by rubimai » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:21 am
Yes, I DID have that problem yesterday.
Last night, when I started this process, I got as far as the username and password request, ignored the invites and savegame messages, downloaded the update, and then got the
"Error while running UruStarter. The age dat/Descent.age is not installed, but required to log in. Uru can not be started." message. So I removed that installation and started over this morning.
I started by installing a new, clean copy. I am using Windows XP MCE, SP3, Dell XPS, Intel/Pentium, using Mozilla Firefox. I am not experienced technically and I am having a lot of trouble understanding the directions. I do not understand intuitively what needs to happen, so if my situation doesn’t match the instructions, I can’t improvise. I am using “Myst Uru Complete Chronicles”. I have downloaded a new clean copy (and copied that folder to a separate location as a back-up.) The new, clean copy is in "C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Cyan Worlds". Then, Wolle says “Rename ‘Uru Ages Beyond Myst’ according to how you plan to use this installation.”
First, I don’t have anything called “Uru Ages Beyond Myst” (ABM) or “The Path of the Shell” (TPOTS).
Second, I’m not sure what “according to how you plan to use this installation” means, but I did rename my “Myst Uru Complete Chronicles” folder to “Deep Island Myst Uru”.
Third, when I restart CC, it does not offer an uninstallation. So I skipped this step.
I renamed “Uru.exe” as “Uruold.exe” and renamed “UruSetup.exe” as “Uru.exe”. I downloaded the Deep Island patcher from the link provided. I am not sure about the meaning of “Extract the content in the directory with your clean CC or TPOTS installation”, but I put the di-patcher.zip folder into the “Deep Island Myst Uru” folder and extracted the files.
(This step also is not intuitive. The default directory offered for placing the un-zipped files seems incorrect. Apparently you need to edit out the name of the .zip folder. This is probably second nature to the people running di, but it is not obvious to an inexperienced end-user.)
I've logged in, passed the invites and savegames messages again, and I'm downloading the update again...
aaaand--I'm IN!