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Title: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Apprentice on May 03, 2012, 12:47:27 PM
Hey guys,

Last Sunday during the AB session, I was on a borrowed rig unable to access the console with the ioCow version that was shipped with the RPG-X CE package. Instead of the console, I got an error message on the background (game continued to play normally), which I have included with a dump in this post.

Given the fact that turbomarcin developed the ioCow version (and subsequently disappeared years ago), I do not expect that TLO can find a fix for this problem but I do want to know if there are any other players who have this problem and especially members from the European or non-English regions who do have for example the following characters in their languages:
- é
- ï
- à

I only have this problem with the shipped ioCow version. With the other iostvoyHM versions (1.37 & 1.38), I can access the console normally but I cannot use them for the TLO servers because they want to download all the files from the server and since that is not possible, I can't join using those or does anyone knows a console command that prevents that requirement ??
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Veritas on May 03, 2012, 02:10:11 PM
Hey there - first, sometimes the text corruption you describe is caused by an incomplete installation of RPGXCE - uninstalling, fully redownloading and reinstalling might be worth trying.

However, failing that, I've got a couple other questions so I can pinpoint what's going on:

First, are you using RPGXCE in English or some other language?
Second, are you able to load local maps properly in the iostvoyHM versions?

You might want to try setting cl_autodownload to 0 in order to connect - open the console and type /cl_autodownload 0. RPGXCE should execute this by default, but ioSTVEF might be eating the part of the autoexec that does that.

Lastly, you can ignore that ioCow error - we all get it.
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Apprentice on May 03, 2012, 03:14:56 PM
Quote from: "Veritas"Hey there - first, sometimes the text corruption you describe is caused by an incomplete installation of RPGXCE - uninstalling, fully redownloading and reinstalling might be worth trying.
The version I have copied onto the borrowed rig was copied from my laptop, which doesn't have this issue.

I think I know what is causing this issue, since I had something similar when I used the Steam program. Whenever I tried to open the console with HL2, I had to enter an A, E, I, O or U followed by a backspace and then I could use it. If I didn't, then the console would disappear and I think the ioCow console bug is something down the same line, which is due to the English language who doesn't have é, ï or à characters and an oversight at the end of Microsoft. If I set the input language (regional settings) from Dutch/US International to English/US International, then I don't have this problem (Laptop has been set this way).

Anyone else can confirm this ??

Quote from: "Veritas"You might want to try setting cl_autodownload to 0 in order to connect - open the console and type /cl_autodownload 0. RPGXCE should execute this by default, but ioSTVEF might be eating the part of the autoexec that does that.
Thanks. I'll try that when I'm able . . .
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Veritas on May 04, 2012, 02:51:57 PM
Any luck/further news on this?
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Apprentice on May 04, 2012, 05:22:06 PM
Quote from: "Veritas"Any luck/further news on this?
I haven't tried it yet because I'm not there anymore  ;)

I'm going to try it next weekend with the next AB session . . .
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Apprentice on May 05, 2012, 04:52:38 AM
Quote from: "Veritas"/cl_autodownload 0
Unknown command on both ioCow and iostvoyHM versions . . .
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: GSIO01 on May 05, 2012, 06:34:34 AM
I know we not on the best terms with each other but I'll be trying help anyway.

Veritas did a mistake there ... it's cl_allowdownload
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Apprentice on May 05, 2012, 08:55:06 AM
Quote from: "GSIO01"I know we not on the best terms with each other but I'll be trying help anyway.
I have no quarrel with you and that Tim is unable to see anything else then his perspective and his perspective alone, is not your wrongdoing . . .

QuoteVeritas did a mistake there ... it's cl_allowdownload
I've tried that but iostvoyHM still hangs on downloading all PK3 files that are on the server . . .
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: GSIO01 on May 05, 2012, 10:12:03 AM
Hmmm .... also make sure to check if cg_allowdownload is 0 as well which is the cgame variable for downloads.
Title: Re: [RPGXCE] Unable to access the console
Post by: Martin Thompson on May 05, 2012, 12:50:12 PM
Quote from: "Apprentice"
QuoteVeritas did a mistake there ... it's cl_allowdownload
I've tried that but iostvoyHM still hangs on downloading all PK3 files that are on the server . . .

I just use the menu to do that. Options and then advanced or something like that (the tab with a few optiosn jsut on the left side of the screen). Auto Download should be in that menu somewhere, just set it to off.