start engine directly can play test, games and maps show, no problems, vs 1 AI. Game ran smoothly for 2 hours. This is a lobby bug.

System Info:
"LobbyWriteDir (C:\Program Files\Spring\)
WX: no POSIX: yes TRY: no
TempStorage (C:\Users\n\AppData\Local\Temp)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
CachePath ()
WX: no POSIX: no TRY: no
CurrentUsedDataDir ()
WX: no POSIX: no TRY: no
ExecutableFolder (C:\Program Files\Spring\)
WX: no POSIX: yes TRY: no
DownloadDir (C:\Users\n\Documents\My Games\Spring\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
Default unitsync:
Default spring executable:
Default uikeys.txt: uikeys.txt
Portable mode: yes
SpringLobby config file: C:\Program Files\Spring\springlobby.conf (not writable)
Version SpringLobby 0.189 (win x32)
Compile Time Apr 15 2014 21:09:21
Compiled with wxWidgets 2.9.5
Started with:
C:\Program Files\Spring\springlobby.exe"

OTOH earlier memory leak crashes not seen, you fixed those bugs, it seems, but I still can't play the game other than .

"LobbyWriteDir" C:\Program Files\Spring\ isn't writeable it seems. either delete springlobby.conf in this dir or make this folder writeable.

Hey, thanks, you solved it, it works now!

Tried attrib command to change read only property, it worked, but still had same issue. So then I deleted the springlobby.conf file, restarted Spring, and it works!!! If you are having this issue, do this:

with 'Run as Administrator' at 'command prompt', type:

cd\

attrib -s -h -r "C\program files\Spring\*.*" /d /s

then delete springlobby.conf, restart Spring

use appropriate drive/directory where you installed Spring, if it is not C:\Program Files\Spring

my System Info file now looks like this:

"LobbyWriteDir (C:\Users\n\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
TempStorage (C:\Users\n\AppData\Local\Temp)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
CachePath (C:\Users\n\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\cache\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
CurrentUsedDataDir (C:\Program Files\Spring\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
ExecutableFolder (C:\Program Files\Spring\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
DownloadDir (C:\Users\n\Documents\My Games\Spring\)
WX: yes POSIX: yes TRY: yes
Default unitsync: C:\Program Files\Spring\unitsync.dll
Default spring executable: C:\Program Files\Spring\spring.exe
Default uikeys.txt: C:\Program Files\Spring\uikeys.txt
Portable mode: no
SpringLobby config file: C:\Users\n\AppData\Roaming\springlobby\springlobby.conf ( writable)
Version SpringLobby 0.189 (win x32)
Compile Time Apr 15 2014 21:09:21
Compiled with wxWidgets 2.9.5
Started with:
C:\Program Files\Spring\springlobby.exe "

Once again, big thanks. I guess I should have picked up on that issue myself (doh), but I was just installing default Spring like I had done so many times before. I must have screwed the file attributes doing something else. Never work on your PC when drunk, I guess.