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 Author Workaround for lobby crashes due to Windows Updates
Mersenne Twister
Fleet Admiral

Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 1161
From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
Posted: 2008-05-12 11:00   
These directions make the following assumptions:
1- You have installed Darkspace at C:/Program Files/Palestar/Darkspace.
2- You have updated Darkspace to 1.483.6
3- You have installed Darkspace BETA to C:/Program Files/Palestar/GameCQ.
It doesn't matter where you've installed Darkspace and Darkspace Beta, so long as you know where the folders are.


  1. Run Darkspace Beta GCQL. Log into it, and select the "Launch" Tab on the top.

  2. Attempt to run Darkspace (NOT the beta version). It will ask if you want to install Darkspace. Hit yes. The install will fail. (Cannot connect to Luyten.palestar.com whatever).

  3. Open the Palestar Folder (Default install is C/:Program Files/PaleStar/)

  4. Right-click and Copy (or CTRL+C) the folder called Darkspace (C:/Program Files/Palestar/Darkspace).

  5. Open up the GameCQ folder, then the Cache folder (C:/Program Files/Palestar/GameCQ/Cache)

  6. Right-click and Paste (or CTRL+V). Wait until it's done copying. Make sure you copy the contents of the whole Darkspace folder into the ../Cache/Darkspace folder.

  7. In the ../Cache/Darkspace folder Delete or Rename GCQL.exe, this will prevent it from being run when you log out (and immedietly crashing).

  8. In Beta GCQL, click on the "Servers" Tab. Make sure the Filter Button is set to "None" or "Darkspace".

  9. Select a server to play on - the Darkspace Release client will load up fine.


[ This Message was edited by: Mersenne Twister on 2008-05-12 11:02 ]
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Mersenne Twister
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Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 1161
From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
Posted: 2008-05-12 11:09   
Credit where credit is due, thanks go to fattierob for this
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Doran
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Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
Posted: 2008-05-14 21:24   
if you're having problems with /gamecq/Cache/DarkSpace/gcql.exe being re-downloaded every time,

  • open /gamecq/Cache/DarkSpace/config.ini
  • find and replace all instances of doUpdate=1 with doUpdate=0
  • save and close config.ini
  • right-click on config.ini, select properties and set the file to Read-Only



[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2008-05-14 21:33 ]
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Faustus
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
Posted: 2008-05-15 00:50   
UPDATE: I've changed so you can actually install and launch the release version of DarkSpace from the beta lobby. This change will be available in the next update.

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Drafell
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Mythica

Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
Posted: 2008-05-16 07:57   
The only problem is that the release client will still try to launch the 1.483 version of GCQL when it exits the game, instead of GameCQ Beta. I would advise setting the config.ini file in the "...cachedarkspace" directory to read-only, once you have configured your settings, otherwise the game client will try to overwrite this on exit, and may cause some issues with the installation.
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