GarrettLoader Help and Bug reports

potterr on 9/3/2009 at 23:51

Bikerdude, are you using (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125417) the beta 1.4194 of GL at the moment? It shouldn't get any more Permission denied errors on it (except for the current updater exe which has a few problems on Vista, although I have now sorted that for the next beta).
Only a couple more reported bugs to go on the current beta before I will look to package it up for full release. Although knowing my luck I'll have to do a couple of packages as I expect I'll miss a file or two. :nono:

Petike the Taffer on 29/3/2010 at 07:48

I seem to have a bit of a problem. All my T3 savegames are stored only in the My Documents folder, not in the root directory of the game. I can't run an FM properly, even if I set up the correct path to the T3 exe. What should I do ? Move the saves folder somehow ? I really don't know if that would help.

Beleg Cúthalion on 29/3/2010 at 20:17

Vista/Win7? There is a trick to change the folder in the registry then, but otherwise the savegames actually belong in Your Documents. Which errors occur?

Petike the Taffer on 31/3/2010 at 20:33

Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion

Vista/Win7? There is a trick to change the folder in the registry then, but otherwise the savegames actually belong in Your Documents. Which errors occur?

Thanks for the advice Beleg, but I'm actually using XP. ;)

It's just that my GL is unable to create an allsaves folder in the root directory (in ProgramFiles/Eidos/Thief-DeadlyShadows etc.). I really don't know how I should rearrange things in the main game folder to make GL work... I never had this problem on my laptop, and I used the exact same version of GL there (1.41, not the currently beta 1.42).

Oh, and P.S. : I have the 1.1 version, so it's certainly not the cause of that issue.

EDIT : OK, here are the two error messages I keep getting :

"WARNING: GarrettLoader does not have details about your Thief 3 save game location. This may be the result of upgrading to a newer version of GarrettLoader. To resolve this simply reselect your T3.exe in GarrettLoader configuration AND THEN save your config."

"WARNING You do not appear to have a valid save game path for Thief 3. This may be due to upgrading from a previous version of GarrettLoader. To resolve this simply reselect your T3 game location via the Config button in the vertical toolbar and then save the config again. NO instal has taken place."

Judith on 31/3/2010 at 20:45

Quote Posted by Petike the Taffer

If all else fails, you may want to try installing the game to a game path with no spaces (e.g. "C:\games\Thief3" rather than "C:\Program Files\Thief Deadly Shadows". It's required for T3editing, not sure about T3FMs but I do it anyway).

Petike the Taffer on 13/4/2010 at 19:03

Quote Posted by Judith

All right, I'll try that soon. :cool: Thank you, Judith. :thumb:

firedance99 on 19/5/2010 at 16:21

I'm not having any problems with GL, and I find it really easy to use. I do, however, have a (stupid) question - is there a way to display the FM titles in Secret Room, The rather than The Secret Room format i.e. The 'The' at the end?

I'm sure I've seen the option for it before, but I cannot for the life of me find where I can change it now. :erm:

gnartsch on 4/6/2010 at 20:36

Quote Posted by firedance99

Check 'Tools'/'Tweaks Tool'/'Missions starting with The ...'

Is there any more recent Bug/Discussion-Thread around somewhere on GarrettLoader ?
I am using 1.4198 and see hardly any of the issues mentioned I have with this version.

gnartsch on 2/7/2010 at 09:58

Hi !

I had some terrible problems when installing several missions from Ziemanskye lately.
(For download lookup author 'Ziemansky' on (http://www.shadowdarkkeep.com/fmarchive.htm) ShadowDarkKeep)

On missions 'Two Steps' and 'Impurities In The Mix' the problem was that they include T3.exe/T3Main.exe in the System-folder.
No idea why the author decided to include these.
Anyway, GarrettLoader would to to install these missions and crash - leaving my T3 Install unsuable.
Restoring the OM did not help to recover from that
So I had to restore it from a backup.

With 'Hearts and Minds' the problem is that it contains > 2000 files that are identical with the ones I have in my T3 install anyway.
Because of that GarrettLoader needs to backup those and gives 'subscript out of range : 9'
Once again there is no way to recover from that other than restoring T3 from my own backup.

I wonder if there is anything that could be done about it ?
Maybe preventing any *.exe to be extracted or give a warning at least BEFORE trying to replace it.
And maybe checking how many files would need to be backuped and abort if the number exceeds the # of files GarrettLoader can handle?

I am using GL 1.4198-beta

Since I figured out the problems, I modfied these ZIPs for myself so that they do work for me now.
Anyway, GL should not leave behind a corrupted T3 install, so I hope these issues can be addressed in the next version.

Btw., GL is in beta for more than 1 year now.
Any outlook on a release upcoming ?

Thanks !

artise0420 on 5/9/2010 at 22:06

I've been looking for help for 2 days and now im here so I'll spit out my problem ( again ) and see what happens, I think I've found the right place.

Anyways I have recently removed TDS and garrettloader from my programs...the way i figure it it's best, when experiencing issues, to start over with fresh installs while trouble shooting. I watched the garrettloader help video and I will follow it again I guess when i reinstall it. Anyway my problem is after I get a FM downloaded and get garrettloader to find it and I install it into garrettloader when I click 'play' it loads TDS and I can only start the training mission.

I know I didn't really give you alot of info there. Lemme see...I have Vista:p and I downloaded GL yesterday I think its the new one...1.4.2 or something like that....I changed that file ( I forget what its called ) where in the vista version you have to change the ending to .old for something or other to work.....ugh being a noob is gard work:tsktsk:......thats all i got i guess...any help?